Research Flashcards
You can choose a topic that interests you, or from what you observed in your environment that has been there for a long time and you would like to find the root cause.
Choose what interests you
Make a short list of the topics your groups can generate and filter from there.
Brainstorm
Look for other researches that may be similar to your topic. You can check the recommendations section on what the authors recommended for future researchers. Alternatively, check if you can exhaust possible references for your topic.
Check for other researches/possible references
Searching possible references can gauge your group how complex your research will be. You should take into consideration that as well.
Evaluate the complexity of your topic
choose one lens through which to view the research problem, or look at just one facet of it
Aspect
determine if your initial variables or unit of analyses can be broken into smaller parts, which can then be analyzed more precisely
Components
the smaller the area of analysis, the more narrow the focus
Place
how do two or more different perspectives or variables relate to one another?
Relationship
The shorter the time period, the more narrow the focus.
Time
focus your topic in terms of a specific type or class of people, places, or things
Type
Use two or more of the above strategies to focus your topic very narrowly.
Combination
Is without doubt the part of a paper that is read the most, and it is usually read first
Title
How many words should a title have?
5-15 words
putting the material into your own words to achieve greater clarity;
>process of retelling a story in your own words in a text
>DO NOT COPY THE ORIGINAL WORK
>still should be cited in the reference
Paraphrase
exactly the way it appears when you are quoting a source;
>this is done to avoid misquotation;
>with formatting guidelines (APA, MNL);
>use of quotation marks
Quote
Use this style for: Sciences like natural, physical
and social sciences.
APA
Use this style for: Essays on human society, culture, humanities, historical
literature and arts
MLA
are formulated to explain, predict, and understand phenomena and, in many cases, to challenge and extend existing knowledge, within the limits of the critical bounding assumptions.
Theories
is the structure that can hold or support a theory of a research study.
Theoretical framework
introduces and describes the theory which explains why the research problem under study exists.
Theoretical framework
proposed by Albert Bandura, emphasizes the importance of observing, modelling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others. Social learning theory considers how both environmental and cognitive factors interact to influence human learning and behavior.
Social learning theory
Learning is a result of bonds or connection established between stimulus and response through laws of exercise,
readiness, and effect.
THORNDIKE’S
CONNECTIONISM
What are the 4 laws of Thorndike’s Connectionism
Law of readiness
Law of exercise
Law of effect
Halo effect
Individual will learn when he or she is ready to do so
Law of readiness
Connection is strengthened or weakened
depending on the number of times it occurs
Law of exercise
Connection is strengthened if it produces
satisfying effect
Law of effect
“what is beautiful is good”
Halo effect
In research, this is the group of people being studied, usually by taking samples from that population;
Population/respondents
Populations may be defined by any characteristics, such as geography, age group and certain diseases
Population/respondents
The target of the study
Research goal
The place, location where you are going to conduct your research
Research locale
Research variables
Independent, dependent, controlled, categorical
Measure variables, data is counted
Quantitative
Format of quantitative
Goal + IV + DV + Locale
Described, categorized, explained. Data is not counted
Qualitative
Based on pre-existing theories
Theoretical framework
Made or written by the researchers
Conceptual framework
Format of qualitative
Goal + DV + Categorical + locale
