Technical Terms Used in Research

It is a systematic, formal, rigorous, and precise process employed to gain solutions to problems or to discover and interpret new facts and relationships.

• Experiment

• Research

• Academic Writing

• Term Paper

________ is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding, or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject.

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Synthesis

• Abstract

___________ is intended to help the reader understand why your research should matter to them after they have finished reading the paper.

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Synthesis

• Abstract

_________ is any information that has been collected, observed, generated, or created to validate original research findings. Although usually digital, some also include non-digital formats such as laboratory notebooks and diaries.

• Findings

• Variables

• Data

• Research Instrument

The principal outcomes of a research project; what the project suggested, revealed, or indicated. This usually refers to the totality of outcomes, rather than the conclusions or recommendations drawn from them.

• Findings

• Experiment

• Conclusion

• Hypothesis

____________ is the specific procedures or techniques used to identify, select, process, and analyze information about a topic. In a research paper, this section allows the reader to critically evaluate a study's overall validity and reliability.

• Abstract

• Introduction

• Methodology

• Hypothesis

A ________ is a specific statement of prediction. It describes in concrete (rather than theoretical) terms what you expect will happen in your study.

• Abstract

• Introduction

• Methodology

• Hypothesis

It is a questionnaire consisting of a series of questions for the purpose of gathering information from respondents.

• Research Problem

• Research Instrument

• Statistical Tool

• Survey Questionnaire

Recommendations are based on the results of your research and indicate the specific measures or directions that can be taken. Therefore, implications signify the impact of your research and recommendations might be concrete steps/actions that the research proposes.

• TRUE

• FALSE

It lists all the sources you have used in your research, so readers can easily find what you have cited.

• Research

• Recommendation

• Relationship

• Reference