Research Terminologies

It establishes the scope, context, and significance of the research being conducted. It leads the reader from a general subject area to a particular topic of inquiry.

• Introduction

• Questionnaire

• Hypothesis

• Results

It is a careful and detailed study into a specific problem, concern, or issue using the scientific method. It uses an organized and systematic procedure by presenting related facts and data.

• Research Instrument

• Methodology

• Research

• Abstract

A piece of academic writing that provides analysis, interpretation, and argument based on in-depth independent research.

• Literature Review

• Results (Findings)

• Research Instrument

• Research Paper

A statement of expectation or prediction that will be tested by research, commonly known as the researcher's intellectual guess or wild guess about the possible result of the study.

• Abstract

• Hypothesis

• Discussion

• Conclusion

It refers to any information that has been collected, generated, or created to validate original research findings.

• Result

• Reference

• Hypothesis

• Data

It is the main instrument in collecting data in survey research. Basically, it is a set of questions, often called items, which follow a fixed scheme in order to collect individual data about one or more specific topics.

• Population

• Sample

• Questionnaire

• Variable

It refers to the group of individuals who will participate in your study. They are the ones who will answer surveys or interviews. It is the specific group within a population that you will be collecting data from.

• Data

• Sample

• Population

• Reference

It pertains to the entire group that you want to draw conclusion about. It can mean a group containing elements of anything you want to study, such as objects, events, organizations, countries, species, organisms, etc.

• Population

• Sample

• variable

• Literature Review

It is any factor, trait, or condition that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in an experiment.

• Abstract

• Hypothesis

• Sample

• Variable

The systematic approach to resolve a research problem through data gathering using various techniques, providing an interpretation of data gathered, and drawing conclusions about the research data.

• Conclusion

• Reference

• Appendix

• Methodology