WEEK 3

________________research involves verbal reports, pictures, journal entries and other non-numeric data.

• Quanitative

• Qualitative

• Descriptive

• Correlational

Answer explanation

A research study includes the collection and analysis of data. In quantitative research, the data are analyzed with numbers and statistics. While qualitative research, the data analyzed are non-numerical form.

There should be a general statement of the whole problem followed by the specific questions or sub problems into which the general problem is broken up.

• Statement of the problem

• definition of terms

• Introduction

• Background of the study

This is the foundation of the research study.

• Theoretical Framework

• Statement of the Problem

• Background of the study

• introduction

Answer explanation

The theoretical framework is the “blueprint” for the entire dissertation inquiry. It serves as the guide on which to build and support your study.

Tentative answer to a research question.

• Hypothesis

• Framework

• Introduction

• Background of the study

Answer explanation

A hypothesis states your predictions about what your research will find. It is a tentative answer to your research question that has not yet been tested.

The locale of the study.

• Scope and delimitations

• Framework

• Introduction

• Statement of the problem

only terms, words, or phrases which have special or unique meanings in the study are defined.

• Definition of terms

• Significance of the study

• Introduction

• Statement of the problem

Factor that can be controlled, changed, or measured in an experiment.

• variables

• introduction

• statement of the problem

• framework

only terms, words, or phrases which have special or unique meanings in the study are defined.

• Definition of terms

• Significance of the study

• Introduction

• Statement of the problem

This is a method of research where the researcher carefully and systematically observes and records behavior without interfering

• Observational
• Correlational
• Experiments
• Case Study
• Survey

This research method is a measure of the extent to which two variables change together, and thus of how well either variable predicts the other

• Correlational
• Experiments
• Case Study
• Survey
• Observational