Technical Terms Used in Research

Research question is a careful and detailed study into a specific problem, concern, or issue using the scientific method. This is best accomplished by turning the issue into a question, with the intent of the research to answer the question.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

________is a self-contained, short, and powerful statement that describes a larger work. Components vary according to discipline.

• Assignment

• Background of the Study

• Cause and effect

• Abstract

This contains the rationale, the key problem statement, and a brief overview of research questions that are addressed in the rest of the paper. It provides the context and purpose of the study.

• Assignment

• Background of the Study

• Cause and Effect

• Conclusion

_________refers to a relationship between two phenomena in which one phenomenon is the reason behind the other.

• Assignment

• Background of the Study

• Cause and Effect

• Conclusion

___________is the part of the research paper that brings everything together in a logical manner.

• Conclusion

• Cause and Effect

• Experiment

• Data

__________are the raw materials collected, processed and studied in the undertaking of research. They are the evidential basis that substantiates published research findings.

• Conclusion

• Assignment

• Findings

• Research Data

An ______is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis.

These are the outcomes gotten from data analysis and represent the factual link or association between or amongst the variables being interrogated by the researcher.

• Experiment

• Findings

• Hypothesis

• Manuscript

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