Research Introduction

Which of the following is NOT a prescribed technique when narrowing down an interest or potential research topic?

• Summarizing

• Freewriting

• Listing

• Clustering

A ________ topic addresses the needs of the target audience of the research paper.

• subjective

• performative

• relevant

• dominant

An interesting topic should only be appealing to the researchers.

• True

• False

The ________ of the study establishes the reason why your study should be conducted, and the context in which your study is situated.

• rationale

• field

• gap

• background

This refers to the particular issue which you will address in your study as well as the specific area of concern of the research.

• Research questions

• Research gap

• Research problem

• Research statement

The added "ER" in the framework "SMARTER" research corresponds to which of the following?

• Economical, Rigorous

• Ethnographic, Repetitive

• Evaluative, Relevant

• Ethical, Rewarding

This argument is a concise articulation of a research paper’s engagement with and contribution to the literature on a given topic.

Which among the following is a correct In-text CSE citation format?

• (McToad, 2010)

• McToad, 2010

• McToad 2010

• (McToad 2010)

When citing a journal article using the CSE format, journal names are not abbreviated.

• True

• False

This format is often used for lab reports as well as for reporting any planned, systematic research in the social sciences, natural sciences, or engineering and computer sciences.