2. Research begins with a

3. Mostly theoretical and is not directly applicable to real-life problems and concerns.

4. Has obvious and immediate applications.

5. Research is _ and manipulated to understand the relationship between two or more variables.

6. Research follows stringent procedures to find out the answers to questions that are relevant and appropriate in nature.

7. All researchers must honestly present information on data, results, research methods and procedures, and status of work. Researchers must not falsify and distort the data to deceive the public.

8. Researchers must save and secure confidential information of anyone involved in the research project, especially the respondents for their target samples.

9. The researchers must respect patents, copyright rights, and other forms of intellectual property. It is a criminal act for anyone to plagiarize.

10. Researchers should remove any form of bias in all stages of research. All observations and data collected must not be changed in any way to agree with the wants of the researchers.

Published research studies that have direct link to the current study. ______ is the results or findings of other researchers.

Mostly government laws and department directives such as circular, orders, memoranda and others which are related to the current research study.

______ is the Relevant information or sources taken from published materials that are related to the current study.

Organize and discuss existing literature based on them or theoretical concepts you feel are important to understand the topic.

Discussing various theories, models and definitions of key concepts.

Comparing the results and conclusions that emerges from different approaches.

Describe each work in succession, starting with the earliest available information.

Established by American Psychological Association, that needs in-text citation and reference list. Use in the field of psychology, social sciences and natural sciences.

Uses two (2) citation format, and allows you to credit you sources through footnotes and end-note citation. Instead of Reference or Work Cited, you can also use Bibliography and allows you to comment on the cited source.

Use simple two (2) part parenthetical documentation system for citing sources, in-text citation are summarized as Work Cited at the end of the paper. Commonly use in the field of language research and literature.

is used when the concepts from different theories are borrowed to provide bases for an investigation, because one theory does not cover all the all the concerns of the study.

is the blueprint of a research study.

(for theoretical framework) means research variable.

means connection

can be seen either in introduction section or review of related literature section. However, if there are more than 15 terms to be defined, this section is removed.

can be seen either in introduction section or review of related literature section. However, if there are more than 15 terms to be defined, this section is removed.

defines the term on how it is measured and used in the present research study.

Key terms to be defined in Conceptual and Operational definition: (Pick 3 correct answers)