could be personal experience, from an article read, scene witnessed, news heard or a theory to be clarified

(a)  

defining boundaries, states demographic characteristics and focuses on peculiarity

(a)  

state the legal basis, literature, studies, theories and variables

(a)  

reasons and basis for conducting the study

(a)  

state the objective/s or purpose of the study, based on the statement of the problem

(a)  

Writing SOPs: To what extent (a)  

This part is written based on what are your expected answers of the statement of the problem of your study.

(a)  

Used for writing your assumptions on a correlational SOP

(a)  

is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods and gaps in the existing knowledge

(a)  

is an objective, concise, critical summary of the published research literature

(a)  

• you can find the page at the end of the sentence (direct quotation)

• author can be found at the beginning of the sentence

• uses spelled out "and"

• author and year published can be found at the end of the sentence

• uses shortcut "and"

Copy pasted content from the original cource

(a)  

Translating the information in your own words

(a)  

is a systematic and organized process of investigation aimed at acquiring new knowledge, solving problems, validating existing theories or exploring domains in various fields

(a)  

is the manipulation of things, concepts, or symbols for the purpose of analyzing, interpreting, generalizing, extending, correcting, or verifying knowledge

(a)  

is an organized and systematic way of finding answers to questions

(a)  

The research report must be free from personal bias and must be prepared for impersonal needs

(a)  

the research report must be free from spelling mistakes and grammatical errors

(a)  

the research report must be clear and easy to understand

(a)  

the language used in the research report must be simple and easy to understand

(a)  

the research process used must be explained in detail allowing other researchers to repeat the research in a systematic way

(a)  

research must be connected to one or more facets of a real situation and deal with concrete data, which gives a basis for the external validity of research outcomes

(a)  

the research outcome must be validated by replicating the research and thus creating a sound basis for a decision

(a)  

successful academic writing involves the ability to incorporate the concepts of (a)   in your writing

the research report must be precise and direct to the point

(a)  

the research report must be reliable and based on concrete data

(a)  

is a symbol or quantity that can change or vary, and it plays a crucial role in experiments and data analysis

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: can take on one of a limited, usually fixed, number of possible values

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: takes on any value within a finite or infinite interval

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: groups that does not have a specific order to them

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: have two or more categories/groups that can be ordered or ranked

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: can take any numerical value but are countable in a finite number of time

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: can take any numerical value but are uncountable. typically has decimals

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: yes or no outcomes

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: variables that you manipulate in order to affect the outcome of the experiment

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: variables that represent the outcome of the experiment

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: variables that are held constant throughout the experiment

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: a variables that affects the relationship between the IV and DV

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: establishes a link between the IV and DV, they affect the variables

(a)  

they are not related to the study but may affect the DV

(a)  

TYPE OF VARIABLE: if the extraneous variable is the real reason for the outcome instead of the IV

(a)