🧪 Research Methodology
What is the methodology section?
This section explains the tools, techniques, and strategies used to collect and analyze data.
What is the literature review?
This section summarizes existing research on a given topic.
What is the discussion section?
This section interprets the results and explains what they mean.
What is research design?
This refers to the overall strategy for integrating different components of the study.
What is APA style?
This system is commonly used in social sciences for citing sources.
What is quantitative vs. qualitative research?
This term refers to whether your study uses numbers and statistics or interviews and observations.
What is synthesizing the literature?
This is the process of organizing past research by themes, trends, or gaps.
What is discussing in light of the literature?
Here, the researcher compares their findings with previous studies.
What is exploratory research?
This type of research aims to explore a phenomenon without offering conclusive answers.
What is the author’s name and publication year?
You must include this in a citation to avoid plagiarism.
What is reliability?
A researcher includes this to explain how they ensured accuracy and consistency in their measurements.
What is a scholarly or academic journal article?
This type of source is considered credible and peer-reviewed in academic writing.
What is the implication of findings?
This is where the author may suggest how the results could apply in real-life situations.
What is a cross-sectional study?
A study that collects data at one point in time.
What is the reference list or bibliography?
This list appears at the end of your paper and includes all your sources.
What is the justification of methodology?
This explains why a certain method was chosen and not another.
What is to identify gaps or common findings in the field?
This is the reason you compare multiple studies in a literature review.
What is acknowledge it and offer a possible explanation?
When a study result is unexpected, the writer should do this.
What is a longitudinal study?
This design follows participants over time to observe changes.
What is an in-text citation?
This type of citation is placed within the body of the paper.
What is informed consent and confidentiality?
These are the ethical considerations a researcher should mention when involving human participants.
What is summarizing without synthesizing?
This is a mistake to avoid: listing studies one by one without connection.
What are limitations and future research directions?
These are ideas for what could be done differently in future research.
What are independent variables?
These variables are manipulated to observe their effect on other variables.
What is plagiarism?
This term refers to using someone’s work or idea without proper credit.