Steps of Research
The first priority of doing research is to determine a what?
What is a Research Question.
Collection of data by documenting what you see.
What are observations
A type of source that comes from an original research study or from someone who witnessed a historical event is a p...
What is primary source
How can you check back to confirm that your source of information is reliable
What is CRAAP
Plagiarism is...
Using someone else's ideas without giving them credit.
Once you have a hypothesis, the next step of the research process is to test it by doing what?
What is an Experiment.
Which section of the library should you use to collect information of real events?
What is the Non-fiction section.
A type of source in which information is provided by a person not directly involved when a historical event happened or a source that is the result of a research.
What is a secondary source
What can you conclude about a website if it ends in .gov?
It was created by government institution.
What does APE stands for?
What is Answer, Point, Explanation.
Name one common method of conducting research, typically a 7 step process consisting of a Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data Collection and Analysis?
What is the Scientific Method/Scientific Approach.
The tool used when participants provide information through self-report on questionnaires
What are surveys
What is the name of the principle that you follow when you write your work your own words and don't cheat, and don't present the work of others as your own.
What is Academic Honesty
The techniques that can be used to conduct the research falls under which category, methods or methodology?
What is Methodology.
When you document sources, how do you organize your bibliography such as the title, author, date?
Author Surname, First Name. (date). Title. Accessed date. Available website.
After you found good sources, as you read them, what should you do?
What is note taking.
A type of research where data collect is presented in numbers and require a mathematical calculation to deduce. An example would be the use of a questionnaire with close-ended questions to arrive at figures to be calculated Mathematically.
What is Quantitative research.
What is the first step to find good and related sources online for your research?
What is selecting key terms on research bar.
On google research box, name three tools that you can use to help you find relevant sources?
- when you want to exclude some specific word from your research
.gov or .edu when you want to filter the types of website on your research
"" when you want a phrase to be in the exact same order as you typed
What are the two ways that we can learn to improve our research study while doing the research study?
What is Feedback and Feedfoward.
A type of research that collects non- numerical elements in the research. When the information or data cannot be grasped in terms of numbers only.
What is a qualitative research.
Name and explain what each of the letters from CRAAP analysis stand for?
Currency; When the information was published?
Relevance; How does this source fits your needs?
Authority; Who is the author that published this information?
Accuracy; Is this information reliable and correct?
Purpose; Is there bias behind the reason for the author to publish this information?
This database produces hundreds of reports and graphics based on its many data-collection efforts including Worldbank and national governments
What is the Gapminder