I Should Know This
Data that has already been gathered and analyzed by other scholars.
What is Secondary Research?
What you're trying to find and fill with your research project.
What is a Research Gap?
The overarching philosophical framework/strategy.
What is Methodology?
The group that determine if the potential gain in knowledge from the research study outweighs the cost to the research participant (whether a study is ethical or not)
What is Institutional Review Board?
Another term for widely known facts.
What is 'common knowledge'?
A concise, evidence-based explanation of the specific issue or knowledge gap a study will address.
What is a problem statement?
What is this a list of:
Abstract (optional)2. History of Topic 3. Definitions 4. Cornerstone Work on Topic in Field 5. Arguments on Topic in the Field 6. Gaps regarding Topic 7. Hypothesis 8. Assumptions 9. Research Statement
What are components of the introduction?
A method involving the use of standardized questionnaires or interviews to collect data about people and their preferences, thoughts, and behaviors in a systematic manner.
What is a survey?
Permission form that outlines the purpose, value, and participation of the research study. *Must be signed by a guardian if participant is under 18*
What is an informed consent form/waiver?
What does B.O.K. stand for? *And what does it mean?
What is 'Body of Knowledge'?
(What is (verbatim): the current scholarly conversation surrounding a research topic?)
A type of reasoning that starts with an existing theory or general rule and uses it to make a specific prediction or test a hypothesis. (Top Down).
What is deductive reasoning?
A researcher explains that participants may have provided inaccurate answers because the study relied on self-reported data. Where should this be addressed?
What is the limitations section?
Method involving systematically analyzing the components of various documents, texts, or visual materials to extract meaningful insights and patterns.
What is Content Analysis?
The participants do not adequately represent the population researchers want to understand
What is sampling bias?
Referring to a person or their judgement: not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
What is objective?
A specific field of study in academia
What is a discipline?
A student develops a new understanding but has insufficient evidence or reasoning to fully support their conclusions (What score on the rubric would this get?)
What is a 3?
Tools for data collection.
What are methods?
Exposure of [ Noun ] is a criminal offense. *Bonus points if you can list examples.
What are Protected Groups? What are: Individuals with disabilities, Minors, Students, people who are or have been incarcerated, pregnant women, patients seeking medicalcare/treatment?
A structured set of concepts, theories, and assumptions that guides a research study by explaining the phenomenon under investigation and shaping the research design, data collection, and analysis.
What is 'theoretical framework'?
To suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief
*NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: Conditions taken for granted as true - BONUS 1/2 PT. to define this as well*
What is postulate?
What are assumptions?
A researcher presents evidence showing that two variables are related. However, their discussion claims that one variable directly causes the other, even though their research design only examined a correlation.
What is the fundamental weakness in the researcher's argument?
What is making a causal claim that their research design and evidence cannot support? (Mistaking correlation for causation.)
Type of study designed to explore the relationships between two or more variables without intervening or manipulating them.
What is Correlational Research?
“Fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results"
What is Research Misconduct?
To combine (a number of things) into a coherent whole, organizing information by themes, patterns, agreements, disagreements, or research gaps; to weave sources together to reveal insights that no single study could provide.
What is 'synthesize'?