Elements of a Research Paper
The main statement describing the purpose of a research study.
What is a thesis statement?
The research paper section explaining how data was collected.
What is the methodology?
A tentative explanation put to test in research.
What is a hypothesis?
Definitions that describe terms by their practical application.
What are operational definitions?
This is an organized collection of concepts explaining a phenomenon.
What is a theory?
The central question or problem that the research seeks to address.
What is the research problem?
The section that discusses conclusions and implications of the study.
What is the conclusion (or discussion)?
The process of selecting subjects from a larger group.
What is sampling?
A term that varies in meaning depending on the context it is used.
What is a variable term (or context-dependent term)?
This is the list of all sources cited in a research paper.
What is a bibliography (or references)?
The brief summary that highlights the entire research study.
What is an abstract?
Background information that supports the justification of the study.
What is the introduction?
Words that have specialized meanings in a particular field.
What are technical terms?
A detailed explanation or clarification of a term within research.
What is a definition?
This refers to data collected via interviews, observations, and narrative descriptions.
What is qualitative data?
List the three main elements of a research paper.
What are introduction, body, and conclusion?
Name the two main types of research methods.
What are qualitative and quantitative research?
Enumerate five technical terms commonly used in research.
What are hypothesis, variables, sampling, validity, and reliability?
Give at least three reasons why operational definitions are important.
What are clarity, measurability, and consistency?
These are ways to expand the definition of a word in writing.
What are examples, comparison, and function?
The introduction must end with a thesis statement.
TRUE
Qualitative studies usually involve large sample sizes.
FALSE
Validity assesses how well a research instrument measures what it is supposed to.
TRUE
Operational definitions describe how a term applies in a real-world context.
TRUE
This statement is FALSE: Technical definitions are exactly the same across all contexts.
FALSE