Research Process
The very first step in the research process
What is choosing a topic?
The question you are trying to answer through research
What is a research question?
The act of using someone else's work without giving credit
What is plagiarism?
This lab deals with the human brain and Alzheimer's research
What is the Kinney Lab?
Information that has been collected and organized for analysis
What is data?
This step involves looking for information in books, articles, and websites
What is conducting research or gathering resources?
A brief statement that presents the main argument of your research.
What is a thesis statement?
This style of writing is commonly used in English and humanities papers
What is MLA (Modern Language Association)?
This lab uses mice in its health sciences research
What is the Graham Lab?
Data that can be measured or counted
What is quantitative data?
After gathering information, you do this to determine what it means
What is a analyzing the information?
A type of source that presents original materials or evidence.
What is a primary source?
The page where full citations are listed
What is the Works Cited page?.
The chemistry lab we visited
What is the Heske Lab?
Data collected in its original, unprocessed form
What is raw data?
This step comes after writing the first draft
What is revising/editing?
A concise summary of the main points of a study, usually found at the beginning of an academic article.
What is an abstracy?
A short reference within the text that points to the full citation
What is an in-text citation or parenthetical citation?
This lab consists of a husband-wife research team
What is the Hines Lab or the Hines Group?
A visual representation of data using bars, lines, or shapes
What is a chart or graph?
A final check to ensure all citations are correct and the paper follows guidelines
What is proofreading or final review?
This term describes a process of narrowing your topic to make it more manageable.
What is topic refinement or narrowing?
Changing the words of a source without citing is still considered this
What is plagiarism?
This lab deals with face perception
What is the Rennels labs?
A type of data collection that involves controlled conditions to test hypotheses
What is an experiment?