Chapter one
an approach to inquiry that combines or integrates both qualitative and quantitative forms of research.
What is Mixed Methods Research
the subject or subject matter of a proposed study
What is the Research Topic
a characteristic or attribute of an individual or an organization that can be measured or observed and that varies among the people or organization being studied.
What is a variable
the ethical rules and principles drafted by professional associations that govern scholarly research in the disciplines.?
What is the Code of Ethics
the first passage in a journal article, dissertation, or scholarly research study.
What is an Introduction
a means for testing objective theories by examining the relationship among variables.
What is Quantitative Research
is a visual picture (or figure) of the research literature on a topic that illustrates how a particular study contributes to the literature.
What is a Literature Map
influencers that affect outcomes in experimental studies.
What is Independent Varibles
a committee on a college and university campus that reviews research to determine to what extent the research could place participants at risk during the study.
What is the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
an approach to writing an introduction to a research study that builds on gaps existing in the literature.
What is the Deficiencies Model of an Introduction
a means for exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem.
What is Qualitative Research
shares with the reader the results of other studies that are closely related to the one being undertaken.
What is the Literature Review
outcomes or results influenced in experimental studies.
This form contains a standard set of elements that acknowledges the protection of human rights.
What is an Informed Consent Form
issues that lead to the need for a study.
What are Research Problems
defined as “a basic set of beliefs that guide action” (Guba, 1990, p. 17).
What is Worldview
a brief review of the literature (typically a short paragraph) that summarizes major elements to enable a reader to understand the basic features of the article
What is the abstract
provides an overall orienting lens that is used to study questions of gender, class, and race (or other issues of marginalized groups).
What is the Theoretical lens in qualitative research
presenting the work of another as your own, paraphrasing source material without citation.
What is Plagiarism
words that serve to draw, or engage the reader in the study.
What is a Narrative Hook
a design of inquiry coming from philosophy and psychology in which the researcher describes the lived experiences of individuals about a phenomenon as described by participants.
What is Phenomenological Research
guidelines for creating a scholarly style of a manuscript, such as a consistent format for citing references, creating headings, presenting tables and figures, and using nondiscriminatory language.
What is a style manual or what is APA 7
a set of interrelated constructs (variables), definitions, and propositions that presents a systematic view of phenomena by specifying relations among variables, with the purpose of explaining natural phenomena”
using participants for gains of the research without consideration for the individuals, potential involvement in the research, or reward for being willing to participate.
What is Exploitation of Participants
research published in the past 10 years
What is Recent Literature