Technical Terms Used in Research

Technical Terms Used in
Research
Activity 2: Develop Your Idea
• Directions: Recall how you came up with your argumentative essay

in the previous quarter. You also did some research to get
information to support your details. By activating your prior
knowledge and skills learned, you are to gather information
through conducting research. Decide on a local heritage that you
would like to preserve. Talk about its importance, its history, and
influence on your culture. Use the template to complete this
activity. Afterwards, answer the questions that follow
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members
1. Based on the activity above, how
do you define research?
2. How do you come up with a

research?
Activity 3: Pick and Write Directions:
The 10-Einstein class was asked by their teacher to conduct survey research to the Grade 10 parents if they are in favor of conducting face-to-face classes next school year. All learners were excited for the activity. They were asked to do it through online survey. From the list below, pick out the terms that you think would be important in their research, and write it in the box
provided
What Is It
Research establishes facts and new findings through a

systematic investigation to contribute to an existing
body of knowledge.
Research Title is a subject or topic that researcher

finds interesting when conducting research. This
needs to be narrowed down which will focus on the
main idea.
•Abstract summarizes all sections and helps readers
decide whether or not to read the entire report.
• Introduction presents background information, scope,

and focus of the research paper.
• Literature Review provides a review of what others

have written or researched on concerning the topic. In
some research reports, concept literature, research
literature, theoretical framework, conceptual
framework, research hypothesis, and definition of
terms are also included.
Methodology explains how the research was conducted.
These include the research design, population and
sampling procedure, research instrument, data
gathering procedure, and data analysis procedure.
• Discussion presents the information gathered through

the research.
• Conclusion provides the summary of the research. It

brings the report to closure by giving emphasis to ideas
stated previously.
• Results contain other related information such as graphs, charts,
tables, and lists.
• Cultural mapping refers to a research tool to holistically

understand the cultural assets of a place based on the local
knowledge of the people.
• Interview is a conversational practice where knowledge is

produced through the interaction between an interviewer and an
interviewee or a group of interviewees.
Interview Guide summarizes the content that researchers
cover during interviews. At one extreme, it may provide
very minimal directions, leading to “less structured”
interviews that are designed primarily to explore the
participant’s own perspective on the research topic.
Tips for Formulating Questions

✓ Pose open, rather than closed questions.
✓ Sequence interview questions from broad to narrow.
✓ Avoid the inclusion of possible responses in questions.
✓ Pose one question at a time.
✓ Avoid posing multi-part questions.
• Questionnaire is a set of questions to gather
information in a survey. It may be in a form of open-
end format that allows the respondents to answer in
any way he or she wishes in his or her term, multiple
choice format that presents a question which is
followed by a set of options pre-determined by the
researcher, or checklist format that is used
exclusively or with some use of free-response
option.
Tips for Writing a Great Survey
Questionnaire
1. Focus on asking closed-ended questions.
2. Keep your survey questions neutral.
3. Keep a balanced set of answer choices.
4. Don’t ask for two things at once.
5. Keep your questions different from each
other.
6. Let most of your questions be optional to
Survey is a statistical analysis of answers to a poll of a sample of a population,
e.g. to determine opinions, or knowledge.
• Plagiarism occurs when ideas, information, and even pictures are used
without proper acknowledgement of the original sources. Providing in-text
citation or parenthetical text from another source is a surefire method to avoid
plagiarism
Reference is a list of all sources used in research. •
Appendix contains related information such as graphs,

charts, tables, lists.
Activity 5: Identify Me Directions: Read the following statements very well.
Distinguish the terms used in research that correspond to the statements. Choose
your answer from the pool of terms in the box. Write your answer on the space
provided.
_____________________ 1. It pertains to the inclusion of
question-based or topic based. This may be used in the form of
general questions.
_____________________2. It discusses published information
in a particular subject area.
_____________________ 3. It is the part where you indicated
the research instrument.
_____________________ 4. It is placed where you remember
that it is important to give credit where it is due. This means
you acknowledge the author’s work.
_____________________ 5. It refers to the process of using the
information without giving due credit to the writer
Activity 6: What Do You Think Directions: Study the sample terms
applied in writing research report. Distinguish how the terms were
used based on the content provided. Answer the question for each
item by writing the letter on the space before the number.
_______ 1. What technical term in
research was applied in the example
above?
A. Abstract
B. Body
C. Plagiarism
D. Questionnaire
_______ 2. What technical term is used in the second example
above?
A. Appendix B. Reference C. Introduction D. Results

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What are the main components of a research paper?

What are some tips for writing effective survey questions?

Technical Terms Used in

• Directions: Recall how you came up with your argumentative essay

2. How do you come up with a

Research establishes facts and new findings through a

Research Title is a subject or topic that researcher

• Introduction presents background information, scope,

• Literature Review provides a review of what others

• Discussion presents the information gathered through

• Conclusion provides the summary of the research. It

• Cultural mapping refers to a research tool to holistically

• Interview is a conversational practice where knowledge is

Tips for Formulating Questions

Appendix contains related information such as graphs,

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