The document discusses key concepts in research including conceptual frameworks, research literatures, hypotheses, operational definitions, concept maps, literature reviews, conceptual literature, directional hypotheses, random sampling, thematic reviews, lexical definitions, IMRAD format, convenience sampling, descriptive longitudinal design, causal relationships, populations, descriptive questions, research design, and citations. It provides definitions and explanations of these common research terms and methodologies.
The document discusses key concepts in research including conceptual frameworks, research literatures, hypotheses, operational definitions, concept maps, literature reviews, conceptual literature, directional hypotheses, random sampling, thematic reviews, lexical definitions, IMRAD format, convenience sampling, descriptive longitudinal design, causal relationships, populations, descriptive questions, research design, and citations. It provides definitions and explanations of these common research terms and methodologies.
The document discusses key concepts in research including conceptual frameworks, research literatures, hypotheses, operational definitions, concept maps, literature reviews, conceptual literature, directional hypotheses, random sampling, thematic reviews, lexical definitions, IMRAD format, convenience sampling, descriptive longitudinal design, causal relationships, populations, descriptive questions, research design, and citations. It provides definitions and explanations of these common research terms and methodologies.
The document discusses key concepts in research including conceptual frameworks, research literatures, hypotheses, operational definitions, concept maps, literature reviews, conceptual literature, directional hypotheses, random sampling, thematic reviews, lexical definitions, IMRAD format, convenience sampling, descriptive longitudinal design, causal relationships, populations, descriptive questions, research design, and citations. It provides definitions and explanations of these common research terms and methodologies.
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Conceptual Framework- written or visual presentation that explains either graphically, or in
narrative form
Research Literatures- literatures obtained from scholarly journal
Hypothesis- tentative answer or prediction about the relationship between two or more variables in quantitative studies.
Operational definition- term is defined according to how it operates in research or how it is used in research.
Concept map- Made up of varied figure, lines, circles, boxes and other marks or symbols representing your concepts.
Conceptual Framework- It is a graphical presentation of your concepts or ideas on the basic structure or components of your research.
Literature Review- It is a review of what has been published on a particular topic.
Conceptual Literature- These are literatures that comes from the book
High level of research skills leads to a high level of research productivity- Directional hypothesis
Random Sampling- These are technique use wherein each member of the population has a chance of being selected
Thematic review-. In this type of literature the researcher discusses only the major ideas or results from studies rather that the detail.
Lexical definition- This definition is defined according to authoritative sources.
IMRAD- Format used in APA 6
Convenience sampling-.In this technique individual who are available and easy to reach by the researcher constitute the sample
Descriptive longitudinal design- This is also categorized as descriptive research since it describes conditions that already exists, it examines the effect of an independent or predictor variable that cannot manipulated by the researcher
Causal Relationship- Relationship that arise from cause and effects
Population- It is defined as the collection of all counts that are of interest that composed of people or things
Descriptive questions- Questions which are designed to describe what exists or what is going on. Research design-. It is a pre conceived plan a researcher employs which enables him to conduct his research in a systematic fashion.
Citation- Means systematic showing what information or ideas you are quoting or paraphrasing from another author’s work and where they come from
