“Distinguishing Technical Terms Used in Research”

What I Know
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. C

What’s In

Argumentative Persuasive Informative

All persuasive
The argumentative essay A persuasive speech An informative
speeches are
is a genre of writing that The audience aims to persuade speech aims to
informative. ...
requires the student to needs to know the audience to inform the audience
The audience
investigate a topic; the facts, perform a certain about a specific
needs to know
collect, generate, and persuasive and action or convince topic
the facts, and
evaluate evidence; and argumentative the audience to
the persuasive
establish a position on essay gives adopt the belief or
speech gives
the topic in a concise facts. opinion of the
the facts.
manner. speaker.

What makes this essay helpful in writing a research?

- The research process allows you to gain expertise on a topic of your choice, and the writing process helps
you remember what you have learned and understand it on a deeper level. However, writing a research
paper can also be a great opportunity to explore a topic that is particularly interesting to you.

What’s New
1. Research – examination, study
2. Questionnaire – survey, data gathering
3. Respondents – answerer, replier

What’s More
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2. E
3. M
4. N
5. D
6. H
7. K
8. L
9. I
10. O
11. G
12. F
13. J
14. B
15. A
What I Have Learned
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. E
6. F
7. P
8. G
9. H
10. I
11. J
12. K
13. N
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What I Can Do?

1. Variables
2. Dependent Variables
3. E.g
4. Sample
5. Data Presentation
6. Data Gathering Tools
7. Limitations
8. Research Topic
9. Research Questions
10. Bibliography
Assessment
I. True or False
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True
II. A
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. C
9. A
10. C

Additional Activity
1. Delimitations: address how the study will be narrowed in scope.
2. Descriptive statistics: those statistics that describe, organize, and summarize data (frequencies, percentages,
descriptions of central tendency and descriptions of relative position).
3. Debriefing: debriefing: after the participants have concluded their participation in the study, each participant
should have an opportunity to meet with the primary researcher or receive information regarding the study and
timeline for completion of the study.
4. Expedited Review: consists of a review of research involving human participants by the IRB chairperson or by
one or more experienced reviewers designated by the chairperson from among members of the IRB. The IRB will
assure that the standard requirements for informed consent (or its waiver, alteration, or exception) apply
regardless of the type of review. The expedited review procedure may be used for research activities that
(1) present no more than minimal risk to human participants, and
(2) involve only procedures listed in one or more of the following categories. See page 8 of the McKendree
Institutional Review Board Policies and Procedures Manual for categories and further specific information.
5. Exempt: research exempt from IRB Review, see page 13 of the McKendree Institutional Review Board Policies
and Procedures Manual.
6. Hypothesis: hypotheses represent specific restatements of the purpose of the study, which can be directional or
non-directional. Write in literary form which means that the variables will be stated in abstract, concept-oriented
language or operational form which uses specific language.
7. Inferential statistics: allow the researcher to make inferences from the sample to the population in order to
speculate, reason, and generalize about the population from the sample findings. Must have sufficient subjects and
random selection. Tests include t tests, F tests, and tests for r.
8. Informed Consent: Subjects and participants must understand the nature of the project, what procedures will be
used, and to what use the results will be put. See general requirements and exceptions on pages 15-17 of the
McKendree Institutional Review Board Policies and Procedures Manual. Also see sample consent form, page 20 as
well as sample provided separately on IRB Webpage.
9. Limitations: identify potential weaknesses of the study.
10. Research Methodology: The method of research design (paradigm as well as statistics and analysis) as well as
the approximate timeline for completion of the study.