Thesis Writing 2

Pilot Study

• Refers to mini or small versions of a full-scale study

• Regarded as a preliminary study intended to test study procedures

• Also known as a feasibility study

• Involves the pre-testing of the research instrument such as survey, test, interview

• A trial run of the entire study from the start to finish that increases the likelihood of success for the main study

• A dry run of your study procedures

Publication Bias

• Tendency of journals and publishing bodies to select only the researches that have subjective favorable results or findings

• May lead to overestimation and underrepresentation of real outcomes

Adopted Instruments

• Reliability and validity research studies conducted on those instruments can be used to the current study

• Links current study to all other studies that used the same instruments

• Saves times in making significant changes

• Simple and requires little effort

• May require a few modifications if necessary

Adapted Instruments

• Describes the instruments sufficiently in the Instruments section

• Who developed the instrument

• Who validated the instrument

• Other studies that have used the instrument

• Population by which instruments were created is different with your intended research informants

• Manifestation of the variable may be different from the group it was created and for the informants

• Requires more substantial changes

• Follows the general design of another instrument but adds items, removes items, and/or substantially changes the content of each item

• Almost similar to creating a new instrument

1. Introduction

2. Informed Consent

3. Participant’s Agreement

4. Robot foto/Demographic Sheet

5. Overall Instrument Reminders

6. Actual Instruments

7. Debriefing

Organizing your Google Survey

Hippocratic Oath

First of all, do no harm