Practical Research

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key concepts from the lecture notes on Practical Research.

Research is defined as __.

seeking for truth, information or knowledge.

Information is sought through __.

questioning

The process of inquiry begins with gathering information and data through applying the various __.

human senses

Research is a systematic investigation to establish __ and reach new conclusions.

facts

Research is about developing appropriate __ to improve an individual's quality of life.

solutions

The act of studying something carefully and extensively is called __.

research

Central to research is your way of __ new knowledge, applying knowledge in various ways.

discovering

It puts us where __ exist.

problems

The process of executing various mental acts for discovering and examining __ and information.

facts

Quantitative Research uses __ data and statistical methods to quantify the problem.

numerical

Descriptive Design is used to describe a particular phenomenon by observing it as it occurs in __.

nature

Descriptive Design involves no experimental manipulation, and the researcher does not start with a __.

hypothesis

Descriptive Design Identifies the __ between variables.

relationship

Correlational Design: It doesn\'t consider the __ and effect.

cause and effect

Ex-post Facto is used to investigate a possible relationship between previous events and present __.

conditions

Quasi-experimental Design is used to establish the __ relationship of two or more variables.

cause-and-effect

The group exposed to treatment is compared to the group __ to treatment.

unexposed

Kinds of variables: __ could be an object, event, idea, feeling, time period or any other type of category.

Variables