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A specific gap in existing knowledge.

Describing existing conditions, behaviors, or characteristics without manipulating variables.

A concise summary outlining the issue your research aims to address, including context, specific problem, relevance, and objectives.

Your aims and priorities.

To provide clarity on the subject matter.

Purpose, Subject and Variables, Location, Timeframe, Population, and Research Methods.

The 'how' and 'why' of certain events or outcomes.

Hermeneutic phenomenology focuses on interpreting experiences, while transcendental phenomenology aims to set aside pre-existing beliefs.

Examples help readers grasp definitions and see their relevance to the topic.

From general to specific.

Background of the Study, Statement of the Problem, Research Questions, Significance of the Study, Scope and Delimitation/Limitation, Definition of Terms.

To understand subjective experiences, beliefs, and concepts.

The statement of the problem.

To clarify where data will be gathered.

Definitions that specify the procedures or methods used to quantify a concept.

The variable that the researcher changes or observes to see how it affects something else.

Areas where we don't know enough about a topic, such as understanding disease spread or new technology.

By focusing on the specific problem related to the broader topic.

By adding new information or perspectives on the problem.

To identify and measure the relationship between two or more variables without manipulating them.

It serves as the blueprint for collecting and analyzing data, ensuring consistency, reliability, and validity.

The overall plan, structure, or strategy that guides a research project from conception to final data analysis.

'Phenomenological epoche' or 'bracketing.'

Investigating a single individual or group to gain an in-depth understanding of their experiences.

Questions that aim to describe a situation or phenomenon, such as 'What types of exercise do high-performing UK executives engage in?'

By relating it to larger issues, current trends, debates, or challenges in your field.

It sets the stage, justifies the study, identifies gaps, and guides the research.

Focus, clarity, feasibility, and alignment.

Summarize what other researchers have found related to your research problem.

Individuals or groups affected by the problem being studied.

Add new information, highlight unheard voices, or assist with social justice.

Exploring the meaning of lived experiences and how they are perceived by individuals.

Whether to take a qualitative or quantitative approach.

Why your research is important and how it contributes to the field.

The main question your study is trying to answer, guiding your research.

How you will conduct your research and analyze the data.

They look at the similarities and differences between two or more things, like exercise preferences across different groups.

Study time.

Gaps related to understanding theories or ideas, needing more research to connect concepts or develop new theories.

As a structured inquiry that utilizes acceptable scientific methodology to solve problems and create new knowledge.

Qualitative variables focus on understanding meanings and experiences, while quantitative variables are defined in measurable terms.

Boundaries set for the study, indicating what is intentionally excluded.

Limited funds, unexpected events, time constraints, lack of technology, and previous research.

To present a comprehensive overview of the research process, guiding students from the initial formulation of research questions to the conclusions.

Time for data collection, access to data, necessary research skills, and need for ethical approval.

Definitions that explain what a term means in simple, theoretical terms.

Boundaries set for the study based on choices about what to include or exclude.

The goals of the research and the methods or approaches to address the problem.

Because it helps to justify the relevance of the study.

Work habits, writing, organizing and planning, research understanding, intellectual skills, and interpersonal skills.

The name or heading of a research paper or project that summarizes the main topic.

Whether there is a causal relationship between two or more variables.

To keep the explanation clear and avoid vague statements.

Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.

Clearly define it and ensure your question is directly related to it.

A research method where only one person, event, or situation is studied in great detail.

Practical significance, societal significance, and future research.

It generates insight into a research problem by describing its characteristics.

Independent variable and dependent variable.

The variable that gets measured in the study to see the effect of the independent variable.

Gaps concerning the methods used to conduct research, requiring new ways or improvements in current methods.

Pointing out what hasn't been studied yet and what questions still need answers.

Participants must be willing to serve in the study.

Factors affecting the study that are outside the researcher's control.

The idea that our minds are always directed toward specific objects or experiences.

Measuring variables and describing frequencies, averages, and correlations.

It sets the boundaries for a project and defines what the research will cover.

The exact issue that needs to be addressed, including gaps in current understanding.

Conceptual definitions provide theoretical understanding, while operational definitions offer concrete methods for measurement.

What is the specific controversy or issue that I need to address?

Gaps involving missing or incomplete data, such as lacking data from specific groups.

Novelty, highlighting what's new and unique in the research.

It describes the topic, summarizes the main idea, can be changed, is catchy, concise, and uses keywords.

Overall objectives, primary or secondary research, sampling methods, data collection methods, and analysis methods.

The ability to conduct a thorough literature review, including finding, evaluating, and synthesizing existing research.

To reveal the true essence of how we experience and interpret the world.

Clear and simple language, avoiding jargon.

It purely describes the situation without exploring relationships between variables.

It helps keep the project focused and guides decisions about what and how to study.

Persuasive language.

Categorical variables that describe differences in categories without a numerical range.

The reasons for their exclusion should be clear and based on their relevance to the study.

Test score.

To ensure that anyone reading it can easily understand what is being studied.

To explain why the research is important and how it contributes to the field.

A design that studies the reasons behind a change that has already occurred by comparing two groups.

How people perceive and experience the world around them by exploring their 'life-world' or 'lived experience.'

A person, place, thing, or phenomenon that you're trying to measure.

To explain why the problem is significant and how solving it will benefit the field or society.

They investigate the reasons behind or methods of a phenomenon, such as 'Why have bee populations declined in Germany over the last 5 years?'

They should help maintain focus on the main goal of the research.

Abstract ideas representing the phenomena being studied, such as 'identity' or 'culture.'

It means the question can be answered with the available resources and data.

When exploring potential relationships between variables that cannot be manipulated for ethical, practical, or logistical reasons.

It helps stay focused and realistic about what the research can achieve.

Characteristics that can be measured with numbers and exist on a scale.

Context and details to help the reader understand the research problem.

They explore the relationship between variables, like 'What is the relationship between exercise and mental health?'

More specific elements that make up constructs, like 'gender identity' or 'cultural identity.'

Ranzolin G. Bayeta, PhD.

The subject matter, setting, respondents, and optional time period.

It shows awareness of potential weaknesses and helps plan for challenges.

Honesty, compassion, and respect for all participants and communities involved.

To clarify why certain boundaries were set and how they relate to the research question.

Introduce the broad topic.

It should concentrate on one specific issue and be manageable.

Gaps about how research findings are applied in real life, needing more research on effective practices.

What the research will focus on, including target population and extent.

Making misaligned choices in methodology, sampling, data collection, and analysis.