LANGUAGE OF RESEARCH
Lesson 10
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE LANGUAGE OF RESEARCH
Researchers has its own Endowed
language structures that Withspecial knowledge, ideas that
are applicable to a particular
you, as the researcher, purpose , you possess a certain
use to communicate with expertise that only people
your fellow researchers belonging to your area of
specialization find understandable
and with readers eager to and easy to relate themselves with.
know the finding of your JARGONS
research. Areterms considered as technical
because these are commonly used only
by people belonging to the same field of
specialization.
RESEARCH - LANGUAGE
FORMATION
MULTISYLABLE EXAMPLES:
-Some terms reflecting Theoretical -Concepts.
the inherent
characteristics of
research as a scientific Inquiry- Investigation
method are made up of a
number syllables
Quantitative -
Numerical
Scientific -
RESEARCH - LANGUAGE
FORMATION
TYPE& FORMS OF EXAMPLES:
for Qualitative Research :
QUESTIONS Questions to be asked must be
elicit views,emotions,or
Research has its own opinions of people.
types of questions. It
has to ask questions to for Quantitative Research :
describe,show Asks questions about the exact
relationships,and give number,percentages,or
reasons behind the frequency of things.
occurence of
something.
NOTE
- Informative questions
rather than yes or no
questions are the
appropriate questions to
ask in research.
RESEARCH - LANGUAGE
FORMATION
SPANOF TIME COVERED BY THE
RESEARCH
Owing to the lenght of time,months or years that
takes place in a study , research introduced the
terms cross sectional and longitudinal studies.
CROSS -SECTIONAL STUDY:
-Involves a one-time collection of data in a span of
time
LONGITUDINAL STUDY:
-A repeated collection of data for purpose of finding
out changes of patterns over time.
RESEARCH - LANGUAGE
FORMATION TYPES OF VARIABLES
VARIABLE
RELATIONSHIPS [Link] Variables
-Concerning itself -the cause of something
with whether is not a [Link] Variables
effects variable has on
-bears the effect of the indepent variable
another variable ,based
on cause effect
[Link] Variables
relationships and on a
certain pattern that may -extra or unexpected variable cropping
result in positive or up outside the research design.
negative relationship
[Link] Variables
- unstable variables
RESEARCH - LANGUAGE FORMATION
FORMULATION OF TYPESOF
HYPOTHESES HYPOTHESES
NULL HYPOTHESES
Forming the hypotheses - for guessing negative results of
indicates the staging of a the research.
research .It signals the
occurence of a scientfic or ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES
investigative way of doing - for guessing positive results of the
things. research.
RESEARCH - LANGUAGE
FORMATION
DATA
These are facts, information , or logically derived forms of
knowledge that are called.
QUALITATIVE DATA
- If they are verbally or subjectively expressed.
QUANTITATIVE DATA
- If they are numerically or objectively expressed.
RESEARCH - LANGUAGE
FORMATION
UNIT OF ANALYSIS [Link],Group,Artefact
The subject or object of your (Painting , Book , Travelogue)
research study makes up one
b. Geographical Unit
major entity and this may
either be of the following.
(Municipality, Province , Country)
[Link] Interaction
(Husband-wife , Teacher-Learner ,
Employer-Employee)
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION
TYPES OF DEFINITION GUIDELINES IN GIVING
1 Operational Definition
OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS
1. Have a clear understanding of the
these are cognitive-coined terms that concept.
appear so complex to readers, in
general, especially those with zero 2. Based your operational definition on
the concept under study.
background knowledge about research .
3. Express operational definition in only
2 Theoretical definition one sentence.
Theoretical definition - these are 4. Let the operational definition explain
explanation based on the concepts or the measurement of variables clearly.
knowledge related to the field or 5. Construct an operational definition that
discipline and widely accepted as other researchers can understand.
correct.
Examples of Operational Definition
[Link] Temperature 3. Defining Anger
Theoretical/Conceptual Definition: heat > Theoretical/Conceptual
flowing between infinite reservoirs.
Operational Definition: define
Definition: intangible; not
temperature in relation to operations directly measured by
with gas thermometers. observation.
2. Defining Electric Current Operational Definition:
Theoretical/Conceptual Definition: mention facial expressions,
force between two parallel conductors. vocabulary, or voice tone to
Operational Definition: mention the measure anger.
device, current balance, to measure
electric current.
PRESENTED BY :
Magriña , Dhaylle Henry
Onato , Gabriel Genesis
Platon , Lovely Dale
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