METHODS OF RESEARCH Prof. Cecilio Azarcon MARIA CLAUDIA DAYAO What is Style Gui
METHODS OF RESEARCH Prof. Cecilio Azarcon MARIA CLAUDIA DAYAO What is Style Guide/Style manuals? • A style guide or manual of style is a set of standards for the writing, formatting and design of documents. A style guide is a reference point that sets standards for writing documents within your organization Why is it important in research writing? • It help to ensure that multiple authors use one tone. • The primary purpose of a style guide is to promote consistency. FORMAT OF THE RESEARCH REPORT I. Preliminary Pages i. Cover page ii. Acknowledgment iii. Dedication iv. Table of contents v. Abstract II. Chapter1 ( Body of the Report ) • Background of the Study • Statement of the problem • Significance of the study • Definition of Terms III. Chapter 2 • Review of Related Literatures • Research Design/conceptual framework • locale of the study • participants of the study • research instruments • data gathering procedures • statistical techniques IV. Chapter V • Summary of findings • conclusions • Recommendations V. Back matters • Bibliography • Appendix I. PRELIMINARY PAGES i. Title or Cover Page Just like any other paper you write, your research paper needs a cover page with your study’s title. It also needs your and any co-writers’ names and institutional affiliations. ii. Acknowledgment This is a page focused on expressing gratitude to organizations, agencies or individuals who, in one way or another, have aided the researchers in finishing the thesis. iii. Dedication This is the page for dedicating the thesis to certain people or groups who have inspired the researchers while doing the thesis. iv. Table of Contents The table of contents is essentially a topic outline of the thesis.• It is compiled by listing the headings in the thesis down to whichever level you choose. v. Abstract An abstract presents a brief summary of your thesis.• The aim of the abstract is to briefly provide the reader with the most important information from the entire text. • Background of the study Includes purpose and reason behind the conduct of the study. It also serves as the introduction. • Statement of the Problem The main problem that the research is trying to solve. • Significance of the study You have to identify who will benefit from the research and how they will be benefited. II. Chapter 1 • Scope and Delimitations of the study Determines the coverage of the study and all the things that it will not cover in order to be specific. • Definitions of Terms Defines technical terms based on how they are used in the study. specifically in the title. This aims to provide the readers or future researcher with basic terminilogird that are important to understand the paper. III. Chapter II • Review of Related Literature In this part you must get your data and information from any books, magazines, and news papers. • Conceptual Framework A conceptual framework elaborates the research problem in relation to relevant literature. This section may summarize the major (dependent and independent) variables in your research. The framework may be summarized in a schematic diagram that presents the major variables and their hypothesized relationships. • Locale of the study state exactly when and where the research will begin and end • Participants of the study Describes the repondents: who they are, what their profile is, where they are from. etc. • Research Instruments Describes your instruments. Questionnaires. • Data Gathering Procedure Narrates the process undergone by the study that eventually leads to the findings • Statistical Techniques Describe the statistical tool used in the study. (T-TEST) IV. Chapter V • Summary of findings Summarizes the interpretation of data. should answer directly your statement of the problem. • Conclusions It will be based from the summary of findings. A part wherein your hypotheses and assumptions are being proven. • Recommendations Should be based on the findings and conclusions of the study. Should be feasible, workable, doable, flexible and adaptable. V. Back Matters • Bibliography List books, journal articles, web sites, and other communications used in your investigation or cited in your report in alphabetical order. Use the APA (American Psychological Association) format for references. • Appendix Any tables, figures, forms, or other materials that are not totally central to the analysis but that need to be included are placed in the Appendix. THANK YOU! uploads/s3/ methods-of-research-prof-cecilio-azarcon 1 .pdf
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