Research

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• research report

  Researched data prepared by researchers or statisticians after analysing the information gathered by conducting organized research, typically in the form of surveys or qualitative methods. A research report is a reliable source to recount details about a conducted research.
• research topic

  A subject that one is interested in investigating
• research

  Is the organised and systematic method of finding answers to questions
• researcher

  A person who carries out academic and scientific research
• researcher skills

  An individual who participates in a survey, interview, or other data collection methods as part of a research study.
• researcher’s voice

  Authoritative – persuasive writing (e.g., it is crystal clear to readers what your argument is) Supportive-Interactive.
• respondent

  Individuals who participate in research studies by providing their insights, experiences and opinions
• response rate

  The number of people who answered the survey divided by the number of people in the sample
• rigor

  An individual who participates in a survey, interview, or other data collection methods as part of a research study.
• robustness

  The capacity of an analytical procedure to produce unbiased results when small changes in the experimental conditions are made voluntarily
• role conflict

  It relates to contradictions a person may feel between job requirements and life role requirements (war-family conflict).
• role ethics

  Role ethics, research ethics in research are moral principles which a researcher should consider in order to protect the dignity, rights, and welfare of research participants.
• samples

  A sample is a subset of individuals from a larger populations.
• sampling

  This is selecting the group that you will actually collect data from in your research. Selecting individual members or a subset of the population to make statistical inferences from and estimate the characteristics of the whole population.
• sampling error

  A statistical error that occurs when an analyst does not select a sample that represents the entire population of data, as a result the results do not represent the entire community.
• sampling frame

  It is the list from which units are drawn for the sample.
• sampling methods

  Sampling methods or sampling techniques is the process of studying the population by gathering information and analysing it.
• sampling strategies

  It is the process of identifying your population in research and determining how best to select a sample from it.
• sampling technique

  Sampling methods or sampling techniques is the process of studying the population by gathering information and analysing it.
• saturation

  A point in data collection when more additional issues or insights are identified and data begins to repeat so that further data collection is redundant signifying that an adequate sample size is reached.
• scope of work

  Also called scope of study, is the extent to which the research area will be explored in the work and specifies the parameters within which the study will be operating. Defining what the is going to cover and what it is focusing on.  The extent to which the research area will be explored in the work and specifies the parameters within the study will be operating
• search words

  key words, is breaking down of research topic into overall main ideas which may be used to search a library database.
• secondary data

  Data collected by someone other than the primary user
• secondary sources

  Source created by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions. A secondary source interprets and analyses primary sources.
• sections

  Distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.