PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2 REVIEWER

Research ethics is a set of principles to guide and assist researchers in deciding which goals are most important and in reconciling
conflicting values when conducting research

A description of the purpose of the research is necessary in obtaining informed consent

APA is the appropriate referencing format for the education and social science research

The author should use the author, date citation method when he cites an author within the text of the paper

Telling participants they must continue until the study has been completed is not an ethical guideline for conducting research with
humans

Quantitative is an attempt to confirm the researcher’s hypothesis

In validating the data gathered, it is important for the researcher to maintain confidentiality of the results of the interview of focus
group discussion.

Making predictions, Integrating and summarizing current knowledge, explaining phenomena are the functions of theory

Plagiarism is using of someone else’s words or ideas, and passing them as off as their own.

Ethical writing is a clear, accurate, fair and honest writing.

No punctuation mark should be used at the end of the title

Background of the Study is a brief rationale to justify the problem.

Significance of the Study is the part of research where the researcher defines who will benefit out of the findings of the study.

Delimitation are the factors or variables that are not included and the boundary of research.

Objective and Research Questions are the two main elements of the Statement of the Problem.

Introduction, Statement of the problem, Scope and Delimitation, Significance is the correct sequence of the parts of Chapter 1.

Research Problem is the starting point of any research.

Phrase is the structure of the research title.

Statement of the Problem is the basic difficulty, the issue, the area of concern, the circumstances which exist, and how they used to
be.

Scope describes the coverage of the study.

Survey is used to gather information from groups of people by selecting and studying samples chosen from a population.

Causal Comparative is also known as ex post facto (after fact) research.

Evaluation research aims to assess the effects, impacts or outcomes of practices, policies or programs.

Descriptive is concerned with describing the nature, characteristics and components of population or a phenomenon.

Vancouver is mainly used in medical and scientific papers.

MLA is most often applied by arts and humanities, particularly in the USA.

Experimental Research utilizes scientific method to test cause and effect relationships under conditions controlled by the
researcher.

Correlational is a systematic investigation of the nature of relationships, or associations between and among variables without
necessarily investigating into causal reasons underlying them.

APA is an author/date based style.

Harvard is the most well used referencing style in the UK and Australia.

The research title must summarize the main idea of the study.

A friendly conversation can be a source of a research topic.

The time frame of the study may be omitted in the research title.

Citing relevant past researches on the same study in your introduction suggests that your research lacks novelty.

Delimitation in the study entail the accepted shortcoming in conducting the research.

The scope presents the coverage and boundaries of the research.

The participants in the study must be stated in the Statement of the Problem.

The setting of the study should be cited in the scope and delimitations.

Identifying the problem is the first phase in research.

An existing problem in your classroom can be considered as research title.

APA Example of Reference List

For books

Follow this format:

Surname of the author, comma, Initial(s) of the author, period,

year of publication enclosed in parentheses, period, title of the book written in italics,

period place of publication, colon, publishing company, period.

Year of publication Enclosed in parentheses

Surname of the author Place of publication colon

period
Period
King, M. (2000). Wrestling with an angel. Auckland, New Zealand: Viking.

Comma Initial(s) of the author, period

period Publishing company
Title of the book (italicized)