what is meant by a literature review?
The into/background to any primary research paper explains why the topic is important and the gap in the knowledge that the research seeks to address.
what is meant by the questions?
○ Question is crucial
○ Dictates how the rest of the research process will be carried out
○ Dictates the design that should be used
Focuses the topic and problem into an answerable question.
what is meant by methodology?
Does it need quantitative or qualitative approach
What is meant by methods?
○ This is guided by the question (eg cause and effect usually needs an RCT.
- Lived experiences usually warrants phenomenology
What is meant by ethics?
○ Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? - all primary research must have research ethics approval before it can commence.
- Secondary research and quality improving projects do not need research ethics approval
what is meant by samples?
○ Quantitative: random sampling, but often uses non random sampling and large numbers.
○ Qualitative: almost always uses a chosen or purposive sample: non-random sampling - tends to be smaller.
- Samples must always be representative of the population
what is meant by data collection?
○ Data must be collected in an appropriate way
○ Measurement is used for quantitative data collection
Free text/open questions/interviews ect. For qualitative data collection.
what is meant by data analysis?
○ Data can be analysed using statistics
Data can be analysed using written text as themes.
what is meant by results?
○ Results are described in the form of statistics and or themes
Results should be clearly presented and completed.
what is meant by discussions?
○ Relates the results of the primary research study carried out to the original research question and relates it to the broader literature.
what is the purpose of the research process?
- Useful to follow these headings when studying
- Each step of the process follows logically from the step before
- Then able to read into more depth
