timely research on chosen topic, and
SPECIALIZATION synthesize it into a cohesive summary of
Survey Method - Involving the use of existing knowledge in the field
standardized questionnaires or interviews Case Study - An intensive study of one
to collect data about people and their individual (interviews, observation,
preferences, thoughts, and behaviors in a experiments, and tests).
systematic manner.
Informed Consent - Its purpose is to
Mix Method research - help you gain a ensure that participants enter research
more complete picture than a standalone voluntarily, with full information, and give
quantitative or qualitative study consent beforehand.
RESEARCH PROCESS Ethical Standard/ Ethical consideration
1. Formulate a research question. - a set of principles that guide your
2. Collect Data research designs and practices.
3. Analyze the data Descriptive research - aims to accurately
4. Write the research report and systematically describe a population,
Type of Research Method situation or phenomenon.
Qualitative Research – expressed in Statistical Analysis - the science of
words. It is used to understand concepts, collecting, exploring and presenting large
thoughts or experiences amounts of data to discover underlying
patterns and trends
Quantitative Research - expressed in
numbers and graphs. It is used to test or Sampling technique:
confirm theories and assumptions. Probability sampling - involves random
Mixed method Research - allows a selection, allowing you to make strong
deeper exploration of a research question statistical inferences about the whole
by utilizing a blend of qualitative and group.
quantitative data. Simple random sampling - every
Two forms of historical sources: member of the population has an
equal chance of being selected.
Primary sources - an original material Your sampling frame should
created during the time under study. Ex. include the whole population.
original documents, creative works,
published materials of the times, Systematic sampling - Every
institutional and government documents or member of the population is listed
relics and artifacts with a number, but instead of
randomly generating numbers,
Secondary source - usually written by individuals are chosen at regular
individuals who did not experience intervals.
firsthand the events about which they are
writing. Ex. Textbooks, Biographies, Stratified Sampling - involves
Documentaries, commentary articles, dividing the population into
Encyclopedia subpopulations that may differ in
important ways ensuring that every