Research II
papers
SCOPE – Portion
- it refers to the parameters that a
researcher would study
- involves what your research is all
about including your topic and your
purpose
Delimitation (boundaries)
- tell us the boundaries of your paper
including the locale, population,
number of respondents, and time period
of research
Limitations
- focus the weaknesses of your design
and matters you have no control over
Definition or Terms
- is a section of a research paper that
alphabetically list particularly terms used
in the study, including all variables
Operational Definition
- specific way in which a variable is
measured or how it is used in a
particular study
Conceptual or Theoretical Definition
- definitions derived from existing
research or existing theories
Literature Review
- is a summary and explanation of the
complete and current state of
knowledge on a limited topic
Related Studies
- findings and conclusions from previous
research investigations
- they are considered literature
Related Literature
- usually refers to facts, principle
theories: they rarely report numerical
data and are not products of either
qualitative and quantitative research
Importance of Reviewing Literature
 To identify gaps in literature
 To identify appropriate data
collection instruments
 To assist you in forming your
research question
 To demonstrate that you can
access previous work in an area
 To identify methods that could be
relevant to your project
Conducting a Literature Review
1. Identify key terms
2. Locate literature
3. Critically evaluate and select the
literature
4. Organize the literature
5. Write a review
Primary Sources
- are research findings reported by the
researcher who conducted the study
Secondary Sources
- are research papers that summarizes
or reports finding that come from
primary sources
Opinion Pieces
- usually blog entries where the writers
gives their opinions on issues without
relevant evidence
Thematic Review
- type of literature where a researcher
identify themes or topics and organizes
the review based on these
Study by Study Review
- a type of review literature that details
related studies under a broad theme
- they contain headings and sub-
headings
Good Internet Sources
- using the following

Considerations for Internet Sources

1. Authority
2. Accuracy
3. Objectivity
4. Currency
5. Coverage

APA
- American Psychological Association
- it is a citation guide used for social
science research

MLA
- Modern Language Association
- it is a citation style used for fine arts
and Humanities research

Chicago Style
- is a citation style mostly used by
historical research paper

THE APA WAY

 Title of the book

 Author
 Copyright date
 Publisher
 Publishers address

Organizing your RRL

1. Writing the Introduction

2. Writing the Body
3. Writing the Synthesis

Plagiarism
- is copying the work of another person
without properly acknowledging your
source

Falsifying Data
- means fabricating, manipulating or
inventing data and reporting it as a
finding