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When should you use MLA citation style?
For historical research.
When should you use APA citation style?
For scientific research.
Why is it important to get ethical approval for research?
To ensure participant safety and rights are protected.
What is informed consent?
A process where participants are fully informed about the research and voluntarily agree to participate.
What is plagiarism?
Presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement.
Why is accurate citation important?
To give credit to original authors and avoid plagiarism.
What is the purpose of a citation?
To allow readers to locate the sources you used in your research.
Where can you find reliable citation guidelines?
Purdue OWL is a reliable source.
What are the key elements of a citation?
Author, title, publication date, and source information.
What are the consequences of unethical research?
Retraction of publications, damage to reputation, and legal repercussions.
When are letters and diaries useful?
As primary sources providing firsthand accounts of events or personal experiences.
When are textbooks useful?
As secondary sources offering summaries and interpretations of existing knowledge.
When is it appropriate to model an experiment after a peer-reviewed study?
When your research question is similar, ensuring ethical considerations are met.
When should you use Google Forms or SurveyMonkey?
For collecting data in behavioral studies through surveys and questionnaires.
When is analyzing social media content appropriate?
When the research focuses on the content itself, such as language analysis in tweets.
When is EBSCO a useful research tool?
For finding reliable and top-notch sources, especially for academic research.
When is a bibliography most useful?
When you find a relevant study and want to discover other related sources.
When is it okay if research doesn't support your hypothesis?
It's acceptable, as the data still provides valuable insights and contributes to the research process.
When should you seek ethical approval?
Before conducting any research involving human or animal subjects to ensure ethical standards are met.
When are newspaper articles considered primary sources?
When they are from the time period of the event being studied.
Define primary source.
Direct evidence from the time period or event being studied; firsthand accounts.
Define secondary source.
Analysis or interpretation of primary sources; created after the event.
What is a bibliography?
A list of sources used in a research project, often leading to more relevant sources.
Define Boolean operators.
Terms like AND, OR, and NOT used to refine searches in databases.
What does 'AND' do in Boolean searches?
Narrows the search by requiring both terms to be present.
What does 'OR' do in Boolean searches?
Broadens the search by including results that contain either term.
What does 'NOT' do in Boolean searches?
Excludes results containing a specific term.
What is a hypothesis?
A testable prediction or statement about the relationship between variables.
Define peer-reviewed study.
A study that has been evaluated by experts in the field before publication.
What is ethical approval in research?
Permission from an ethics committee to conduct research involving human or animal subjects, ensuring safety and rights.