ENG 4th GRADING NOTES 6.

Quote - repeat a source

word-for-word
By yours truly
7. Plagiarism - using someone
else’s words/ideas without
Coverage: giving proper credit
1. Research Paper 8. Outline - list of topics of main
2. IMRAD Format ideas that shows the structure
of the research paper
I. Research Paper 9. Periodical - publication
Research - systematic inquiry process published with a fixed interval
designed to explore and unravel such as daily, weekly, monthly
specific subjects/issues with precision. or yearly

A research paper must be: II. IMRAD Format

1. Accurate - correct Introduction, Methodology, Results,
2. Factual - not opinionated or Analysis, Discussion
biased
3. Transparent - trustworthy sour- A. Introduction - must have
ce Research question and Thesis
4. Original - doesn’t plagiarize statement
other works - this is where you set up
5. Clear - easy to understand your topic and approach
for the reader
How to write a research paper:
1. Select a topic Steps in writing the introduction:
2. Identify the research problem Step 1 - Introduce your topic with a
3. Collect the relevant data hook (striking opening sentence)
4. Analyze that data Step 2 - Describe the background
5. Write the research paper Step 3 - Establish research problem
Step 4 - Specify your objective(s)
Research Paper Vocabulary: Step 5 - Map out your paper
1. Bibliography - list of all sources
cited in the paper Scope - topic that you’ll be covering
2. Source - book, article, person, Context - background of your topic
magazine, website or Importance - why your research
encyclopedia that provides info matters
3. Summarize - provide shorter,
more condensed version of the B. Methodology - provides a
original text step-by-step description of how
4. Paraphrase - restate or reword you conducted your empirical
info from a source research to make it transparent
5. Cite - identify the source of info and replicable
- In-Text Citation is a brief - should contain verbs in
citation of the source the past tense because
placed within the body of data collection and
the paper analysis are completed
 - should use passive voice
to show emphasis on the
procedure itself rather
on the the researcher

Must have in the methodology:

1. Context and setting of the study
2. Specify the study design
3. Population
4. Sampling strategy
5. Intervention (if applicable)
6. Identify the main study
variables
7. Data collection instruments and
procedures
8. Outline analysis methods 3.)Line Graphs - depict continuous
9. Conclusion data, trends over time, peaks, and
valleys
C. Results - researcher(s) findings
- use the data collected to
answer the research
question(s) posed in the
introduction

1.)Demographic Results - displayed to

show characteristics like age, gender,
income, etc

4.)Likert Scale - type of rating scale

used in surveys and research to
measure opinions, attitudes, or
behaviors

2.)Pie Charts - show proportions of a

whole, where each category
represents a portion of the total
5.)Multiple Choice/Responses - a. Textual (statements with
providing respondents with a set of numerals or numbers to
predetermined answer options to describe data)
choose from (gather both quantitative b. Tabular (data are given
and qualitative data) each a row, and their
subclasses are given
each a column in order
to present the
relationships)
c. Graphical (chart
representing quantitative
variations)

E. Discussions - interpret and

explain the significance of your
research findings, connecting
them back to the original
research problem or question
- summarize and conclude

D. Analysis - aims to form

inferences, interpretations, con-
clusions, and generalizations
a. Interpretation - (presentation)
deriving conclusions and
inferences from the data
b. Implication - (explanation)
explains the significance and
importance of the research
c. Limitation - (weaknesses)
practical or theoretical
shortcomings of a study that
are often outside of the
researcher’s control
d. Recommendation -
(suggestions) specific actions or
proposals suggested based on
the research findings

KEYWORDS:
1. Presentation - process or
organizing data into logical,
sequential and meaningful
categories and classifications