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How do I prepare to research?
- Defining Research
- Research Criteria
- Scientific Method
- Research Goals
- Research Feasibility
- Mindmapping
- Creative Thinking
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Research Funding
- Planning Research
- Hypothesis Formulation
- Research Notebook
- Researcher's Manual
- Research Criteria
What are the ethics of research?
- Plagiarism
- Honesty in Research
- Research Ethics
- Research Ethics Committee
- Honesty in Research
What is a research proposal?
- Research Proposal
- Research Standards
- Research Questions
- Research Hypotheses
- Research Constructs
- Proposal Writing
- Research Standards
How do I do a literature survey?
- Digital Library
- Virtual Library
- Electronic Library
- Research Bibliographies
- Research References
- Research Indexes
- Science Citation Index
- Dissertation Abstracts
- Library Stacks
- Archival Journals
- Research Publications
- On-line Searches
- Browsing Surfing
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- Writing a Precis
- Critical Reading
- Evaluating Research
- Look for Patterns
- Literature Reviews
- Virtual Library
What must I know about questionnaires and interviews?
- Likert Scale
- Interviewer's Manual
- Interview Planning
- Conducting Interviews
- Consent Forms
- Designing Questionnaires
- Questionnaire Administration
- Interviewer's Manual
What are the types of research?
- Library Research
- Historical Research
- Academic Research
- Case Study Research
- Qualitative Research
- Classification Research
- Descriptive Research
- Grounded Theory
- Naturalistic Research
- Ethnographic Research
- Quantitative Research
- Cross-sectional Research
- Longitudinal Research
- Primary Research
- Experimental Research
- Empirical Research
- Field Research
- Market Research
- Marketing Research
- Government Research
- Historical Research
How do I write about my research?
- Writing Research
- Letter of Inquiry
- Thesis Outline
- Format of Research
- Research Style
- Inductive Reasoning
- Inductive Logic
- Deductive Logic
- Publication Requirements
- Defining Terms
- Citing Literature
- Paraphrasing
- Describing Methods
- Data Presentation
- Drawing Conclusions
- Writing Abstracts
- Intellectual Property
- Letter of Inquiry
What are the types of research data?
- Descriptive Data
- Nominal Data
- Ordinal Data
- Nominal Data
What must I know about sampling?
- Convenience Sampling
- Random Sampling
- Sample Sizes
- Stratified Sampling
- Cluster Sampling
- Random Sampling
What must I know about statistics for research?
- Measurements in Research
- Descriptive Statistics
- Independant Variables
- Normal Curve
- Standard Deviations
- Standard Errors
- Degrees of Freedom
- Confidence Limits
- Confidence Intervals
- Inferential Statistics
- Correlation Coefficient
- Partial Correlation
- Null Hypothesis
- Multivariate Analysis
- Multiple Regression
- Significance Level
- Descriptive Statistics
What must I know about validity?
- Control Group
- Face Validity
- Internal Evidence
- Internal Validity
- External Validity
- Generalizability
- Research Quality
- Face Validity
How do I do research?
- Database of References
- Research Data
- Research Database
- Data Backup
- Database Fields
- Database Records
- Database Query
- Data Gathering
- Obtaining Primary Data
- Using Secondary Data
- Data Coding
- Data Dispersion
- Outlier Analysis
- Research Notes
- Hypothesis Testing
- Pattern Matching
- Data Interpretation
- Data Quality
- Research Data
What can I learn from famous researchers?
- Thomas Edison
- Alexander Fleming
- How to do Research
(c) Copyright Dr I. G. Kennedy 1998
- (c) Copyright Dr I. G. Kennedy 1998
P.O. Box 32320 Glenstantia 0010
South Africa
mailto:i.kennedy@ee.wits.ac.za
