| How does Research process? | N |
| what's the Research Problem? | A research problem is generally a statement about an unresolved question, a gap in the knowledge, condition to be improved, or difficulty to be eliminated.Starting with a general problem area, you eventually narrow down to an area of particular interest to you, and which is significant. |
| what are the characteristics of a research problem? | N |
| what are the Techniques of defining a problem? | -statement of a problem in a general way.
-Comprehend the nature of the problem (by contemplation, discussions).
-surveying the literature (helps specify the problem, find gaps).
-discussions with colleagues and mentors.
-Redefine the research problem |
| what's Literature survey? | The Literature survey provides an overview of current knowledge on a specific topic. |
| what's the literature survey purpose and process? | Purpose: It allows you to identify relevant theories, methods,controversies and gaps in the existing research.
The process: Writing a literature review involves surveying scholarly sources- relevant publications (such as books and journal articles), critically analyzing them, and describing what you found. |
| what are the Literature survey key steps? | Search for relevant literature
Evaluate sources
Identify themes, debates and gaps
Outline the structure
Write your literature review |
| What is a good literature survey? | A good literature review doesn’t merely summarize sources
– it analyzes, synthesizes, and critically evaluates to come up with a clear picture of the state of knowledge on the topic. |
| what are Library resources? | Use library resources to search for relevant sources,Alfaisal University’s library catalogue,Use your keywords to begin searching for sources,Google Scholar
PUBMED, Medline (life sciences and biomedicine, using boolean operators to specify your answer. (AND,OR,NOT) |
| what's Hypothesis and Rationale? | A research hypothesis is a specific, clear, and testable proposition or predictive statement about the possible outcome of a scientific research study, it develops before the start of the study.
Rationale is the logical foundation for stating hypothesis.(Rationale and hypothesis go side by side). |
| what are Research Objectives? | they are the specific accomplishments a researcher aims to achieve during the study.
Objectives are means to test your hypothesis.In order to get the right solution a clearly defined objectives are very important.A clearly defined objective directs a researcher in the right direction. important feature of a good research study (proposal). |
| what are the Characteristics of Objectives (SMART)? | Specific - (what will you do? And how will you do it?)
Measurable - (to determine if the objective is achieved or not)
Achievable/Aligned – (you have resources to do)
Relevant – (Relevant to your project)
Time-Oriented – (specified time period, with milestones) |
| what's the Difference between AIMS and OBJECTIVES? | N |
