Academic Competences Flashcards
(27 cards)
What is synthesis?
To combine multiple sources.
What is a summary?
To summarize key findings in ONE source.
What is an abstract?
A short description of purpose and general specification of the essence of the paper.
What is the search method “snowball” (backwards)?
Using references in a good-fit article.
What is citation searching (forwards)?
Using articles which used your good-fit article.
What is the systematic search method?
Search terms in search engines.
- Expand is to add search terms;
- Limit is to exclude search terms;
- Filtering.
How should you be processing a paper?
Read the paper; test inferences/annotate/follow a though proces.
Seek out relevant information.
Form a basic understanding.
Develop arguments.
Understand the essence of the paper.
Name the five steps of a search strategy.
- Identify search words.
- Use your search words:
- Select databases;
- Select range of publication;
- Search in particular field (title, abstract)
- Connect words:
- OR –> same meaning
- AND –> respresent main ideas in
question. - NOT –> exclude words.
- Use search tricks:
- Parentheses (brackets)
- Truncation (*)
- Phrase searching (“ “)
- Wildcards (?)
- Proximity (w/#)
- Citation search or snowballing.
Finish the phrase (2 items).
A good research question is:
- Theoretical
(context, conceptualization, relationship). - Practical
(relationship, implication
What is citing?
Summarize, paraphrase or use your own words.
What is quoting?
Exactly copying others’ words.
Why do you conduct quantative research?
Testing theory and hypothesis.
To establish generalizable facts.
Why do you conduct qualitative research?
To explore ideas and formulate hypothesis.
To understand a topic.
What is a descriptive research design?
Case studies.
Surveys.
What is a correlational research design?
Case-control studies.
Observational study.
What is an experimental research design?
Field-, lab- or controlled experiment.
What is a review research design?
Systematic literature review.
Scoping review.
What is a meta-analytic research design?
Meta analysis (an analysis that combines multiple research papers).
What is primary data?
Data collected for the purpose of your study.
What is secundary data?
Available data, but originally collected for other purposes (both internal and external secundary data exist).
Name three forms of quantitative primary data.
Surveys, experiments and database study.
Name three forms of qualitative primary data.
Focus groups, interviews and observations.
Name four forms of probability sampling and explain them.
Simple random sampling.
Systematic sampling.
Stratified sampling.
Cluster sampling.
Name four forms of non-probability sampling and explain.
Convenience sampling.
Voluntary sampling.
Purposive sampling.
Snowball sampling.
