Learning goals:
- Formulate problem statement
- Draft research questions
- Find and synthesize research papers
- Create conceptual model to match a problem statement and research questions
- Determine a basic research design
The exam will consist of 20 MC questions and 1 open question with A,B, and C. The multiple choice
questions will be more general. The open ended questions will be about the mistakes in an RP.
Most important for Multiple choice questions
Clarifying differences:
- Synthesis is to combine multiple sources
- Summary is to summarize the key findings of one source
- Abstract is a short description of purpose and general specification of the essence of the paper
- Annotation is a note/highlighting parts or comment in text
Search methods:
- Snowball (backward); using references in a good-fit article
- Citation searching (forward); using articles which used your good-fit article
- Systematic method (combined); search terms in search engines
o Expand is to add search terms
o Limit is to exclude search terms
o Filtering
Paper processing:
- Read the paper; test inferences/annotate/follow the thought process
- Seek out the relevant information
- Form a basic understanding
- Develop arguments
- Understand essence of paper
Search strategy:
1. Identify search words
2. Use your search words
a. Select databases
b. Select range of publication
c. Search in particular field (title, abstract)
3. Connect words
a. Or same meaning
b. And represent main ideas in question
c. Not exclude words
4. Use search tricks
a. Parentheses (brackets)
b. Truncation * example: teen* teenager, teens
c. Phrase searching ‘’..’’ example: ‘’young adult’’
d. Wildcards ? example: Wom?n woman, women
e. Proximity w/# Soccer w/5 Netherlands (search for soccer within 5 words of NL)
5. Citation search or Snowballing
- Formulate problem statement
- Draft research questions
- Find and synthesize research papers
- Create conceptual model to match a problem statement and research questions
- Determine a basic research design
The exam will consist of 20 MC questions and 1 open question with A,B, and C. The multiple choice
questions will be more general. The open ended questions will be about the mistakes in an RP.
Most important for Multiple choice questions
Clarifying differences:
- Synthesis is to combine multiple sources
- Summary is to summarize the key findings of one source
- Abstract is a short description of purpose and general specification of the essence of the paper
- Annotation is a note/highlighting parts or comment in text
Search methods:
- Snowball (backward); using references in a good-fit article
- Citation searching (forward); using articles which used your good-fit article
- Systematic method (combined); search terms in search engines
o Expand is to add search terms
o Limit is to exclude search terms
o Filtering
Paper processing:
- Read the paper; test inferences/annotate/follow the thought process
- Seek out the relevant information
- Form a basic understanding
- Develop arguments
- Understand essence of paper
Search strategy:
1. Identify search words
2. Use your search words
a. Select databases
b. Select range of publication
c. Search in particular field (title, abstract)
3. Connect words
a. Or same meaning
b. And represent main ideas in question
c. Not exclude words
4. Use search tricks
a. Parentheses (brackets)
b. Truncation * example: teen* teenager, teens
c. Phrase searching ‘’..’’ example: ‘’young adult’’
d. Wildcards ? example: Wom?n woman, women
e. Proximity w/# Soccer w/5 Netherlands (search for soccer within 5 words of NL)
5. Citation search or Snowballing
