Question 1

research

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Research is defined as the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings.

Question 2

Research is not

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Collecting and publishing existing knowledge because it doesn't create new knowledge.

Research isn't just data-gathering. Data-gathering is a vital part of research, but it doesn't lead to new knowledge without some analysis.

Question 3

What is analysis

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The act of studying or examining something in detail by separating it into parts, in order to discover or understand more about it, or your opinion and judgment.

Question 4

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A collection of facts and information

Question 5

hypothesis

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A specific prediction based on previous research that can be tested in an experiment

Question 6

synthesis

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the act of combining elements to form something new

Question 7

What does it mean to evaluate?

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to judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

Question 8

results

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a thing that is caused or produced by something else

Question 9

resources

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a source of supply, support, or aid

** can have a primary or secondary source

Question 10

Primary source

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The actual novel, poem, story, or play about which the paper is written.

Question 11

Secondary source

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A secondary source refers to a work written by someone who did not directly witness or experience the events or topic being researched.

Question 12

Resources must be “credible”

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the quality of being believable or trustworthy

Question 13

citations

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the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source.

Question 14

plagiarism

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A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work (has no citation).

Question 15

paraphrase

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to state something written or spoken in different words, especially in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer

Question 16

Summarizing

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to express the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form

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