Summary: Academic Competences

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• 1 Writing a quantitatve research paper NENTY

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• What does the paper of H. Johnsen Nenty highligth?

  The cyclical nature of research whereby a thesis starts with theory, moves to numerical and technical knowledge, and ends with theory

• Where is the article of H. Johnsen Nenty based uppon?

  Based on extensive teaching and supervising experience, aims to give guidance for writing a thesis.

• What are the three basic purposes of theory in a research study according to Hair and his colleagues?

  1. The provision of a conceptual framework for research study
     
  2. Serving as a vehicle for incorporating prior knowledge
  3. Linking research to the larger body of knowledge in the area of the problem

• What is a research process?

  A process through which theories are validated, refined, or invalidated

• What are important elements wrt to the introduction according to Nenty?

  • Describe the problem clearly
    
  • Illustrate and explain the concepts, and their relationships
  • Involve and capture the attention of your stakeholders
  • Aim for writing a thesis should be to make a significant contribution to knowledge
  • A research question that can be answerd with yes or no is per definition a bad research question

• What are the key insight of the article of Nenty?

  • Hypothesis generally indicates the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable
    
  • Speculation ≠ hypothesis
  • Sample ≠ population
  • Choices or preferences for one method in lieu of another must be justified
  • Instrumentation refers to tools or means by which researchers (attempt to) measure variables of interest)
  • There is a difference between reliability and validity
  • Ethical considerations are important, also at TiU
  • Conclusion ≠ Discussion

• What is a conclusion?

  Conclusion is based on the findings of the study and summarize your thought and presents your last words on the problem and the significance of the findings.

• What are the two purposes of a conclusions according to Morley?

  • To summarize and bring together the main area coverd in the report
    
  • Give a final comment or judgement of the report

• What is a discussion?

  Discussion is a means of presenting and analysing the convergence or divergence of ideas from the findings of your study:
  

  • Findings from the literature reviewed
  • Findings from other theories that underlie the problem under consideration

  
  --> Mainly an attempt to answer the question WHY and HOW COME

• 2 Qualitative research RYNES

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• What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative research?

  • Quantitative research coeds, counts, and quantifies phenomena in its effort to meaningfully represent concepts
  • Qulitaitve research has an inherently literary adn humansitic focus, whereas quantitative research is grounden in mathematical and statistical knowledge