Understanding Research

The meta-language

Choose 3 words/phrases from the list and find some definitions to share.

What other word meanings are unclear to you?

Keep a record in your field/research journal

Key-words and your understandings of the meta-language:

research, research-methodology, research-methods, practitioner-research, action research,

case-study, scientific-paradigm, social-science paradigm, research question, hypothesis,

prove, gold-standard research, research-journal, literature review, reconnaissance,

control-group, sampling, data-collection, survey, questionnaire, evidence, qualitative, quantitative,

ethics, irritation, baseline, intervention, analysis, coding, findings, dissemination, academic-supervisor,

critical-friend, academic journal, professional-journal, field-journal, evidence, data, ethics, peer-reviewed

interpretive, positivist, generalizable, reliability, poster-session, e-poster