2. Scan the text and write the number of the paragraph where you can find the following information. Do it as quickly as possible. ____ rational thinking
____ theory dependant research
____ a note-book of ideas
____ personal preferences
____ ‘why’ and ‘what’ questions
____ review articles
____ general focus research question
____ the development and amendment of a theory
____ intelligence gathering
____ types of literature
____ branches and sub-branches
3. Match terms in column A with their definitions in column B A B 1)
creative thinking
technique
a) situation in which the results will be of similar
value whatever they are
2)
thesis
b) formulation regarding the cause and effect
relationships between two or more variables,
which may or may not have been tested
3)
notebook of ideas
c) if we accept that every purpositive decision we
take is based on the assumption that certain conse-
quences will flow from the decision, then these
decisions are theory dependant
4)
rational thinking
technique
d) the usual name for research projects under-
taken for Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doc-
tor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees, written for an
academic audience
5)
relevance tree
e) one of a number of key questions that the re-
search process will address. These are often pre-
cursor of research objectives
6)
research question
f) technique for generating research topics that
starts with a broad concept from which further
(usually more specific) topics are generated. Each
of these topics forms a separate branch, from
which further sub-branches that are more detailed
can be generated
7)
a symmetry of po-
tential outcomes
g) one of a number of techniques for generating
and refining research ideas based on a systematic
approach such as searching the literature or exam-
ining past projects
8)
theory
h) one of a number of techniques for generating
and refining research ideas based on non-rational
criteria
9)
theory dependant
i) technique for noting down any interesting re-
search ideas as you think of them
