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No Word Definition
1 Research design A tool used to collect, measure, and analyze data related to a
researcher’s interest
2 Qualitative The entire group targeted a researcher want to draw
conclusions about
3 Quantitative The specific group that a researcher will collect data from
4 Population A measurement involving a descriptive judgment using
concept words instead of numbers
5 Sample A strategy for answering a research question using empirical
data
6 Instrument A measurement in numerical values

After learning the terms above, read an example of a Methodology section of a research
proposal. Can you name each element in the following example? Discuss with the class.

This study employs quantitative approach with cross-sectional design. In this
cross-sectional study, the data are going to be collected through a written self-reported ……………..

questionnaire. A validated questionnaire is going to be adapted from a similar study
conducted by Maastricht University. The original questionnaire was reviewed and
tailored to the local context after discussion among the researchers and the faculty of

the Clinical Sciences Department. Responses is going to be collected using a Likert scale
……………..
where 1 is “Strongly Disagree” and 5 is “Strongly Agree” for all questions except in the

academic advising section, in which 1 is “Never” and 4 is “Always.”

The adapted questionnaire is going to be distributed to students in their fourth

year in the beginning of the clerkship phase. The study is going to be done after
……………..
students had finished their first 10-week clerkship rotation.

The permission to conduct the study will be obtained from the College
Deanship and Department of Clinical Sciences. The invitation for students to participate
in the study will be made through the clinical sciences department (the authors will not
be involved in this process), and participation in the study will be voluntary. This study ……………..

will take around one month. Anonymous questionnaires are going to be distributed and
collected by the clinical tutors. The data from the questionnaire will be analyzed

quantitatively using SPSS-20. Percentages, means, and standard deviations will be ……………..
obtained. Responses for Strongly Agree and Agree will be grouped together, as will be

Strongly Disagree and Disagree.
Adapted from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19955882/

Details about your study methodology are provided in the methods part of a research

proposal. It covers both your work plan—the tasks you want to carry out to finish your

project—and your research design—the technique and methodologies that you intend to
apply.

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