SYNTHESIS PAPER 1

Synthesis Paper
Jennifer Collins
Liberty University

What have you learned about research at an introductory level?

I have always heard people conducting research. I never thought that conducting research was this difficult. In the past few weeks I have learned a lot about research. I learned that research is a way to explore what has been tried before. Learning how to interpret the research can help you decide the legitimacy of the research and how to apply it to your situation. You have to have integrity and be ethical when conducting research. Yon should strive to conduct research ethically and with integrity. You have to gather information regarding your research proposal and obtain approval before conducting research. You should be upfront with participants, provide feedback and answer questions that they may have. You should have experience, good judgement and be wise. You should also know what you are doing before you try to involve participants and also be able to answer questions regarding your research. You should not be dumfounded. You should gather as much information as possible so as not to be bias.
Most research attempts to test a hypothesis formulated by a researcher. Cozy and Bates (2012) states that a hypothesis is a type of idea or question. It makes a statement about something that may be true. After testing the hypothesis you should make a prediction concerning the outcome of the experiment. How you come up with ideas. It takes common sense or other sources or even observation of the world around us. By observing the world around us and being curious we can come up with many ideas. The world around us has lots of rich source material for scientific investigation. We can use past research on a specific topic to refine and expand our knowledge. You can use practical problems that arise in