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The Five 'Ws' for Research Written by Catherine Dawson in P ractical Research Methods A user-friendly guide to mastering research techniques and projects . How To Books Ltd. Oxford. 2002. pp4-8. When you start to think about your research project, a useful way of remembering the important questions to ask is to think of the five ‘Ws’: - What? - Why? - Who? - Where? and - When? Once you have thought about these five ‘Ws’ you can move on to think about how you are going to collect your data. 1. What? What is your research? This question needs to be answered as specifically as possible. One of the hardest parts in the early stages is to be able to define your project, so much research fails because the researcher has been unable to do this. A useful tip is to sum up, in one sentence only, your research. If you are unable to do this, the chances are your research topic is too broad, ill thought out or too obscure. 2. Why? Why do you want to do the research? What is its purpose? Ok...

Using to infinitive in Research Objectives   Written by Norman Blaikie in Analyzing Quantitative Data From Description to Explanation. 2003. London: Sage Publication. One way to approach a research problem is through a set of research objectives. Social research can pursue many objectives. It can explore, describe, understand, explain, predict, change, evaluate or assess aspects of social phenomena. - To explore is to attempt to develop an initial rough description or, possibly, an understanding of some social phenomenon. - To describe is to provide a detailed account or the precise measurement and reporting of the characteristics of some population, group or phenomenon, including establishing regularities. - To explain is to establish the elements, factors or mechanisms that are responsible for producing the state of or regularities in a social phenomenon. - To understand is to establish reasons for particular social action, the occurrence of an event or the course of a social...

How Should I Structure My Skripsi/Thesis? Written by Adrian Wallwork in English for Writing Research Papers . 2011. New York. Springer. To write a well-structured paper in good clear English you need to have a method.If you don’t have a good method you may waste a lot of time having to re-plan and re-write entire sections of your paper. Your answers for the following questions will decide the well-structured of your skripsi/thesis. I. Title Think about the following questions: a. What have I found that will attract attention? b. What is new, different and interesting about my findings? c. What are the 3–5 key words that highlight what makes my research and my findings unique? On the basis of your answers you should be able to formulate a title. 2. Abstract An Abstract generally answers at least the first three of the following questions, and generally in the following order. You can use the answers to these questions to structure your Abstract. a. Why did I carry out this project? Why ...

Penggunaan Inisial, Kode dan Nomor Urut untuk Responden Written by Ari Julianto Sebagai seorang peneliti yang membutuhkan population dan sample sebagai objek penelitian, menjaga rahasia para responden adalah suatu hal yang wajib. Kerahasiaan para responden khususnya jati diri mereka haruslah benar-benar dijaga. Hal ini dimaksudkan agar kelak para responden tidak menuntut si peneliti disebabkan jati diri mereka dipubliksikan di media tulis atau cetak. Biar bagaimanapun, nilai-nilai baik, buruk, rendah atau tinggi yang diperoleh dari para responden akan sangat menyinggung si responden jika dipublikasikan. Berikut, berbagai cara untuk menyembunyikan nama responden. Mula-mula kita memperoleh nama-nama para responden seperti di bawah ini. NO.     NAMA                         L/P 1.     Satria Wiguna               ...

Teknik Presentase Proposal Skripsi/Thesis     Written by Ari Julianto Dalam sidang seminar porposal S1, presentase proposal meminta masukan dari para dosen yang hadir khususnya Dosen Pembimbing I dan II dan juga beberapa audiens atau rekan sejawat lainnya sebelum penelitian tersebut dilakukan.Ringkasnya, presentasi hasil penelitian atau seminar hasil penelitian merupakan bentuk penyampaian hasil penelitian secara verbal atau audio visual dengan tujuan untuk meminta masukan agar hasil penelitian tersebut dapat lebih sempurna. Teknik presentasi merupakan keahlian yang harus dimiliki oleh seorang peneliti atau mahasiswa. Dalam postingan kali ini saya mencoba membantu para mahasiswa untuk mempersiapkan diri sebelum penyajian presentasee proposal di seminar. Menyajikan presentasi proposal tidak jauh berbeda dengan menyampaikan pendapat di muka umum atau dalam kata lain, kita menguasai salah satu teknik komunikasi massa. 1. Tahap Persiapan dalam tahap persiapan, ada beberapa ha...

Seputar Pertanyaan di Seminar/Sidang Written by Ari Julianto Sejumlah mahasiswa melalui email di blog ini pernah meminta saya untuk membuat daftar pertanyaan yang kira-kira akan diajukan oleh dosen pembimbing atau dosen penguji ketika seminar atau sidang berlangsung. Saya menekankan kepada para mahasiswa tersebut bahwa setiap dosen memiliki keunikkan tersendiri. Pertanyaan yang mereka ajukan kadangkala di luar dari prediksimahasiswa. Misalnya saja saya pribadi. Saya akan menanyakankepada mahasiswa tersebut jika terdapat keganjilan dalamproposal skripsi/thesis mereka. Setahu saya pada dasarnya pertanyaan seputar proposal skripsi/thesis untuk semua jurusan memiliki persamaan. Dalamposting kali ini, Saya mencoba membuat pertanyaa-pertanyaan yangpaling sering muncul di sidang seminar proposal dan sidangskripsi. Saya membagi pertanyaan tersebut menjadi tiga bagian,yakni I. Seminar Proposal, II. Sidang Skripsi/Thesis dan III.Umum. I. Seminar Proposal 1. Mengapa Anda memilih judul skripsi ini...

Tips Menganalisa Sebuah Cerpen/Novel                                          Written by Ari Julianto Mahasiswa FKIP Bahasa Inggris pada suatu pilihan akan memilih kesusasteraan Bahasa Inggris ( English Literature) sebagai topik skripsi/thesis mereka. Persoalan apakah mahasiswa FKIP 'dilarang' untuk memilih topik ini ( English Literature) atau tidak Insya Allah akan saya bahas pada posting yang akan datang. Menganalisa suatu karya sastra Bahasa Inggris terus terang saja tidak semudah menganalisa s tudents' errors, achievement, ability, mastery, test result dan sebagainya dimana data jawaban siswa sudah tersedia dan tinggal dianalisa. Untuk karya sastra, kita dituntut untuk memahami betul isi karya sastra tersebut bahkan mengenali si penulisnya ( the author ). Berikut saya mencoba untuk menyajika...

      Using Footnotes in A Skripsi/Thesis                                                                Written by Ari Julianto Different faculty sometimes uses footnotes (catatan kaki) in writing a skripsi or thesis. It is desirable to quote some authoritative views or statements from written works of others in the research report. It may be necessary from various purposes for example to review the related literature,to support to give the rationale for one’s viewpoint. Each quotation must have a footnote or reference indicating the sources from which it is borrowed. All these sources and authority be acknowledged both for intellectual honesty and for validity ...

Research Design   Written by Ari Julianto Before starting a research, the investigator will look for problem, he will read books, journals, research reports and other related literature. Based on this, he will finalise the topic for research. During this process, he will be in close contact with his guide. As soon as the topic is decided, first task is to decide about design. Research design is a blue print or structure with in which research is conducted. It constitutes the blue print for the collection, measurement and analysis of data. A design is general strategy for conducting a research study. The nature of the hypothesis, the variables involved, and the constraints of the ?real world? all contribute to the selection of design. A design regarding WHAT?, WHERE?, WHEN?, HOW MUCH?, by WHAT? means concerning an inquiry or a research study constitute research design. Thus, it can be said that research design is an outline of what the researcher will do from writing of objectives, ...

                  Criteria of Good Research Written by C.R. Kothari in Research Methodology, Methods and Technique. New Age International Publisher.Jaipur. 2004. Whatever may be the types of research works and studies, one thing that is important is that they all meet on the common ground of scientific method employed by them. One expects scientific research to satisfy the following criteria: 1. The purpose of the research should be clearly defined and common concepts be used. 2. The research procedure used should be described in sufficient detail to permit another researcher to repeat the research for further advancement, keeping the continuity of what has already been attained. 3. The procedural design of the research should be carefully planned to yield results that are as objective as possible. 4. The researcher should report with complete frankness, flaws in procedural design and estimate their eff...

       General & Specific Characteristics of Research   Written by Yogesh Kumar Singh in Fundamental of Research Methodology and Statistic, Mumbai: New Age International Publisher, 2006 .   I. General   The following characteristics may be gathered from the definitions of ‘Research’ 1.  It gathers new knowledge or data from primary or first-hand sources. 2.  It places emphasis upon the discovery of general principles. 3.  It is an exact systematic and accurate investigation. 4.  It uses certain valid data gathering devices. 5.  It is logical and objective. 6.  The researcher resists the temptation to seek only the data that support his hypotheses. 7.  The researcher eliminates personal feelings and preferences. 8.  It endeavours to organise data in quantitative terms. 9.  Research is patient and unhurried activity. 10.  The researcher is willing to follow his procedures to the conclusions...

Penggunaan Tense dalam Skripsi/Thesis   Written by Ari Julianto     Penggunaan tense dalam penulisan skripsi, thesis atau karya tulis ilmiah lainnya memang mempengaruhi interpretasi para pembaca teks Anda. Sebagaimana kita ketahui, past tense memberi kesan perspektif masa lalu dimana hal itu bisa membuat para pembaca kembali ke belakang. Sementara present tense sering digunakan untuk peristiwa secara umum.     Berikut ini saya mencoba menyampaikan deskrpsi ringkas penggunaan tense dalam penulisan skripsi/thesis atau karya tulis ilmiah lainnya. Tense dalam kata kerja yang Anda pilih memiliki peran penting bagi para pembaca dan ia bukan sekedar kerangka waktu (time frame).     Pada umumnya dalam suatu skripsi/thesis atau karya tulis ilmiah lainnya terdapat empat bentuk tenses yang sering dipakai antara lain: 1. The present tense       Ini digunakan untuk generalisasi (dalam pandangan, statement poin pokok) yang relevan sec...

     What to Avoid in Writing A Thesis                                                                                                Written by Ari Julianto      This time I would like to discuss what to avoid in writing thesis. Actually, this literature mostly taken from D. Lindsay, A Guide to Scientific Writing. Melbourne, Australia: Addison Wesley Longman Australia, 2nd ed., 1997.      Lindsay gives ten categories of cumbersome expressions that should be avoided in writing a scientific paper or thesis. These are summarized below. 1. Clusters of nouns. When clustered together, all noun...

                 Metode Penulisan Judul Skripsi FKIP Bhs Inggris                                                 Written by Ari Julianto     Penulisan judul sebuah skripsi sering diabaikan oleh mahasiswa/i sehingga berakibat fatal. Jika judul yang diajukan sudah masuk berkas di bagian administrasi atau biro bersangkutan, tentu sulit untuk merubahnya. Adalah tugas Sekretaris Jurusan dan Ketua Jurusan Prodi serta para dosen pembimbing untuk memeriksa hati-hati judul yang sudah disetujui tersebut.     Memang tidak mudah untuk memberi patokan metode penulisan judul skripsi. Setiap fakultas dan universitas masing-masing memberi patokannya tersendiri. Namun, selain beberapa unsu...

            Merancang Table of Contents                                                       Written by Ari Julianto     Setelah judul Anda disetujui oleh Ketua Jurusan ataupun Prodi, tinggal Anda merancang outline Table of Contents. Umunya untuk skripsi para mahasiswa sering mengalami masalah di Chapter II, Preview of Literature. Untuk ini, cobalah Anda mengulas variable X dan variable Y saja.      Dalam Scope and Limitation sudah jelas ada batasan-batasan tertentu, jadi tidak perlu deskripsi yang tidak perlu dimasukkan dalam Chapter II. Dalam skripsi di Chapter II cukup terdiri dari 6 atau 7 sub-judul. Jangan sampai terlampau banyak...