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Research's credibility, reliability, authenticity and social desirability bias are of utmost importance in commercial as well as academic researches. Honesty, reporting transparency and avoiding results' fabrication along with biased data collection are vital aspects to ensuring reliability, authenticity and credibility of research. Bias is a significant factor that contributes to the overall quality of research and is therefore essential to make research trustworthy. By definition, bias occurs in research when someone introduces systematic errors into sampling/ selecting/ preferring one's response/ reading/ answer over another based on personal preferences.

Data collection is the process of gathering information from a variety of sources in the most reasonable fashion that enables researchers to answer research questions, test formulated hypotheses, and evaluate research outcomes. For providing concrete assertion, the collection of the data that best represents a targeted population is necessary. The most important thing regarding data collection is to make sure that information-rich and credible data is collected to run statistical or non-statistical tests to make an educated decision related to research.

Basic research is theoretical and also called pure, fundamental research. Its major aim is to generate new ideas, findings, and theories or improve existing theories by using a specific methodology. There are many questions in the researcher's mind before conducting the research, such as what exactly basic research is? What is the relation between basic and theoretical research? Or is there any difference between them or not? In this article, you will know all the answers to the above questions. We are going to tell you in-depth about basic and theoretical research so you understand if there is any difference between basic and theoretical research or not.

As a researcher, you must understand in-depth quantitative research and its types to apply it in your research. It is a way of collecting and evaluating numerical data to answer the research question or test the hypothesis. Quantitative research is different from qualitative research as it identifies the correlations within the numbers. Qualitative research, on the other side, is used to evaluate non-numerical data. When your topic of research is about to solve statistically, then you move towards quantitative research to identify the facts, use numerical data and compare it to prove or disprove the hypothesis and generate statistical results.

Opinion in research paper often includes personal thoughts, norms, feelings, evaluations, or judgments made after logically analysing the facts. In broader terms, it allows an author to persuade readers by telling them that he/she takes the right position in a particular scenario. In research, the author or researcher's opinions are of great importance. It tells the other researchers to make their own research plan in the light of these logical opinions. To further clarify the importance of author opinion in research paper, this article will answer the following questions one by one

Why do students generally follow a standard structure when writing an essay? This question can be answered in a variety of ways. Students want to present their ideas in a logical manner. An essay with a strong overall structure provides the reader with a map of the argument. It can also help them identify their current standing on the subject. In addition to helping the reader understand the structure of an essay, a good essay contains compelling ideas. The introduction part of an essay should catch the attention of the reader. Remember, a good essay has a clear structure through which you can impress your readers and professors. If you do not know the pattern or structure of the essay, then this article is the best place for you. In this article, we will tell you the essay's standard structure so that you can follow and make your essay writing convincing and clear.

Hypothesis testing is an important activity performed in engineering, statistics, and practice-based medicine. Basically, in this testing, the researcher tests a pre-defined hypothesis and tries to uncover the relationship between two variables. An answer to this test is the half solution to any research question. Therefore, you must do it with care. However, there are normally two types of errors that you can encounter while doing this testing. Those are type I and type II hypothesis errors. Do you not know about these errors? Okay, no worries because today's article defines, gives causes and explains

When searching for an article on the topic, I'm sure you've seen both: a systematic review and a literature review. They do seem similar, but do they stand strong as the same? The short answer is no. But to conclude, we will walk through the history and intent while highlighting key factors that separate them. As this article is written within the context of higher education, it will refer specifically to literature and systematic reviews. However, these concepts are applicable outside of academia as well.

A research design is a scientific strategy that aims to organise different research components logically and coherently. Stated in another way, the pre-defined set of rules offered to the social sciences researchers for answering research questions and testing hypotheses are termed research design. It is a multi-layer process that describes blueprints for collecting, measuring, analyzing, and interpreting given data.

It is a short paper written by researchers before starting their research proposal. This paper aims to explain the concepts of their research project. It will focus on discussing the importance of the study, details, and methods used. In a concept paper, you include a research title, a small introduction of the subject, the main research question you will need to answer, the type of data you want to collect, the purpose of your study and the data collection method.

Have you ever used abbreviations in your academic assignments? I was sure your answer was going to be yes. It is because using abbreviations is very common in written English. But using them without proper knowledge is also becoming popular among students. Students unnecessarily are using abbreviations in their academic assignments nowadays, just not to write the full form. It is a wrong strategy, and it is why today's article is about explaining the use and types of abbreviations in academic assignments. But before moving on to that discussion, let's define the term abbreviation and give its brief importance.

iPhone is the most famous brand in the smartphone world. In the past, Apple has sold different models of iPhones at high prices. Now, there have been leaks regarding the price of the iPhone 12. It is expected that the starting retail price of the iPhone 12 will be $549.Apple launched iPhone X on the market at a double price of the iPhone 12. Why has Apple cut down these prices instead of offering unique features in the new iPhone models? The answer to this question is that a new era for Apple has been started. Now, Apple is not only relying on the sales of the iPhones but is also launching new services.

A Dissertation Defense is a platform that permits the student to appear before the professor's panel to defend their piece of research. A panel of professors asked different questions from the student. It is an interview-based meeting of a panel of professors and students based on a question-answer session. Following the interview, the professors collectively decide whether to allow this research to get published or not. The professors have the authority to ask for changes and corrections in the transcript of the study.