Direct Speech: Anna: “We live in Boston”.
Reported speech: Anna said she lived in Boston.
Most students expressed that due to the lack of sleep on school days, they tend to crash on the school’s couches.
Word choice: Crash [slang language]
What is qualitative research?
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Section of research paper which contains the research design,participants and instrument used in the study.
Methodology
Direct question: Should we change our plans?
Embedded question: I don't know if we should change our plans.
Direct question: How tall is he?
Embedded question: I wonder how tall he is.
Direct question: Does Jen eat meat?
Embedded question: I'm not sure whether Jen eats meat or not.
Name 3 instruments for data collection
surveys, questionnaires, interviews, games, observations, etc
He has been an asthmatic from childhood and was never able to play sports.
Word choice: asthmatic [biased language] (in academic writing, you cannot say that a person IS the illness)
Two examples of close-ended questions
multiple choice, multiple answers, scaled answers, etc.
Direct Speech: Grandma: “Your dad has made breakfast this morning.”
Reported speech: Grandma said dad had made breakfast that morning.
Direct Speech: Joy: “Tim will meet Andrea tomorrow.”
Reported speech: Joy said that Tim would meet Andrea the following/next day.
Direct question: Where were you born?
Embedded question: Could you tell me where you were born?
Direct Speech: Jessica: “Marco doesn’t invite me to his parties”.
Reported speech: Jessica said that Marco didn't invite her to his parties.
The other entries were returned back to their owners.
Word choice: Returned back (redundancy)
What is quantitative research?
Direct question: When is he going to get a job?
Embedded question: I'm not sure when he is going to get a job.