Lesson 4 - Writing the Research Title.pdf

WRITING THE RESEARCH TITLE PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2 TOPIC OUTLINE Importance of Research Titles Types of Research Titles What makes a Good Research Title? Guidelines in Writing a Research Title TOPIC OUTLINE Importance of Research Titles Types of Research Titles What makes a Good Research Title? Guide...

WRITING THE RESEARCH TITLE PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2 TOPIC OUTLINE Importance of Research Titles Types of Research Titles What makes a Good Research Title? Guidelines in Writing a Research Title TOPIC OUTLINE Importance of Research Titles Types of Research Titles What makes a Good Research Title? Guidelines in Writing a Research Title RESEARCH TITLE Attract readers and make visibility “For every 500 individuals who read the title of a research paper, only one is likely to read the complete paper”. RESEARCH TITLE Provide readers with a concise summary of the research content TOPIC OUTLINE Importance of Research Titles Types of Research Titles What makes a Good Research Title? Guidelines in Writing a Research Title RESEARCH TITLE Descriptive Title Allows the reader to interpret the findings of the research paper in an impartial manner and with an open mind. RESEARCH TITLE Descriptive Title “Effects of natural forest and tree plantations on leaf- litter frog assemblages in Southern Brazil” RESEARCH TITLE Declarative Title States the main finding of the study in the title itself; and may point toward a bias on the part of the author, and hence is best avoided. RESEARCH TITLE Declarative Title “Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles” RESEARCH TITLE Interrogative Title Contains a query or the research question in the title and has the ability to sensationalize the topic. RESEARCH TITLE Interrogative Title “Microbial defenses against mobile genetic elements and viruses: Who defends whom from what?” DES/DEC/INT “Does adding video and subtitles to an audio lesson facilitate its comprehension?” “An efficient incremental learning mechanism for tracking concept drift in spam filtering” “Cause of hypereosinophilia shows itself after 6 years: Loa loa” TOPIC OUTLINE Importance of Research Titles Types of Research Titles What makes a Good Research Title? Guidelines in Writing a Research Title RESEARCH TITLE A good title predicts the content of the research paper RESEARCH TITLE A good title interests the reader RESEARCH TITLE A good title uses keywords that researchers in a particular field will recognize TOPIC OUTLINE Importance of Research Titles Types of Research Titles What makes a Good Research Title? Guidelines in Writing a Research Title RESEARCH TITLE The Research Title should answer the following questions: - What will be researched? - How will the topic be researched? RESEARCH TITLE The Research Title should answer the following questions: - With whom – population? - Where - In what context? RESEARCH TITLE The number of words in the title should not exceed fifteen (15) substantive words. RESEARCH TITLE Forms of title phrasing such as “A study of”.., “An analysis..,” “An Experimental Investigation..,” are to be avoided.