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1 Synthesis Paper Assignment Berreka Franklin Department of Social Work, Liberty University PSYC 255: Introduction to Research Professor Hilary Trevizu July 3, 2023

2 Synthesis Paper Assignment Understanding how to conduct research can be confusing, but these eight weeks have helped pass on knowledge on how to conduct research on an introductory level. This synthesis paper assignment is to demonstrate proper use of APA format in a term paper, along with one research method studied in the course, which will help to reflect what I have learned and the critique from a biblical perspective about research from this course.

3 Researching at an Introductory Level Introduction to Research Understanding the concept of research can be completely confusing, but throughout the time spent, I grasped how to conduct research and what the APA format looks like. During these eight weeks of the course, the focus was on the introduction to research and the types of research methods that can be used, including sampling, research designs, hypothesis testing, and interpreting results. These are the following topics that I have grasped an exceptional understanding of: Conducting research can be time-consuming and overwhelming, but having a better understanding of what research is and the type of research is key to conducting research at an introductory level. What I learned about the research in my own terms is that it is the progress of acquiring data on a specific topic to find what causes or why this behavior is occurring, which leads to how to collect data from the behavior study, which can be done using different types of research. There are two main ways to differentiate among types of research. First, you can describe a research method as being either qualitative or quantitative (Crawford, 2018, p. 70). Qualitative Research Method Qualitative research uses inductive logic in the various qualitative approaches. Researchers using qualitative methods seek insight through in-depth collection of information that may be subjective, hopefully with hypotheses emerging from the in-depth information. This research method is a more flexible approach because it gives participants space to voice their opinions on open-ended questions (Crawford, 2018, p. 70).

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