1. RESEARCH TOOLS OR INSTRUMENTS

2. What will you use to actually collect the data… a recording sheet, a questionnaire, a video or audio tape?

3. What it is?
Anything that becomes a means of collecting information for the study
For example: observation forms, interview schedules, questionnaires, and interview guides
Constructing the research tools is the first practical step in research process.
Need to decide “How the data will be collected?” Then will decide a research instrument for this.
The type of instrument used by the researcher depends on the data collection method selected.
“Instrument development requires a high degree of research expertise, as the instrument must be reliable and valid.”

4. Research Software
Research tool can also be identified as Research Software
Research software enable researchers and modelers to construct theories and system models.
Example of research software:
Qualitative Research: Top 15 software
To assist with qualitative research such as transcription analysis, coding and text interpretation, recursive abstraction, content analysis, discourse analysis and grounded theory methodology.

5. Research Software Example of research software: Quantitative Research:
To assist with quantitative research such as statistical and mathematical analysis and modeling.
An example of software:
SPSS
SAS
MATLAB
STATA R

6. Research Tools: Reference Management Software
Research tools is also used for reference management.
Called as Research Management Software or Citation Management Software or Personal Bibliographic Management Software
These software packages normally consist:
database in which full bibliographic references can be entered
system for generating selective lists of articles in the different formats required by publishers and scholarly journals.

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software

9. Research Instrument
Before collecting the data, the researcher needs to design the research instrument (the tools they will use to collect the data).
Interview or focus group
need to design an interview schedule or topic guide.
Survey
need to design a questionnaire either or both online survey or paper survey
Need to identify the schedule
Photograph, Drawing or Video
need to specify the activity for research participants.
For example: the group might want primary school children to take up to five photographs showing the things they like most about school, or to draw a picture of how they feel when they a) come to school, b) are on lunchbreak, and c) are doing their homework.
Computer simulation/modelling/prototype
Need to design the simulation/model
Identify the scenario/test to collect the data

10. TIMING When Will Data be Collected? Before and after the program
At one time
At various times during the course of the program
Continuously through the program
Over time - longitudinally

11. Research Instrument will be discussed further following the scientific methodology:
Quantitative methodology
Qualitative methodology
Mix Method methodology
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