This is the part of your paper where you
describe the process by which you attempted to answer the initial
research question you posed. Sentences 330-444 will help you do
that.
Participants (in this study) were…
330. members of ____
331. selected from ____
332. mostly of ____ origin/background.
333. selected based on ____
334. assigned to a control group and a test group.
335. randomly [59] sampled from ____
336. randomly selected based on ____
The target population was…
337. composed of ____
338. drawn from ____
339. recruited from ____
340. restricted to people (who) ____
341. defined as ____
342. categorized based on ____
The sample for this study…
343. included ____
344. consisted of ____
345. comprised ____
346. was taken from ____
347. was randomly drawn from ____
348. was limited to ____
349. Each sampling unit consisted of ____
350. A sample of [N] ____ was selected for analysis [60].
351. The subjects of this study consisted of ____
352. A total of [N] subjects were divided based on ____
353. Among the [N] eligible subjects, ____ participated in the study.
354. Among the eligible subjects, [N] refused to participate.
355. Eligible subjects were between the ages of ____ and ____
356. [N] subjects were randomly assigned to ____
357. The control (N=x) and experimental groups (N=y) were composed of ____
358. The mean age was ____
359. Among the study cohort, [N] participants met our eligibility criteria.
360. ____ was the sole criterion [61] for selection.
The present study employed a [qualitative/quantitative]…
361. approach that involved ____
362. approach combining ____ and ____
363. approach to investigate ____
364. research design to investigate ____
365. research methodology exploring [62] ____
366. research method to examine ____
367. The research design involved ____
368. This study used a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis tools.
369. The data collected were mostly qualitative/quantitative.
370. Data were collected through the use of ____
371. The total number of respondents was [63] defined by ____
372. A total of [N] responses were gathered from a sample of ____
373. ____ was/were ascertained by means of ____
374. Data were collected by means of ____
375. The data for this study come from ____
376. Additional data were gathered through ____
377. Data [64] on ____ were not available.
For the purpose of this study…
378. ____was measured with ____
379. ____ is defined as follows: ____
380. ____ was defined as ____
381. ____ is defined as ____ if ____
382. ____ was classified as ____
383. ____ and ____ are not synonymous.
384. we used a dataset provided by ____
385. [N] ____ were asked to ____
386. we will adopt ____
The survey was administered to [N] participants,…
387. all of whom [65] ____
388. most of whom ____
389. some of whom ____
390. few of whom ____
391. half of whom ____
392. [N] of whom ____
393. [N] % of whom ____
394. of whom [N] % ____
The survey included…
395. a variety of questions on ____
396. a set of questions designed to ____
397. a number of open-ended and multiple-choice questions.
398. questions to determine[66]____
399. an inventory of ____
400. scales to measure ____
401. questions taken from ____
402. [N] questions, split evenly between ____ and ____
403. We conducted in-depth interviews with ____
404. The interview questions to elicit ____ were of [N] kinds: ____, ____ and ____
405. The main purpose of the first type of questions was to ____
All interviews…
406. ranged between ____ and ____ minutes/hours.
407. took place between ____ and ____
408. were digitally recorded.
409. were audio/video taped.
410. were transcribed verbatim.
411. were coded and fully transcribed.
All interviews were conducted…
412. between ____ and ____
413. in English (and ____)
414. within the premises of ____
415. face-to-face.
416. by telephone/via Skype.
Participants completed a questionnaire…
417. to determine ____
418. to elicit ____
419. that measured ____
420. that attempted to gain insight into ____
421. designed to provide data on ____
422. designed to evaluate/assess ____
423. consisting of [N] discrete [67] items.
Participants completed a questionnaire in which they…
424. indicated (whether) ____
425. were asked to ____
426. provided information about ____
427. rated ____ in terms of ____
428. rated the importance of ____ on a [N]-point scale.
429. All participants were asked to read and sign a consent form.
430. From the [N] completed questionnaires, [N]% were fully usable.
431. The overall response rate was [N]%.
432. Self-reported data were gathered on gender, age and ____
433. The association between ____ and ____ was examined using ____, with significance set at [N].
434. Next, _____ analyses were used to determine ____
435. We examined whether ____. For this, we conducted two experiments in which ____
436. I reviewed findings from a number of recent studies that ____
437. ____ was based on participants’ accounts of ____
438. Fieldwork was undertaken over a [N]-day [68]/week/month/year period.
Full-text copies of ____ were accessed digitally/obtained from [source].
439. potentially [69] relevant studies
440. studies of possible relevance
441. potentially eligible articles
442. randomized trials
443. relevant legislation
444. relevant theses [70] and dissertations