HEOS Higher Education And Oriental Studies

27/08/2025

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭.

25/08/2025

𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞:

𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒆𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔

It is very important to use targeted keywords. Break up the topic you are researching into its main concepts, then define keywords for each concept. Next, expand the list by writing down synonyms and alternative phrasings for each keyword. Also, use terms that you plan to include in your own manuscript; this will indicate how relevant those terms are in the field or whether you should use more precise terms to define your concepts.

𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒆𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔

What alternative vocabulary is used in the discussion of my topic?

Are there American and British variants of spelling or vocabulary?

Can I identify a word-stem for truncation?
E.g., child to find child, children, or childish.

Are common abbreviations, acronyms or formulae used?

What specific cases or examples am I interested in?

What more general terms might include my topic?

Are there categories I'd like to exclude?

22/08/2025

𝐀 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞.

20/08/2025

18/08/2025

How to prepare and conduct a systematic review + manage your results & screening tools.

15/08/2025

Framework for identifying research gaps in literature reviews.

13/08/2025

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭

The research title must be able to grab the reader’s attention and successfully capture the essence of your study.

1) Keep it simple: Draft a title that is easy to understand and concise. Include only the most essential information about your research.

E.g., Diagnostic performance of commercially available COVID-19 serology tests in China

2) Make it discoverable: Use search engine friendly keywords that emphasize what your research is about and are popularly used by readers while browsing through article databases.

E.g., Randomized trial for improving motor function in 400 Alzheimer’s patients

3) Use a declarative title: If your study results support your hypothesis, don’t be shy to use a declarative title.

E.g., Telemedicine is Cost-Effective Compared with Standard Care in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - A Randomized Trial

4) Include a subtitle: Use a subtitle to give additional context and make your study more appealing to potential readers.

E.g., The clinical spectrum of COVID-19: A population-based cohort study in Australia

5) Say NO to full stops: Never insert period at the end of your title.

WRONG: Safety and Immunogenicity of Two RNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates.
RIGHT: Safety and Immunogenicity of Two RNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates

11/08/2025

A keyword is a key to information. Keywords point researchers to relevant papers—papers that may not come to a researcher’s attention in the normal course of her or his reading. Relevant papers may escape notice because they are published in journals that a particular researcher does not read regularly. And even when such papers are published in journals that the researcher does read regularly, he or she may not realize that those papers are relevant because their titles may fail to indicate their relevance.

Let us take an example to see why keywords are useful. A paper titled ‘New approaches to the treatment of diabetes’ describes how some medicinal herbs can help in treating the disease. However, the title does not mention this, nor does it mention the names of those herbs. Suitable keywords for such a paper will include the scientific names of those herbs, and a search for any of those names will lead other researchers to that paper.

Therefore, do not use words or terms in the title as keywords: the function of keywords is to supplement the information given in the title. Words in the title are automatically included in indexes, and keywords serve as additional pointers.

08/08/2025

𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

06/08/2025

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭

Statistical tests are used in hypothesis testing. They can be used to: determine whether a predictor variable has a statistically significant relationship.

01/08/2025

30/07/2025

𝐀𝐏𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞