1st Quarter Exam
1st Quarter Exam
1st Quarter Exam
II. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.
Write the letter on the space provided.
________ 1. Hannah assigns children to different teaching method groups and tests their math
performance after six weeks. This is an example of what type of research?
“The Lord is near to all who call upon Him sincerely.” A. Descriptive B. Historical C. Experimental D. Developmental
Psalm 145:18
________ 2. Which of the following is an example of ordinal measurement? 9. A film critic lists the top 50 greatest movies of all time.
A. Male and female choices indicating biological sex 10.
B. A scale from 1 to 4 measuring life satisfaction
C. A list of six different religious affiliations IV. You are a researcher currently investigating on the study below. You need to
D. A whole number indication of a person’s age in years
evaluate the problem to decide what correct aspects in your research will you
_____ 3. Samantha is interested in studying the relationship between gender differences and undertake to make your research successful.
verbal ability. This is an example of what type of research?
A. Descriptive
B. Experimental
C. Correlational
D. Gender evaluation
_____ 4. Identify in which of the following examples would the use of qualitative research be
most likely useful:
A. After a discovery of ancient remains that provides sociology and archaeology with a
unique new opportunity
B. When we are trying to predict the future value of stock indexes using various variables
such as inflation, economic growth and the exchange rate
C. After detecting a rise of greenhouse gas emission, prompting the need to identify
which factors caused it and how influential they were
D. When we are trying to detect problems in the world economy by understanding the
relationship between the relevant variables
_____ 6. A researcher studies three groups of students who vary in level of self-confidence. She
finds that students with higher self-confidence are more popular among their peers. What type
of research will the researcher likely used?
a. Experimental b. Causal comparative c. Correlational* d. Cross-sectional
III. A. Identify what type of measurement scale is used in the following variables. Write
before the item number N for nominal, O for ordinal, I for interval, and R for ratio.
1. Religious affiliation
2. ZIP code
3. Distance from home to school
4. Number of hours devoted by parents in providing tutorial support
5. The roster of a basketball team lists the jersey numbers for each of the players.
6. A local animal shelter keeps track of the breeds of dogs that come in.
7. Number of carnapping incidents compared each month in one year
8. Sugar count of diabetic patients every 5 hours