Second Semester First Quarter Exam Practical Research I

SECOND SEMESTER
FIRST QUARTER EXAM

PRACTICAL RESEARCH I
I. Read the following questions carefully and write the letter that corresponds to your answer on your answer sheet.
1. Which of the following describes correctly the phases of qualitative research?
a. Identify and state the research problem, planning, data collection, data analysis, writing the results.
b. Planning, begin the data collection, revise focus of study as needed, continue data collection revise focus of study as
needed, complete data collection, data analysis, writing.
c. Identifying the research hypothesis, data collection, data analysis, conclusions, writing.
d. Planning, identifying the problem, data collection, writing
2. Qualitative researchers view changes in procedures during a study as
a. A weakness. b. Frustrating c. A good thing. d. To be avoided.
3. Qualitative and quantitative research methods are never used together in a study.
a. True b. False. c. Both d. Neither
4. An approach in research that can be used in hard sciences`
a. scientific b. naturalistic c. historical d. mixed method
5. Numerical data are true for which approach?
a. scientific b. naturalistic c. historical d. mixed method
6. Which unit of analysis is true for the naturalistic approach?
a. statistics b. history c. verbal language d. numbers
7. Which among the following is subjective?
a. history b. hard sciences c. soft sciences d. both
8. Which among the following is objective?
a. history b. hard sciences c. soft sciences d. both
9. Topics that maybe biased or prejudicial
a. too vague subjects b. too narrow subjects c. too broad subjects d. controversial topics
For items 10-21, identify whether the following situations or statements are qualitative or quantitative research. Write A if
it is qualitative and B if it’s quantitative.
10. Observing the social interactions of pre-school children in a playgroup using pre-determined items on an observation
checklist
11. Investigating the effects of observing violence by analysing and interpreting children's drawings after they have
watched violent cartoons on television.
12. Investigating ways of which females are portrayed in the print media by analysing newspaper and magazines
advertisements
13. Studying the behaviour of new-born infants by observing and recording their second-by-second movements during
their first 72 hours of life following birth
14. Testing the relationship between the scores on an intelligence test and scores on a personality test.
15. Using a written questionnaire with closed-ended questions (eg. Yes/No) to survey a large number of bushfire victims
who may be experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder
16. Observing the effects of using a treat as a reward to teach a dog to sit on command
17. Observing whether drivers conform to road rules by counting the number of drivers who disobey a stop sign at an
intersection
18. Organising a small number of participants into a discussion group to study the experience of sexual discrimination in
the workplace.
19. Conducting an experiment to investigate whether having regular rest breaks during a prolonged study session
improves performance on a test.
20. The Burial Practices of Ilocanos in Tuao
21. The Absenteeism Rate of Senior High School Students in TVTS- Main
22. This refers to a learning process that motivates to obtain knowledge or information about people, places or things.
a. Research b. question c. interview d. inquiry
For items 23-27, identify the proponents of the following theories. Refer to the following choices:
a. John Dewey b. Lev Vygotsky c. Jerome Bruner
23. Zone of Proximal Development
24. Theory of connected experiences
25. Learner’s varied world perceptions
26. Provocation and scaffolding in learning
27. Exploratory and reflective thinking
28. This refers to the process of executing various mental acts for discovering and examining facts and information to
prove the accuracy or truthfulness of claims or conclusions about the topic.
a. Research b. Inquiry c. Interview d. Question
For items 29-32, identify which characteristic of research is identified on the following phrases and statements: Use the
following choices for your answers.
a. Clarity b. Objectiveness c. Systematic d. Timeliness
29. Simple, direct, concise and correct language
30. Fresh, new and interesting topic in the present society
31. The subject takes place in an organized or orderly manner.
32. The data deal with facts not merely opinions.
For items 33-34, identify which characteristic of research is identified on the following phrases and statements: Use the
following choices for your answers.
a. Relevance b. Objectiveness c. Systematic d. Accuracy
33. Data is correct or accurate.
34. The result is instrumental in improving the society.
35. This kind of research requires non-numerical data
a. Quantitative research b. qualitative research c. Interview d. Questioning
36. It requires numerical forms to collect and analyze the data.
a. Quantitative research b. qualitative research c. Interview d. Questioning
37. In which approach to qualitative research do the researchers intend to generate a theory that is based on data
systematically gathered and analyzed?
a. phenomenologyb. biography c. grounded theory d. case study
38. Researchers study just one individual, classroom, school, or program in which approach to qualitative research?
a. phenomenologyb. biography c. ethnography d. case study
39. Researchers who study various reactions to or perceptions of a particular phenomenon take which approach to
qualitative research?
a. phenomenology b. biography c. grounded theory d. case study
40. Suppose that a researcher studies one gifted student in order to better understand how this student's school day differs
from that of more typical students. This type of study is certainly a(n)
a. phenomenology b. biography c. grounded theory d. case study
41. Researchers who focus on the study of culture take which approach for qualitative
research?
a. Grounded theory b. Phenomenology c. Case study d. Ethnography.
42. Conclusions from qualitative research are
a. less certain than from quantitative research. c. seldom defensible.
b. of little practical use d. of descriptive value only
43. Which is not a criticism of quantitative research made by qualitative researchers?
a. is not creative c. treats people as objects
b. oversimplifies d. can't see the forest for the trees.
44. Mixed-method designs
a. are almost impossible to carry out c. are philosophically unjustified
b. combine quantitative and qualitative methods d. result in contradictory findings.
45. Which of the following is a good way to find a research topic?
a. Personal experience c. looking for the next step in the research process
b. Getting an idea from your advisor d. All of the above
46. How are research questions most often described?
a. Arising within a laboratory setting c. May arise from our everyday life experiences
b. Posed after important factors are identified d. Always answered if we follow a scientific method of inquiry
47. In general, when selecting factors for a study, you want to be sure of which of these?
a. They have been investigated before c. They are not of interest to you
b. They are available to investigate d. They do not lead to another question
48. In a study of the effect of the amount TV viewing on children’s aggressiveness, amount of TV viewing would be what
type of variable?
a. Independent variable b. Dependent variable c. Control variable d. Extraneous variable
49. Compared to quantitative reports, qualitative research reports are
a. More objective c. Less biased
b. Less interpretive d. More reflexive.
50. Which is a characteristic of ethnography?
a. t is usually conducted in a laboratory or other controlled setting.
b. It uses only qualitative data for interpretation.
c. It involves intimate, face-to-face data collection.
d. It frames human behavior within an objective reality.
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