Department of Education

Region X
Division of Cagayan de Oro City
AGUSAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2 - Quantitative Research

Midterm Examination

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 Any form of cheating means a failing grade in this examination.
 Read and follow the directions carefully.
 Do not write or put markings in the test questionnaire.
 Write your answers neatly in your answer sheet. NO ERASURES.

I. On NATURE AND INQUIRY OF RESEARCH

A. RECALL what you had learned about research. Write the letter that corresponds to your answer in your
answer sheet. Write it in CAPITAL FORM.

A.
B. research J. quantitative research
C. descriptive research K. qualitative research
D. correlational research L. survey research
E. evaluation research M. constant variable
F. experimental research N. continuous variable
G. causal-comparative research O. nominal variable
H. ordinal variable P. dependent variable
I. variable Q. independent
I. variable R. discrete variable

1. It signifies finding the truth again about ideas and problems which were in existence before in different
perspectives.

2. The cause variable or the one responsible for the conditions that act on something else to bring about changes.

3. This design is concerned with describing the nature, characteristics, and components of the population or
phenomenon.

4. It is the result or effect of the changes brought about by another variable; also called the outcome variable.

5. It is the systematic investigation of the nature of relationships, or associations between and among variables
without necessarily investigating into causal reasons underlying them.

6. This research aims to assess the effects, impacts, or outcomes of practices, policies or programs.

7. This research utilizes scientific method to test cause-and-effect relationship under conditions controlled by the
researcher.

8. It is also known as the ex post facto (after the fact) research.

9. It is used to gather information from groups of people by selecting and studying samples chosen from a
population.
10. A variable that can take infinite number on the value that can occur within a population.

11. A variable that has a limited number of distinct values and which cannot be divided into fractions like sex,
blood group, and number of children in the family.

12. A variable that has two or more categories which can be ranked.

13. Anything that may assume varied numerical and categorical values.

14. It is an objective, systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena through the use of
computational techniques.

15. These are things that a scientist wants to remain the same throughout the experiment.

For numbers 16-20, the choices are given below:

A. Problem statement
B. Objectives of the research
C. Scope and delimitation of research
D. Significance of research
E. Target audience
F. Review of related literature

16. An opening statement that entices the reader and stimulates his or her interest to read about your research
problem.

17. They are linked to the significance of your research where they would find your study a worthwhile
investigation.

18. It indicates what the research will do, for instance, discover, explain or seek to understand, explore a process,
and describe the experiences.

19. It includes reasons why your study adds to the scholarly research and reasons why the study will improve
policy.

20. It indicates the boundaries, exceptions, reservations, and qualifications in your study.

B. Write TRUE if the statement is correct, FALSE if it is incorrect. Write in CAPITAL LETTER.

21. Research entails an investigation of new facts leading to the discovery of new ideas, methods, or
improvements.
22. In settings like the community, school, or workplace, unusual phenomena may happen and can turn into
potential problems.
23. Plagiarism constitutes claiming another person’s idea or intellectual property as one’s own.
24. Research provides an artistic basis for any practice or methodology in any field or discipline.
25. Research aims to advance the personal and professional qualifications of a practitioner.
26. One of the goals of research is to produce results-based practice.
27. Every action conducted by a professional must have a rationale.
28. Research promotes cost-effectiveness through documentation.
29. Secondary source has more weight of validity than primary source especially in historical research since the
information gathered is directly experienced by the source.
30. Ethnography involves studying a particular group or population in the natural setting
II. On VARIABLES
A. APPLY what you have learned in independent and dependent variable by CHOOSING the dependent variable
(DV) and the independent variable (IV).

Background Information:
A variable is anything that changes. The independent variable is the one being tested. It’s the one thing you
make different between tests. The dependent variable is the result. It is what you measure at the end of the
experiment.

31. The higher the temperature of water, the faster the egg will cook.

IV DV

32. An investigation was done to see if keeping the lights on for different amounts of time each day affected the
number of eggs the chickens lay.

IV DV

33. The time it takes to run a kilometer depends on the amount of exercise a person gets.

IV DV

34. An investigation was performed to see if corn seed would sprout at different times depending on the
temperature of the air in which they were placed.

IV DV

B. DISTINGUISH the following variable. Write I if the variable is INTERVAL, N if NOMINAL, R if RATIO,
and O if ORDINAL.

35. Flavors of frozen yogurt

36. Amount of money in savings account
37. Students classified by their reading ability: above average, below average, normal
38. Letter grade in an English essay

III. On IDENTIFYING THE INQUIRY AND STATING THE PROBLEM

A. Read the following statements. DETERMINE which statement is true and which is not. Write TRUE if the
statement is correct and FALSE if it is wrong.

39. A good central question includes the central phenomenon of the study.
40. Questions in qualitative research usually ask how or what questions.
41. The participants of the study must not be included in the central objective.
42. “When” and “Where” are good pronouns to start the research questions.

B. EVALUATE the following research questions. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is
wrong.

43. How would you cope to the challenges of being a senior high school student?
44. Why did you enroll in Agusan National High School?
45. What is the degree of satisfaction of the parents in senior high school?
46. What common difficulties have you encountered in dealing with classmates?
IV. On LEARNING FROM OTHERS and REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE and STUDIES
For 4 points, CONSTRUCT a five-sentence essay applying what you know about Review of Related Literature
(RRL) by briefly answering the question. Be guided by the rubric below:

Doing a computer search is very common nowadays. How would you address the problem of ‘cut and
paste’ in writing related literature?

4 3 2 1
RRL and A. The essay B. The essay explains C. The essay barely D. The essay does not
RRS effectively how to address the explains how to explain how to
explains how to problem of “cut and address the address the
address the paste” problem of “cut problem of “cut
problem of “cut and paste” and paste”
and paste”

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