St.

Isidore Academy of Trinidad, Bohol

Poblacion, Trinidad, Bohol 6324
Member: Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines
Bohol Association of Catholic Schools

MIDTERM EXAM ANSWER KEY

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

I. MATCHING TYPE. (2 PTS EACH)

COLUMN A ANSWERS:

__1. the posttest of the treated groups is compared with that of an untreated group. 1. L
__2. a test of children in school is used to assess the effectiveness of teaching or the
2. D
deployment of a curriculum
__3. useful when the objective of the study is to see general picture of the population 3. B
under investigation in terms of their social and economic characteristics, opinions, and
their knowledge about the behavior towards a certain phenomenon 4. A
__4. conducting a research on the study habits of the high school students you are to use
the range of score to describe the level of their study habits 5. F
__5. discusses why and how a phenomenon occurs 6. M
__6. selecting groups, upon which a variable is tested, without any random pre-selection
processes
__7. uses correlation coefficient to show how one variable (the predictor variable) 7. J
predicts another (the criterion variable)
__8. employs both treated and control groups to deal with time-related rival explanations 8. N
__9. it obtains score from two variables for each subject, and then uses them to calculate
a correlation coefficient 9. I
__10. term that seems synonymous to survey research

10. G/C

II. Directions: Read and answer the questions carefully. Write your answer before the number. (2PTS. EACH)

1. Which of the following BEST defines quantitative research?

A. It is an exploration associated with libraries, books and journals.
B. It is an activity concerned with finding new truth in education.
C. It is a systematic process obtaining numerical information about the world.
D. It is an activity of producing or proving a theorem.

2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quantitative research?

A. Data are gathered before proposing a conclusion or solution to a problem.
B. Quantitative methods can be repeated to verify findings in another setting, thus strengthen and reinforcing validity of findings
eliminating the possibility of spurious conclusions.
C. Figures, tables or graphs showcase summarized data collection in order to show trends, relationships or differences among
variables. In sum, the charts and tables allow you to see the evidence collected.
D. It seeks to gather a more comprehensive understanding of activities related to human behavior and the attributes that rule
such behavior.

3. Which of the following describes the characteristics of research where data are in form of statistics?
A. Objective B. Numerical Data C. Replication D. Large Sample Size

4. Which research design seeks to describe “what is”?

A. Correlational C. Experimental
B. Descriptive D. Evaluation

5. In this type of research, the investigator tries to probe the significance of relationship between two or more factors or characteristics
A. Correlational C. Ex-post facto
B. Experimental D. Survey

III. ESSAY. (10 PTS)

1. How quantitative research is related or important to different field of discipline?
CRITERIA:
GRAMMAR---------- 5
COHERENCE-------3
PUNCTUATION—2
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