Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Regional Office No. VIII
Division of Northern Samar
PAMBUJAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Pambujan, Northern Samar

SECOND SUMMATIVE TEST

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

Name: __________________________ Section: ______ Score: ______

Test I. Read and understand the following questions. Choose the letter of your choice. (10 points)

1. What criterion in the selection of research problem emphasizes the security and safety among the
participants?
a. novelty c. ethical considerations
b. time factor d. availability of equipment
2. Refers to a statement that promptly suggests for conducting an investigation.
a. Research questions c. Objectives
b. Research problem d. Research title
3. Which of the following should be avoided in the formulation of a research title?
a. abbreviation of terms c. incomplete sentence
b. key variables d. subtitle
4. It is considered as the initial step in writing a research paper.
a. Research background c. Research problem
b. Research justification d. Objectives
5. This refers to the step-by-step procedures that you employ before and during the data gathering.
a. Statistical tool c. Data Gathering Procedure
b. Instrument d. Data Analysis
6. This suggests “comprehensiveness.”
a. concise c. practitioner
b. qualification d. costing
7. If you will formulate a research title based on the selection, what would be its possible focus?
a. life of honor students c. life of working students
b. life of student-athletes d. life of struggling readers
8. This refers to the major task of the researcher.
a. General objective of the problem c. setting of the problem
b. literature foundation of the study d. seriousness of the problem
9. If your research aims toward a development of a theory in an inductive manner, you can use this
design.
 a. Case Study c. Grounded Theory
b. Ethnography d. Phenomenology
10. Part of the research paper dealing with the valuable contributions that the study aims to serve.
a. Beneficiaries c. Significance of the study
b. Benefits d. Academic beneficiaries

Test II. IDENTIFICATION. Write your answer on the space provided before the number. (10 points)
______________________ 1. Pertains to who will directly gain from the results of the study.
______________________ 2. These may include stakeholders, policymakers, agencies and
organizations.
______________________ 3. If your research is about a description or investigation about customs of
individual and culture, this design can be used.
______________________ 4. This refers to the systematic plan for conducting research which includes
strategies, process, techniques, and procedures for collecting and analyzing data.
______________________ 5. It refers to the particular location where the study is conducted.
______________________ 6. This stands for the entire pool from which the sample is drawn.
______________________ 7. A statement usually predicting the relationship between variables that can
be tested by scientific research.
______________________ 8. Any characteristic that can have different values or traits that may vary
across research participants.
______________________ 9. It is a kind of qualitative research which concentrates on the study of a
group of people in a particular environment.
______________________ 10. It is a qualitative research kind which allows the researcher to have an
intensive analysis of the phenomenon.

Test III. TRUE or FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if incorrect. (10 points)

______ 1. Delimitation refers to choices made by researcher that serves as boundary. This includes
research objectives, questions, variables, theoretical objectives you adopted, target samples, and
justifications that limits the scope of the study.
______ 2. Ethnography is if your research is about the commonality of lived experience within a group of
individuals or description of a particular phenomenon, this research design can be used.
______ 3. The general problem should clearly state the main task/s of the researcher.
______ 4. Non-researchable questions, as in, those which are answerable by “yes” or “no” should be
avoided.
______ 5. Choosing either a quantitative or qualitative approach will not affect the components of the
research.
______ 6. A research problem to be designed must deal with some concerns in a particular field that
may need an improvement or a solution.
______ 7. If your answers in the previously asked questions are ‘Yes’, then that can be a good starting
point for establishing the rationale of your study.
______ 8. The general problem should state the research setting as well as the time period of the study.
______ 9. The method to be used in conducting a research will determine the approach the researcher
takes in identifying relevant data, and collecting and analyzing the information gathered in the research.

______ 10. A study in a qualitative type cannot be simply done in a linear and cause and effect
relationship approach.

Test IV. Answer the following questions: (10 points)

1. Compare and contrast Qualitative and Quantitative type of research. (5 points)

2. Enumerate the 4 sources of research problem. (5 points)