NAME: REYNALYN PASCUA

COURSE TITLE: PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

GRADE/STRAND/SECTION: 12 ABM PURITY

DATE: OCTOBER 06, 2021

QUIZ 3&4

QUIZ # 3 2pts. each

I. Directions. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Researchers suggest that performance-related pay increases employee motivation. What kind of variable is
‘motivation”’ in this study?

A. extraneous variable C. confounding variable

B. dependent variable D. independent variable

2. Which of the following can be described as a nominal variable?

A. Annual income C. Age

B. Annual sales D. Geographical location

3. An ordinal scale is:

A. the simplest form of measurement B. a rank-order scale of measurement

C. a scale with an absolute zero-point D. categorical

4. Which of the following belongs to ratio level of measurement?

A. year C. sex

B. annual sales D. size (S-M-L)

5. Suppose a researcher wishes to identify whether a person's ability to throw a ball is influenced by hunger. In this
experiment, hunger is considered as the

A. extraneous variable C. confounding variable

B. dependent variable D. independent variable

Variables According to Continuity of Values

II. Directions: Identify the kind of the given variable below. Write D if it is discrete variable and C if it is a continuous
variable

C 1. Body temperature

D 2. Number of videos watch

C 3. Scores in English

C 4. Daily expenses

C. 5. Number of family members

D 6. Annual family income

C 7. Length of lawns

C 8. Teacher’s performance rating

C 9. Amount of sales in online business per week

D. 10. Birth year

QUIZ # 4

Directions: Identify if the given statement is true of false. Write T if it is correct and write F if its wrong.

T 1. Variables are elements, entities, or factors that can vary or change.

T 2. Continuous variables is the variable that take a value of infinite number. Examples are age and height.

T 3. Dependent variables are those that are influenced by the independent variables

F 4. Dependent variables are frequently called different things depending on the nature of the research question.

T 5. Variables can be classified according to functional relationship, continuity of values and on scale of measurement.

T 6. The literature should inform you what dependent variables to account for.

T 7. Independent variables are the variables manipulated by the researchers.

F 8. Discrete variables are the variable that take only finite numbers

F 9. Dependent variables are the variables that is the cause of the manipulation of the independent variables.

T 10. The dependent variables are usually called the predictor or criterion variables.