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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Directions: Choose The Best Answer, and Write It On On The Blank Space Provided Before The Item
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Directions: Choose The Best Answer, and Write It On On The Blank Space Provided Before The Item
II. IDENTIFICATION: There are two broad categories of research methodology: qualitative research and quantitative research.
Determine what type of research methodology is being referred to. Write QUALITATIVE or QUANTITATIVE on the space provided
before the item.
______________11. Identify patterns, features, themes
______________12. Answers question of “why” or “how”
______________13. Purpose is to test hypotheses, look at cause & effect, & make predictions
______________14. Purpose is to understand & interpret social interactions
______________15. Group studied is smaller & not randomly selected
______________16. Group studied is larger & randomly selected
______________17. Narrative report with contextual description & direct quotations from research participants
______________18. Statistical report with correlations, comparisons of means, & statistical significance of findings
______________19. Answers “how many”, “when” and “where”
______________20. Objectivity is critical
III. TRUE or FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the sentence is not correct. Write the corresponding
answer on the blank space provided before the item.
__________21. Research must be hurriedly conducted.
__________22. There should be enough data before conducting research.
__________23. Research must observe a step-by-step process.
__________24. The researcher must have the final say in his or her findings.
__________25. A person's opinion is acceptable and considered as an answer to the questions asked by the
researcher.
__________26. Any concern or issue confronted by the students is researchable.
__________27. The causes why students fail in quizzes are worth researching.
__________28. The student-researcher must read literature related to the problem he or she is studying.
__________29. The researcher must avoid listening to another researcher to have an objective view of his or her
study.
__________30. The steps in conducting research are patterned.
IV. ESSAY. Explain the importance/Significance of Research in Daily Life. Give examples. (10 points)
Prepared by:
MICHAEL T. SEBULLEN, PhD
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.
--Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
RESEARCH MIDTERM EXAM
ANSWER KEY
1 a
2 b
3 d
4 c
5 a
6 c
7 b
8 d
9 c
10 b
11 QUALITATIVE
12 QUALITATIVE
13 QUANTITATIVE
14 QUALITATIVE
15 QUALITATIVE
16 QUANTITATIVE
17 QUALITATIVE
18 QUANTITATIVE
19 QUANTITATIVE
20 QUANTITATIVE
21 FALSE
22 TRUE
23 TRUE
24 FALSE
25 FALSE
26 TRUE
27 TRUE
28 TRUE
29 FALSE
30 TRUE
31 j
32 a
33 h
34 c
35 e
36 b
37 f
38 d
39 i
40 g