RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (MID-TERM) – CODE 1

I. TRUE OR FALSE
1. True
Data collected about a numeric variable will always be quantitative and data
collected about a categorical variable will always be qualitative.
2. False
Sometimes one merely sticks one’s nose outside the cave in order to
discover what’s out there.
3. False
To solve a current problem faced by the manager in the work setting.
Suchresearch is called applied research.
4. False
Research is not a blind excursion into the unknown, in the hope that the data
required to address the research issue will appear magically. It is, instead, a
meticulously planned itinerary of the path you intend to take to reach your
ultimate destination--your research objective.
5. False
The term descriptive research refers to the type of research question, design,
and data analysis that will be applied to a given topic. Descriptive statistics
tell what is, while inferential statistics try to determine cause and effect.

II. MUTIPLE CHOICES

1. A
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. B
10. A

III. MUTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER

1. D
2. A and C
3. D
4. A and D
5. A and C
6. A and C

IV. CONSTRUCTED – RESPOND

1. An applied researcher wants to increase the performance of organizational
members in a particular bank. What would be the dependent variable in this
case?
- The dependent variable, in this case, is employee performance it is the
primary.
- Independent variables could be wages, organizational culture

2. List and label the variables in this and the following exercise and explain
and diagram the relationships among the variables.
A manager finds that off-the-job classroom training has a great impact on the
productivity of the employees in her department. However, she also observes
that employees over 60 years of age do not seem to derive much benefit and do
not improve with such training.

VARIABLE TYPE OF VARIABLE

Productivity Dependent that depends on training
Off-the-job classroom Independents as it does not depend on
any other variable
Age Moderating as age decide the
improvement in the productivity of
the employee

Age

Off-the-job classroom Productivity

3. Which type of data that corresponds to each of the following statements?
• Data on daily sales volume, revenue, number of customers for the past
month at each Highlands Coffee location in Ho Chi Minh City. => Panel.
• Data on daily sales revenue and expenses over past 12 months at Crescent
Mall Highlands Coffee location. => Time series.