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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PINAGKAWITAN, LIPA CITY
Test I. Multiple Choice
Instructions: Read and carefully comprehend each question. Choose the best answer.
1. What practical steps can you take before you start your research?
a) Find out exactly what your institution's requirements are for a dissertation.
b) Make sure you are familiar with the hardware and software you plan to use.
c) Apply for clearance of your project through an ethics committee.
d) All of the above.
2. Why are the references included in a research project?
a. To keep a record of everything that you have read in writing the report.
b. To impress lecturers.
c. To fully identify the source of information and ideas discussed in the report so that others may
check for themselves.
d. It is courtesy to the authors of the works that you have read.
3. The writing of research reports is best regarded as:
a. something that most students find easy.
b. just like writing an essay.
c. a skill.
d. an unnecessary chore.
4. Of all of the steps in the research process, the one that typically takes the most time is
a. data collection.
b. evaluation of the results.
c. developing a hypothesis.
d. selecting a research method.
e. formulating the problem.
5. Why is it helpful to keep a research diary or logbook while you are conducting your project?
a) To give you something to do in the early stages of your research when nothing is happening.
b) Because funding councils generally demand to see written evidence that you were working
every day during the period of the research.
c) To keep a record of what you did and what happened throughout the research process.
d) It can be added to your dissertation to ensure that you reach the required word limit.
6. Which of the following is not a source of data which is appropriate for qualitative study?
a.Biographies. b.Experiments. c. Participant observations. d. Historical records.
7. Deciding what data is best for your research analysis depends upon which of the following?
a. The research questions. c. The nature of the participants.
b. The researcher's personal preferences. d. All of these.
8. A researcher asks three groups of 6 depressed individuals from 3 different mental health units how they
think they are stigmatised by society given their mental health. Each group discusses the topic.What
type of method of data collection is this?
a. Focus groups. b. Experiment. c. Structured interviews. d. Participant observation.
9. What reasons might the researcher have had for using Question # 8 type of data collection method?
a) It was a method of collecting data for a laboratory experiment.
b) It was a way of using the data as indicative of the typical attitudes and opinions of people in general.
c) It was used to estimate population characteristics.
d) It was in an early stage of the research as a way of generating ideas in a pilot study, prior to a more
quantitative approach.
10. What responsibility would the researcher have using Question #8 type of data collection method?
a) As the researcher one responsibility would have been to express personal opinions as way of further
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PINAGKAWITAN, LIPA CITY
discussion.
b) As the researcher, one responsibility would have been to allow the conversations to drift as much as
possible away from the topic in question in order to gain more data.
c) As the researcher, one responsibility would have been to not prompt too much but allow the participants to
guide the topic.
d) As the researcher one responsibility would have been to highlight differences in perspective between people
as a way of discussing the nature of this difference
11. Which of the following is incorrect?
In producing an interview guide for interviewing a group of sex offenders what will the researcher consider?
a) Modifying the interview guide as issues are highlighted and more interviews conducted.
b) Not just incorporating questions which relate to theory but basic demographic questions too.
c) Using the same language for all the participants.
d) Structuring the interview guide in a sensible order.
12. What is the important practical consideration for researchers conducting interviews?
a) The setting of the interview in terms of locality, privacy, etc.
b) The equipment being used.
c) The number of researchers carrying out the interview.
d) All of these are considerations.
13. Research is .
a. Searching again and again c. Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
b. Finding solution to any problem d. None of the above
14. Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
a. Searching for sources of information to locate problem.
b. Survey of related literature
c. Identification of problem
d. Searching for solutions to the problem
15. A common test in research demands much priority on
a. Reliability b. Useability c. Objectivity d. All of the above
16. A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal statement is called
a. Deductive Reasoning b. Inductive Reasoning c. Abnormal Reasoning d. Transcendental
Reasoning
17. The essential qualities of a researcher are
a. Spirit of free enquiry b. Reliance on observation and evidence
c. Systematization or theorizing of knowledge d. All the above
18. Questionnaire is a :
a. Research method b. Measurement technique c. Tool for data collection d. Data analysis technique
19. Closed-ended questions increase the return rate of the questionnaire because
a. they cover the return postage. c. they involve no thought on the part of the respondent.
b. the answers are mutually exclusive. d. they are easy and quick to answer.
20. What practical steps can you take before you actually start your research?
a) Find out exactly what your institution's requirements are for a dissertation.
b) Make sure you are familiar with the hardware and software you plan to use.
c) Apply for clearance of your project through an ethics committee.
d) All of the above.

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Telephone No.: (043) 781-2913; (043)404-1750
E-mail Address: pinagkawitan_nhs@yahoo.com
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PINAGKAWITAN, LIPA CITY
21. What is a research design?
a) A way of conducting research that is not grounded in theory.
b) The choice between using qualitative or quantitative methods.
c) The style in which you present your research findings, e.g. a graph.
d) A framework for every stage of the collection and analysis of data.
22. Which of the following is a criterion for a good research question?
a) Questions should be long and use complex terms
b) Questions should show where my research biases are.
c) Questions should sound contemporary.
d) Questions should connect with established theory and research
23. Which of the following should be included in a research proposal?
a) Your academic status and experience.
b) The difficulties you encountered with your previous reading on the topic.
c) Your choice of research methods and reasons for choosing them.
d) All of the above.

Test II. Identification

Instructions: Complete the following questions by selecting whether each research design is an example of
qualitative research, quantitative, OR BOTH.
1. Testing the relationship between the scores on an intelligence test and scores on a personality test
2. Observing the social interactions of pre-school children in a playgroup using pre-determined items
on an observation checklist
3.Studying the behavior of newborn infants by observing and recording their second-by-
second movements during their first 72 hours of life following birth
4. Conducting an experiment to investigate whether having regular rest breaks during a prolonged
study session improves performance on a test.
5. Observing whether drivers conform to road rules by counting the number of drivers who disobey a
stop sign at an intersection
6. Observing the effects of using a treat as a reward to teach a dog to sit on command
7. Organizing a small number of participants into a discussion group to study the experience of
sexual discrimination in the workplace.
8. Investigating the effects of observing violence by analyzing and interpreting children's
drawings after they have watched violent cartoons on television.
9. Investigating ways of which females are portrayed in the print media by analyzing newspaper and
magazines advertisements
10.Using a written questionnaire with closed-ended questions (eg. Yes/No) to survey a large
number of bushfire victims who may be experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder.

Address: Pinagkawitan, Lipa City


Telephone No.: (043) 781-2913; (043)404-1750
E-mail Address: pinagkawitan_nhs@yahoo.com
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PINAGKAWITAN, LIPA CITY

Address: Pinagkawitan, Lipa City


Telephone No.: (043) 781-2913; (043)404-1750
E-mail Address: pinagkawitan_nhs@yahoo.com
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PINAGKAWITAN, LIPA CITY

Address: Pinagkawitan, Lipa City


Telephone No.: (043) 781-2913; (043)404-1750
E-mail Address: pinagkawitan_nhs@yahoo.com
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PINAGKAWITAN, LIPA CITY

Address: Pinagkawitan, Lipa City


Telephone No.: (043) 781-2913; (043)404-1750
E-mail Address: pinagkawitan_nhs@yahoo.com
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PINAGKAWITAN, LIPA CITY

Address: Pinagkawitan, Lipa City


Telephone No.: (043) 781-2913; (043)404-1750
E-mail Address: pinagkawitan_nhs@yahoo.com
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
PINAGKAWITAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PINAGKAWITAN, LIPA CITY

Address: Pinagkawitan, Lipa City


Telephone No.: (043) 781-2913; (043)404-1750
E-mail Address: pinagkawitan_nhs@yahoo.com

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