ENGLISH 10 – QUARTER 4

LESSON 1
DISTINGUISHING TECHNICAL TERMS IN RESEARCH

Activity 1: What is Research?

Direction: Determine further the meaning and function of research by reading the paragraphs below. In doing so, arrange
the jumbled letters of some terms to understand research even better.

When researchers are interested in examining a problem using a scientific approach, it is said that they are doing a
(1.) S A R R E E C H. The people who are being studied are called (2.) B U J E C T S. The person who oversees the research is
called the (3.) P R I N C E L I P investigator. The building blocks of theories are called (4.) C E P C O N T S.
An abstract generalization that presents a systematic representation about relationships among phenomena is called
a (5.) H E R O Y T. The concepts that are studied are called (6.) B A R I A L E V. The concept that is being studied that usually
that usually indicates the influence or cause is called the (7.) D E N T I N P E E N D variable. The concept that the researcher is
most interested in understanding is called the (8.) T E E N N P E D D variable. Variables that may influence or contaminate the
data are called (9.) E O U T S X A E R N variables. If the group that is being studied is very different or varied, the group is said
to be (10.) G E N E S H E R O T E O U while groups that are very similar are called (11.) H O O M N E E G O U S groups. When
studying variables, definitions must be clarified. A variable such as anxiety may be defined as a feeling of uneasiness; this is
called a (12.) C E P T A L C U O N definition. To measure anxiety, the State-Traite Anxiety Scale might be used.
A (13.) S Y S I T H E P H O is a statement written by the researcher that states the relationship among or between
variables. There are two major categories for research designs. One design, the (14.) Q U A I N T V A I E T T approach uses
data that has numerical representation or values. The second design, (15.) Q U A I L V E A T T I, uses narrative data.
(16.) D E D U C E V I T reasoning is the basis for quantitative approach. The bond or connection between two variables is
called a (17.) O R I E N T A L H I P S. Research that is conducted to generate knowledge that influences or improves practice
is called (18.) D E A L I P P research. Research that tests theories is known as (19.) A S C I B research.

1. 6. 11. 16.
2. 7. 12. 17.
3. 8. 13. 18.
4. 9. 14. 19.
5. 10. 15.

Activity 2: What’s the Term?

Direction: Distinguish the research terms being asked in each item.

_______________________ 1. The people who are being studied in a research

_______________________ 2. Accuracy, the extent to which a test or study measures what it is supposed to measure
_______________________ 3. Everybody has the same chance of being assigned to any group.
_______________________ 4. A measure of spread; the average deviation of a group of scores from the mean
_______________________ 5. Mathematical tools based on the normal curve used to analyze data
_______________________ 6. An important finding that did not likely happen by chance
_______________________ 7. The method for finding out what the researcher wants to know, experiment, or correlate.
_______________________ 8. A quality of interest that can be manipulated, observed or studied
_______________________ 9. A smaller group that represents population of interest
__________________________ 10. Uses data that has numerical representation or values