Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region I SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOCOS SUR NARVACAN NATIONAL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Narvacan, Ilocos Sur
1ST QUARTER EXAM –RESEARCH IN DAILY LIFE II STEM A/B, ABM, HUMSS, TVL
NAME: _______________________________ YR/SEC: _________________ DATE: ______________ SCORE: __________ I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the test item carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on a SEPARATE SHEET of paper. ____1. A learning process that motivates you t o obtain knowledge or information about people, things, places, or events. A. Inquiry B. Research C. Investigation D. Study ____2. Some think of quantitative research as complex because of its use of _________. A) Hypotheses B) numerical data C) factual data D) theories ____3. It is a scientific, e xperimental, or inductive manner of thinking. A) Research B) inquiry C) investigation D) survey ____4. A type of research that describe and measure the level of occurrences on the basis of numbers and calculations. A) Qualitative B) quantitative C) descriptive D) historical ____5. Which is not a question answered by quantitative research? A) How many? B) How? C)When? D) What? ____6. Which among the following variables are common in quantitative research? A) Extraneous, confounding B) independent, dependent C) participant, situational D) constant, latent ____7. A quantitative research presents research findings in this manner: A) Many prefer to study with textbooks. C) Perhaps, 30% consider textbook unnecessary in their studies. B) Students find textbooks indispensable or necessary. D)Out of 100 college students, 90 find textbooks beneficial beneficial to their studies. ____8. People inclined to doing a quantitative research wants to discover truth in __________. A) An exact manner B) a careful way C) an indirect way D) a personal way ____9. Which of the following is a philosophical assumption of quantitative researchers? A) The initial initial ambiguity that occurs in a study is desirable. B) The purpose of educational research is to explain and be able to predict relationships. relationships. The The ultimate goal is the development of laws that make prediction possible. C) Research investigations investigations produce alternative visions of what the world is like. D) It is impossible impossible for the researcher to stand apart from the individuals he or she is studying. studying. ____10. Observational bias occurs when an observer: A) Is subjected to biased treatment by the research participants. C) Is conducting a double-blind study. B) Is distracted and fails to notice key aspects of the study. D) Sees what they want to see. ____11. A type of quantitative research in w hich finding truths about a subject is by describing the collected data about such subject and determining their relationships or connections with one another A) Experimental B) Descriptive C) Non-experimental D) Historical ____12. A quantitative research that treats or deals with the object or subject of the research in a definite or exact manner and determines the extent of the effects or influence of the treatment on the object/subject, then discovers the causes of such effects. A) Experimental B) Descriptive C) Non-experimental D) Historical ____13. _____ and _____ _____ should be taken into account when considering a new research problem. A) Time; Cost B) Attention; Participants C) Time; Attention D) Cost; Participants ____14. Which of the following is the most important thing for a researcher to consider when deciding on a research topic? A) How they feel about the topic. C) If they have adequate resources to research the topic. B) If the topic is researchable. D) How many research journals will want to publish an article on the topic. ____15. A student is feeling overwhelmed trying to decide on a problem to research. How should she proceed? A) Write down topics she is interested interested in. C) Abandon the concept of research altogether. B) Copy the work of others. D) Focus on completing the literature review before deciding on a research problem. ____16. A student is writing a research re search question. What should his first step be? A) Specifying what the question is about. C) Formulating a hypothesis. B) Indicating where the research funding is coming from. D) Ensuring their ideas are researchable. ____17. Which of the following is NOT a reason why formulating a r esearch question is one of the first steps in a research project? A) It helps refine what is being researched. C) It helps the researcher formulate and identify important aspects of their research. B) It helps lay the groundwork for the research. D) It helps in choosing choosing a topic for research. ____18. Your research question is: 'What is the effect of television viewing on Filipinos?' What is the PROBABLE reason that this question would need some revision? A) The question does not lend itself to research easily. C) The question is too narrowly focused. B) The question does not center on specific concerns or issues. D) The question is too broadly focused. ____19. Starting off with a research researc h question provides a researcher with: A) A strong strong foundation foundation and a question to answer C) Their null hypothesis B) Their hypothesis D) Accurate information about how to accomplish the experiment ____20. A hypothesis is: A) A research question B) A description of an event C) An educated prediction D) A psychological diagnosis
____21. A literature review is best defined as: A) Doing an internet search on a topic and looking through the results. B) The process of studying published research. C) The process of studying published research and the written review outlining what literature was reviewed. D) The written component of a research project that discusses the existing research the researcher reviewed. ____22. Why does a researcher conduct a literature review? A) To familiarize themselves with the field. C) They are paid to review it. B) They are required to by other researchers. D) To reproduce existing research. ____23. If you are studying a specialized topic, like 'Common symptoms of mentally ill children', but search for something broad, like 'Psychology of children', you are likely to find: A) A large amount of relevant articles. C) A large amount of non-relevant articles. B) A small amount of relevant articles. D) A small amount of non-relevant articles. ____24. A literature review is a written summary of the findings of a literature ________ A) Search B) review C) proposal D) assessment ____25. There are three ke y aspects to a literature review: revie w: summarizing, synthesizing and ______________ ______________ A) Referencing B) citing C) paraphrasing D) evaluating ____26. Your literature review is _________ A) a list of all the work published on your topic and who argues what. C) a collection of stories about your topic B) a list of accomplishments of several authors D) a collection of data of the researcher ____27. There are different ways to organize o rganize your literature review. Which among the following applies in organizing your literature review? A) Chronologically B) Thematically C) Methodologically D) Systematically ____28. Which of the following are data collection methods? A) Survey B) Watching TV C) Searching on Google D) Observation ____29. Designing a research is thinking ______________ ______________ A) Critically B) skillfully C) literally D) imaginatively ____30. When designing research, you need to see your research process in your______. A) Paper B) mind C) library D) book ____31. Preparing in your m ind how to find answers to your research questions is ________________. ________________. A) Deciding on your research topic B) Controlling your emotions C) Designing your research D)Asking research questions ____32. These are aspects of your research: rese arch: research objectives, topic, questions, hypotheses, and methodology, you come to think of quantitative research design __________. A) Before finalizing your mind on these aspects of your research C) As you formulate hypotheses about these parts B) After thinking of these aspects of your research D) As you ponder on your research problem ____33. Central to experimental design is analyzing relationships that are A) Specific B) causal C) hypothetical D) stable ____34. A quantitative research design that is equated with w ith qualitative design is ___________. A) True experimental B) semi experimental C) non- experimental D) quasi-experimental ____35. Quantitative research designs are true for all experimental designs except the aspect on _________. A) Subject selection B) variable relationships C) treatment application D) variable control ____36. A quantitative research design that makes you behave as a scientist is ________. A) Survey research B) case study C) experimental design D) correlative study ____37. A characteristic of research in which the footnotes, notes and bibliographical entries should honestly and appropriately documented or acknowledged. A) accuracy B) objectiveness C) timeliness D) relevance ____38. A characteristic of research which is concerned with facts, not with ere opinions arising from assumptions, generalization, predictions, or conclusions. A) accuracy B) objectiveness C)timely D. relevant ____39. If the research you work on is fresh, new and inter esting to the present society, we can say that it is ________. A) accurate B) objective C) timely D) relevant ____40. If the topic is instrumental in improving society or in solving problems affecting the lives of people in a community, it is _________. A) accurate B. objective C. timely D. relevant ____41. In research, the central point of discoveries should be expressed in simple, direct, concise, and correct language. This shows _______. A) clarity B. objectiveness C. timeliness D. relevance ____42. If the research researc h takes place in an organized or orderly manner, it is ________. A. accurate B. systematic C. timely D. relevant ____43. Which among the following is a purpose of re search? A) To learn how to summarize information C) To learn how to ask questions B) To learn how to manipulate data D) To have an in-depth knowledge of something ____44. Which among the following is a characteristic of quantitative research? A) Human understanding and interpretation C) Multiple research approaches and methods B) Active, powerful, and forceful D) Systematic, objective, and precise ____45. SMARTC means ____________ ____________ A) Specific, meaningful, attainable, realistic, time-bound, challenging B) Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound, challenging C) Specific, meaningful, attainable, resourceful, time-bound, challenging D) Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, trustworthy, challenging
____46. A study designed to depict the participants in an accurate way A) Correlational study B) Descriptive research C) Quasi-Experimental research D) Experimental research ____47. A research that applies systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques. A) Qualitative research B) quantitative research C) descriptive research D) Experimental research ____48. Research is asking a question and _______________________ _____________________________ ______ A) writing a research paper B) finding out answer C) computing data D) experimenting ____49. Quantitative method of research in which you have 2 or more quantitative variables from the same group of subjects, & you are trying to determine deter mine if there is a re lationship A) Correlational study B) Descriptive research C) Quasi-Experimental research D) Experimental research ____50. Quantitative research is important because it is reliable and ________________ ________________ A) special B) objective C) bias D) descriptive ____51. Quantitative research is generally made made using scientific methods. methods. Which among the following following is an example of scientific method? A) The generation of models, theories and hypothesis C) collection of empirical data B) Experimentation D) all of these ____52. Inquiry is __________________ ___________________________ _________ A) Asking answers B) asking questions C) asking directions D) asking steps ____53. Quantitative research uses statistics stat istics to generalize a ________________ ________________ A) problem B) results C) answers D) conclusion ____54. Quantitative research is less detailed compared to _____________ research A) Qualitative research B) quantitative research C) descriptive research D) Experimental research ____55. A software package used for logical batched and non-batched statistical analysis A) SPSS B) SAS C) MINI TAB D) RSTAT ____56. The most widely used branch of mathematics in quantitative research outside of the physical sciences, and also finds applications within the physical sciences A) Trigonometry B) Calculus C) Statistics D) Algebra ____57. SPSS stand for ____________________ ___________________________ _______ A) Statistical Package for the Special Science C) Statistical Package for the Social Science B) Statistical Package for the Statistical Science D) Statistical Package for the Systematical Science ____58. A research design which involves selecting groups, upon which a variable is tested, without any random pre-selec tion processes. A) Correlational study B) Descriptive research C) Quasi-Experimental research D) Experimental research ____59. It is a collection of r esearch designs which use manipulation and controlled testing to understand causal processes. A) Correlational study B) Descriptive research C) Quasi-Experimental research D) Experimental research B) Quantitative research tests theories t heories or _______________ A) Data B) hypothesis C) results D) instruments @@@@@GOOD LUCK@@@@@ Prepared by:
LUBETH R. CABATU Master Teacher II
Submitted to: ISANIE K. COLLO Assistant Principal II
