Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division of Cabanatuan City
C esar E. Vergara Memorial High School
Brgy. Lagare, Cabanatuan City

Direction: Encricle the letter of the correct answer.

1. When a researcher aims to investigate the life and experiences of an alcoholic, a drug dependent or
a successful entrepreneur, which s/he most likely choose as a qualitative research approach?
a. Case Study. c. Grounded Theory.
b. Phenomenology. d. Ethnography.
Explain your choice in a complete sentence:
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2. If a researcher aims to investigate the lived experiences of a political detainee or an illegal
immigrant, as well as the significant remarks of the research participant, which will s/he most likely
choose?
a. Discourse analysis. c. Historical study.
b. Phenomenology. d. Case study.
Explain your choice in a complete sentence:
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3. If a researcher would like to study the way of life of Mangyans, their folkways and mores, s/he will
most likely use:
a. Historical. c. Ethnography.
b. Case study. d. Grounded Theory.
Explain your choice in a complete sentence:
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4. Which of these is not a likely topic of interest in qualitative research?

a. Human situations.
b. Social phenomena.
c. Groups of people and their cultural heritage.
d. Scientific findings and discoveries.
e. Aspects of human behavior.
Explain your choice in a complete sentence:
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5. One of these is seldom used in qualitative research.

a. Structured interview. d. FGD.
b. Unstructured interview. e. Observation.
c. Questionnaire.
Explain your choice in a complete sentence:
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6. Which fields uses qualitative research to a great extent?

a. Arts and Humanities. c. Behavioral Sciences.
b. Social Sciences. d. Natural Sciences.
Explain your choice in a complete sentence:
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Directions:
 Explain in a complete sentence how purposive sampling differs from random sampling.
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 As you choose samples for your study, you include only those who are available or willing to
participate in the research. What kind of sampling is this?
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 You decide to interview a big number of participants. What kind of sampling is this? Explain your
answer with an example.
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 You include only those who are color blind. What kind of sampling is this?
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 You use a set of questions that you yourself prepared for an interview. What kind of data collection
is this? Illustrate this by composing 5 questions you will use in interviewing a single parent or any
other interviewee pertinent to your own research interest or topic.
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 You participate in the activities of the research participants in a given milieu for you, as researcher,
to experience, see, feel their day-to-day activities, as well as their reactions to said activity. What
kind of data gathering collection is this? Explain your answer with a specific example.
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 You, as interviewer (researcher), use open-ended questions in an interview. What kind of data
collection is this? Illustrate your answer with at least three open-ended questions.
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 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division of Cabanatuan City
C esar E. Vergara Memorial High School
Brgy. Lagare, Cabanatuan City

Name: ___________________________________ Section: ________________ Date: _______________

Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. If a researcher works at a cafeteria and observes the waiters, this is an example of:
a. Observation.
b. Interview.
c. Focus Group Discussion.
d. Document Review.

2. Qualitative research involves looking at _____________ data.

a. Numerical.
b. Non-numerical.
c. Categorical.
d. Statistical.

3. Document reviews as a method of data-collection can make use of the following:

a. Written report.
b. Oral presentations.
c. Minutes of meetings.
d. All of the above.

4. Which of the following data collection techniques is not applicable for qualitative research:
a. Interviews.
b. Questionnaire.
c. Observations.
d. FGD.

5. Which of the following is not true?

a. Content analysis is concerned with frequencies while thematic analysis is concerned
with interferences and explanations.
b. Both content analysis and thematic analysis are concerned with themes and patterns.
c. Content analysis is used for both qualitative and quantitative research.
d. Thematic analysis is easier to use than content analysis.

Direction: Cite at least five (5) examples each of possible research projects wherein the following
techniques of data collection are applicable:

1. Observation.
2. Interview.
3. FGD.
4. Document review