LINGUNAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Dulalia St., Lingunan, Valenzuela City

Diagnostic Test in Practical Research 2

S.Y. 2020 – 2021

Name: ____________________________________ Date: ______________

Grade/Strand: _____________________________ Score: ______________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Each statement/question is a multiple-choice question with four answer choices. Read each
question carefully and write the letter of your correct answer. Write the letter legibly and strictly no
erasure.

1. Which of the following statements does not describe a Quantitative Research?

a. Quantitative research makes you focus your mind on specific things by means of statistics.
b. You tend to inflate something in a quantitative research because of your perceptions.
c. Quantitative research uses numbers and figures to denote a particular thing.
d. Doing a quantitative research tend to exclude your own thoughts and feelings about the subject
or object of the study.
2. People inclined to doing a quantitative research wants to discover truth in _______.
a. An exact manner c. an indirect way
b. A careful way d. a personal way
3. A quantitative research presents research findings in this manner.
a. Many prefer to study with textbooks.
b. Students find textbooks indispensable or necessary.
c. Perhaps, 30% consider textbook unnecessary in their studies.
d. Out of 100 college students, 90 find textbooks beneficial to their studies.
4. What should a researcher do when he cites an author within the text of the paper?
a. State the first and the last names of the author
b. Use the author, date citation method
c. Use an asterisk and a footnote
d. Insert the complete citation in parenthesis
5. Which of the following references is the appropriate referencing format for the education and social
science research?
a. APA b. MLA c. Chicago d. Harvard
6. Which of the following is NOT an ethical guideline for conducting research with humans?
a. Getting informed consent of the participant
b. Telling participants they must continue until the study has been completed
c. Keeping participants’ identity anonymous
d. Telling participants they are free to withdraw at any time
7. In validating, the data gathered it is important for the research to _________ of the results of the
interview or focus group discussion.
a. Anonymity b. Confidentiality c. Discretion d. Ethics
8. Which of the following examples below use a correct in-text citation using APA format?
a. (Verbo, 2016) c. (Verbo), (167-176)
b. (Verbo, 167-176) d. (Verbo), (2016)
9. Which of the following true when doing a systematic review or a methodological review of related
literature and studies?
a. It is a summary of all researches
b. It is a question-driven methodology and uses deductive style.
c. It is a traditional method that uses deductive style of presentation of facts.
d. It is a question-driven methodology that requires open-ended and subjective questions.
10. Which of the following statement does NOT describe the Importance of Quantitative Research?
a. A quantitative study enables people to study their surroundings as objective as they can (Muilis,
2011).
 b. A quantitative research lies generally in the production of the results that should reflect precise
measurement and an in-depth analysis of data (Gray,2012).
c. A quantitative research is useful in obtaining a subjective understanding of people, things, places
and events in this world.
d. A quantitative research gives accurate and exact meanings to objects or subjects.
11. Statistical analysis is heavily focused in making a final report of a _________.
a. Qualitative research c. Ethnographic study
b. Quantitative research d. Phenomenological study
12. Mr. Florentino conducts a study that will further get to know the level of bullying cases between the
male and female SHS students in LNHS. What’s the type of research design to be used in his study?
a. Descriptive c. Causal-Comparative
b. Correlational d. Experimental
13. Mr. Montero randomly grouped the SHS STEM students into two groups and tested the effects of
the Science Intervention Materials (SIM) towards their academic performances. His study uses this
type of research design;
a. Descriptive c. Causal-Comparative
b. Correlational d. Experimental
14. Mr. Concepcion wanted to know the relationship between the level of anxiety experienced during
examinations and the exam performance among the Grade 12 students of LNHS. The type of
research design utilized is;
a. Descriptive c. Causal-Comparative
b. Correlational d. Experimental
15. In an event that the researcher wanted to know more about the cause and effect relationship however
the cause already exists and cannot be manipulated, the type of research design appropriate for this
is;
a. Descriptive c. Causal-Comparative
b. Correlational d. Experimental
16. This is another type of quantitative research design wherein the researcher wanted to know about
the cause and effect relationship between variables, where the cause is being manipulated and
respondents are chosen by choice not by chance.
a. Experimental c. Quasi-experimental
b. Causal-Comparative d. Correlational
17. The following statements below are characteristics of an effective research title EXCEPT;
a. Research title is limited to 10 to 15 substantive words or descriptive terms and phrases that
accurately highlight the core content of the study.
b. Use abbreviation if needed.
c. Research title can be in the question.
d. Identify key variables, both independent and dependent.
18. This part of research includes the area of concern, context of the problem and information would
focus attention on the importance and validity of the problem (Rationale).
a. Background of the study c. Significance of the study
b. Scope and limitation d. Statement of the problem
19. In this section of research study, the researcher defines who will benefit out of the findings of the
study and describe how the problem will be solved.
a. Background of the study c. Significance of the study
b. Scope and limitation d. Statement of the Problem
20. It is a statement to be proven or disapproved.
a. Research question c. Research title
b. Scope and limitation d. Hypothesis