Diagnostic TEST - for Practical Research 2

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PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2 8.A type of quantitative research in which finding truths about a subject is by describing the
DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT collected data about such subject and determining their relationships or connections with one another
A) Experimental
MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the test item carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on a SEPARATE B) Descriptive
SHEET of paper. C) Non-experimental
D) Historical
1.It is a scientific, experimental, or inductive manner of thinking.
A)Research 9.A quantitative research that treats or deals with the object or subject of the research in a
B)inquiry definite or exact manner and determines the extent of the effects or influence of the treatment on the
C) investigation object/subject, then discovers the causes of such effects.
D) survey A) Experimental
B) Descriptive
2.A type of research that describe and measure the level of occurrences on the basis of C) Non-experimental
numbers and calculations. D) Historical
A) Qualitative
B) quantitative 10.Which among the following variables are common in quantitative research?
C) descriptive A) Extraneous, confounding
D) historical B) independent, dependent
C) participant, situational
3.Which is not a question answered by quantitative research? D) constant, latent
A) How many?
B) How? 11.Observational bias occurs when an observer:
C)When? A) Is subjected to biased treatment by the research participants.
D) What? B) Is distracted and fails to notice key aspects of the study.
C) Is conducting a double-blind study.
4.A quantitative research presents research findings in this manner: D) Sees what they want to see.
A) Many prefer to study with textbooks.
B) Students find textbooks indispensable or necessary. 12. and should be taken into account when considering a new research problem.
C) Perhaps, 30% consider textbook unnecessary in their studies. A) Time; Cost
D) Out of 100 college students, 90 find textbooks beneficial to their studies. B) Attention; Participants
C) Time; Attention
5.Some think of quantitative research as complex because of its use of . D) Cost; Participants
A) Hypotheses
B) numerical data 13.Which of the following is the most important thing for a researcher to consider when
C) factual data deciding on a research topic?
D) theories A) How they feel about the topic.
B) If the topic is researchable.
6.People inclined to doing quantitative research wants to discover truth in . C) If they have adequate resources to research the topic.
A) An exact manner D) How many research journals will want to publish an article on the topic.
B) a careful way
C) an indirect way 14.A student is feeling overwhelmed trying to decide on a problem to research. How should
D) a personal way she proceed?
A) Write down topics she is interested in.
7.Which of the following is a philosophical assumption of quantitative researchers? B) Copy the work of others.
A) The initial ambiguity that occurs in a study is desirable. C) Abandon the concept of research altogether.
B) The purpose of educational research is to explain and be able to predict D) Focus on completing the literature review before deciding on a research problem.
relationships. The ultimate goal is the development of laws that make prediction possible.
C) Research investigations produce alternative visions of what the world is like. 15.Which of the following is NOT a reason why formulating a research question is one of the
D) It is impossible for the researcher to stand apart from the individuals he or she is first steps in a research project?
studying. A) It helps refine what is being researched.
B) It helps lay the groundwork for the research.
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 C) It helps the researcher formulate and identify important aspects of their research. A) Search
D) It helps in choosing a topic for research. B) review
C) proposal
16.A student is writing a research question. What should his first step be? D) assessment
A)Specifying what the question is about.
B)Indicating where the research funding is coming from. 24.There are three key aspects to a literature review: summarizing, synthesizing and
C)Formulating a hypothesis.
D)Ensuring their ideas are researchable. A)Referencing
B) citing
17.Your research question is: 'What is the effect of television viewing on Filipinos?' What is C) paraphrasing
the PROBABLE reason that this question would need some revision? D) evaluating
A) The question does not lend itself to research easily.
B) The question does not center on specific concerns or issues. 25.Your literature review is a list of all the work published on your topic and who argues what.
C) The question is too narrowly focused. True or False?
D) The question is too broadly focused. A) True
B)False
18.Starting off with a research question provides a researcher
with:
A) A strong foundation and a question to answer 26.There are different ways to organize your literature review. Which among the following
B) Their hypothesis applies in organizing your literature review?
C) Their null hypothesis A) Chronologically
D) Accurate information about how to accomplish the B) Thematically
experiment C) Methodologically
D) All of the above
19.A hypothesis is:
A) A research question 27.Which of the following are data collection methods?
B) A description of an event A) Survey
C) An educated prediction B) Watching TV
D) A sentence proving a phenomenon C) Searching on
E) A psychological diagnosis Google D)Observation

20.A literature review is best defined as:

A) Doing an internet search on a topic and looking through the results. 28.Designing a research is thinking
B) The process of studying published research.
C) The process of studying published research and the written review outlining what 23.A literature review is a written summary of the findings of a literature
literature was reviewed.
D) The written component of a research project that discusses the existing research the
researcher reviewed.

21.Why does a researcher conduct a literature review?

A) To familiarize themselves with the field.
B) They are required to by other researchers.
C) They are paid to review it.
D) To reproduce existing research.

22.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.
B) A small amount of relevant articles.
C) A large amount of non-relevant articles.
D) A small amount of non-relevant articles.
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 A) Critically
B) skillfully
C) literally
D) imaginatively

29.When designing research, you need to see your research process in your .
A) Paper
B) mind
C) librar
y
D)book

30.Preparing in your mind 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

31.These are aspects of your research: research objectives, topic, questions, hypotheses,
and methodology, you come to think of quantitative research design .

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 A) Before finalizing your mind on these aspects of your A) the emotional content of the questions.
research B) the reason the questions are being asked.
B) After thinking of these aspects of your research C) whether or not the interviewer is following set questions or creating their own.
C) As you formulate hypotheses about these parts D) the way in which the interviewee answers.
D) As you ponder on your research problem

32.Central to experimental design is analyzing relationships that 40.I am looking into how strongly people believe the world will end in 2100. The best way of
are A)Specific gathering data would be:
B) causal
A) Semi-structured Interviews
C) hypothetical
B) Unstructured Interview
D) stable
C) Structured Interview
D) Survey
33.A quantitative research design that is equated with qualitative design is .
A) True experimental
B) semi experimental
C) non-experimental

D) quasi-experimental

34.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

35.A quantitative research design that makes you behave as a scientist is .

A) Survey research
B) case study
C) experimental design
D) correlative study

36.An empirical study is based on a research design that is .

A) Qualitative
B) hypothetical
C) quantitative
D) theoretical

37.These two are the leading indicators of the occurrence of true experimental design:
A) Pretest and Post Test
B) treatment and condition
C) Randomization and variable control
D) experimental and control group

38.My research assistants and I will go out and question people on their thoughts and
feelings about the rapid development of technology and the impact it has on them. This would be an
example of a(n) .
A) Structured Interview
B) Survey
C) Semi-structured Interview
D) Unstructured Interview

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39.Different interviewing techniques are based upon

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