DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

Multiple Choice: Read each of the following statements /questions and choose the item that
answers correctly the question or the best completes the statements. Write the letter of your
choice.

1. The purpose of research presents a picture of the specific of the details of a situation, social
setting or relationship.

a) Exploratory

b) Descriptive

c) Explanatory

d) Quantitative

2. Educational qualifications of teachers affect their socioeconomic status because the higher the
educational qualification, the higher the salary will be.

Educational qualification is.

a) Intervening variable

b) Independent variable

c) Dependent variable

d) Moderator variable

3. The characteristics of good research that any conclusion drawn is based upon hard evidence
gathered from information collected from real life experience or

observation is?

a) Rigorous

b) Empirical

c) Systematic

d) Critical

4. A type of applied research that is a discipline process of inquiry conducted by and for those taking
the action.

a) Impact assessment research

b) Action research

c) Evaluation research

d) Basic research
5. The third type of research aims to explore and describe.

a) Quantitative method

b) Mixed method

c) Qualitative method

d) Scientific research

6. This type of qualitative research describes experiences as they lived.

a) Ethnography

b) Phenomenology

c) Historical

d) Case study

7. An abstract form _________or idea, often conveyed on a single word which serves as a
springboard or building blocks of theory.

a) Theory

b) Concept

c) Framework

d) Paradigm

8. The research considers the protection of research participants by obtaining approval from
participants through voluntary written consents.

a) Validation

b) Informed consent

c) Reliability

d) Interview

9. Since a study involves people, special care is taken into consideration to ensure that respondents
are treated ethically in all aspects.

a) Open coding

b) Ethical consideration

c) Benchmarking

d) Bracketing
10. A research process that uses more than one source of data to strengthen the validity of research
by telling a more comprehensive story of the things to be

examined.

a) Correlation

b) Triangulation

c) Complementarity

d) Expansion

11. Civil status affects the performance of teachers in performing their duties. To which of the
variables does civil status belong?

a) Dependent variables

b) Control variable

c) Intervening variable

d) Moderate variable

12. The purpose of research is to formulate more precise questions that future research can answer.

a) Descriptive

b) Exploratory

c) Explanatory

d) Combination

13. Treatment of time is another dimension in research. Researcher capture features of people or
other unit at more than time.

a) Cross- sectional

b) Longitudinal

c) Summative

d) Formative

14. One important goal in conducting research is to

a) Advance the personal and professional qualification of practitioner c) Focus direction of the
research

b) Produce evidence based practice d) Describe characteristics of a population

15. The first step in the research process begins with generating research ideas for research
problems and synthesis.

a) Formulating research designs and methodology c) Collecting data

b) Establishing problems and synthesis d) Drawing conclusion and recommendations

16. A statement that makes a specific prediction between one to two variables.

a) Problem c ) Gap in literature

b) Hypotheses d ) Proposition

17. The problem statement is

a) Background of the study

b) The verbalization and articulation as well as the analysis of the “question” in which the researcher
wants the research to answer.

c) Description of the issues

d) Analysis of the question

18. The purpose of a background study is to

a) Report observation or research results. c) Go to the library to gather data

b) Help you to prove the relevance of your research d) Complete the research

question and to further develop the thesis

19. A hypothesis is NOT the research answer , but rather

a) A theory to be tested c) Imaginary terms or situations

b) A proposal to be tested and evaluated d) It is an assumption in a thesis

20. A statement about the population or populations being examined that states that there is no
effect, no change or relationship.

a) Alternative hypothesis c) research hypothesis

b) Null hypothesis d) Independent and dependent hypothesis

21. Component of research process wherein it describes properly the relationship of variables is

a) Assumptions

b) Data processing

c) Research design

d) Theoretical framework
22. Plagiarism is to

a) Use inappropriate statistical techniques in order to obtain favorable results and enhance the
significance of one’s research.

b) Present someone else’s ideas or work as your own.

c) Publish the same paper in two different journals without informing the editor.

d) Discuss with your colleagues data from the paper that you are reviewing for a journal

23. Paraphrasing is

a) Harm that is physical, financial, or psychological experienced by the participants.

b) Using someone’s idea in own words to restate the author’s ideas and acknowledge to give credits
to the original author.

c) Minimizing harm and risk to human lives

d) Making derogatory comments and personal attacks in the review of author’s submitted work.

24. Written documents such as books, periodicals, magazines, journals, newspapers and legal
citations.

a) Primary sources c) Secondary sources

b) Related literature d) Related literature

25. Previous studies that involves similar variables including theses, dissertations, scholarly written
papers, studies, published and unpublished.

a) Primary sources

b) Related studies

c) Related literature

d) Secondary sources

26. The purpose of review of related literature and studies is to inform the reader about what
already is known, what is not known or research blank spots.

a) Blind spots/ conflicting areas c) Research gap

b) Unexplored areas d) irrelevant statement

27. A written or visual presentation that explains either graphically or in narrative form, the main
things to be studies, the key factors, concepts or variables and

the assumed relationship among them.

a) Independent variable
b) Conceptual variable

c) Theoretical variable

d) Dependent variable

28. One of the qualities of good researcher that he keeps on inventing unique, new, and original
researches is

a) Efficient

b) Creative

c) Resourceful

d) Scientific

29. It is response variable which is observed and measured to determine the effect of stimulus
variable is

a) Intervening variable

b) Moderate variable

c) Independent variable

d) Dependent variable

30. A statement showing the research design and methodology or the entire process of research
using a theory or theories for developing a hypothesis.

a) Conceptual framework c) Independent variable

b) Theoretical framework d) Dependent variable

31. In a non-random sampling technique, the researcher uses _________ sampling when they
include people that are available as they are easily recruited.

a) Quota

b) Purposive

c) Convenience

d) Cluster

32. This technique is NOT a non-random sampling technique

a) Quota

b) Purposive

c) Convenience
d) Cluster

33. The element in the front matter of a thesis that ensures the use of other works cited is in
accordance with legal requirements.

a) Title page

b) Approval sheet

c) Copyright page

d) Acknowledgement

34. In writing the front matter of a thesis, the ________carries the names and signature of adviser
and panel of examiners.

a) Title page

b) Acknowledgement

c) Copyright page

d) Approval sheet

35. Which of the following qualitative approaches describe individual experiences of a

phenomenon?

a) Phenomenology

b) Ethnography

c) Case studies

d) Grounded theory

36. In organizing the research report, the chapter title assumes the ____________headings.

a) Multilevel headings

b) Third level

c) First level

d) Second level

37. For appropriate sub - heading of thesis elements, the statistical tools or treatment are cited in.

a) Sampling techniques c) Data gathering procedure

b) Data analysis d) Research problem

38. Which is NOT validating procedure?

a) Triangulation
b) Focus group discussion

c) Reliability testing

d) Clustering

39. In citing references, the notes- bibliography format list using __________ as heading.

a) Bibliography

b) Work cited

c) References

d) End notes

40. Which contain s the brief summary of a research report?

a) Acknowledgement

b) Abstract

c) Dedication

d) Approval sheet

41. This qualitative approach provides comprehensive description of the culture of group of people
in a study.

a) Case studies

b) Ethnography

c) Grounded theory

d) Phenomenology

42. In the preliminaries, which elements provide the list of all content of front matter, body and back
manner?

a) Acknowledge

b) Table of contents

c) Abstract

d) Copyright page

43. The sentence style capitalization of book title and other references are associated with form and
style of a

a) Chicago style c) Modern Language

b) APA d) Turabian Form and Style

c) Modern Language

44. It refers to the following ethical considerations below, the “no harm”, “do good”, the focus in

a) Informed consent c) Justice and fairness

b) Non- malefience and beneficence d) Right to full disclosure

45. “Giving credit where credit is due”, illustrative which of the following ethical concerns.

a) Informed consent

b) Non- malefience and beneficence

c) Justice and fairness

d) Right to full disclosure

46. This is unethical when a researcher copy material intensively from others.

a) Informed consent

b) Non- malefience and beneficence

c) Justice and fairness

d) Right to full disclosure

47. Sampling design in which the investigator simply takes the closest individuals as subjects of the
study because they are most available is

a) Quota sampling

b) Purposive sampling

c) Incidental sampling

d) Cluster sampling

48. Sampling design in which the population is grouped into small units such as blocks or districts is

a) Cluster sampling

b) Quota sampling

c) Cluster sampling

d) Incidental sampling

49. The best random sampling design since every member in the population is given equal chance of
inclusion in the sample is.

a) Systematic random sampling

b) Restricted random sampling

c) Stratified random sampling

d) Unrestricted random sampling

50. Sampling design intended to improve the validity of the sample and is applicable when the
population being studied is homogeneous is.

a) Unrestricted random sampling

b) Stratified random sampling

c) Restricted random sampling

d) Systematic random sampling

51. It refers to the following ethical considerations below, the “no harm”, “do good”, the focus in

c) Informed consent c) Justice and fairness

d) Non- malefience and beneficence d) Right to full disclosure

52. “Giving credit where credit is due”, illustrative which of the following ethical concerns.

e) Informed consent

f) Non- malefience and beneficence

g) Justice and fairness

h) Right to full disclosure

53. This is unethical when a researcher copy material intensively from others.

e) Informed consent

f) Non- malefience and beneficence

g) Justice and fairness

h) Right to full disclosure

54. Sampling design in which the investigator simply takes the closest individuals as subjects of the
study because they are most available is

e) Quota sampling

f) Purposive sampling

g) Incidental sampling

h) Cluster sampling
55. Sampling design in which the population is grouped into small units such as blocks or districts is

e) Cluster sampling

f) Quota sampling

g) Cluster sampling

h) Incidental sampling

56. The best random sampling design since every member in the population is given equal chance of
inclusion in the sample is.

e) Systematic random sampling

f) Restricted random sampling

g) Stratified random sampling

h) Unrestricted random sampling

57. Sampling design intended to improve the validity of the sample and is applicable when the
population being studied is homogeneous is.

e) Unrestricted random sampling

f) Stratified random sampling

g) Restricted random sampling

h) Systematic random sampling