lOMoARcPSD|30545607

Diagnostic TEST - for Practical Research 2

High School (Mabini National High School)

Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university

Downloaded by KIM ANN OPENA VILLAROSA (kimann.opena@deped.gov.ph)
 lOMoARcPSD|30545607

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.
Downloaded by KIM ANN OPENA VILLAROSA (kimann.opena@deped.gov.ph)
 lOMoARcPSD|30545607

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 the C) paraphrasing
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 experiment B) Thematically
C) Methodologically
__________19.A hypothesis is: D) All of the above
A)A research question
B)A description of an event __________27.Which of the following are data collection methods?
C)An educated prediction A)Survey
D)A sentence proving a phenomenon B) Watching TV
E)A psychological diagnosis C) Searching on 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. A)Critically
C)The process of studying published research and the written review outlining what literature B) skillfully
was reviewed. C) literally
D)The written component of a research project that discusses the existing research the D) imaginatively
researcher reviewed.
__________29.When designing research, you need to see your research process in your______.
__________21.Why does a researcher conduct a literature review? A)Paper
A)To familiarize themselves with the field. B) mind
B)They are required to by other researchers. C) library
C)They are paid to review it. D)book
D)To reproduce existing research.
__________30.Preparing in your mind how to find answers to your research questions
__________22.If you are studying a specialized topic, like 'Common symptoms of mentally ill children', but is________________.
search for something broad, like 'Psychology of children', you are likely to find: A)Deciding on your research topic
A)A large amount of relevant articles. B)Controlling your emotions
B)A small amount of relevant articles. C)Designing your research
C)A large amount of non-relevant articles. D)Asking research questions
D)A small amount of non-relevant articles.
__________31.These are aspects of your research: research objectives, topic, questions, hypotheses, and
__________23.A literature review is a written summary of the findings of a literature ________ methodology, you come to think of quantitative research design __________.
Downloaded by KIM ANN OPENA VILLAROSA (kimann.opena@deped.gov.ph)
 lOMoARcPSD|30545607

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

__________32.Central to experimental design is analyzing relationships that are __________40.I am looking into how strongly people believe the world will end in 2100. The best way of
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

__________39.Different interviewing techniques are based upon

Downloaded by KIM ANN OPENA VILLAROSA (kimann.opena@deped.gov.ph)