MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Practical Research 1
April 27-28, 2023
NAME: __________________________________________________
Grade 11 – ___________ TV Track/ Strand:_____________________ Score:_____________

I. TRUE OR FALSE. Write T if the statement is correct. Write F if the statement is incorrect.

_____1. Research must be hurriedly conducted.

_____2. Research must observe a step-by step process.
_____3. A person’s opinion is acceptable and considered as an answer to the questions asked by the
researcher (s).
_____4. Research design and procedures are replicated or repeated to enable the researcher to arrive
at valid and conclusive results.
_____5. Quantitative Research may not use statistical tools in data analysis.
_____6. The causes why students fail in quizzes are worth researching.
_____7. Plagiarism constitutes claiming another person’s idea or intellectual property as one’s own.
_____8. Research provides an artistic basis for any practice or methodology in any field or discipline.
_____9. Research in the humanities seeks to explain naturally occurring phenomena in the natural
world by generating credible theories.
____10. Ethnography is a development of theory directly based and grounded in the data collected by
the researcher.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read and analyze the following research topics. Identify which type of
research is appropriate for each. Choose the best answer from the box below.

Phenomenological Study Ethnographic Study Historical Study Case Study

Critical Qualitative Post Modern
Grounded Theory Study Narrative Analysis
Research Research

_______________1. A researcher immerses with the Badjao street dwellers to learn how they were able to
migrate from Mindanao.
_______________2. The researchers seeks to discover the events that transpired behind the assassination
of Antonio Luna in Cavite in 1899 and discuss the implication of these events to history.
_______________3. A researcher investigated the medical properties of Tawa – Tawa plant and
discovered that its components can be made into a drug that can cure dengue.
_______________4. A researcher analyzes music composition by researching on its utilization of
theory and intuition, technologies in creating music and critical approach in its
design process.
_______________5. A researcher is able to give an overview of the problems encountered by the
“bakwit” after the war in Maguindanao.

III. IDENTIFICATION. Below are characteristics of research. Determine whether it is a qualitative or

a quantitative research. Write QUANTITATIVE or QUALITATIVE according
to its classification

_______________1. Aims to characterize trends and patterns

_______________2. Involves processes, feelings and motives.
_______________3. Uses either unstructured or semi – structured instruments.
_______________4. Uses structured research instruments like questionnaires and schedules.
_______________5. Preference for narrative description.
_______________6. Data reduced to numerical scores.
_______________7. Methods include field research, case study and secondary analysis.
_______________8. Methods includes census, survey, experiments and secondary analysis.
_______________9. Preference for statistical summary of results.
_______________10. Preference for narrative summary of results.

IV. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the stage/step in the research process of the given scenario.

___________________________1. Dianne visited the school library to look for previous studies
about the
research she’s working on.

___________________________2. Anne summarizes the data he collected. He interpreted the data

and looked for patterns, relationships and trends among the data.

___________________________3. Jessa interviewed the residents of Barangay Bato to determine

the garbage disposal practices of the community.

___________________________4. Christian decided to conduct a descriptive research design

because he wanted to know the experiences encountered by a person with a spouse who is
undergoing rehabilitation.

___________________________5. Rita shared her research findings to the Sangguniang Kabataan

Council of her Barangay so that they can help to address the problem.

IV. ENUMERATION.
A. What are the ethical considerations in conducting research?
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B. List down the major characteristics of research.

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C. What are the roles of a researcher in a research study?

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V. ESSAY. 10 points

1. What is the importance of research in your education as a student?

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“Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing;
prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.”
– William A. Ward-