PRE-FINAL EXAMINATION

RESEARCH IN DAILY LIFE 2 (QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH)

STUDENT NAME SCORE

TEST I. KNOWLEDGE RECALL. (40%).

Objective: The student should be able to manifest the stored knowledge

gained relative to key concepts in research.
Direction: Answer the questions below (40 points).

1. Why is quantitative research design the most reliable and valid way of concluding
results, giving way to a new hypothesis or to disproving it?
2. How are the Significance of the Study part of Chapter I and the Recommendations
part of Chapter V related? Explain the relationship.
3. In the question, “Is there a significant relationship between the parenting styles
and academic success of the students?”, which is the independent variable and
which is the dependent variable? Explain the difference between the two
variables.
4. How can honesty and professionalism be manifested in doing research? Prove
your point through explanation and by giving tangible examples.
5. Why is it necessary to formulate null and alternative hypotheses in a quantitative
research? In what part of Chapter V are the hypotheses a very important
consideration? Explain.
6. In doing research, why should the researcher read as many related literatures as
possible taken from primary and secondary sources? Explain the main difference
between primary and secondary sources.
7. The questionnaire is a very important data gathering tool in quantitative research.
Why? Describe an effectively crafted questionnaire.
8. Who are qualified to do quantitative research? What are the qualities that a good
researcher should possess? Give at least five qualities and explain.

TEST II. UNDERSTANDING. (30%)

Objective: The student should be able to manifest how well he/she

understood the concepts learned.
Direction: Choose the best option. (30 points). Justify your choice.

1. Which should be done first while writing the Background of the Study?
a. Read several related literatures about the topic.
b. Formulate the Statement of the Problem and specific questions.

2. Which of these is the population of a study?

a. Senior citizens of Balagtas, Bulacan
b. Female senior citizens of Balagtas, Bulacan

3. Which of these is an example of an open-ended question?

a. What do you think about the forthcoming elections in the Philippines?
b. Do you think the forthcoming elections would be honestly conducted?

4. Which is an example of an effective conclusion?

 a. Based on the findings of this study, males prefer engineering and science
courses while females prefer humanities courses and that there is a
significant difference between the career choices of male and female high
school respondents. The alternative hypothesis is therefore accepted.
b. Based on the findings of this study, more males are inclined to take
engineering courses as compared with females who have preference for
humanities. The alternative hypothesis is therefore accepted.

5. Which is an appropriate test for relationship when data available are

expressed in terms of ranks?
a. Chi-Square Test for Independence
b. Spearman Rank-Order Correlation

6. Which of these is a quantitative research?

a. The relationship between job satisfaction and working conditions
b. Best practices for dealing with tight budget for projects

TEST III. DOING. (30%).

Objective: The students should be able to manifest ability to apply the

principles learned to actual life situations.

Direction 1: Read carefully the paragraph below. Write a two-sentence

summary and analysis about it. (10 points).

How do we as individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous

change? Why are efforts to improve falling so short in real results despite the millions of
dollars in time, capital and human being spent on them? How do we unleash the creativity,
talent, and energy within ourselves and others in the midst of pressure? Is it realistic to
believe that balance among personal, family, and professional life is possible?

Stephen R. Covey demonstrates that the answer to these and other dilemmas is
Principle-Centered Leadership, as long-term, inside-out approach to developing people and
organizations. The key to dealing with the challenges that face us today is the recognition
of a principle-centered core within both ourselves and our organizations. Dr. Covey offers
insights and guidelines that can help you apply these principles both at work and at home-
leading not just to a new understanding of how to increase quality and productivity, but also
to a new appreciation of the importance of building personal and professional relationships
in order to enjoy a more balanced, more rewarding, more effective life. (Covey: 1990).

Direction 2: Below is a graph featuring the findings of a study conducted.

Analyze the data and interpret (20 points)

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“Research is an effort to unravel the beauty hiding in nature.”

-Dayana Artemis