PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

ANALYZING THE MEANING OF THE DATA GATHERED

WRITTEN WORK #4
Write your answers in a 1/2 crosswise sheet of paper. Do not forget to include your name and
section.
There are 2 activities below, just indicate the Activity number (I or II).
For ACTIVITY #1, COPY and ANSWER.
For ACTIVITY #2, LETTERS ONLY.

ACTIVITY #1
Directions: Answer the following questions comprehensively.
1. Why should reliability and validity be established after analyzing the
data gathered?
2. How will you know that the data you gathered are reliable and valid?

ACTIVITY #2

Directions: Read carefully the statements or questions below and write the letter of your answer
on your paper.
1. Qualitative data analysis focuses on examining ________________________.
a. Numbers c. visions
b. words d. concepts

2. The value of data analysis results is determined by their connection with

your ________________________.
a. research method c. research design
b. research title d. research questions

3. The following are research activities to be done in organizing information

for final report, except:
a. summarizing c. coding
b. proof reading d. overlooking
c.
4. The features of participants’ accounts characterizing particular
perceptions and/or experiences that the researcher sees as relevant to
the research question are _________________________.
a. Interviewees c. themes
b. respondents d. subjects

5. The accuracy with which a method measures and what it is intended to

measure is _____________.
a. validity c. reliability
b. dependable d. durability

6. What is the best way to organize data?

a. by familiarizing it c. by stocking them all
b. by calling other researchers d. by looking the interview guide

7. The consistency of the research findings is ______________________.

a. Assurance c. reliability
b. insurance d. measurable

8. This can elaborate the findings and often lead to more complex and
context-respective explanations__________.
a. Finding c. initial finding
b. conflicting finding d. false finding
c.
9. Why are focus groups conducted?
a. to obtain knowledge c. to get feedback
b. to find colleagues d. to earn energy

10. Which of the following is not included in the group?

a. coding techniques for finding and marking the underlying ideas in the data
b. grouping similar kinds of information together in categories
c. selecting the data needed for interpretation
d. relating different ideas and themes to one another