Types of Research

What is basic research?

• Research that is not yet advanced Research that deals with simple questions

• Research that is not yet advanced

• Research that is not applied to a specific social problem

• Research that is basically similar that what has come before

A researcher working on discovering how to improve elementary school students’ test scores would be most likely characterized as conducting _____.

• basic research

• applied research

• observational research

• experimental research

Research is

• Searching again and again

• Finding solution to any problem

• Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem

• None of the above

Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?

• Searching sources of information to locate problem.

• Survey of related literature

• Searching for solutions to the problem

• Identification of problem

The essential qualities of a researcher are

• Spirit of free enquiry

• Reliance on observation and evidence

• Systematization or theorizing of knowledge

• All the above

A systematic study directed towards greater knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena

• Basic Research

• Pure Research

• Applied research

• Both Basic and Pure Research

Which research refers to scientific study and research that seeks to solve practical problem

• Basic research

• Applied Research

• Exploratory Research

Conducting Surveys is the most common method of generating

• Primary Data

• Secondary Data

• Qualitative Data

• None of the Above

Research design strategy encompasses all of the components below except _____.

• Data Collection design

• Sampling design

• instrument development

• data analysis

Descriptive research studies is a category of research that aims to

• achieve new insights of a concept.

• analyze characteristics of something.

• determine the frequency with which something occurs.

• test the relationship between variables.