Research Method (MCQs)

You are completing a study on the effect of participation in a volunteer aiding program at later performance in ESL practice teaching. You also believe that type of class in which aiding was done (elementary school, adult school, university class) might have some relationship to success in student teaching if it was or wasn’t in the same type of school. Identify this variable type.

• Control variable

• Dependent variable

• Intervening variable

• Moderator variable

What is the mean of this set of numbers: 4, 6, 7, 9, 2000000?

• 7.5

• 400005.2

• 7

• 4

What is the median of this set of numbers: 4, 6, 7, 9, 2000000?

• 7.5

• 6

• 7

• 4

______ are the basic building blocks of qualitative data.

• Categories

• Units

• Individuals

• None of the above

Which of the following best describes quantitative research?

• The collection of nonnumerical data

• An attempt to confirm the researcher’s hypotheses

• Research that is exploratory

• Research that attempts to generate a new theory

An ordinal scale is:

• The simplest form of measurement

• A rank-order scale of measurement

• A scale with equal intervals between adjacent numbers

• A scale with an absolute zero point

Which scale is the simplest form of measurement?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

The process of marking segments of data with symbols, descriptive words, or category names is known as _____.

• Concurring

• Coding

• Coloring

• Segmenting

A graph that uses vertical bars to represent data called a _____.

• Line graph

• Bar graph

• Scatterplot

• Vertical graph

Which of the following is a form fof research typically conducted by teachers, counselors, and other professionals to answer questions they have and to specifically help them solve local problems?

• Action research

• Basic research

• Predictive research

• Orientational research