RDL2 Review

What is experimental research?

• 1. A research that collects data through interviews and observations

• 1. A research that investigates cause and effect relationships and involves manipulating variables

• 1. A research that analyzes existing data from various sources

• A research that studies individuals or groups over a period of time

Which type of quantitative  research aims to define the existing condition of classified variables?

• quasi-experimental research

• survey research

• correlational research

• descriptive research

What is the role of the researcher in a quantitative study? 

• deliberately interacts with participants

• strives to be objective, impartial, and detached

• is emphatic as he/she uncovers the meaning behind what participants say

• uses his/her intuition and judgment as a basis in framing his/her research questions

Which of the following are the properties or characteristics of some event, object, or person that can be assigned with different values or amounts?

• concepts

• questions

• variables

• measurement

What level of measurement is involved in this research situation?  The senior high school student lists down the top 5 coffee brands in Batangas City.

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

What type of variable is the type of soda in the research question “What are the effects of diet and regular soda on blood sugar levels”? 

• discrete

• continuous

• intervening

• independent

What level of measurement of variables can be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided, and can have true zero values?

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

What level of measurement is gender?

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

What is the first step in the inquiry process? 

• formulate the hypothesis

• review the related literature

• prepare the research design

• define the research problem

Which step in the research process will give the researcher an opportunity to disseminate the results of the study? 

• collecting data

• writing the research report

• reporting the research findings

• analyzing and interpreting data