Research Methodology Quiz

A planned and actual investigation about an evidently felt problem through the use of a method and tools to collect raw data will be organized; analyzed and interpreted is the process of?

• Scientific research

• Trend Study

• Document Analysis

• Correlation Study

Research is done to discover, generate or test existing:

• Fact

• Knowledge

• Principle

• Theory

Researchers are done to contribute to the accumulation of:

• Knowledge

• Problems

• Methods

• Data

Which is NOT a characteristic of research?

• Exhaustive

• Imagined

• Planned

• Scientific

To be able to offer possible solutions, a researcher has to fully understand the research problem and its:

• Background

• Procedure

• Subjects

• Scope

What reason justifies the need to conduct research?

• To generate a theory

• To reject a theory

• To support a theory

• Any one of the above

The result of the study is NOT in agreement with the theory expounded by an expert. It can be assumed by:

• Something is wrong with research tool

• The theory is not final, it can be tested

• Something is wrong with the procedure

• The theory rules, it is from an expert.

For the research to be more authoritative or reliable, the background of the study needs the following except:

• Evidence that a problem exists at the global to local levels.

• Hearsays about the school spread by the some parents.

• Documents about situations obtaining in the school.

• Official reports of the school to the higher offices.

After a problem has been identified, what is the most logical thing to state?

• The hypothesis of the study

• Significance of the study

• The general purpose relative to the problem

• Scope and limitation of the study

Based on the problem and purpose relative to the problem, how can the researcher logically and specifically deal with the whole problem?

• State the significance of the study.

• State the scope and limitation of the study.

• Formulate specific questions to be answered.

• Make conclusions about the study.