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Review Practical Research 1

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 32mins

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Class
Date
1.

A systematic investigation which involves collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information in a sequential manner in order to increase our understanding of the phenomenon of interest is also known as

a)

Statistics

b)

Analysis

c)

Research

d)

Methodology

2.

When a researcher wants to study a counseling intervention with individuals who live at a homeless shelter versus individuals who live at a domestic violence shelter, the best research design would be

a)

Experimental design

b)

Predictive design

c)

Case study

d)

Quasi-experimental design

3.

When a researcher is interested in linking or making an association between two or more phenomena, the design that should be used is

a)

Descriptive

b)

Exploratory

c)

Correlational

d)

Grounded theory

4.

Researchers wishing to study categorical variables would use which research design?

a)

Narrative

b)

Phenomenological

c)

Qualitative

d)

Quantitative

5.
What is the key difference between a quasi-experiment and a "true experiment?"
a)
Quasi experiments do not have controlled variables.
b)
Quasi experiments take place in naturalistic environments; true experiments take place in laboratories
c)
In a quasi experiment, participants have a trait that determines which condition they are in; in a true experiment, they are randomly allocated.
d)
Quasi experiments are cross-sectional; true experiments are longitudinal (take place over a long period of time).
6.

What research method is used by researchers who study single individuals in depth, in order to uncover general principles of thinking and behavior?

a)

experimentation

b)

correlational study

c)

naturalistic observation

d)

case study

7.

What research strategy is used by a company who sends a satisfaction questionnaire to its current customers at the end of the year.

a)

observation

b)

content analysis

c)

survey

d)

experiment

8.

Quantitative research

a)

Is an open approach to social phenomena

b)

Employs predetermined instruments to measure and observe

c)

Reports data in narrative form

d)

Is only experimental in nature

9.

A researcher wants to test a specific hypothesis and applies random assignment for the study. Which quantitative research method should be used for this study?

a)

experimental

b)

correlational

c)

causal-comparitive

d)

grounded theory

10.

It is done to check the correctness and verify the findings of the study.

a)

Large Sample Sizes

b)

Numerical Data

c)

Replication

d)

Objective

11.
Which of the following is an example of categorical data?
a)
High School Graduate or Not
b)
Annual Income
c)
Years of Schooling Completed
d)
Years of playing an instrument
12.

When you study the group culture, you would employ an approach called

a)

grounded theory

b)

case study

c)

ethnography

13.

The following are the characteristics of qualitative research except

a)

emergent

b)

focus on outcome

c)

exploratory

d)

focus on process

14.

A questionnaire can be used in interpretivist research

a)

Yes, in all forms

b)

Yes, if it is in unstructured form

c)

Yes, if it restricts the freedom to respond

d)

Never

15.

An inductive process of researching involves

a)

asking broad research questions

b)

identifying sets of variable

c)

making predictions

d)

employing structured data collection methods

16.
Which research question would lead to the most information about successful budgets?
a)
How long do people maintain budgets?
b)
What type of budget works for everyone?
c)
What is the best age to start a budget?
d)
How do budgets help people meet financial goals?
17.
Which source would most likely provide bias-free information on Germany’s role in World War II?
a)
a World War II veteran
b)
a student Web site on the war
c)
a German propaganda film
d)
a statistical report on the war
18.
What would be the best research question to further develop the discussion of Fahrenheit 451, a novel, by Ray Bradbury?
a)
What specific events inspired Bradbury to write Fahrenheit 451?
b)
Who starred in the 1960s movie version of Fahrenheit 451?
c)
Why was Bradbury working in a university basement on a rented typewriter when he wrote Fahrenheit 451?
d)
Have any famous musicians written songs about Fahrenheit 451?
19.

It is a way of obtaining knowledge about your surroundings.

a)

imagination

b)

learning

c)

science

d)

thinking

20.

Proximal development stressed the essence of provocation and scaffolding in learning. Who develop this theory?

a)

Bloom

b)

Bruner

c)

Dewey

d)

Vygotsky

21.

Who developed this principle?

a)

Bloom

b)

Bruner

c)

Dewey

d)

Vygotsky

22.

Which of the following requires simple thinking?

a)

What is the color of your favorite bag?

b)

Why are some college graduate prefer not to work?

c)

Do you agree that doing research can help develop your thinking skills?

d)

How can one student develop his thinking skills?

23.

The use of new technology is considered in doing a research nowadays. Which research characteristics is being shown?

a)

accuracy

b)

clarity

c)

objectiveness

d)

timeliness

24.

Which of the following deviates the purpose of a research?

a)

To learn how to work dependently.

b)

To have in-depth knowledge on something.

c)

To develop the HOTS.

d)

To be familiar about the techniques of gathering information.

25.

Which approach to research uses qualitative data, that deals on how people behave in the surroundings?

a)

naturalistic

b)

positive

c)

scientific

d)

triangulation

26.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of qualitative research?

a)

active, powerful and forceful

b)

contextualization

c)

diversified data in real-life situation

d)

internal analysis

27.

A type of research that deals with the examination of primary documents to connect the past to the present.

a)

case study

b)

content analysis

c)

ethnography

d)

historical analysis

28.

Which of the following types of research has the goal to make people understand their experience about the death of their loved ones?

a)

case study

b)

ethnography

c)

historical

d)

phenomenology

29.

Why do researchers avoid topics that are controversial?

a)

The topic depends only on the writer's opinion.

b)

It requires advance study.

c)

It will prevent you from having focus on the desired research.

d)

The subject is very limited.

30.

There are guidelines in choosing a research topic. Which of the following is is considered irrelevant?

a)

availability of the researchers

b)

limitations on the subject

c)

personal resources

d)

Interest in the subject

31.

Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of premises?

a)

Deductive reasoning

b)

Inductive reasoning

c)

Objective reasoning

d)

Positive reasoning

32.

A theory _____.

a)

includes inconsequential ideas

b)

is an accumulated body of knowledge

c)

is independent of research methodology

d)

should be viewed uncritically

33.

Which of the following is a good research question?

a)

Do students with high levels of self-efficacy demonstrate more active job searching behaviors?

b)

Students with higher levels of self-efficacy will demonstrate more active job searching behaviors.

c)

Identify the relationship between self-efficacy and student job searching behaviors.

d)

Produce a report on student job searching behavior.

34.

Qualitative research is used in all the following circumstances, EXCEPT _______.

a)

it often uses small samples

b)

it uses the inductive method

c)

it is based on a collection of non-numerical data such as words and pictures

d)

it is typically used when a great deal is already known about the topic of interest

35.

Which research approach is based on the epistemological viewpoint of pragmatism?

a)

Mixed-methods research

b)

Scientific research

c)

Qualitative research

d)

Quantitative research