WorksheetsMidterm Exam in Practical Research 1 (2022)
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 52mins
1. What is the scientific investigation of phenomena which includes the
collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation facts that line an individual's speculation with reality?
a. research
b. qualitative
c. quantitative
d. scientific method
3. What kind of question should Qualitative Research start with?
a. Do or Does
b. Does or Did
c. Is or Are
d. Why or How
4. What kind of research is used to quantify attitudes, opinions, behavior other defined variables and to generalize results from a larger population?
a. Research
b. Qualitative Research
c. Quantitative Research
d. Scientific Scientific Method
5. What kind. What kind of Qualitative Research emphasize this title “Understanding Addiction: A Study of Adolescent Adolescent Drug-users”?
a. Case Study
b. Content Analysis
c. Ethnography
d. Phenomenology
6. This kind of Qualitative Research refers to a particular group articular group in which it reveals the nature or characteristics of their own culture through the world perceptions of the cultural group’s members.
a. Content Analysis
b. Case Study
c. Ethnography
d. Historical Research
7. This kind of Qualitative Research involves a long-time study of a particular person in psychology and education. It seeks to find answers to why such a thing occurs to the subject.
a. Content Analysis
b. Case Study
c. Ethnography
d. Historical Research
8. Which of the following is most appropriate to a qualitative approach?
a. Describing the relationship between students’ math attitudes and their math achievement
b. Describing the effect on students’ achievement of creating a student/centered student/centered assessment environment.
c. Identifying the characteristics that differentiate students who drop out of high school from students who do
d. Understanding what it is like to work in a school that is changing the decision-making process from a topdown, administratively driven model to a bottom-up, teacher/driven model
9. Ethics in research ensures that participants have informed consent. Which of the following actions best ns best example of informed consent?
a. talking to him or her privately
b. surprising him or her with a questionnaire
c. writing him or her a letter
d. using a padrino system
10. confidentiality of a p participant is best exemplified in which of following actions?
a. Asking the participant to write his or her name in the questionnaire
b. Not mentioning his or her name in the Participants of the Study section
c. Introducing himself or herself in an interview
d. Taking his/her picture and placing it in the app the appendix
____11. Identify patterns, features, , themes
Quantitative
Qualitative
12. Answers question of “why” or “how”
Quantitative
Qualitative
13. Purpose i is to test hypotheses, look at cause & effect, & make predictions
Quantitative
Qualitative
14. Purpose is to understand& interpret social interactions.
Quantitative
Qualitative
15. Group studied is smaller & not randomly elected
Qualitative
Quantitative
16. Group studied is larger & randomly selected
Quantitative
Qualitative
17. Narrative report with contextual description & direct quotations from search participants
Qualitative
Quantitative
18. Statistical report with correlations, comparisons of means, & statistical sign statistical significance of findings
Quantitative
Qualitative
19. Answers “how many”, “when” and “where
Qualitative
Quantitative
20. Objectivity is critical
Qualitative
Quantitative
21. Research must be hurriedly conducted.
True
False
23. Research must observe a step-by-step process.
True
False
24. The researcher must have the final say in his or her findings.
True
False
25. A person's opinion is acceptable and considered as an answer to the questions asked by the researcher.
True
False
26. Any concern or issue confronted by the students is researchable.
True
False
27.The causes why students fail in quizzes are worth researching.
True
False
28. The student-researcher must literature related to the problem he or she is studying.
True
False
29.The researcher must avoid listening to another researcher to have an objective view of his or her study.
True
False
30. The steps in conducting research are patterned.
True
False
31. focused on studying shared practices and belief systems
(a)
The research entails an investigation of new facts leading to the discovery of new ideas, methods, or improvements.
True
False
The microsystem is the composition of chapters organized in a logical and scientific manner.
True
False
In settings like community, school, or workplace, unusual phenomena may happen and can turn into potential problems.
True
False
Plagiarism constitutes claiming another person’s idea or intellectual property as one’s own.
True
False
Research provides an artistic basis for any practice or methodology in any field or discipline.
True
False
According to Crawford, researchers serve different roles in a study such as principal investigator, member of a research team, financier of the study, among others.
True
False
The research aims to advance the personal and professional qualifications of a practitioner.
True
False
One of the goals of the research is to produce results-based practice.
True
False
Every action conducted by a professional must have a rationale.
True
False
This design studies a group of people over a long period of time.
(a)
This research focuses on a group of people sharing common characteristics.
(a)
This research identifies a problem, implements a solution, and studies its effects.
(a)
In this design, the researcher manipulates the variables and determines their effects.
(a)
This research is done in stages in order to gather sufficient data.
(a)
This design seeks to establish and explain a “cause-and-effect” relationship.
(a)
This research looks into a large of people with different characteristics.
(a)
This design aims to describe the present situation in order to gain information about a phenomenon.
(a)
This research focuses on problems or topics with little or no research done about them and gathers information that will guide future studies.
(a)
This design combines elements from various research designs and uses both qualitative and quantitative methods.
(a)
Whatever agreed upon with the participants must be actualized.
(a)
The researchers should accept all comments and give considerations.
(a)
When a paper is already submitted to a publication, no submission to another should be done.
(a)
The researcher should be fully equipped with research skills when conducting the study.
(a)
An experienced researcher should impart knowledge to his or her students.
(a)
The researcher should ensure that the participants will not be adversely affected by the research and its results.
(a)
Any participants in any research activity must not be forced to take part in the study.
(a)
Informed consent for a participant is best exemplified in which of the following actions?
a. Talking to him or her privately
b. Surprising him or her with a questionnaire
c. Writing him or her a letter
d. Using a padrino system
Confidentiality of a participant is the best example in which of the following actions?
a. Asking the participant to write his or her name in the questionnaire
b. Not mentioning his or her name in the participants of the study section
c. Introducing himself or herself in an interview
d. Taking his or her picture and placing it in the appendix
Availability and adequacy of facilities and equipment
External
Internal
Costs and returns
External
Internal
Ethical considerations
External
Internal
Time factor
External
Internal
Novelty
External
Internal
Looking at the main ideas in a paragraph.
a. Elementary Reading
b. Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
The difference of the points of view of the author I and author II regarding school bullying.
a. Elementary Reading
b. Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
Reading every sentence loudly.
a. Elementary Reading
b. Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
Finding the correct pronunciation of the word “euthanasia”.
a. Elementary Reading
b. Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
Reading the last paragraph of the article.
a. Elementary Reading
b. Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
Reflecting on the emotions conveyed by the actor in the musical play, “Les Miserables”.
a. Elementary Reading
b. Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
Determining the background of the author and his experience.
a. Elementary Reading
b. Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
Locating the italicized and bold words and phrases in the literature.
a. Elementary Reading
b. Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
Writing the synthesis of five articles regarding global warming in one paragraph.
a. Elementary Reading
b.Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
Reading the articles in networking three times.
a. Elementary Reading
b. Systematic Skimming
c. Analytic Reading
d. Comparative Reading
This part of the introduction sets the situation behind your research work, as well as the foundations and motivations behind the topic.
The research gap
The background of the study
The statement of the problem
None of the above
This part of the introduction delineates the total bounds and range of the whole research work in relation to the chosen topic.
The research gap
The significance of the study
The scope and limitations
None of the above
Katrina wants to understand the perspective of people who don't enjoy eating pancit canton. However, she has trouble figuring out why the study should be done in the first place. Which part of her introduction does she need to work on?
The research gap
The significance of the study
The scope and limitations
The background of the study
Which of the following is not one of the key marks of a credible and good source?
The author has published many other works.
The source comes from an established journal.
The source is easily accessible and understood.
The source has been cited multiple times in other studies.
Which of the following is NOT a type of qualitative research question?
Understanding and interpretations
Influencing factors
Language practice
Practices
What type of data is used in qualitative research?
Numbers
Percentages
Words
Statistics
What visual records do qualitative researchers scrutinize to discover patterns or themes?
handwritten letters
diaries and journal entries
e-mail correspondences
photographs
Which of the following is a qualitative research problem under the field of social work?
Marriage rituals of the Tagbanuas
Coping mechanisms of families of alleged drug addicts killed in drug busts
Smartphone use of call center agents
Language learning practices of high school students
What is meant by the term "grounded theory"?
Theories should be tested by rigorous scientific experiments
Theoretical ideas and concepts should emerge from the data
As a social researcher, it is important to keep your feet on the ground
Theories should be grounded in political values and biases
Which research design manipulates conditions/variables and studies its effects?
Correlational
Descriptive
Exploratory
Experimental
Annie wants to find out about the lived experiences of OFWs. What type of research should she do?
Ethnography
Grounded theory
Narrative research
Phenomenology
Which of the following is a component of ethnographic research?
immersion in a social group or setting
axial coding
restorying
all of the above
A hypothesis is not the research answer , but rather
A theory to be tested
A proposal to be tested and evaluated
Imaginary terms or situations
It is an assumption in a thesis
There are several sources of research. These are published writings and reports that critique or reports on primary sources and can be found in periodical and references books.
Primary sources
Secondary sources
Tertiary sources
Non- documentary searching
Previous studies that involves similar variables including theses, dissertations, scholarly written papers, studies, published and unpublished.
Primary sources
Related studies
Related literature
Secondary sources
“Giving credit where credit is due”, illustrative which of the following ethical concerns.
Informed consent
Non- malefience and beneficence
Justice and fairness
Right to full disclosure
The first step in a research process is referred to as
Writing statement of the problem
Making an outline
Defining your topic
Revising the paper
–Norms of conduct that distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
Ethiks
Etics
Ethos
Ethics
Existing social philosophies and generalizations may be of great help to design a research problem. In relation to this, which of the following is the most efficient way to determine a research gap based on the theories?
immersing oneself in a community
interviewing at least a person
reading relevant literature and studies
synthesizing ideas from a day to day experience
What criterion on the selection of research problem concerns on the “when” question?
availability of the participants
costs and returns
hazards and handicaps
time factor
Which of the following should be avoided in the formulation of a research title?
abbreviation of terms
incomplete sentence
key variables
subtitle
In general when selecting FACTORS for a study, as a researcher you want to be sure of which of the following?
They have been investigated before
The needed materials are available to investigate
They are not of your interest
The teacher gave the topic to be conducted
What type of research utilizes knowledge in decision making, product development and solving problems?
Qualitative Research
Non-Research based
Action Research
Basic Research
Research Title: Enhancing Students’ Performance Through PowerPoint. Which type of research should you use?
Grounded theory
Quantitative Research
Mixed Research
Qualitative Research
A college counselor met a student who was experiencing stress due to family problems. During lunch, the counselor shared with her friend of the session she had with the student and the family issue the student was facing.
This shows that the counselor had breached which ethical code?
Informed consent
Voluntary participant
Confidentiality
Withdrawal rights
With the new set up in learning that instead of learning in school you are learning at home, what is the best source of your concepts and ideas if you are writing your research?
books from the library
previous research work by the former students
online references
latest magazines from the bookstore
In general when selecting FACTORS for a study, as a researcher you want to be sure of which of the following?
They have been investigated before
The needed materials are available to investigate
They are not of your interest
The teacher gave the topic to be conducted
If the title of the research is "Corazon Aquino, the Life and Contribution to the Philippines". What type of research can describes the title?
Grounded Theory
Case Study
Ethnography
Historical
