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Research

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is constructivism?

a)

The teacher is the most important person in the class

b)

People create their own knowledge

c)

The teacher does all the research

d)

It is a traditional model

2.

Constructivism is a model that...

a)

Improves communication student/student student/teacher

b)

Improves communication only teacher/student

c)

Improves communication only student/student

3.

Define the research paradigm of positivism.

a)

A school of thought which advocates that reality is objective and measurable.

b)

A school of thought which believes that reality is subjective and that there is no universal truth.

c)

A school of thought which takes a practical approach to research advocating the use of mixed methods.

d)

Beliefs about the nature of being and the characteristics of reality.

4.

Name the following paradigm:

Emphasizes people's subjective experiences which are grounded in social-historical contexts (Hesse-Biber & Leavy, 2011)

a)

Critical

b)

Constructivist

c)

Transformative

d)

Pragmatic

5.

Define the research paradigm of interpretivism.

a)

Beliefs about the nature of being and the characteristics of reality.

b)

A school of thought which takes a practical approach to research advocating the use of mixed methods.

c)

A school of thought which believes that reality is subjective and that there is no universal truth.

d)

A school of thought which advocates that reality is objective and measurable.

6.

Which presents the findings of a quantitative research?

a)

Many prefer to study with textbooks.

b)

Students find textbooks indispensable or necessary.

c)

Perhaps, 30% consider textbook unnecessary in their studies.

d)

Out of 100 college students, 90 find textbook beneficial to their studies.

7.

Research methodology refers to the specific approach the researcher takes to conduct a research project.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

__________ aim to classify features, count them, and create statistical models to test hypotheses.

a)

Qualitative Method

b)

Interviews

c)

Quantitative Method

d)

Fieldwork Studies

9.

Identify quantitative data collection techniques

a)

Focus groups

b)

Questionnaires

c)

Observations

d)

Interviews

e)

Laboratory-based

10.

Which type of information is most likely to be collected by quantitative research methods?

a)

Attitudes and values

b)

Non-numerical data

c)

Descriptions and explanations

d)

Measurements and statistics

11.

Source for qualitative data is ...

a)

Financial report

b)

Experiment

c)

Recorded voice or video

d)

Exam marks

12.

Research is...

a)

An observation to an object which is based on questions

b)

An organized and systematic way of finding answers to questions

c)

An implementation of a strategy to see whether it works

d)

A comparison between two events to see the differences between them

13.

The independent variable of a research entitled “The Effectiveness of Mind-mapping in teaching writing ability” is ….

a)

The mind-mapp strategy

b)

The students’ writing ability

c)

The effect

d)

The teaching

14.

In Quantitative Research, repeating the study is NOT possible because of standardized data collection protocols and tangible definitions of abstract concepts.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

In Quantitative Research, data DOES NOT provide evidence for why populations think, feel, or act in certain ways.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Conducting audience segmentation is not a reason to carry out a quantitative research.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

You Cannot Quantify Opinions, Attitudes and Behaviors in a quantitative research

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Type of coffee in Colombia is an example of

a)

quantitative variable

b)

categorical variable

c)

constant variable

19.
Steve wanted to see if the type of fertilizer made sunflowers grow larger. What is the independent variable 
a)
Type of fertilizer
b)
Size of sunflower
c)
type of sun flower
20.

How long you sleep affects your test score. Identify the dependent variable.

a)

length of sleep

b)

test score