This is a characteristic of research which emphasizes that research should be based on direct observation and that the research has been conducted following rigorous scientific methods and procedures.

The design and procedures of a study can be replicated or repeated to arrive at a more conclusive result. The statement is:

Refers to the significant difference or relationship between the variables of your studies.

Dr. Willie Depositario (1990) of UPLB summarized the research process into mnemonic device consisting of four Fs, which put emphasis on the importance of facts in science. In which stage does the researcher organizes and analyzes the collected data with the use of appropriate statistical tools to come up with answers to the research questions?

Based on the major approaches to research ethics, follows the principle of relativity in which ethical standards are considered not universal but are related to one’s particular belief, culture, time and even individual persuasion?

Fraud and misconduct in research consist of the following deviations from truthfulness, except:  

Knowingly stealing someone else’s published work and presenting it without attribution to source. 

A researcher CANNOT get information AGAINST the respondent’s will, especially for sensitive questions. The statement is:

The American Psychological Association (APA) recommends that researchers:

Sample is selected from elements of a population that are easily accessible.

List of all the sampling units from which sample is drawn. 

The correlation coefficient describes the strength of the relationship between two sets of data. Which indicates that as one variable increases, the other variable decreases?

The ________ is the difference between the highest and lowest scores.

Here are the raw scores:25,20,18,17,15. Find the mean of the following score.

Here is a score distribution: 98,93,93,93,90,88,87,85,85,85,70,51,34,34,34,20,18,15,12,9,8,6,3,1. It seems that, 93, 85 and 34 are the most frequent scores. What measure of central tendency is being referred?

It is determined by listing all the scores from lowest to highest, and finding the middle score.

A form of qualitative research that is concerned with a detailed account and analysis of one or more cases under study such as a study of the sleeping pattern of elderly hospital patients.

Also known as the biology of human behavior which studies behavior as it evolves in its natural context. It explores through observation method.

It is the systematic study of past events or occurrences through description and analysis. It is research about the events that occurred in the past such as the origin of the capital punishment.

The following are examples of data collection methods in qualitative research, except:

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

In terms of timeframes, which design collects data at a single point in time?    

A type of educational research in which the research decides what to study; asks specific, narrow questions, collects quantifiable data from participants.

1.     Studying the relationship between eating breakfast before coming to school and student’s performance, the student’s performance is: