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Research process begins with:
Identification of research problem
Research design
Collection of data
Report writing
Descriptive research is...
observation of phenomena to provide an explanation of its mechanism
examines relationships between variables statistically
changing variable values to determine relationships between them
observing the effects of one variable to another varying variable
....research is an in-depth study of a particular phenomenon.
Descriptive
Correlational
Qualitative
Quantitative
This type of research aims to find applications for the theories or create a product employing the existing idea or theory.
Basic research
Applied research
Qualitative research
Quantitative research
The Characteristic of research that should means follow a step by step procedure is called:
Systematic
Specific
Clean and clear
Empirical
The Characteristics of research that it should be based on proven scientific methods is called:
Systematic
Specific
Clean and clear
Empirical Solution
Using someone else's work to help you without their permission is:
periodical
plagiarism
research
cite
Is this a case of plagiarism?
A researcher puts her name on a quotation of Shakespeare
YES
NO
Ahmed meant to cite his sources, but he forgot. Is this an example of plagiarism?
YES
NO
Is this a case of plagiarism?
In Aia's assignment, she carefully expressed the ideas of the author and wrote the author's name.
YES
NO
Is this a case of plagiarism?
After reading a selection, Mohamed correctly wrote the contents of the selection and cited the author.
YES
NO
The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation is called
Quantitative data collection
Research plan
Research ethics
Plagiarism
………… refers to the act of using another person's ideas, words, processes, and results without giving due credit.
Research ethics
Interview
observation
Plagiarism
Paraphrasing is...
Copying the text
Putting information that I read into my own words
Saying whatever I want after reading
examines relationships between variables statistically
When should you cite a source?
each time you write an idea that is your own
each time you write a word that a reader may not know
each time you write a fact or idea that's not your own
each time you include your own photo or drawing
Why is it important to cite your sources?
You will get arrested if you don't
It gives credit to your source
Your teacher requires it
All the these
If you find a great website as a source for your English project, which of the following is true?
You don't have to cite your source if you only use short quotations
You can't use any of the information on the site without permission
You can use information on the site as long as you cite it properly
You can copy and paste the text, but not the images, into your report
Plagiarism is ..........
Using my own words to express another's ideas
A game played in England
Citing my source and giving credit to that author
Copying someone else's work and passing it off as my own
How do you show that a sentence is a quote from another source?
underline it
put it in boldface
put it in italics
surround it with quotation marks
If you quote directly from a source, what do you need to do
Put quotes around the copied text
Put the copied text in italics
Make the quote bold
Start a new paragraph
What do we call data that are used for a new study but which were collected by an earlier researcher?
Secondary data
Field notes
Qualitative data
Primary data
One advantage of using a questionnaire over an Interview in:
Probe questions can be asked
Respondents can be put at ease between questions
Interview bias can be avoided
Response rates are always high
Interviewing is the favored approach EXCEPT when:
There is a need for highly personalized data
It is important to ask supplementary questions
High numbers of respondents are needed
Respondents have difficulty with written language
What are the two types of research data?
Organized and unorganized data
Qualitative and Quantitative data
Interview and observation data
None of these
Which of the following is true about secondary data?
Secondary data must be suitable
Secondary data must be reliable.
Secondary data must be adequate.
All of these
Which of the following is a method of collecting primary data?
Observation method
Interview method
Questionnaires method
All of these
Structured observation is appropriate in case of:
Analytical studies
Descriptive studies
Fundamental studies
Experimental studies
The search for answers to research questions is called collection of:
Data
Information
Forms
Schedules
Primary data can be collected through
Experiment
Survey
Experiment and Survey
None of these
What can we use to gather secondary data?
Newspapers
Web sites
books
All of these
What are secondary data sources?
Interview session with the sample
Any data gained from a survey or questionnaires
Publications, government documents, brochures, newsletters, annual reports
All of these
At school we use textbooks to learn about the history? When we use textbooks, what are we using?
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Scientific research
All other answers are not correct
___________ data need to be adjusted to suit the objective of study in hand
Primary
Secondary
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
_________________________ is a set of information collected about people or things:
data
statistical question
plan
all the other answers
Data collected from "The IEEE journals" is
Primary data
Secondary data
Both (a) and (b)
none of these
Primary data is preferred over secondary data where:
Time available is short
Accuracy is important
Sufficient finance is not available
Much accuracy is not required
The main sources of data are:
Primary
Secondary
Primary and Secondary
Neither (a) nor (b)
Which of the following is not a method of primary data collection?
Direct personal investigation
Collection of information through questionnaire
Indirect oral investigation
Reports of committees and commissions
Which data is more cost?
Primary data
Secondary data
Low data
High data
Sources of Data Collection
Primary sources and secondary sources
Books and journal
Interview and observation
Questionnaires and survey
What is secondary sources?
Interview session with the sample
Data collect from an experiment
Any data gained from a survey or questionnaires
Publications, government documents, brochures, newsletters, annual reports
Which of these is not data?
Words
Numbers
Shoes
Words and numbers
Which method of collection of data covers the widest area?
Telephone interview method
Mailed questionnaire method
direct interview method
All of these
A good questionnaire should have:
All of these
clear
concise
minimum questions
Primary data is available in the form of published or unpublished reports:
True
False
What is First-hand data
Primary
Secondary
Both A and B
None of these
Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?
Newspaper articles
Diary Notes
Databank
Textbook
Your parents describe how your great-grandfather came to the city where you live:
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Both A and B
All other answers are not correct
What is a form containing a set of questions related with the field of enquiry called?
Questionnaire
Interview
Secondary data
Observation
What is primary data?
The researcher collects the data by conducting an inquiry based on first-hand information
The researcher collects processed and tabulated data from some external source
The researcher collects the data from government reports
The researcher collects the data from documents or newspapers
A photograph is an example of a
Questionnaire
Secondary Source
Primary Source
None of these
What can we use to gather primary data?
Surveys
Interviews
Drawings
All of these
Which of the following an open-ended question in a questionnaire?
Have you ever tried basketball?
Would you like to try basketball?
What would encourage and motivate you to try basketball?
Would you consider basketball if there were free lessons?
The quickest method to collect primary data is:
Direct Personal Investigation
Indirect Oral Investigation
Telephone Interview
Mailed Questionnaire Method
What is the first step in the critical thinking process?
Gather information
Apply information
Understand the problem
Analyzing data
How can critical thinking improve your chances of making better choices?
It makes you able to collect data
It helps you to read extensively about the scientific topic to be addressed
It gives the ability to ascertain whether an assumption, news, or idea is true or not
It make you able to prepare interviews well
You use critical thinking skills in everyday life:
True
False
Which one is NOT a critical thinking skills?
Close-mindedness
Analysis
Inference
Problem Solving
Does technology play a role in critical thinking process?
True
False
How does a teacher improve critical thinking in the classroom?
Encourage students to think for themselves
Always gives them the right solutions
Encourage students to sit silently at all times
All the other answers are correct
If you have a bowl with six apples and you take four, how many do you have?
2 apples
4 apples
6 apples
10 apples
If you only had a match and entered a dark room that contains an oil-lamp, wood and a newspaper, what would you light first?
the wood
the oil-lamp
the newspaper
the match
If an electric train moves north at 160km / h and a 16km / h wind blows west, where does the train smoke go?
From north to south
from south to north
there is no smoke
upwards
Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly
Entrepreneur
Phenomenon
Dictionary
Which option is NOT a quality of a Critical Thinker?
Active Talker
Well inference
Good Analysts
Active Thinker
Which situations can critical thinking help?
School related
Work related
Research related
All the other answers are correct
Inference as a core critical thinking skill is to identify elements needed to draw reasonable conclusion
True
False
Once the problem is identified, ____ become essential
Analysis skills
Communication skills
Selfish thinking
All the other answers are correct
Which of the following is a barrier to critical thinking
Communication skills
Analysis skills
Selfish thinking
All the other answers are correct
Which of the following is a barrier to critical thinking
Communication skills
Analysis skills
Inference skills
All the other answers are wrong
Personal biases can prevent critical thinking because
they prevent a thinker from using logic and experience to make informed decisions
they prevent a thinker from being open-minded.
they prevent a thinker from being fair
All the other answers are correct
Selfish thinking can be overcome by discussion and brainstorming sessions
True
False
Which of the following is NOT a barrier to critical thinking
Time constraint
Intolerance
Inference
Social conditioning
The first step in the problem-solving process is ____
setting and implementing goals
monitoring and evaluating the plan
defining and analyzing the problem
All the other answers are wrong
Problem-solving process includes defining and analyzing the problem, exploring possible solutions, and finally implement solution.
True
False
Using figures in technical reports is:
essential
not essential
according to report format
according to author opinion
Each figure within a report should have a title and a number:
As you like
Inside the figure
Above the figure
Under the figure
The appendix forms a part of the
main text
back matter
conclusion
front matter
Which of the following is Not an essential part of a formal report?
Table of contents
Appendix
References
None
A good title is one that has the minimum possible amount of words that describe accurately the content of the section:
True
False
The abstract of the report:
Both (A) and (B) are correct
is usually several pages in length
is usually written before the rest of the report
None of All the other answers is correct
Each table within a report should have a title and a number
Under the table
in the first row of the table
Above the table
in the first column of the table
The ______ analyzes the most important results from the discussion and evaluates those results in the context of the entire work
Conclusion
Abstract
Introduction
Analytical Report
When visualizing the data it then becomes _______
data Analysis
information
Numerical Data
All the other answers are correc
The process of fixing or removing incorrect, corrupted, incorrectly formatted data is called
Data Visualization
Data preparation
Data Exploration
Data cleaning
The abstract of the research:
None of All the other answers is correct
is usually several pages in length
Both (A) and (B) are correct
is usually written before the rest parts of the research
what are data analyst skills?
statistics
data visualization
Problem-Solving
All the other answers are correct
Qualitative data analysis focuses on examining _____
words
numbers
visions
concepts
If a job description mentions Excel, SQL Server, and Tableau as required skills, it most likely is for a:
: Data Engineer
Data Analyst
AI Engineer
Data Translator
Numeric and measurable types of data such as height, age, scores, cost are called _
observation data
qualitative data
quantitative data
All the other answers are correct
Numerical data which represents countable items is called
interval data (A)
ratio data (C)
discrete data (B)
Both (A) and (C)
Numerical data which their values are described as intervals on a real number line is called
Both (A) and (C)
discrete data (B)
interval data (A)
ratio data (C)
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is
interval data
discrete data
ratio data
qualitative data
Descriptive Statistics Methods
All the other answers are correct
are applying mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, etc.
: are numerical data analysis tools
are used to describe a numerical sample
Inferential Statistics methods include
SWOT and Conjoint analysis
applying mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, etc
interval difference analysis
All the other answers are correct
The process of translating large data sets and metrics into charts, graphs is called
Data preparation
Data cleaning
Data Exploration
Data Visualization
Which of the following is NOT a required skill for data analyst
Data preparation
Data collection
Data Exploration
Data Visualization
The difference between each interval on a numerical data scale are equa
True
False
Domain knowledge is to be specialist in things that are specific to the particular subject that the analyst work in.
False
True
Data exploration is the process of transforming raw data prior to processing and analysis
False
True
Adopting ethical principles in research means:
Avoiding harm to participants
The researcher is anonymous
Deception is only used when necessary
Selected informants give their consent
Ethical problems can arise when researching the Internet because:
Everyone has access to digital media
Internet research has to be covert
Researchers may fake their identities
Respondents may fake their identities
Qualitative research is used in all the following circumstances, EXCEPT:
It is based on a collection of non-numerical data such as words and pictures
It uses the inductive method
It often uses small samples
It is typically used when a great deal is already known about the topic of interest
All of the following are sources of secondary data EXCEPT:
The researcher’s research diary
A television documentary
Official statistics
A company’s annual report
A disadvantage of using secondary data is that:
Secondary data sets are often available and accessible
Data have often been collected by teams of experienced researchers
The researcher may bring more detachment in viewing the data than original researchers could muster
The data may have been collected with reference to research questions that are not those of the researcher
The data which are collected from the place of origin is known as:
None of these
Primary & Secondary
Secondary data
Primary data
Source of data collected and compiled by others is called
Primary data
Secondary data
Primary & Secondary
None of these
Which of the following is an example of primary data?
Book
Journal
News Paper
Census Report
Which of the following is an example of secondary data?
RBI Bulletin
Government Publication
Committees and Commissions
All of these
The data of research is:
Both Qualitative and Quantitative
Quantitative
Qualitative
None of these
Which of the following statements are true about the data in research?
In research the data can be qualitative
In research the data can be quantitative
In research the data can be both qualitative & quantitative
In research the data can be quantitative but never qualitative
The data which are collected through Internet is called:
External secondary data
Internal secondary data
Documentary sources
None of the above
Which of the following is not true?
in observation method, the researcher usually collects data through observations
In direct personal interview, the investigator meets informants directly and collects information
In indirect interview the investigator collects data from informants directly.
In structured interview pre-planned set of questions are asked in standard form
Selection of appropriate method of data collection is based on:
Nature, object and scope of study
Availability of funds
Time Factor
All of these
Why do you need to review the existing literature?
To make sure you have a long list of references
Because without it, you could never reach the required word – count
To find out what is already known about your area of interest
To help in your general studying
The types of sources in research are ________ and _______.
primary, secondary
primitive, secondary
basic, word of mouth
experiments, gossip
What is an example of a primary source?
textbook
academic journal
Wikipedia site
your observation nots
Data collection is the process of ________
gathering and measuring books on variables of interest
gathering and measuring information on variables of interest
gathering and measuring newspapers on variables of interest
gathering and measuring diaries on variables of interest
The three main elements of written communication skills are:
Abstract, Conclusion, and References
Structure, Style and Content
Structure, Style and References
Abstract, Conclusion and Style
The way that you write a scientific research is called:
The ethics
The main text
The format
The style
The abstract is
a summary of the whole research
previews the contents of the research
should be between 100 and 200 words
All the other answers are correct
What is the first thing that you write in the report?
Title
Conclusion
Results and discussion
Features Introduction
Characteristics of academic writing Not include:
It has a formal writing style.
It is personal bias
It conveys information pertains to a technical subject
It is concise and chooses precise words.
In Planning your report, you must determine the ideas to include before you define the audience
True
False
Labeling figures in your report means:
To put a title to each figure
To put a number to each figure
To put a list of figures in your report
To put a list of figures in your report
Using tables in technical reports is:
essential
not essential
according to report format
according to author opinion
While Sorting and evaluating the information in a report you must?
Order topics based on their importance.
Make a list of all the potential topics or sections of the report
Review your material
Remove redundant or irrelevant topics.
The _____ from the general to the specific
Order of importance
Inductive order
Deductive order
None of these answers
The ____ from the specific to the general
Order of importance
Inductive order
Deductive order
None of these answers
While planning a report, "Make a list of all the potential topics or sections of the report" is enrolled as:
Define the audience
Define the problem and the purpose of the report
Determine the ideas to include
Collect the information
"Organize the information" means:
Review your material
Be sure that you have a suitable structure or outline of the report
Make a list of all the potential topics or sections of the report
Highlight key terms and ideas that relate to the purpose of the report
The ____ are a very useful way to show and emphasize information in the report
Tables
Information
Abstract
Figures
It is not important that you do discuss the information represented in the figures
True
False
Each figure should have a title and a number
False
True
The ____ of a figure should include enough information to enable the figure to be self-explanatory
Title
None of these answers
Size
Number
The numbering of figures should proceed ____
inductive order
deductive order
chronologically
order of importance
The ____ can show a change in one function in relation to a change in another
Tables
Graphs
Information
Figures
Figures can show a change in one function in relation to a change
True
False
The label of the graph is always under the graph
True
False
