Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION IV MIMAROPA
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF OCCIDENTAL MINDORO
CENTRAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Central, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

MIDTERM Exam in PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

NAME: _______________________________ YR/SEC: _________________ DATE: ______________ SCORE: __________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the test item carefully and 12. A quantitative research that treats or deals with the object or
write the letter of the correct answer on a SEPARATE SHEET of subject of the research in a definite or exact manner and
paper. determines the extent of the effects or influence of the
1. A learning process that motivates you to obtain knowledge treatment on the object/subject, then discovers the causes of
or information about people, things, places, or events. such effects.
A. Inquiry C. Investigation A. Experimental C. Non-experimental
B. Research D. Study B. Descriptive D. Historical
2. Some think of quantitative research as complex because of 13. _____ and _____ should be taken into account when
its use of _________. considering a new research problem.
A. Hypotheses C. factual data A. Time; Cost C. Time; Attention
B. numerical data D.theories B. Attention; Participants D) Cost; Participants
3. It is a scientific, experimental, or inductive manner of 14. Which of the following is the most important thing for a
thinking. researcher to consider when deciding on a research topic?
A. Research C. Inquiry A. How they feel about the topic.
B. Investigation D. Survey B. If they have adequate resources to research the topic.
4. A type of research that describe and measure the level of C. If the topic is researchable.
occurrences on the basis of numbers and calculations. D. How many research journals will want to publish an article on the
A. Qualitative C. Quantitative topic?
B. Descriptive D. Historical 15. A student is feeling overwhelmed trying to decide on a problem
5. Which is not a question answered by quantitative research? to research. How should she proceed?
A. How many? C. How? A. Write down topics she is interested in.
B. When? D. What? B. Abandon the concept of research altogether.
6. Which among the following variables are common in C. Copy the work of others.
quantitative research? D. Focus on completing the literature review before deciding on a
A. Extraneous, confounding C. Independent, dependent research problem.
B. participant, situational D. constant, latent 16. A student is writing a research question. What should his first
7. A quantitative research presents research findings in this step be?
manner: A. Specifying what the question is about.
A. Many prefer to study with textbooks. B. Formulating a hypothesis.
B. Perhaps, 30% consider textbook unnecessary in their studies. C. Indicating where the research funding is coming from.
C. Students find textbooks indispensable or necessary. D. Ensuring their ideas are researchable.
D. Out of 100 college students, 90 find textbooks beneficial to 17. Which of the following is NOT a reason why formulating a research
their studies. question is one of the first steps in a research project?
8. People inclined to doing a quantitative research wants to A. It helps refine what is being researched.
discover truth in __________. B. It helps the researcher formulate and identify important aspects of their
A. An exact manner C. an indirect way research.
B. a careful way D. a personal way C. It helps lay the groundwork for the research.
9. Which of the following is a philosophical assumption of D. It helps in choosing a topic for research.
quantitative researchers? 18. Your research question is: 'What is the effect of television
A. The initial ambiguity that occurs in a study is desirable. viewing on Filipinos?' What is the PROBABLE reason that this
B. The purpose of educational research is to explain and be able question would need some revision?
to predict relationships. The ultimate goal is the A. The question does not lend itself to research easily.
development of laws that make prediction possible. B. The question is too narrowly focused.
C. Research investigations produce alternative visions of what C. The question does not center on specific concerns or issues.
the world is like. D. The question is too broadly focused.
D. It is impossible for the researcher to stand apart from the 19. Starting off with a research question provides a researcher with:
individuals he or she is studying. A. A strong foundation and a question to answer
10. Observational bias occurs when an observer: B. Their null hypothesis
A. Is subjected to biased treatment by the research participants. C. Their hypothesis
B. Is conducting a double-blind study. D. Accurate information about how to accomplish the
C. Is distracted and fails to notice key aspects of the study. experiment
D. Sees what they want to see. 20. A hypothesis is:
11. A type of quantitative research in which finding truths about A. A research question C. An educated prediction
a subject is by describing the collected data about such subject and B. A description of an even. D. A psychological diagnosis
determining their relationships or connections with one another 21. A literature review is best defined as:
A. Experimental C. Non-experimental A. Doing an internet search on a topic and looking through the
B. Descriptive D. Historical results.
 B. The process of studying published research. 36. A quantitative research design that makes you behave as a
C. The process of studying published research and the scientist is ________.
written review outlining what literature was reviewed. A. Survey research B. Case study
D. The written component of a research project that B. Experimental design D. Correlative study
discusses the existing research the researcher reviewed. 37. A characteristic of research in which the footnotes, notes and
22. Why does a researcher conduct a literature review? bibliographical entries should honestly and appropriately
A. To familiarize themselves with the field. documented or acknowledged.
B. They are paid to review it. A. Accuracy C. objectiveness
C. They are required to by other researchers. B. timeliness D. relevance
D. To reproduce existing research. 38. A characteristic of research which is concerned with facts, not
23. If you are studying a specialized topic, like 'Common with ere opinions arising from assumptions, generalization,
symptoms of mentally ill children', but search for something broad, predictions, or conclusions.
like 'Psychology of children', you are likely to find: A. accuracy C. objectiveness
A. A large amount of relevant articles. B. timely D. relevant
B. A large amount of non-relevant articles. 39. If the research you work on is fresh, new and interesting to the
C. A small amount of relevant articles. present society, we can say that it is ________.
D. A small amount of non-relevant articles. A. accurate C. objective
24. A literature review is a written summary of the findings B. timely D. relevant
of a literature ________ 40. If the topic is instrumental in improving society or in solving
A. Search C. Review problems affecting the lives of people in a community, it is
B. Proposal D. Assessment _________.
25. There are three key aspects to a literature review: A. accurate B. objective C. timely D. relevant
summarizing, synthesizing and ______________ 41. In research, the central point of discoveries should be expressed in
A. Referencing C. Citing simple, direct, concise, and correct language. This shows
B. Paraphrasing D. Evaluating _______.
26. Your literature review is _________ A. clarity B. objectiveness C. timeliness D. relevance
A. a list of all the work published on your topic and who 42. If the research takes place in an organized or orderly manner, it is
argues what. ________.
B. a collection of stories about your topic A. accurate B. systematic C. timely D. relevant
C. a list of accomplishments of several authors 43. Which among the following is a purpose of research?
D. a collection of data of the researcher A. To learn how to summarize information
27. There are different ways to organize your literature B. To learn how to ask questions
review. Which among the following applies in organizing your C. To learn how to manipulate data
literature review? D. To have an in-depth knowledge of something
A. Chronologically C. Thematically 44. Which among the following is a characteristic of quantitative
B. Methodologically D. Systematically research?
28. Which of the following are data collection methods? A. Human understanding and interpretation
A. Survey C. Watching TV B. Multiple research approaches and methods
B. Searching on Google D. Observation C. Active, powerful, and forceful
29. Designing a research is thinking ______________ D. Systematic, objective, and precise
A. Critically C. Skilfully 45. SMARTC means ____________
B. Literally D. Imaginatively A. Specific, meaningful, attainable, realistic, time-bound, challenging
30. When designing research, you need to see your research B. Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound, challenging
process in your______. C. Specific, meaningful, attainable, resourceful, time-bound,
A. Paper C. Mind challenging
B. Library D. Book D. Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, trustworthy, challenging
31. Preparing in your mind how to find answers to your 46. A study designed to depict the participants in an accurate way
research questions is ________________. A. Correlational study C. Descriptive rese arch
A. Deciding on your research topic B. Quasi-Experimental research D. Experimental research
B. Controlling your emotions 47. A research that applies systematic empirical investigation of
C. Designing your research observable phenomena via statistical, mathematical or
D. Asking research questions computational techniques.
32. These are aspects of your research: research objectives, A. Qualitative research C. Quantitative research
topic, questions, hypotheses, and methodology, you come to think B. Descriptive research D. Experimental research
of quantitative research design __________. 48. Research is asking a question and __________________
A. Before finalizing your mind on these aspects of your A. writing a research paper C. finding out answer
research B. computing data D. experimenting
B. As you formulate hypotheses about these parts 49. Quantitative method of research in which you have 2 or more
C. After thinking of these aspects of your research quantitative variables from the same group of subjects, & you are
D. As you ponder on your research problem trying to determine if there is a relationship
33. Central to experimental design is analysing relationships A. Correlational study B. Descriptive research
that are B. Quasi-Experimental research D. Experimental research
A. Specific C. causal 50. Quantitative research is important because it is reliable
B. hypothetical D) stable and_______
34. A quantitative research design that is equated with A. special B. objective C. bias D. descriptive
qualitative design is ___________.
A. True experimental C. semi experiment
B. Non- experimental D. quasi-experimental
35. Quantitative research designs are true for all
experimental designs except the aspect on _________.
A. Subject selection C. variable relationship
B. treatment application D. variable control