NAME: ___________________________________________________ DATE: _________________

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INSTRUCTION: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. An investigator wishes to determine how much coverage current high school history texts give to the contributions of
Americans to our history. She should conduct:
A) historical research
B) case studies
C) content analysis
D) experimental research
2. The scientific way of answering question and testing hypothesis
A) Research
B) Approach
C) Hypothesis
D) Topic
3. Mixed-method research refers to use of both:
A) Experimental and correlational methods
B) Quantitative and qualitative methods
C) Description and intervention
D) Group and single subject designs
4. Which of the following factors should not influence the decision when one is selecting a topic or problem for research?
A) Will solution of the problem advance knowledge in my field?
B) Will I be able to prove that my previously held beliefs are true?
C) Will the study lead to the development of other investigations?
D) Is the topic or problem amenable to research?

5. Which of the following statements can be checked by means of scientific inquiry?

A) All high schools should teach driver education.
B) Driver education is more important than drug abuse education.
C) Driver education is an ideal subject for all students to take.
D) The accident rate of driver education graduates is lower than the accident rate of those who have not had
driver education.
6. Statements or predictions that are tested by collecting and analyzing objective evidence are called:
A) assumptions
B) indicators
C) hypotheses
D) premises
7. Which of the following is likely to be of greatest value in formulating hypotheses for a scientific investigation?
A) A high level of emotional involvement in the research problem
B) A rigorous statistical design
C) Clear indication of the variables involved
D) A problem statement that is broad in scope
8. Qualitative research involves looking at ______data.
A) Many B) non- Numerical C) Numerical D) Few
9. Which one does phenomenological research try to understand?
A) A universal experience
B) Difference on how people experience things
C) Human differences
D) Data dispersion
10. Which of the following is not reliable source of information?
A) Books
B) Mass media communication
C) Work experience
D) Gossip issues
11. Quantitative research involves looking at ______data.
A) Many B) non- Numerical C) Numerical D) Few
12. An important criticism of positivism relates to________.
A) Validity of data B) meaning of life C) ethics D) spirituality
13. The process in qualitative research is seen as?
A) Too hard to study
B) Unfortunate complication
C) Impossible to clarify
D) Major of importance
14. Quantitative research is using what type of reasoning?
A) Deductive reasoning
B) Inductive reasoning
C) Memory reasoning
D) Long term reasoning
15. It is in the form of the authentic problems within the context of the curriculum and/or community.
A. Data
B. Participant
C. Inquiry
D. Evaluation
16. An approach of qualitative research, wherein human experience is the main focus?
A) Historical research
B) Grounded theory
C) Phenomenological research
D) Case study
17. In which approach to qualitative research do the researchers intend to generate a theory that is based on data
systematically gathered and analyzed?
A) Historical research
B) Grounded theory
C) Phenomenological research
D) Case study
18. Researchers study just one individual, classroom, school, or program in which approach to qualitative research?
A) Historical research
B) Grounded theory
C) Phenomenological research
D) Case study
19. Researchers who study various reactions to or perceptions of a particular phenomenon take which approach to
qualitative research?
A) Historical research
B) Grounded theory
C) Phenomenological research
D) Case study
20. The study of a single individual and his or her experiences as told to the researcher or found in documents and archival
material describes which approach to qualitative research?
A) Historical research
B) Grounded theory
C) Phenomenological research
D) Case study
21. Mixed-method designs
A) Triangulation
B) Combination of qualitative and quantitative research
C) Quantitative research
D) Qualitative research
22. Which of the following is not a qualitative research?
A) Preference for narrative description.
B) Preference for assuming that reliability of inferences is adequate
C) Assessment of validity through crosschecking sources of information (triangulation)
D) Much attention to assessing and improving reliability of scores obtained from instruments
23. Suppose that a researcher studies one gifted student in order to better understand how this student's school day
differs from that of more typical students. This type of study is certainly a(n)
A) Historical research
B) Content analysis
C) Phenomenological research
D) Case study

For No. 24-38. Based on the given topic below, classify what types of qualitative research accordingly.
A) Phenomenology
B) Content and discourse analysis
C) Grounded theory
D) Case study
E) Historical research
F) Ethnography
24. The lived experience of teenage mom PHENO
25. The new model of cancer treatment GROUNDED
26. The history of Sta. Monica Church Minalin HISTORICAL
27. The study of Aeta tribe ETHNO
28. The experience of juvenile drug users PHENO
29. K-12 curriculum and implementation CONTENT
30. The Marcos administration and martial law HISTORICAL
31. The study of first female transgender CASE
32. New theory of mood disorder GROUNDED
33. The experience of house husband PHENO
34. The study of abandoned elder in BAHAY PAG IBIG ETHNO
35. Group of student working in Jollibee ETHNO
36. The badjao tribe in the city ETHNO
37. Spaniards era in the Philippines HISTO
38. Experience of prostitute women PHENO
39. What is the main purpose of the research?
A) To learn how to work independently
B) To learn how to work scientifically or systematically
C) To aid the problem or to enhance the living in the community
D) To satisfy the researcher needs
40- 45
Give five (5) research topics related to your field
46-50.
What is the importance of research in your field?