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FERMELDY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FINAL EXAMINATION IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1
Directions: Read carefully each of the following questions/statements and write the letter of
the correct answer in your answer sheet.
1. When a researcher aims to investigate the life and experiences of an alcoholic, a drug dependent
or a successful entrepreneur, which will s/he most likely to choose as a qualitative research design?
a. Biographical/Autobiographical
b. Case Study
c. Phenomenology
d. Ethnography
2. If a researcher aims to investigate the lived experiences of a political detainee or an illegal
immigrant, as well as the significant remarks of the research participant, which will s/he most likely
choose?
a. discourse analysis
b. phenomenology
c. case study
d. historical study
3. When a researcher aims to focus on the inner world of the research participants such as disaster
victims, as related to text which are examined carefully, which will s/he most likely use?
a. Biographical/Autobiographical
b. Case Study
c. Phenomenology
d. Grounded Theory
4. In which qualitative research design are the choice and use of words, as well as the relations of
words sources of meaning are the main focus?
a. discourse analysis
b. Case Study
c. Phenomenology
d. Grounded Theory
5. If a researcher would like to study the way of life of the Mangyans, their folkways and mores, s/he
will most likely use:_________________.
a. Biographical/Autobiographical
b. Case Study
c. Ethnography
d. Grounded Theory
6. Which of these is not a likely topic of interest in qualitative research?
a. human situations
b. social phenomena
c. groups of people and their cultural heritage
d. scientific findings and discoveries
7. A weakness of qualitative research can take the form of
I. Subjectivity
II. Tediousness
III. Time Constraints
a. I
b. II
c. II and III
d. I and III
8. Qualitative Research offers a several ways to understand
a. I only
b. I and II
I. Social or Economic Phenomena
II. Political or Psychological Phenomena
III. Human Conditions
IV. Human Behavior
c. I, II and III only
d. I, II, III and IV
9. Which field uses qualitative research to a great extent?
a. Arts and Humanities
b. Social Sciences
c. Behavioral Sciences
d. Natural Sciences
10. What qualitative research design studies a person, program or event in a defined time frame?
a. Ethnography
b. Case Study
c. Content Analysis
d. Grounded Theory
11. Macmillan (1993) defines this type of research as interactive and which requires relatively
extensive time in a site to systematically observe, interview and record processes as they occur
naturally at the selected location.
a. Ethnography
b. Case Study
c. Content Analysis
d. Grounded Theory
12. Cresswell (1998) points out that the essence of this study is the search for the central underlying
meaning of research participant's experience.
a. Ethnography
b. Phenomenological Study
c. Content Analysis
d. Grounded Theory
13. In which study does attempt to extract a general abstract theory of a process, or interaction
grounded in views of research participants and constantly compared with emerging categories and
theoretical sampling of different groups is done?
a. Ethnography
b. Case Study
c. Phenomenological Study
d. Grounded Theory
14. This research design calls for a detailed and systematic examination of the contents of a
particular body of materials for the purpose of identifying patterns, themes or biases?
a. Content Analysis
b. Case Study
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c. Phenomenological Study
d. Grounded Theory
15. What series involve Grounded Theory?
a. theories
b. books
c. designs
d. instructions
16. Which type of non-probability samples includes people-in-the-street interviews, and where the
sampling of people to which the researcher has easy access such as a class of students and studies
that use people who have volunteered to be questioned as a result of an advertisement?
a. quota sampling
b. convenience sampling
c. judgmental sampling
d. snowball sampling
17. In a non-random sampling technique, the researcher uses____________ sampling when they
include people that are available as they easily recruited.
a. quota
b. purposive
c. convenience
d. cluster
18. In this probability sampling method, chance and system are the ones to determine who should
compose the sample. An example of this would be determining the average income earned by
vendors in a city.
a. stratified random sampling
b. simple random sampling
c. systematic sampling
d. cluster sampling
19. It is considered as the best type of probability sampling through which you can choose sample
from a population and using a pure-chance selection to be in the sample.
a. stratified random sampling
b. simple random sampling
c. Systematic sampling
d. cluster sampling
20. If a researcher works at cafeteria and observes the waiters, this is an example of:
a. observation
b. interview
c. focus group
d. document review
21. Qualitative research design involves looking at what specific data?
a. numerical data
b. Non-numerical data
d. statistical data
c. categorical group
22. Document reviews as a method of data collection can make use of the following:
a. written report
b. oral presentations
c. minutes of meetings
d. all of the above
23. Which of the following data collection techniques is seldom used in qualitative research?
a. interviews
b. questionnaire
c. observation
d. focus group
24. In this procedure, the research analyst reads the data, and marks segments with the data where
each data is labeled with a "code".
a. coding
b. Recursive Abstraction
c. Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
d. content analysis
25. What is the correct sequence of generating data analysis?
I. Organize and prepare the data analysis
II. Read through all data
III. begin detailed analysis with coding
IV. Use the coding process
a. I,II,III,IV
b. II,IV,III, I
c. II, III,IV,I
d. IV, I, II, III
26. If a researcher, employs restorying the participants' stories using structural elements such as plot,
setting, activities, and denouement. What Research writing is appropriate to use?
a. position paper
b. research report
c. narrative research
d. article critique
27. It make take the form of photographs, art objects, videotapes, or any forms of sound.
a. Audio and Visual Materials
b.Books
c. Documents
d. Observational Evaluation
28. Which among these topics can lend itself to observation technique?
a. K-12 Goals, Theories, and Methodologies
b. Historical Development of Cell Phones
c. Play ground bullying
d. Human Respiratory System
29. In research, what data gathering technique makes you verbally ask the subjects or respondents
questions to give answers to what your research study is trying to look for?
a. observation
b. interview
c. focus group
d. questionnaire
30. A researcher needs 6 to 8 persons to gather necessary information where critical issues or
sensitive ones can be more freely discussed with a group. What appropriate data collection method
will s/he probably use?
a. participant observation
b. focus group Interview
c. biography/autobiography
d. observational evaluation
31. In what method the researcher immerse himself in the natural setting of the research participant?
a. participant observation
b. focus group Interview
c. biography/autobiography
d. observational evaluation
c.
32. What method is appropriately employed for instance, things happening in a classroom, court trial,
street trafficking, and the like come directly to your senses?
a. direct observation
b. indirect observation
c. participant observation
d. non-participant observation
33. Which among the following methods is called "behavior archaeology" because you observe traces
if past events to get information or measure behavior, trait, or quality of your subject?
a. direct observation
b. indirect observation
c. participant observation
d. non-participant observation
34. What method takes part in the activities of the individual where their involvement enables them to
obtain firsthand knowledge?
a. direct observation
b. indirect observation
c. participant observation
d. non-participant observation
35. This is an interview that requires the use of an interview schedule or a list of questions
answerable with one and only item from a set of alternative responses.
a. structured interview
b. unstructured interview
c. semi-structured interview
d. focus group interview
36. When a researcher aims to collect data from the existing annual reports, proceedings of
seminars, statistical data, bulletins, newspapers, manuscripts brochures and etc. Which s/he will most
likely to use?
a. audio-visual and materials
b. focus group interview
c. document review
d. participant observation
37. When a research has no research design. it also means no
a. motivation
b. title
c. direction
d. data
38. What form of analysis is a pattern recognition within the data which provides a simple
interpretation and concise description of themes and patterns in the data set?
a. Thematic Analysis
b. Content Analysis
c. Discourse Analysis
d. Course Analysis
39. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
a. content analysis is concerned with frequencies while thematic analysis is concerned with
inferences and explanations.
b. both content analysis and thematic analysis are concerned with themes and patterns
c. content analysis is used for both qualitative and quantitative research
d. thematic analysis is easier to use than content analysis.
40. Which one of the following reminders in writing the section on relating the research findings to
pertinent literature is NOT included on the choices below?
a. Does your school provide a particular research format to follow?
b. Is there a separate chapter or section for this?
c. Are there specific guidelines to follow in writing this section?
d. Should you link directly each of your findings to other literature which are already done?
41.The opportunity to discuss the contribution of the findings of your study to the body of existing
literature and knowledge and to explain why you thought it necessary to embark on the research
considers the discussion of __________________.
a. research questions
b. research findings
c. references
d. data analysis
42. Which among the following is NOT a characteristic of conclusions?
a. conclusions are inferences, deductions, abstractions, implications, interpretation and
general statement or generalization based upon the findings.
b. conclusion should be formulated concisely that is, brief and short, yet they convey all the
necessary information resulting from the investigation.
c. conclusions should point out what were factually learned from inquiry.
d. conclusions are assumptions of what were the result of the study.
43. One important feature of doing a research is placing or relating the findings of research not only in
relation to research questions but also in the context of existing_______________.
a. motivation
b. performance
c. knowledge
d. experience
44. The following involves a well-written conclusions that provide an important opportunities to
demonstrate better understanding of the research problem, which of the following is not an
importance of a good conclusion?
a. summarizing your thoughts and conveying the larger significance of the study.
b. presenting the last word on the issues you raised in your partner.
c. demonstrating the importance of your ideas
d. introducing unexpected ways of thinking about the research problem.
45. In research, why is it necessary to write a recommendation?
a. to look for insightful comments and suggestions
b. to be engaged in the understanding of findings
c. to gain knowledge from the experience
d. all of the above
46. In one of the items below, it illustrates how recommendation in a research report should be state:
"Increase enrollment through marketing campaign". This illustrates a recommendation that is
a. specifically stated
b. measurable
c. time-bound
d. result-oriented
47. The following characteristics need to be considered in writing recommendations, except one
a. brief
b. clear
c. precise
d. Ambiguous
48.Which among the following referencing is appropriately important?
a. adds authority to your work by using evidence from previous research.
b. demonstrates reading and understanding or relevant literature
c. ensures that you can observe ethics by giving credit to the original
d. all of the above
49. The following are the rules in listing referencing, except one
a. Authors' names are indented or last name first.
b. From left to right. That is hanging indention
c. All lines after the first line of each entry of your reference list should be indented one half
inch from the left margin.
d. none of these
50. This referencing style is based on the Harvard Library system of referencing which is adopted
many other natural and social sciences for example, economics, education, and nursing.
a. APA (American Psychological Association)
b. MLA ( Modern Language Association)
c. Harvard
d. Vancouver
God Bless!!!
Prepared by:
MARICEL G. DIAPANA
Teacher II
Checked by:
JUNAPOLI A. TUMOLVA
Principal I