Quiz 1 Research Methodology

Question 1

Below is the objectives of doing research. Which one is not TRUE

• To determine patern

• To test frequencies

• To test hypothesis

• To seek for the truth

Question 2

What is specific characteristics of empirical social research compared to common research?

• Need to apply certain techniques or tools

• Apply critical thinking

• Evident based

• All the above

Questions 3

What is the characteristics of qualitative research?

• Researcher has to use facts

• Concerned with generalization

• Evidence in the form of visual

• Evidence in the form of numbers

Data can be collected using

• Self observation

• Secondary data for example financial data

• Online Survey

• All of the above

Questions 5

Source for qualitative data is

• Financial report

• Recorded voice or video

• Experiment

• Exam marks

Select THREE (3) five basic features that should be incorporated in any theoretical framework

• Variables

• Relationship Direction

• Theories involved

• Clear Explanation

Which of the following is NOT a step in the research process?

• design study

• collect data

• take a course in research

• inter prate data

Which of the following might be considered a type of periodical that a researcher might consider in a literature search?

• novels

• peer-reviewed scholarly journal

• Facebook page

• my personal blog

3) Dr. Marsh did an exploratory study on a topic that he thought was very interesting. He spent hours and hours collecting data and analyzing the data, but when he tried to interpret the data he didn’t get anywhere— nothing made sense. Which of the following steps in the research process do you think that Dr. Marsh skipped?

• informing others

• designing the study

• background research

• selecting a topic

Quantitative data collection techniques include all BUT the following

• historical comparative research

• experiments

• survey

• content analyses