Summative Exam

It is the process of acquiring new knowledge or improving existing knowledge.

• Inquiry
• Research
• Study
• Investigation

What are the three perspective that can be used to classify research?

• philosophies, validity and unbiased
• controlled, systematic and empirical
• rigorous, valid and critical
• application, objectives and enquiry mode used

What research is academic in nature and is undertaken in order to gain knowledge about phenomena that may or may not have applications in the near future

• pure research
• applied research
• descriptive research
• correlational research

What research refers to scientific study that seeks to solve practical problems?

• pure research
• applied research
• descriptive research
• correlational research

What study attempts to describe systematically a situation, problem, phenomenon, service or program, or provide information about the living conditions of a community or describe attitudes towards an issue?

• pure research
• applied research
• descriptive research
• correlational research

What type of research that has the main emphasis to discover or establish the existence of a relationship or association or interdependence between two or more variables or more aspects of a situation?

• pure research
• applied research
• descriptive research
• correlational research

What type of research that quantifies the variation and diversity in a phenomenon, situation or attitude?

• exploratory research
• explanatory research
• quantitative research
• qualitative research

What type of research undertaken with the objective either to explore an area where little is known or to investigate the possibilities of undertaking a particular research study?

• exploratory research
• explanatory research
• quantitative research
• qualitative research

What type of research that describes the variation and diversity in a phenomenon, situation or attitude with a flexible approach so as to identify as much variation and diversity as possible?

• exploratory research
• explanatory research
• quantitative research
• qualitative research

What type of research that attempts to clarify why and how there is a relationship between two aspects of a situation or phenomenon?

• exploratory research
• explanatory research
• quantitative research
• qualitative research