Practical Research 2 Exam

What is the process of acquiring knowledge through a purposive, organized and designed program of activities?

• Hypothesis

• Inquiry

• Research

• Related Literature

Which of the following is a function of theory?

• Making predictions

• Explaining phenomena

• Integrating and summarizing current knowledge

• All of the above are important functions of theory

Which of the following best describes quantitative research?

• Research that is exploratory

• The collection of non-numerical data

• Research that attempts to generate a new theory

• An attempt to confirm the researcher's hypothesis

Which of the following research designs is illustrated when a group of respondents are randomly selected to undergo a particular research-imposed treatment to determine the effect of such treatment?

• Correlation research design

• Descriptive research design

• Experimental research design

• Historical research design

What methods of collecting data that obtains information through an oral exchange of questions and answers by the researcher and the respondents?

• Document method

• Observation method

• Interview method

• Questionnaire method

What research instruments consists of a series of questions (or the other types of prompts) for the purpose of gathering information from respondents?

• Bar graph

• Documents and records

• Interview

• Questionnaire

What is sample size?

• The result of sampling bias.

• It is the number of elements in the sample set.

• Subset of population chosen to participate in the study.

• Tentative theory regarding the topic under investigation.

What do you call to the process of selecting samples from a target population?

• Cluster sampling

• Sampling error

• Probability sampling

• Sampling technique

What symbol is used to represent the population?

• n

• p

• N

• P

Miss Generali is writing her daily observations of a student and writes, without interpretation, that the student is not completing the class work and is constantly speaking out of turn. Which of the following objective does she appear to be using?

• Description

• Explanation

• Prediction

• Exploration