4th Quarter Exam - Practical Research 1
4th Quarter Exam - Practical Research 1
NAME___________________________________________________ SCORE_____________
SECTION _________________________ DATE _____________
Multiple Choice. Write in CAPITAL letter your answer to the following test items. Put your answer on the blank
before the item number.
_____ 1. This is an overview of what has been written about _____ 9. What research design is ideal for this kind of
a specific topic: qualitative research?
A. Literature review C. References A. Case Study C. Grounded Theory
B. Review D. Synthesis B. Discourse Analysis D. Phenomenology
_____ 2. Which of the following is not a purpose of literature _____ 10. What sampling design must researcher Rochelle
review in qualitative research? adopt to obtain the ideal participants for her study?
A. To expand, prove or disprove the findings of previous A. Probabilistic B. Non-probabilistic C. Either D. Neither
research studies
_____ 11. What specific type of sampling must be employed
B. To increase the understanding of the underlying
in the same study given the plan?
theories, principles or concepts of the research
A. Critical Case C. Homogeneous
C. To predict the future outcomes or situation of the world
B. Deviant Case D. Stratified purposeful
D. None of the above
_____ 12. Given the plan for data collection, what is the ideal
_____ 3. The reason why literature review in qualitative
data collection method for this study?
research is conducted after the data have been collected and
A. Discourse analysis C. Interview
analyzed is to
B. Focus Group Discussion D. Observation
A. avoid leading the participants in the direction of what
has already been discovered _____ 13. Researcher Greg puts premium on selecting his
B. provide background of what is known before data prospective qualitative study informants based on their
analysis availability at times he so desires to conduct sampling. He must
C. serve as basis for formulating specific problems be employing what type of sampling method?
D. all of the above A. Convenience B. Probabilistic C. Purposive D. A and C only
______ 4. Literature review in qualitative research is always _____ 14. Which of the following groups of people would not
traditional. The specific review method that focuses on theories qualify as participants in a phenomenological study?
or hypotheses and that which examines meanings and results A. Victims of Martial Law in 1972-1981
of their application to situations is called B. ‘comfort women’ (women who were repeatedly
A. Critical B. Conceptual C. Expert D. Scoping sexually abused) during World War II
C. Survivors of the 2016 earthquake in Bohol, Philippines
______ 5. When Researcher Trina uses a completed study that D. Success stories of living entrepreneurs without any
she found in a peer-reviewed journal, then this related study she formal business education
found is considered to be coming from what source?
A. Primary C. Tertiary For items number 15-17, read the selection below and answer
B. Secondary D. cannot be determined the questions that follow:
______ 6. Researcher Renato style in writing RRL is to put in Researcher Florence is interested in conducting a study among
parenthesis the author and the year of publication. This in-text Aeta expectant (pregnant) mothers who are beneficiaries of the
citation is called government’s 4P’s program to determine if they are as
A. Integral B. Non-integral C. either D. Neither compliant in seeking maternal check-ups with obstetricians-
gynecologists (specialists in pregnancy and child birth) like
______ 7. This is that part of the qualitative research process
those of their non-indigenous counterparts in the lowlands
where the researcher sets aside his own biases and personal
despite the distance they have to travel from the mountains of
views on a topic
Zambales.
A. Bracketing B. Journaling C. Member check D. Memoing
_____ 15. The ideal research design for this would be:
_____ 8. Dr. Liza Daoanis conducted a qualitative study
A. Case study C. Grounded theory
among Kankanaeys of Benguet to understand how they have
B. Ethnography D. Narratology
resisted change throughout the years that resulted in the
preservation of their cultural traditions and beliefs. Her study _____ 16. What sampling design is ideal for this situation?
must have employed what research design? A. Critical Case C. Homogeneous
A. Case study C. Narratology B. Deviant Case D. Stratified purposeful
B. Ethnography D. Phenomenology _____ 17. The answer in the previous problem falls under
what broad classification of sampling?
For items number 9-12, read the following case below and then A. Convenience C. Purposive
answer the questions that follow: B. Probabilistic D. Scientific
Researcher Rochelle decided to recruit as her qualitative study
informants residents of Marawi City because her study is about _____ 18. For Florence to be able to ethically research among
exploring the lived experiences of people displaced by war. She the Aetas, this will be the first critical thing that she must secure:
justifies that such displacement experience will give insights as A. Consent to participate from the indigenous people
to how difficult it is to be living in an evacuation center for an B. Permission to research among Aetas from the National
indefinite period of time. He plans to gather data from them in Commission on Indigenous Peoples
groups rather than individually. C. Both
D. Neither
_____19. The reason why random sampling is not employed in A. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) C. Observation
qualitative research is because: B. Interview D. Researcher
A. The purpose is not to generalize findings
_____ 38. Qualitative data analysis (QDA) as opposed to
B. The results are to be extrapolated to the population
quantitative data analysis, involves the following, except:
C. Both
A. Identification of patterns and themes in textual data
D. Neither
B. Examination of patterns and themes in textual data
____ 20. The Goldilocks principle in sampling suggests that the C. interpretation of patterns and themes in textual data
sample size must be D. none of the above
A. adequate B. excessive C. insufficient D. none of these
_____ 39. The first process of QDA involves writing down
____ 21. If students with average intelligence comprises the impressions for the purpose of:
majority of the population of learners, then what sampling A. assessing data quality before analyzing collected data
method must be employed if these are the target informants of B. minimizing bias
a study? C. both A and B
A. Critical case B. Extreme case C. Intensity D. Typical case D. neither A nor B
_____ 22. Given that average students comprise the norm, what _____ 40. As researcher Trina started to analyze her qualitative
sampling method is ideal when Researcher Walter would get data, she came up with her own set of codes for key points as
students who are either just above average or below average as they become apparent from the data she transcribed. These
samples for his qualitative study? codes are classified as:
A. Critical case B. Extreme case C. Intensity D. Typical case A. Emergent B. Predefined C. Both D. Neither
_____ 23. Given that average students comprise the norm, what _____ 41. Researcher Carlo changed a code for a response
sampling method is ideal when Researcher Elena would recruit from the informants to reconcile discrepancies in responses
students who are geniuses or those who are classified as upon realizing that the informants could have not known the
severely mentally retarded as samples for his qualitative study answer to the next question because they were absent on the
on learning abilities? day they could have been made aware. What do you call this
A. Critical case B. Extreme case C. Intensity D. Typical case method of cleaning the data?
A. Eye-balling B. Logic check C. Spot check D. None of these
_____ 24. Observation as a method for data collection requires
the use of the following senses among others, except _____ 42. This is the level of data interpretation in qualitative
A. audition B. balance C. olfaction D. none of these research when the causes or factors that may have influenced
the results are described.
_____ 25. This is the greatest concern during an overt
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
participant observation
A. Goldilocks affect B. Halo effect C. Hawthorne effect D. all of these _____ 43. As researcher Drew starts to interpret his findings, he
For items number 26 - 30, identify whether the following items found similarities of the patterns of events in the narrative
are sampling methods or describing a sampling method that is accounts of his participants with a theory. Finding the
A. Probabilistic B. Purposive applicability of the theory to the situation of some of his
participants is under what level of data interpretation?
_____ 26. Simple random sampling A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
_____ 27. Stratified purposeful _____ 44. This is an act of claiming or using someone else’s
_____ 28. Requires computing for ideal sample size written work without due permission or acknowledgment from its
author.
_____ 29. Prone to bias A. Bibliography B. Citation C. Plagiarism D. Referencing
_____ 30. Aims to extrapolate findings to the population _____ 45. That part of the last chapter of the research paper
where the findings are intentionally written in such a way that
_____ 31. Credibility, as an indicator quality in qualitative even one who is not learned in technical research writing can
research, is also known as: understand.
A. Trustworthiness B. Verifiability C. Both D. Neither A. Conclusion B. Findings C. Recommendation D. Summary
_____ 32. Whether findings of a qualitative research is _____ 46. These are the inferences that summarize the findings
transferable or not is determined by the: as the answer to what the central phenomenon is about.
A. Informant B. Reader C. Researcher D. All of the above A. Conclusion B. Findings C. Recommendation D. Summary
_____ 33. Triangulation implies that in order to obtain the _____ 47. This section enumerates what should be done to
desired data and assure quality, the qualitative research must improve a policy or an existing practice.
use more than two A. Conclusion B. Findings C. Recommendation D. Summary
A. Data collection tools C. Sampling methods
B. Researchers D. All of the above _____ 48. This is a brief description of the overall research, how
it was done, what the results are and their implications.
_____ 34. A researcher’s reflexivity is not assured by: A. Abstract B. Conclusion C. Research Report D. Summary
A. Audit trail B Bracketing C. Memoing D. none of these
_____ 49. This is the last activity of the research process
_____ 35. Objectivity is to quantitative research as __________ A. Disseminating the results C. Writing the bibliography
is to qualitative research B. Implementing the recommendations D. all of these
A. Engagement B. Reflexivity C. both A & B D. neither A nor B _____ 50. The answer to the previous question may be done by
_____ 36. An audit trail is necessary to assure what aspect of A. Reporting the findings in a symposium
qualitative research quality? B. Presenting the findings to concerned authorities for
A. Confirmability B. Credibility C. Dependability D. A & C only action
C. Both
_____ 37. This is considered the best instrument in qualitative D. Neither
research
Answer Key FOR PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. A
14. D
15. D
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. A
20. A
21. D
22. C
23. B
24. D
25. C
26. A
27. B
28. A
29. B
30. A
31. C
32. B
33. D
34. D
35. C
36. D
37. D
38. D
39. A
40. A
41. B
42. B
43. D
44. C
45. D
46. A
47. C
48. A
49. A
50. C