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Diagnostic Test (Practical Research 1)

This document contains a 15-item multiple choice diagnostic test on research fundamentals. The questions cover topics such as the purpose of introduction and conclusion sections, types of qualitative research questions, sources of research problems, types of data used in qualitative versus quantitative research, research methods like ethnography and grounded theory, characteristics of good research, gathering and analyzing qualitative versus quantitative data, examples of scientific dishonesty like plagiarism, primary sources of information, requirements for a research problem to be attainable, and options for presenting data like tables and graphs. The test is scored out of 15 and includes the student's name, date, and other details.

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Diagnostic Test (Practical Research 1)

This document contains a 15-item multiple choice diagnostic test on research fundamentals. The questions cover topics such as the purpose of introduction and conclusion sections, types of qualitative research questions, sources of research problems, types of data used in qualitative versus quantitative research, research methods like ethnography and grounded theory, characteristics of good research, gathering and analyzing qualitative versus quantitative data, examples of scientific dishonesty like plagiarism, primary sources of information, requirements for a research problem to be attainable, and options for presenting data like tables and graphs. The test is scored out of 15 and includes the student's name, date, and other details.

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DIAGNOSTIC TEST

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1
Name: __________________________ Date: ___________________
Grade & Section: __________________ Score: __________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Read each item very carefully and choose the best answer in each question.
Write your answers on the space provided.
_____ 1. What is the purpose of the introduction section in a research paper?
a. An outline of the procedure, sample and materials used.
b. The raw data from an investigation.
c. The rationale behind an investigation.
d. The main conclusions of an investigation.
_____ 2. Which of the following is NOT a type of qualitative research question?
a. understanding and interpretations
b. language practice
c. influencing factors
d. practices
_____ 3. Which of the following is a good source of research problems?
a. friends
b. politicians
c. family members
d. real life experiences
_____ 4. What type of data is used in qualitative research?
a. numbers
b. words
c. percentages
d. statistics
_____ 5. Annie wants to find out about the lived experiences of OFWs. What type of
research should she do?
a. ethnography
b. narrative research
c. grounded theory
d. phenomenology
_____ 6. This refers to an organized way of finding new ideas from existing knowledge
with the help of useful tools.
a. science
b. methods
c. research
d. literature
_____ 7. Which of the following characteristics of a qualitative research allows a
researcher to approach or plan his study in varied ways?
a. multi research approaches and methods
b. diversified data in real-life situations
c. specificity to generalization
d. internal analysis
_____ 8. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good research?
a. It must be reliable.
b. It must be logical.
c. It must be realistic.
d. It must be vague.
_____ 9. Which of the following refers to the analysis and interpretation of raw
numerical data gathered?
a. Quantitative Research
b. Qualitative Research
c. Basic Research
d. Pure Research
_____ 10. Which of the following is NOT an example of gathering qualitative data?
a. Scheduling an interview with an expert meteorologist.
b. Asking random people to fill out a survey.
c. Putting up an online questionnaire for the parents.
d. Tallying and analyzing tabular results of the data.
_____ 11. Two students submitted a computer program containing over 70% of
the same code. The similarity was detected by the MOSS (Measure of Software
Similarity) system, a free service to the educational community provided by U.C.
Berkeley.
Which of the following areas of scientific dishonesty is being described above?
a. Fabrication and falsification of data.
b. Non-publication of data.
c. Faulty data gathering procedures.
d. Plagiarism.
_____ 12. Which of the following can be a primary source of information?
a. news
b. journals
c. reviews
d. textbooks
_____ 13. The research problem is attainable when _____.
a. It is specifically stated.
b. It is quantifiable or observable.
c. It is easy to achieve.
d. It is possible for the researchers to perform the experimentations or observations
needed.
_____ 14. Which of the following is NOT a good option to present your data?
a. Text
b. Table
c. Graph
d. Pictures
_____ 15. Which of the following negates the existence of a characteristic or a
difference in effect of the variables?
a. Alternative hypothesis
b. Scientific hypothesis
c. Null hypothesis
d. Statistical hypothesis

Prepared by: Miss Keysha Ann Tano Catubig

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