Activity 1

Taking into consideration your experiences from your previous research subjects, decide whether each
sentence must be a criterion in choosing a good research problem. Write YES if the statement can be
considered as a criterion and NO if otherwise.
A research topic should…
1. be original.
2. be ambiguous.
3. fill in a research gap.
4. be costly and ambitious.
5. be general and not specific.
6. arouse intellectual curiosity.
7. be within the researcher’s interest.
8. make use of ineffective research instrument.
9. be completed beyond the given period of time.
10. be insignificant to the field of study or discipline.

Activity 2
Identify the basic parts of a research paper described in each statement.

This part…
1. serves as the plan or the blueprint of the study.
2. includes definitions of words operationally used in the study.
3. serves as an overview of the research topic under investigation.
4. sets the parameters of the study which narrow down the scope of inquiry.
5. states the concrete terms that a researcher expects to happen in the study.
6. cites the benefits certain groups of persons will get from the outcome of the
study.
7. clearly expresses the specific direction or focus of the research problem or
inquiry.
8. elaborates the origin of the research problem which led to the conduct of the
study.
9. covers the general statement of the problem as well as the specific research
questions to be answered in the study.
 10. gives the concepts to be covered in the study as well as its boundaries in
terms of the respondents/participants, sampling technique, locale and the research
methods to be use

Activity 3
Answer each question in three or more sentences(10 points each).

1. Why do we have to write the background of the study?

2. Why should we include the list of defined terms in our study?

3. Why do we have to set the limitations in our study?

Activity 4
Using the clues given below, arrange the scrambled letters to form a word associated with literature
review.
A U C A C Y R C 1. The reliability and correctness of information.
C Y C U N R E R 2. The state of being commonly known or accepted.
A I R U H T O Y 3. The qualifications of the author to write on the topic.
R E E E L N V C A 4. The degree to which the information is useful or related to another.
S T H E Y N I S S 5. Putting together materials from different sources into an integrated whole.
C L I I Y T I D E R B 6. The extent to which a research account is believable and appropriate.
L K I N E G A 7. Forming of connections between the prior and the existing body of knowledge.
G P A 8. A topic or area for which missing or insufficient information limits the ability to reach a
conclusion for a question.
O C J I V I Y T E B T 9. The fact of being based on facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or
feelings.
C A V O R E E G 10. The extent to which literature meets the needs and depth of the research topic.

Activity 5
Recall the moment when you were about to choose your strand for senior high school. Share the things
you considered in your decision-making process. Make your story meaningful and interesting by taking
us into the exact moment you knew you have made up your mind. Write your answers in three to ten
sentences. (10 points)

Activity 6
Using the puzzle, find out the answer on each item. Encircle the letter in the box and write it as well in the
space provided.
1. This pertains to the reliability and correctness of information used by the researcher.
2. It refers to the facts that are applied by the researcher that are not influenced by
personal beliefs or feelings.
 3. This is the extent of a reference material used by the researcher which meet the needs
and depth of the research topic.
4. It is the degree to which the information gathered by the researcher is useful or related
to one another.
5. This refers to the process of putting together all the materials from different sources
into an integrated whole.

Activity 7
Write T if the statement is True and F if otherwise. Write your answers on the space
provided.
1. Synthesis is a combination of different ideas to form a new whole.
2. A synthesis of a research paper is about concisely summarizing and linking different
sources to get the idea of the literature review.
3. Synthesizing the collection of sources gathered in the research paper is not essential in
conducting research.
4. Synthesis and analysis usually go together when you are synthesizing your Review of
Related Literature.
5. Synthesis determines the question, “Which sources overlap or share the same
opinion/findings?”
6. A synthesis answers the question, “Have the researcher found any common traits or
themes in the research literature?”
7. Synthesizing Review of Related Literature should not just tell us what the research
tells us but should also identify what the research does not tell us.
8. Synthesis draws conclusion about the findings in the literature so that you can identify
how the literature addresses your research question.
9. In the process of synthesizing the literature review of the researcher, “the new whole”
are the findings that the researcher gathered and read.
10.The conclusion that the researcher draw from the gathered findings of the researcher is
called the “new whole”.

Activity 8
Identify whether the following statements are primary data or secondary data. On the space provided,
write SD or PD for your answers.
1. An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, or other source of information created at the time of study is a
________________________________.
2. A training record is a _________________________.
3. A map produced in 2016 showing what land European countries controlled in the world in the 18th
century would be considered a ________________________.
4. A professional journal discussing the impact of rust on metal would be an example of a
__________________________.
5. A source created about an event or time-period by someone who was there is a
_______________________.
Activity 9
Read each statement carefully. Encircle the letter of the best answer.
1. Which one is a strength of using questionnaires in the data gathering?
a. cheap and easy way to collect data b. interviewer effect
c. low response rate d. unethical
2. Which one is a weakness of questionnaires in the data gathering?
a. cheap b. demand characteristics
c. interviewer effect d. low response rate
3. Which one is a strength of observations in the data gathering?
a. cheap and easy way to collect data b. first hand data, which is rich in validity
c. quick d. representative
4. What is quantitative data?
a. A study of an individual or group over a long period of time
b. A small scale study done prior to the actual study
c. Data collected the written or descriptive form
d. Data collected in the numeric form
5. Which of the following is a type of secondary data?
a. interview b. official statistics
c. observation d. questionnaire