St.

Mary's College of Catbalogan

(Formerly Sacred Heart College)
Corner Mabini& Del Rosario St., Catbalogan City

UNIT TEST IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

Name: _________________________________ Grade & Section _________________ Score:________
Teacher: Mrs. Ma. Magdalena Afable-Bianes Date ___________________________

I. Identify what is being asked in each number. Write your answer after the statement.

1. It highlights numerical analysis of data hoping that the numbers yield unbiased results that can be
generalized to some larger population and explain a particular observation.
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2. It suggests that the data concerned can be analyzed in terms of numbers. _______________________

3. This kind of research derives conclusion from observations and manifestations that already occurred in
the past and now compared to some dependent variables. _______________________

4. It describes the norm level of characteristics for a given behavior. _________________

5. In this design, the researcher can collect more data, either by scheduling more observations or finding
more existing measures. ________________________

6. It is conducted by researchers whose aim would be to find out the direction, associations and/or
relationship between different variables or groups of respondents under study.
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7. It refers to the overall strategy that you choose in order to integrate the different components of the study
in a coherent and logical way, thereby ensuring you will effectively address the research problem.
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8. It controls for both time-related and group-related threats. Two features mark true experiments: two or
more differently treated groups; and random assignment to these groups.
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9. All variables in the study can contribute to the over-all prediction in an equation that adds together the
predictive power of each identified variable. _______________________

10. Its main purpose is to observe, describe and document aspects of a situation as it naturally occurs and
sometimes to serve as a starting point for hypothesis generation or theory development.
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II. Choose the correct letter that best describe the question or complete the statement. Write your answer
before the number.

1. Which of the following BEST defines quantitative research?

A. It is an exploration associated with libraries, books and journals.
B. It is an activity concerned with finding new truth in education.
C. It is a systematic process obtaining numerical information about the world.
D. It is an activity of producing or proving a theorem.

2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quantitative research?

A. Data are gathered before proposing a conclusion or solution to a problem.
B. Quantitative methods can be repeated to verify findings in another setting, thus strengthen and
reinforcing validity of findings eliminating the possibility of spurious conclusions.
C. Figures, tables or graphs showcase summarized data collection in order to show trends,
relationships or differences among variables. In sum, the charts and tables allow you to see the
evidence collected.
 D. It seeks to gather a more comprehensive understanding of activities related to human behavior
and the attributes that rule such behavior.

3. Which of the following describes the characteristics of research where data are in form of statistics?
A. Objective
B. Numerical Data
C. Replication
D. Large Sample Size

4. This characteristic of quantitative research which refers to its necessity to arrive at a more reliable data
analysis.
A. Large Sample Sizes
B. Numerical Data
C. Replication
D. Objective

5. It is done to check the correctness and verify the findings of the study.
A. Large Sample Sizes
B. Numerical Data
C. Replication
D. Objective

6. The researchers know in advance what they are looking for. The research questions are well-defined for
which objective answers are sought. All aspects of the study are carefully designed before data are
gathered.
A. Future Outcomes
B. Clearly defined Research Questions
C. Structured Research Instruments
D. Numerical Data

7. Which research design seeks to describe “what is”?

A. Correlational
B. Experimental
C. Descriptive
D. Evaluation

8. In this type of research, the investigator tries to probe the significance of relationship between two or
more factors or characteristics
A. Correlational
B. Ex-post facto
C. Experimental
D. Survey

9. Which of the item below does NOT hold true for descriptive research?
A. describes the nature of a situation or an event
B. presents the profile of persons, events, and things
C. describes past situations
D. there is no manipulation of variables or search for cause and effect related to the performance
10. Which of the following illustrates a quantitative study?
A. attributes to malnutrition in children
B. public opinion to the sex scandal of the Pres. in our country
C. academic performance of high school students
D. all of the above choices
III. Determine if the description given below is a strength or weakness of a quantitative research. Write your
answer on the blank provided for.

1. The most reliable and valid way of concluding results, giving way to a new hypothesis or to disproving
it. ___________________________

2. Since, there are more respondents compared to qualitative research, the expenses will be greater in
reaching out to these people and in reproducing questionnaires. _______________________
 3. If not done seriously and correctly, data from questionnaires may be incomplete and inaccurate.
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4. Standardized approaches allow the study to be replicated in different areas or over time with formulation
of comparable findings. _______________________________

5. Quantitative experiments are useful for testing the results gained by a series of qualitative experiments,
leading to a final answer, and narrowing down of possible directions to follow.
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6. It is assumed that the larger the sample is, the more statistically accurate the findings are.
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7. Researchers must be on the look-out on respondents who are just guessing in answering the instrument.
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8. It does not consider the distinct capacity of the respondents to share and elaborate further information
unlike the qualitative research. __________________________

9. It is real and unbiased. _____________________

10. It is costly. ______________________

IV. Match item in COLUMN A with those of COLUMN B by placing the letter of the correct answers in
the space provided in column A from among the choices I column B.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. the posttest of the treated groups is
compared with that of an untreated A. Normative
group B. Survey
2. a test of children in school is used to C. Census
assess the effectiveness of teaching or D. Evaluative
the deployment of a curriculum E. Comparative
3. useful when the objective of the study F. Ex-post facto
is to see general picture of the G. Descriptive
population under investigation in terms H. Correlational
of their social and economic I. Bivariate Correlational
characteristics, opinions, and their J. Prediction
knowledge about the behavior towards K. Multiple Regression
a certain phenomenon L. Pre-Experimental
4. conducting a research on the study M. Quasi Experimental
habits of the high school students you N. True Experimental
are to use the range of score to describe
the level of their study habits
5. discusses why and how a phenomenon
occurs
6. the researcher can collect more data,
either by scheduling more observations
or finding more existing measures
7. uses correlation coefficient to show
how one variable (the predictor
variable) predicts another (the criterion
variable)
8. employs both treated and control
groups to deal with time-related rival
explanations
9. it obtains score from two variables for
each subject, and then uses them to
calculate a correlation coefficient
10. term that seems synonymous to survey
research
V. Put a tick (/) if it describes the characteristics of a Quantitative Research and just leave the item blank if it is
not.

1. Data is in the form of words, pictures or objects.

2. The data is usually gathered using structured research instruments.
3. It is not based upon numerical measurements and does not use numbers
and statistical methods as key research indicators and tools.
4. It tends to be associated with small-scale studies and a holistic
perspective, often studying a single occurrence or small number of
occurrences/case studies in great depth.
5. The research study can usually be replicated or repeated, given its high
reliability.
6. Data are in the form of numbers and statistics, often arranged in tables,
charts, figures, or other non-textual forms.
7. Emphasis is on discovery rather than proof.
8. The results are based on larger sample sizes that are representative of the
population.
9. It tends to be associated with emergent research design, using a wide
range of approaches
10. Researcher has a clearly defined research question to which objective
answers are sought.

VI. Essay
Answer the following question. This is worth 10 points. Your essay will be rated based on the
following rubrics:
3 points- Organization-content is well organized and easy to read
3 points- Accuracy- all information provided is accurate
2 points- completeness- the answer is complete
2 points- conventions- no major grammatical or spelling errors

Why is it important to conduct quantitative research?

God bless!

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