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2 nd PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

General Directions: 1. Read each question carefully; 2. Shade the letter that corresponds to your answer; 3. Do not use
mobile phone while the test is going on; & 4. Strictly no erasures.

1. Which of the following you must think in designing a 7. This is a sampling method that makes you base your
research? selection of respondents on pure chance
A. Critically C. Skillfully A. Simple-random sampling
B. Literally D. Imaginatively B. Systematic sampling
2. Here, control is applied to one group to examine the C. Non-probability sampling
effects of all treatment and conditions to control D. Probability sampling
variables. 8. Erie is putting a sample together for a study. Her
A. Matched comparison group design. colleague, Desa, suggests she uses probability
B. Time-series quasi-experimental design. sampling. What type of sample is Desa suggesting
C. Counter-balanced quasi-experimental design. Eire use?
D. Single-subject quasi-experimental design. A. Random C. Non-random
3. Which of the following you are doing when you are B. Quotas D. Self-selection
preparing in your mind how to find answers to your 9. Erie is trying to put a sample together for her study.
research questions? Her colleague, Desa, suggests that Erie use
A. Deciding on your research topic. probability sampling to create a sample. Erie agrees
B. Controlling your emotions. and decides to use a simple random sample. Which
C. Designing your research. of the following methods could Erie use to ensure
D. Asking research questions. that she is creating a simple random sample?
4. When do you come to think of quantitative research A. Flipping a coin
design? B. Choosing every 30th name in a phone book
A. Before finalizing your mind on these aspects of C. Choosing people from different segments of
your research. society
B. After thinking of these aspects of your research. D. Looking at subjects' profiles and choosing the
C. As you formulate hypotheses about these parts. best participants
D. As you ponder on your research problem. 10. Which of the following would be the BEST population
5. What is the difference of Experimental and Non- to find a simple random sample?
experimental research design? A. Men who work in construction
A. Experimental design allows manipulate or control B. People who work in business
of some aspects of the research while non- C. Women who work internationally
experimental design shuns controlling variable. D. People who work locally
B. Non-experimental design bases its research (For nos. 11-13: Choose the appropriate sampling
methods on specific activity while Experimental technique for each given situation.)
design is capable of giving qualitative and 11. Putting all the names of population members in a box
quantitative data. and draw from the total number of the sample.
C. Non-experimental design and Experimental A. Simple-random sampling
design are both often used in the field of social B. Quota sampling
sciences. C. Purposive sampling
D. None of the above. D. Snowball sampling
6. This is a sampling method that succumb to the 12. Selecting the exact number of samples possessing
control, likes, or wishes of the researcher and to comparative features or traits with the population.
restrictions imposed by the researcher on the A. Simple-random sampling
sampling procedure. B. Quota Sampling
A. Simple-random sampling C. Systematic Sampling
B. Systematic sampling D. Snowball Sampling
C. Non-probability sampling 13. Taking every 15th person in the sampling frame as
D. Probability sampling the chosen respondent.
A. Simple-random Sampling
B. Quota Sampling

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 C. Systematic Sampling II - Opening questions
D. Purposive Sampling III - Ending questions
14. These are the pieces of information or facts known by IV - Generative questions
people in this world that we get from the respondents. A. II, V, I, III C. II, I, V, III
A. Information C. Facts B. II, V, III, I D. V, II, I, III
B. Data D. Quantitative Data
15. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about (For nos. 22-25: choose the correct set of interview
Questionnaire? questions)
A. Questionnaire is a paper containing series of 22. We have agreed to have this interview in 20 minutes.
questions formulated for an individual and Is this okay with you?
independent answering by several respondents A. First set of questions
for obtaining statistical information. B. Second set of questions
B. Questionnaire is good for collecting data from a C. Third set of questions
big number of respondents situated in different D. Fourth set of questions
places. 23. Is there anything you want me to know more about
C. Questionnaire can be factual and opinionated. your experience in the field of business that you
D. Questionnaire doesn't accept sentential answers failed to reveal to me?
because it will be hard to measure and analyze. A. First set of questions
16. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Interview? B. Second set of questions
A. Similar to a questionnaire, interview makes you C. Third set of questions
ask a set of questions, and it can also be written. D. Fourth set of questions
B. Survey as a data gathering technique likewise 24. Why do you think a lot of students prefer using
uses interview as its data-gathering instrument. internet than books for their assignments?
C. Oral interview is already a traditional way of A. First set of questions
interviewing B. Second set of questions
D. Modern ways of interview happen through the C. Third set of questions
use of modern electronic devices. D. Fourth set of questions
17. Where do you engage yourself if you are seeing, 25. What time of the year do you want to go back to
touching, and hearing the sources of data Spain?
personally? A. First set of questions
A. Direct observing B. Second set of questions
B. Direct observation C. Third set of questions
C. Indirect observing D. Fourth set of questions
D. Indirect observation 26. Which of the following measuring scales are for
18. Which of the following are incorrect in guidelines in Quantitative data analysis?
formulating Interview Questions? A. Nominal and Interval Scale
A. Use clear and simple language. B. Interval and Ordinal Scale
B. Ask questions in a sequential manner. C. Ordinal Scale and Ratio Scale
C. Avoid follow up questions. D. Ration Scale and Interval Scale
D. Avoid using acronyms, abbreviations, jargons 27. Which of the following is the example of Interval
and highfalutin terms. Scale?
19. Which of the following is TRUE about Content A. Gender: Male, Female
Analysis? B. Reading is important
A. Content Analysis makes you search through ○ Strongly Agree ○ Agree ○ Undecided ○ Disagree ○ Strongly Disagree

several written forms of communication to find C. Performance in Math Subject- a grade of 89%
answers to your research questions. (from 0 to 100%)
B. Content Analysis is only for examining printed D. Rank 1, Rank 2, Rank 3, Rank 4 etc.
materials. 28. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Coding
C. You focus your study on two entities to determine System?
their comparative features. A. To analyze data means to quantify or change the
D. Content analysis is preceded by your thorough verbally expressed data into numerical
understanding of your research questions. information.
20. Which of the following is a scientific method of B. Converting the words, images, or pictures into
collecting data whereby you give the subjects a sort numbers, they become fit for any analytical
of treatment or condition? procedures requiring knowledge of arithmetic and
A. Experimentation C. Experiment mathematical computations.
B. Experimenting D. All of the above C. You cannot code the verbal responses and
21. What is the correct sequence of Interview questions? observation categories.
I - Directive questions

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 D. It is not possible for you to do the mathematical 40. Which of the following that describes the relationship
operations of divisions, multiplications, between two variables and also tests the strength or
subtractions in the word level. significance of their linear relation?
29. Convert the data into percentage: A. Correlation C. Correlated Variaton
Sample Size: 45 B. Covariation D. All of the above
School MNHS: 15 41. Which of the following does not determine
SPNHS: 13 Regression?
CNHS: 17 A. The independent and dependent variable can
A. 33.33%, 28.88%, 37.77% signal the presence of another variable;
B. 33%, 29%, 38% B. It is far from correlation that describes
C. 33%, 28%, 37% relationship between variables;
D. 33%, 28.88%, 38% C. How strong the relationship between the two
(For nos. 30-32 Mean, Median and Mode: Refer to the variables are;
given data.) D. When an independent variable is statistically
20 18 25 14 10 18 10 significant as a soothsayer or predictor.
12 17 15 12 15 13 42. Which of the following research topics would a
14 15 correlation be applied?
30. What is the mean? A. The effects of study habits to academic
A. 15.2 B. 15.0 C. 15 D. 15.02 performance
31. What is the median? B. The relationship of personality type to the oral
A. 12 B. 15 C. 14 D. 13 skill of students
32. What is the mode? C. Attitudes of students to the use of technology
A. 15 B. 14 C. 12 D. 18 D. The influence of socio-economic status to
(For nos. 33-36 refer to the data below) motivation
Data Item Deviation Squire of Deviation 43. The researcher would like to conduct a survey
2 -7.1 50.41 regarding students’ opinion on the inflation happening.
2 -7.1 50.41 What statistical method would be best for this type of
6 -3.1 9.61
study?
8 -1.1 1.21
9 -0.1 0.01 A. A. Frequency Distribution C. T-Test
9 -0.1 0.01 B. Standard Deviation D. Chi-square
11 1.9 1.21
12 2.9 144 44. Which of the following are TRUE about Conclusions?
16 6.9 256 I - This section explains things that will lead you
16 6.9 256 to significant points, insights, or
33. Find the mean understanding, or conclusions that derive their
A. 9 B. 9.11 C. 9.1 D. 9.01 validity, credibility, or acceptability from the
34. Find the sum of squares factual evidence gathered during the data-
A. 888 B.889 C. 889.69 D. 888.66 collection stage.
35. Find the variance II - Whether or not these are the right answers to
A. 88.8 B. 88.86 C. 88.68 D. 88.6 the research questions or the means of
36. Find the Standard deviation hypothesis acceptance or rejection.
A. 9.43 B. 9.42 C. 9 D. 9.4 III - Your assessment of the data in relation to the
37. Which of the following are ways of gathering, findings of previous research studies is also
analyzing, and interpreting variable or fluctuating given a space in this section of the research
numerical data? paper.
A. Statistical Method C.Statistical Procedure
B. Statistic Method D.Statistic Procedure A. I and II C. II and III
38. Which of the following tells about the placement B. I and III D. All of the above
or position of one data item in relation to the other
data, the extent of the distribution or spreading out of 45. What would be the most important element in writing
data, and whether they are correlations or regressions your conclusion?
between or among variable. A. summary of your main topics
A. Descriptive Methods C. Inferential Statistics B. synthesis of key points of your study
B. Inferential Methods D. Descriptive Statistics C. research questions
39. Which of the following is the statistical test for D. purpose statement
bivariate analysis of nominal variables, specifically, to 46. A book by Lyle F Bachman and Adrian S Palmer
test the null hypothesis? written in 1996. The title is: Language testing in
A. T-test C. Chi-square practice. It is published by Oxford University Press in
B. Z-test D. Pearson product-moment correlation Oxford. How would you list the reference?

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 A. Bachman, L. F. & Palmer, A. S.
(1996). Language testing in practice. Oxford:
Oxford University Press
B. by Lyle F Bachman and Adrian S Palmer.
(1996). Language testing in practice. Oxford:
Oxford University Press
C. Language testing in practice . Oxford: Oxford
University Press
D. (1996). Language testing in practice. Oxford:
Oxford University Press
47. An article by Robert Cooper called: What do we learn
when we learn a language? It was published in 1970 in
the journal TESOL Quarterly. It is on pages 303-314 in
volume 4. How would the reference be listed in APA
format?
A. What do we learn when we learn a
language? TESOL Quarterly, 4, 303-314.
B. Cooper, R. L. (1970). What do we learn when we
learn a language? TESOL Quarterly, 4, 303-314.
C. Cooper, R. L. (1970). What do we learn when we
learn a language? 303-314.TESOL Quarterly, 4.
D. TESOL Quarterly, 4, 303-314. Cooper, R. L.
(1970). What do we learn when we learn a
language?
50. What Is the correct arrangement of research report
based on the standard research report structure?
a. Title, Introduction, Abstract,
Methodology, Result or Findings,
Conclusion, Recommendations,
References, Appendices
b. Title, Abstract, Introduction,
Methodology, Result or Findings,
Conclusion, Recommendations,
References, Appendices
c. Title, Abstract, Introduction,
Methodology, Result or Findings,
Conclusion, Recommendations,
Appendices, References
d. Title, Abstract, Introduction,
Methodology, Result or Findings,
Conclusion, References,
Recommendations, Appendices

48. This book, like many dictionaries, does not say who
wrote it. The title is: Collins COBUILD English
language dictionary and it was published in 1987 by
HarperCollins in London. How should it be written in
APA format?
A. COBUILD English language dictionary. (1991).
London: HarperCollins.
B. N.A., COBUILD English language dictionary.
(1991). London: HarperCollins.
C. N.A. (1991). COBUILD English language
dictionary. (1991). London: HarperCollins.
D. (1991). London: HarperCollins. COBUILD English
language dictionary.
49. What is the difference between Research writing and
Report writing?
A. Both depend on various sources of data or
information, but they differ from each other as to
what kind of data they present.
B. Research writing presents facts and opinions of
other people about a particular subject matter
while Report writing does not.
C. Research writing does not claim that the opinions
originally come from the writer, for the reason
that some reading materials like books, journals,
magazines, and other reading material have
already published these facts and opinions while
Report writing does.
D. All of the above.

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