FIRST MONTHLY TEST IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

(DECEMBER)

A. WRITE T IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE; F IF THE STATEMENT IS FALSE.

_____ 1. Inquiry inquires you to collect data, meaning, facts, and information about the object of
your inquiry.
_____ 2. Solving a problem, specially social issues involves only yourself.
_____ 3. Qualitative research requires numerical data.
_____ 4. Quantitative research involves measurement of data.
_____ 5. Qualitative research is time-consuming.
_____ 6. Research studies happen in any field of knowledge.
_____ 7. You begin your research work with a problem that will lead you to a specific topic to focus
on.
_____ 8. Research topic aims at investigating specific aspects of the research problem.
_____ 9. You cannot ask any question in your research study.
_____ 10. A review of related literature is an analysis of man’s written or spoken knowledge of the
world.
B. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE CHOICES GIVEN.
11. __________ is a learning process that motivates you to obtain knowledge or information.
a. Inquiry b. Quantitative c. Qualitative d. Research
12. __________ is a process of executing various mental acts for discovering and examining facts
and information.
a. Inquiry b. Qualitative c. Quantitative d. Research
13. __________ research aims at defining or giving a verbal portrayal or picture of a person, thing,
event, group, or situation.
a. Descriptive b. Correlational c. Explanatory d. Exploratory
14. __________ research shows relationships of two factors, circumstances or agents called
variables that affect the research.
a. Correlational b. Explanatory c. Exploratory d. Action
15. __________ research elaborates not just the reasons behind the relationships of two factors but
also the ways by which such relationship exists.
a. Explanatory b. Exploratory c. Action d. Descriptive
16. __________ research studies an ongoing practice of a school, organization, community, or
institution for the purpose of obtaining results that will bring improvements in the system.
a. Action b. Exploratory c. Explanatory d. Action
17. __________ enables you to generate a set of research questions.
a. Research topic b. General questions c. Research problem d. Specific questions
18. __________ involves a long-time study of a person, group, or organization, or situation.
a. Grounded theory b. Historical analysis c. Content and Discourse analysis d. Case study
19. __________ a study of a particular cultural group to get a clear understanding of its
organizational set up, internal operation, and lifestyle.
a. Historical analysis b. Phenomenology c. Ethnography d. Case study
20. __________ refers to the study of how people find their experiences meaningful.
a. Phenomenology b. Content and Discourse analysis c. Historical analysis d. Grounded theory

C. ESSAY (5 POINTS)
Explain qualitative research.