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LET Questions on Research

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LET Review Questions related to Research

Prepared by: KENNETH L. MASLANG

Head, Social Sciences and Philosophy Department
Saint Mary’s University
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

______________________________________________________________________
Dysney Guinomtad

1. He is known as "the father of modern research on teaching".

A. Jean Piaget
B. Nathaniel L. Gage
C Benjamin Bloom
D. Howard Gardner

2. Which part of the research report contains the background and reasons for the
conduct of study?
A. Introduction
B. Methodology
C. Results and discussions
D. Conclusions and recommendations

3. The primary objective of research in education is to ________________________.

A. intensify social status of an individual
B. increase job prospects of an individual
C. aid in the personal growth of an individual
D. help the candidate become an eminent educationist

4. Which of the following should be a criterion for a good research study?

A. Shows the abilities of the researcher to manipulate data
B. Is dependent on the completion of the study
C. Demonstrates the integration of different fields of knowledge
D. Develops the skills in accruing and spending the allotted budget for the research

5. Which of the following statement is correct?

A. Discoveries are researches
B. Researches lead to discovery
C. Invention and Research are related
D. None of the above

6. Cybercrime is a growing threat to students and teachers. When a researcher wants to

determine why people perform and how they feel about this, the main objective is
A. prediction.
B. exploration.
C. description.
D. explanation.

7. The statement of the problem which states that “What is the level of cultural
competency of pre-service teachers?” is known as ________________.
A. Descriptive
B. Inferential
C. Comparative

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D. Correlational

8. A theory is _______________________________.
A. an independent aspect of research methodology
B. part of unimportant idea.
C. something that should be viewed irrationally
D. an accumulated body of knowledge

9. The feasibility of a research project should be considered in relation

to_________________________.
A. ethical issues and concerns
B. cost and time in performing the study
C. respondents contact and proximity
D. All of the choices

10. Ideally, a hypothesis is ________________________.

A. constructed prior to a review of the related literature
B. a statement that predicts the relationships between and among variables
C. formulated before the problems
D. an explicit response to a certain question

11. A variable that is recognized to influence another variable is known as a/an

____________________.
A. dependent variable
B. independent variable
C. intervening variable
D. numerical variable

12. The level of job satisfaction is assumed to be affected by years of service. The level
of job satisfaction is
called a/an _______________________.
A. dependent variable
B. independent variable
C. intervening variable
D. numerical variable

13. Which of the following is a nominal variable?

A. age
B. gender
C. annual income
D. temperature (Fahrenheit)

14. Which of the following is an ordinal variable?

A. age
B. gender
C. annual income
D. socio-economic status expressed as low income, middle income and high income

15. Which of the following is an interval variable?

A. age
B. gender
C. annual income
D. temperature (Fahrenheit)

16. Which of the following is a ratio variable?

A. age

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B. gender
C. height measured in centimeters
D. temperature (Celsius)

17. Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of a research?

A. Research is systematic
B. Research is not passive
C. Research is not a process
D. Research is problem oriented

18. Which of the following statement is correct?

A. objectives should be pin-pointed
B. another word for problem is variable
C. objectives can be written in statement or question form
D. all the choices

19. Which of the following options are the main tasks of research in modern society?
A. to discover new things
B. to keep pace with the advancement in knowledge
C. to systematically examine and critically analyse the investigations/sources with
objectivity
D. all of the choices

20. What do you consider as the main aim of inter disciplinary research?
A. To over simplify the problem of research
B. To bring out holistic approach to research
C. To create a new trend in research methodology
D. To reduce the emphasis of single subject in research domain

21. A review of related literature prior to formulating research objectives, framework and
methodology allows the researcher to __________________________________.
A. present the kinds of studies utilized in previous researches
B. give recent methodologies, findings and conclusions
C. have guidance in the conduct of the study.
D. All of the choices

22. Sometimes in using grounded theory, a comprehensive review of related literature

prior to the gathering of data is ___________________.
A. recommended
B. not recommended
C. not permitted
D. None of the choices

23. Review of related literature contains ___________________.

A. theories and concepts
B. recent findings
C. studies with similar and different findings
D. All of the choices

24. This is an approach in research that utilizes narratives, phenomenon and

ethnographic data.
A. Quantitative
B. Qualitative
C. Descriptive – comparative
D. Correlational

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25. This approach deals with mean ratings, standard deviations and ANOVA.
A. Quantitative
B. Qualitative
C. Grounded theory
D. Arm-chair research

26. A quantitative approach __________________________.

A. specifies a research hypothesis and finds out relationship between variables
B. conveys a sense of emerging phenomena
C. expresses a world view of one cultural group
D. deals with themes and clusters

27. A study that utilizes qualitative approach in one stage and quantitative approach in
another is known as
__________________.
A. quantitative
B. qualitative
C. action research
D. mixed-method

28. In an experimental research, the group that receives that intervention is known as
the ____________ group.
A. treatment
B. control
C. experimental
D. participant

29. A ___________________ means that each member of a population has an equal

chance of being selected.
A. random sample
B. non-random sample
C. stratified sample
D. snowball sample

30. Sampling is advantageous as it _________________.

A. increases accuracy
B. saves time
C. helps in capital-saving
D. A and B

31. Which one is called non-probability sampling?

A. Quota sampling
B. Cluster sampling
C. Systematic sampling
D. Stratified random sampling

32. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. A confidence level of 95%is always adequate.
B. The larger the sample size, the larger the confidence level.
C. The more categories being sought, the smaller the sample size.
D. The smaller the sample size, the greater the sampling error.

33. A type of sampling where individuals are readily available, volunteered, chosen by
the researcher, or are easily recruited is called ____________________.
A. random sampling

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B. convenience sampling
C. stratified sampling
D. snowball sampling

34. Random sampling is useful as it is __________________________.

A. an economical method of data collection
B. free from personal biases
C. reasonably accurate
D. All the above

35. Systematic sampling is a preferred sampling method for the population with
A. unknown size
B. infinite size
C. finite size
D. small size

36. Which one of the following is the most comprehensive source of population data?
A. Census
B. National Sample Surveys
C. Demographic Health Surveys
D. National Family Health Surveys

37. What kind of validity is the condition where an exam precisely indicates a student’s
score on a future presentation?
A. face validity
B. content validity
C. predictive validity
D. concurrent

38. Which of the following is NOT recommended when crafting the questionnaire?
A. Pilot the questionnaire
B. Use leading question
C. Avoid double questions
D. Avoid jargons

39. When a researcher secretly becomes an active member of a group in order to

observe their traits, he/she is
A. an overt participant observer.
B. a covert participant observer.
C. a covert non-participant observer
D. an overt non-participant observer

40. Primary data are ______________________.

A. textbooks
B. researches
C. personal diaries
D. presented findings

41. Reliability of data means ________________________.

A. the results are consistent
B. it measures what it is supposed to measure
C. that the findings can be generalized
D. it has face validity

42. Which of the is a form of research typically conducted by teachers to address issues
and concerns in the teaching and learning processes?

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A. Basic Research
B. Applied Research
C. Professional Research
D. Action Research

43. Ethical consideration in research relates to _____________________________.

A. privacy of researchers
B. the deception of respondents
C. selected informants giving their consent
D. avoidance of harm to research participants

44. Which of the following methods is being utilized to present the level of job
satisfaction of a certain group?
A. Descriptive
B. Comparative
C. Correlational
D. Descriptive – comparative

45. This research seeks to examine the results of a study by using the same design but
a different locale.
A. Hypothesis testing
B. An exploratory research
C. An empirical research
D. A replication research

46. One of the aims of the scientific method in research is to:

A. confirm triangulation
B. introduce new variables
C. improve data interpretation
D. eliminate false relations

47. Which of the following is not a Method of Research?

A. Survey
B. Historical
C. Observation
D. Philosophical

48. Which one of the following principles is not applicable to sampling?

A. Sample units must be clearly defined
B. Sample units must be dependent on each other
C. Same units of sample should be used throughout the study
D. Sample units must be chosen in a systematic and objective manner

49. In SPSS, all of the following variables are accepted except.

A. word
B. date
C. coded numbers
D. numeric

50. A graph that used to represent data which utilizes vertical bars is a ________graph.
A. line
B. bar
C. pie
D. vertical

51. An inferential statistics is presented using _______________________________.

A. mean ratings and standard deviation

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B. t-test and ANOVA

C. A and B
D. percents and frequencies

52. The purpose of descriptive statistics is to ______________________________.

A. draw conclusions from the gathered data
B. summarize the characteristics of data set
C. None of the choices
D. All of the choices

53. Parametric data uses _________________________

A. Kruskall Wallis test
B. Mann Whitney test
C. ANOVA
D. None of the choices

54. Non –parametric data uses _________________________.

A. Kruskall Wallis test
B. t-test test
C. ANOVA
D. None of the choices

55. A null hypothesis is states that ________________________________________.

A. no significant difference exists between two variables
B. significant difference exists between two variables
C. both A and B
D. None of the choices

56. A Type 1 error occurs is a condition where the null hypothesis is _______________.
A. accepted when it is in fact true
B. rejected when it is in fact true
C. accepted when it is in false
D. rejected when it is in fact false

57. This is a type of reasoning that relates to the process of drawing conclusion from
general to specific.
A. Romantic reasoning
B. Inductive reasoning
C. Deductive reasoning
D. Positivistic reasoning

58. Which of the following is known to characterize a bottom – up strategy in making

generalizations?
A. Romantic reasoning
B. Inductive reasoning
C. Deductive reasoning
D. Positivistic reasoning

59. Which of the following is a sound statement regarding placing confidence in a

certain study?
A. A researcher should trust results after different researchers have replicated the
findings.
B. A researcher should completely trust one single study.
C. A researcher should never replicate one’s findings.
D. All of the choices

60. A negative correlation occurs when _____________________.

A. one variable goes up and the other goes down

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B. two variables remain constant

C. two variables move in the same direction
D. one variable (x) goes up and the other follows variable x

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