Quiz # 1 – Lessons 1 and 2 Mr. Ariel P.

Villar
Practical Research I Master Teacher II

I. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and if FALSE write the correct answer of the underlined
word.
1. One goal of education is knowledge acquisition.
2. Learning is a term similar to the word “investigation”.
3. Inferring, analyzing, and synthesizing are examples of the higher order thinking strategies
(HOTS).
4. Memorization is the lowest thinking strategy in the Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning.
5. The scientific, experimental, and inductive manner of thinking is called research.
6. Identifying the topic or problem is the first step in the research process.
7. Expressions of numerical form of analyzing data describe the process of qualitative research.
8. Qualitative research is subjective in nature.
9. A person continues to acquire knowledge even outside the classroom through inquiry.
10. Quasi – experimental design is composed of a control group and a treatment/experimental
group.

II. Identify whether the following study is EXPERIMENTAL or NON-EXPERIMENTAL.

11. Two plants were used to prove the effectiveness of coffee as organic fertilizer.
12. A teenage girl was interviewed why she became pregnant at an early age.
13. The Science teacher was rated in his teaching effectiveness by the school principal through
classroom observation.
14. The dancing ability and singing ability of Grade 9 junior high school students were compared.
15. TV host Lourd De Veyra explains the legacy of former President Ferdinand Marcos whether he
is a good or bad president.
16. Teacher Bryan gave a pre-test and post test on the same group of Cookery students to find out
if his group activity was effective.
17. ABM students conducted a survey on what is the favorite recess snack of SHS students.
18. A student posted in Facebook asking for the what is the best potato fries among commercial
food chains.
19. Empoy tests if giving flowers to his crush would made her fall in love with him.
20. Street children were interviewed on what makes them happy.

III. Enumerate the following:

EXPERIMENTAL
21. ______________________________
22. ______________________________
23. ______________________________
24. ______________________________
NON-EXPERIMENTAL
25. ______________________________
26. ______________________________
27. ______________________________
28. ______________________________
29. ______________________________
30. ______________________________

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IV. Identify the underlined words are classified INDEPENDENT VARIABLE and DEPENDENT VARIABLE
on the following studies. (10 points)
31. Students watched a cartoon either alone or with others and then rated how funny they found
the cartoon to be.
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE:
DEPENDENT VARIABLE:
32. A comprehension test was given to students after they had studied textbook material either in
silence or with the television turned on.
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE:
DEPENDENT VARIABLE:
33. Workers at a company were assigned to one of two conditions: One group completed a stress
management training program; another group of workers did not participate in the training.
The number of sick days taken by these workers was examined for the two subsequent months.
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE:
DEPENDENT VARIABLE:
34. Students at a University were split into two groups and each received a different text for a
philosophy course. Once group received a traditional text book, while the other received an
interactive textbook on a tablet computer. After the course, the final exam marks between the
two groups of students was compared.
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE:
DEPENDENT VARIABLE:
35. Spending time with a cat or dog decreases the amount of stress someone is feeling and allows
them to perform better on tests.
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE:
DEPENDENT VARIABLE:
V. Directions: Give at least three characteristics that differentiate QUANTITATIVE and QUALITATIVE
researches. (10 points)

QUANTITATIVE QUALITATIVE

1. _____________ 1. _____________
2. _____________ 2. _____________
3. _____________ 3. _____________