PR2 - Module 4 - Understanding Data and Ways To Systematically Collect Data
PR2 - Module 4 - Understanding Data and Ways To Systematically Collect Data
Practical Research 2
(Quantitative Research)
Module 4
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What I Know
Directions: Read carefully each item. Write the letter of the best answer in
a separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following types of non-experimental research designs was used if the
study shows the extent and direction of variable relationships, that is, whether a
negative or positive relationship exists between or among them?
A. Comparative B. Correlative C. Descriptive D. Survey
2. Which of the following is thought to be the most accurate type of experimental
research?
A. Correlative C. Quasi- Experimental
B. Descriptive D. True Experimental
3. Which design involves selecting groups, upon which a variable is tested without any
random pre-selection process?
A. Correlative C. Quasi- Experimental
B. Descriptive D. True Experimental
4. What quasi-experimental design Malia will use when the population is so large where
she found difficulty in choosing a group to study?
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A. Matched comparison group design
B. Time-series quasi-experimental design
C. Single-subject quasi-experimental design.
D. Counter-balance quasi-experimental design
5. Supremo applied control to one group to examine the effects of all treatment and
conditions to control variables. What quasi-experimental design did he used?
A. Matched comparison group design
B. Time-series quasi-experimental design
C. Single-subject quasi-experimental design
D. Counter-balance quasi-experimental design
6. Which of the following sampling technique is used when you are putting all the names of
population members in a box and draw from the box the total number of the sample?
A. Availability B.Cluster C. Simple random D. Snowball
7. Tristan accommodate extra-willing people to act as the respondents in his study. What is
the type of sampling technique that he had used?
A. Cluster B. Simple random C. Stratified D. Voluntary
8. If Mio took every 15th person in the sampling frame as the chosen respondent. What did
he use as a sampling technique?
A. Quota sampling C. Stratified sampling
B. Ramdom sampling D. Systematic sampling
9. Which sampling technique will you choose when the group comprising the sample is
chosen in a ways that such group is liable to subdivision during the data analysis stage?
A. Quota sampling C. Stratified sampling
B. Ramdom sampling D. Systematic sampling
10. The following are guidelines in formulating interview questions EXCEPT .
A. Use clear and simple language.
B. Use acronyms, abbreviations, jargons and highfaluting terms.
C. Let one question elicit only one answer; no double-barrel question.
D. Express your point in exact, specific, bias-free, and gender-free language.
11. The process of collecting data through experimentation involves selection of subjects,
pre-testing, the subjects prior to the application of any treatment or condition, and
giving the subjects post-test to determine the effects of the treatment on them. Which
of the following combination or mixture of components do some research studies
adopt?
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A. Pre-test, post-test then multiple treatments C. Post-test, treatment then pre-test
B. Pre-test, treatment then post-test D. treatment, pretest then post-test
12. In the order of interview questions. Where will you ask the place, the time, the physical
appearance of the participant, or other non-verbal things not for audio recording?
A. Directive questions C. Generative questions
B. Ending questions D. Opening questions
13. Myca is a grade 7 public school teacher. She noticed that some of her students were
non-readers. Thus, she created an action research on how to improve the reading
ability of her students. In research, this is an example of .
A. Intervention B. Social norms C. Social responsibility D. Work ethics
14. Which of the following refers to the appropriateness of the content of an instrument?
A. Content Validity C. Reliability
B. External Validity D. Validity
15. Which of the following gives you the frequency of distribution and percentage of the
occurrence of an item in a set of data?
A. Correlation C. measure of central tendency
B. Frequency distribution D. standard deviation
16. If the alternative hypothesis is “A variable differs significantly from hypothesized
mean.” What data analysis will be used?
A. ANOVA C. Dependent pair sample t-test
B. Chi-square test of independence D. One sample T-test
17. If the alternative hypothesis is “There is a statistically significant difference on
dependent variable1 and dependent variable 2” What data analysis will be used?
A. ANOVA C. Dependent pair sample t-test
B. Chi-square test of independence D. One sample T-test
18. The following are considered as purpose of hypotheses EXCEPT .
What’s In
In your previous lesson, we talk about the conceptual framework of the study, and
how you write definition of terms used in the study, write a research hypotheses and
presents review of related literature and conceptual framework.
Let’s have a quick review!
A conceptual framework is an analytical tool with many variations and contexts. Its
accustomed creates conceptual distinctions and organize ideas while in definition of terms,
it is typically an annex to a piece (book, research paper, pamphlet, etc.) either at the start or
more likely nears the top with an inventory of acronyms, jargon, credits, etc. There are
three ways in writing definition of terms: conceptual definition, operational definition and
functions definition.
Hypothesis is a specific statement of prediction. It describes in concrete (rather
than theoretical) terms what you expect will happen in your study. Not all studies have
hypotheses. There are two categories of hypothesis; null hypotheses and alternative
hypotheses.
A literature review is quite the rummage around for info, and goes on the far side
being a descriptive annotated list. All works enclosed within the review should be scan,
evaluated associate degree analysed (which you'd do for an annotated bibliography),
however relationships between the literatures should even be known and articulated, in
relation to your field of research.
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What’s New
Directions: Connect letters given below in any directions to form the hidden word
matches. (2 points each). Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
What is It
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There are 2 types of Quantitative Research Design
1. Non-Experimental Research Design
According to Kowalczyk (2015), non-experimental research means there is
a predictor variable or group of subjects that cannot be manipulated by the
experimenter. Typically, this suggests that different routes should be accustomed
draw conclusions, like correlation, survey or case study.
Survey Research - Survey research uses interviews, questionnaires, and
sampling polls to get a sense of behavior with intense precision. It allows
researchers to judge behavior and then present the findings in an accurate way.
This is usually expressed in a percentage. Survey research can be conducted
around one group specifically or used to compare several groups.
Correlational Research - Correlational research tests for the relationships
between two variables. Performing correlational research is done to establish
what the effect of one on the other might be and how that affects the
relationship.
Descriptive Research - As stated by Good and Scates as cited by Sevilla (1998),
the descriptive method is oftentimes as a survey or a normative approach to
study prevailing conditions.
Comparative - Comparative researchers examine patterns of similarities and
differences across a moderate number of cases. The typical comparative study
has anywhere from a handful to fifty or more cases. The number of cases is
limited because one of the concerns of comparative research is to establish
familiarity with each case included in a study (Ragin, Charles 2015).
Ex-Post Facto - According to Devin Kowalczyk (2015), that Ex-post facto
design is a quasi-experimental study examining how an independent variable,
present prior to the study, affects a dependent variable. This independent
variable is causing changes in a dependent variable. This is the basis of any
experiment - one variable is hypothesized to be influencing another. This is done
by having an experimental group and a control group. So if you're testing a new
type of medication, the experimental group gets the new medication, while the
control group gets the old medication. This allows you to test the efficacy of the
new medication.
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2. Experimental Research
Though questions may be posed in the other forms of research,
experimental research is guided specifically by a hypothesis. Sometimes
experimental research can have several hypotheses. A hypothesis is a statement to
be proven or disproved. Once that statement is made experiments are begun to find
out whether the statement is true or not.
Quasi-experimental Research - Design involves selecting groups, upon which a
variable is tested without any random pre-selection process. For example, to
perform an educational experiment, a class might be arbitrarily divided by
alphabetical selection or by seating arrangement. The division is often
convenient especially in an educational situations cause a little disruption as
possible.
True Experimental Design - According to Yolanda Williams (2015) that a true
experiment is a type of experimental design and is thought to be the most
accurate type of experimental research. This is because a true experiment
supports or refutes a hypothesis using statistical analysis. A true experiment is
also thought to be the only experimental design that can establish cause and
effect relationships. So, what makes a true experiment? There are three criteria
that must be met in a true experiment
1. Control group and experimental group;
2. Researcher-manipulated variable; and random assignment.
Sampling
Sampling, in research is a word that refers to the method or procedure of choosing
respondents to answer the question. According to Paris (2013) the bigger group from
where you choose the sample is called population, and sampling frame is the term used to
mean the list of the members of such population from where you will get the sample.
Probability sampling or Unbiased Sampling
Probability Sampling. In this kind of sampling you are required to have a list of
your target respondents focused on your study. An equal chance of participation in the
sampling or selection process given to every member listed in the sampling frame. As a
researcher you remember that the smaller the sample is, the higher chance of sampling
error. Therefore, the bigger number of respondents will avoid sample errors. Hence,
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sample error yields if the selection does not take place in the way it is planned by the
researcher.
Types of Probability Sampling
1. Simple Random sampling – This type of probability sampling use a pure chance
selection process. Have a list of all members of the respondents, write each name
on the card, the researcher choose cards through a pure chance selection.
2. Systematic Sampling - Instead of using a list of random numbers, researcher
calculates a sampling interval, and the interval becomes his or her own quasi
random selection method. In order for you to solve the interval, you can think of
the sample interval as the inverse of the sampling ration. The sampling ratio for
150 names out of 1,500 will be 150/1,500 = 0.1 x 100 = 10 %. The sampling
interval is 1,500/150 = 10
3. Stratified Random Sampling – the group comprising the sample is chosen in a
ways that such group is liable to subdivision during the data analysis stage. A study
needing group-by-group analysis finds stratified sampling is the right probability
sampling to be used.
4. Cluster Sampling - The purpose of cluster sampling is to sample economically
while retaining the characteristics of a probability sampling. For example, if the
researcher tends to have a sample of 150 out of 1,000 students in their school, the
researcher can randomly select at least three sections with 50 students to represent
the sample.
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3. Purposive or Judgmental Sampling - You choose people whom you are sure could
correspond to the objectives of your study, like selecting those with rich experience
or interest in your subject.
4. Availability Sampling - The willingness of a person as your subject to interact with
you counts a lot in this non-probability sampling method. These people show
willingness to respond to your questions, then you automatically consider them as
your respondents.
5. Snowball Sampling - Similar to snow expanding widely or rolling rapidly, this
sampling method, does not give a specific set of samples and this is true for a study
involving unspecified group of people.
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What I Have Learned
Kinds
Share what Share what Share what Share what Share what
you know you know you know you know you know
Kinds
Rubric
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What I Can Do
Directions: Write a research design that is suitable to your chosen topic/ title in
Module 2, Lesson 1, Activity 5. (At least 250 words)
Research Design
Rubric
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Additional Activities
Directions: Choose the best sampling design that is suitable to your chosen
topic/title and explain why you choose this sampling techniques. Write your answer
in a separate sheet of paper. (at least 250 words)
Sampling
Rubric
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Lesson Constructs Instruments and Establishes its
2 Validity and Reliability
What’s In
In your previous lesson, we discussed about the different research design and
sampling procedure and sample. Let’s have a quick review!
There are 2 types of Quantitative research design: Non-experimental research
design and experimental research design. In non-experiemntal resaerch design there are
five kinds; survey resarch, correlational research, descriptive research, comparative and
ex-post facto. In experimental research design, there are two kinds: Quasi-experimental
research and True experimental design. You also learned that about the 2 kinds of
sampling: probability sampling and non-probability sampling. In probability sampling
there are 4 types: Simple Random Sampling, Systematic Sampling, Stratified Random
Sampling and Cluster Sampling. While in non-probability sampling there are 5 types:
Quota sampling, Voluntary sampling, Purposive or Judgemental Sampling, Availability
sampling an d Snowball sampling.
What’s New
Rubric
What is It
Instrument Development
Developing a research instruments
Before the researchers collect any data from the respondents, the young
researchers will need to design or devised new research instruments or they may adopt it
into the other researches (the tools they will use to collect the data).
If the researcher/s is planning to carry out interviews or focus groups, the young
researchers will need to plan an interview schedule or topic guide. This is a list of
questions or topic areas that all the interviewers will use.
Asking everyone the same questions means that the data you collect will be much
more focused and easier to analyse. If the group wants to carry out a survey, the young
researchers will need to design a questionnaire. This could be on paper or online (using
free software such as Survey Monkey or google forms).
Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages. If the group is collecting
data from more than one type of person (such as young people and teachers, for example),
it may well need to design more than one interview schedule or questionnaire.
When designing the research instruments ensure that:
1. They start with a statement about the research topic.
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2. The focus and aims of the research project.
3. How the person„s data will be used (to feed into a report)
4. Confidentiality
5. How long the interview or survey will take to complete.
6. Usage of appropriate language.
7. Every question must be brief and concise.
8. Any questionnaires use appropriate scales. (For young people smiley face scales can
work well.)
TAKE NOTE!
Any questionnaires raise individuals for any relevant information regarding
themselves, like their gender or age, if relevant. Don„t ask for so much detail that it would
be possible to identify individuals though, if you have said that the survey will be
anonymous.
The Instrument
Instrument is that the generic term that researchers use for a measurement device
(survey, test, form, etc.). To help distinguish between instrument and instrumentation,
contemplate to that the instrument is that the device and instrumentation is that the course
of action (the method of developing, testing, and victimization the device).
Validity
Validity is the extent to which an instrument measures what it is supposed to measure and
performs as it is designed to perform. It is rare, if nearly impossible, that an instrument be
100% valid, so validity is generally measured in degrees. As a process, validation involves
collecting and analyzing data to assess the accuracy of an instrument. There are numerous
statistical tests and measures to assess the validity of quantitative instruments, which
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generally involves pilot testing. The remainder of this discussion focuses on external
validity and content validity.
External validity is the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized from a
sample to a population. Establishing eternal validity for an instrument, then, follows
directly from sampling. Recall that a sample should be an accurate representation of a
population, because the total population may not be available. An instrument that is
externally valid helps obtain population generalizability, or the degree to which a sample
represents the population.
Reliability
3. Parallel-Forms Reliability: The reliability of two tests constructed the same way,
from the same content.
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What’s More
Directions: Match Column A to Column B. Write your answer in separate sheet of paper.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. It is the generic term that A. Validity
researchers use for a mensuration
device (survey, test, form, etc.). B. Test-Retest Reliability
2. It is the extent to which an
instrument measures what it is C. Content Validity
supposed to measure and
performs as it is designed to D. Instrument
perform.
3. It is the extent to which the results
of a study can E. Parallel-Forms Reliability
be generalized from a sample to a
population.
4. Refers to the appropriateness of F. Internal Consistency Reliability
the content of an instrument.
5. It can be thought of as G. External Validity
consistency.
6. The consistency of a measure
evaluated over time. H. Quantitative research
7. The reliability of two tests J. Survey monkey
constructed the same way, from
the same content.
8. The consistency of results across K. Reliability
items, often measured with
Cronbach‟s Alpha.
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What I Have learned
Directions: Fill in the Blank. Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.
What I Can Do
Directions: In connection to your statement of the problem in module 2, you are now
required to construct a questionnaire based on your statement of the problem. Follow the
given example in the next page.
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Questionnaire
Title:
Dear Respondents,
The researcher is in the process of completing a basic research entitled:
“ ”.
This study aims to assess , the
data to be obtained serve as a basis in crafting an ,
In connection with this, I, the researcher, adopted and revised a questionnaire to gather information
hence, participation in this study by the way of answering the questionnaire is very important. Please feel
assured that your anonymity and the information you will give be treated with UTMOST
CONFIDENTIALITY.
Thank you very much for your kind response in this matter.
Respectfully yours,
The Researcher
3 2 1
Statement
(Always) (Sometimes) (Never)
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Additional Activities
Let’s deepen you’re understanding.
Activity modified from SHS Teacher Shiahari I. Cortez, UCNHS, Umingan, Pangasinan
What’s In
In the previous lesson, we talked about the instrument development. Let’s Have A
Quick Review!
Instrument is the generic term that researchers use for a mensuration device
(survey, test, form, etc.). Validity is the extent to which an instrument measures what it is
supposed to measure and performs as it is designed to perform. External validity is the
extent to which the results of a study can be generalized from a sample to a population.
Content validity refers to the appropriateness of the content of an instrument.
Reliability can be thought of as consistency.
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What’s New
Directions: Read the guide questions below the picture. Write your answer in separate
sheet of paper.
Guide questions
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What is It
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In a traditional ways, this data gathering technique is between you nad the
respondents in a face to face manner or in situation, you may speak directly to your target
respondent, individually or cooperatively.
Another technique is using the electronic and technological communication devises
like the mobile phones, internet or even electronic mail, etc. in these kind of interview
considered as modern tool of research. To summing –up, Traditional or in a modern way
of interview, as emphasized by (Babbie, 2014, 137; Rubin, 2011), “it is a conversation
with a purpose” that gives direction to the question-answer activity between the
interviewer and the interviewee.
Kinds of Interview
1. Face-to face interviews - These interviews yield highest response rates in survey
research. They also allow the researcher to clarify ambiguous answers and when
appropriate, seek follow-up information (Leedy and Ormrod, 2001).
2. Telephone interviews - are less time consuming and less expensive and the
researcher has ready access to anyone that has a telephone.
3. Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) - This method saves time
involved in processing the data, as well as saving the interviewer from carrying
around hundreds of questionnaires.
Observation
Observation is a systematic data collection approach use by a researcher. In this
case the researchers use all of their senses to examine people in natural settings or
naturally occurring situations. It is a technique of gathering data whereby you personally
watch, interact, or communicate with the subjects of your research. The researcher record
what people exactly do and say in their everyday life on Earth.
Types of Observation
1. Participant Observation – This type of observation, whereby the observer, who is
the researcher, takes part in the activities of the individual or group being observed.
In order for the researcher record his findings through this type of observation, the
researcher must use a diary method or logbook. The preliminary part of the diary is
called descriptive observation. This preliminary part of the record or in the diary or
logbook describes the persons, places, events, discussion, and other things involved
in the activity or object focused on by the research. The secondary part of the diary
is called the narrative account that gives your interpretations or reflections about
everything you observed.
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2. Non-participant or Structured Observation - this kind of observation, there is no
participation of the observer in the activities of the group takes place and also there
is a no relationship between the researcher and the group. Therefore, the researcher
will record only the activities of the respondents during the observation time.
In quantitative data analysis the researcher are expected to make the raw numbers
into a significant data through the application of rational and critical thinking. In this case,
the quantitative data analysis may contain the calculation of differences between variables
and frequencies of variables. Therefore, a quantitative approach is usually related with
finding an evidence to either support or reject the hypotheses you have formulated at the
previous stages of your research process.
Likert Scale
According to McLeod (2019), there are different kinds of a rating scale have been
developed to measure attitudes directly (i.e. the person knows their attitude is being
studied). It is utmost widely used in research study is the Likert scale (1932). In its
concluding method, the Likert scale is a five (or seven) point scale which is used to allow
the individual to express how much they agree or disagree with a particular statement.
Example: I believe that ecological questions are the most important issues facing human
beings today.
Example:
5 point Likert scale
Example: The following ranges of values, statistical limits, describe using the average
weighted mean and it is interpreted with the following:
The Formula in order for you to get the percentage frequency distribution:
P= F × 100
N
Where:
P= percentage
F= frequency
N= total number or respondents
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T-test
This will be done through the use of Statistical Program for Social Sciences
(SPSS). If you are trying to test the significant difference between the means of two
groups, T-test is use in this kind of data analysis and the researcher specify the level of
probability (alpha level, level of significance, p) we are willing to accept before we collect
data (p < .05 is a common value that is used).
In the general rule of interpreting the t-test result, if the result is lower than the set
level of (0.05) level of significance therefore, the null hypothesis is accepted means that
there is no significant difference between two the groups and the alternative hypothesis is
rejected. But if the result is higher than the set level of significance (0.05), the
interpretation will be there is a significant difference between the two groups and
therefore, the alternative hypothesis is accepted and rejects the null hypothesis.
Pearson Correlation
In this kind of data analysis, the Statistical Program for Social Sciences (SPSS) will
use. Pearson correlation is also known as the “Product moment correlation coefficient” or
simply “correlation”. If the researcher wants to inspect or to check the relationship of the
two variables, Pearson Correlations is commonly used to test the relationship.
In the general rule of interpreting the t-test result, if the result is lower than the set
level of (0.05) level of relationship therefore, the null hypothesis is accepted means that
there is no relationship between two variables and the alternative hypothesis is rejected.
But if the result is higher than the set level of relationship (0.05), the interpretation will be
there is a relationship between the two variables and therefore, the alternative hypothesis is
accepted and rejects the null hypothesis.
ANOVA
ANOVA is a set of statistical methods used mainly to compare the means of two or
more samples. Estimates of variance are the key intermediate statistics calculated, hence
the reference to variance in the title ANOVA. The different types of ANOVA reflect the
different experimental designs and situations for which they have been developed.
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Excellent accounts of ANOVA are given by Armitage & Berry (1994) and
Kleinbaum et. al (1998). Nonparametric alternatives to ANOVA are discussed by Conover
(1999) and Hollander and Wolfe (1999).
What’s More
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. It is the most important feature of any kind of A. Primary Data
research study.
2. Those data are collected a fresh and the first B. Survey
time and thus happen to be original in
character. C. Data Collection
3. Those data are collected by someone else and
which already passed through the statistical D. Observation
process.
E. Interview
4. It is a quantitative method whereby a
researcher poses some set of predetermined F. Participant observation
questions to an entire group, or sample, of
G. Secondary Data
individuals.
5. It is a way of gathering data that makes the
researcher verbally ask the subject or the H. Structure Interview
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respondents question to give answer to what
the researcher is trying to look for. I. Data Analysis
Kinds of Interview
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What I Can Do
Title
Methodology
Data Gathering Instrument (A brief discussion of your instrument/tool to gather the data
needed in your study)
Statistical Treatment of the Data (Write the appropriate statistical tool used to treat
your data)
Note: You must follow the statement of the problem in writing Statistical Tool.
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Assessment
Let us try how far have you learned from this module. Get your paper and pen for your post-test.
Directions: Read carefully each item. Write the letter of the best answer in
a separate sheet of paper.
1. It is used if the study shows the extent and direction of variable relationships, that is,
whether a negative or positive relationship exists between or among them?
A. Comparative B. Correlative C. Descriptive D. Survey
2. It is thought to be the most accurate type of experimental research?
A. Correlative C. Quasi- Experimental
B. Descriptive D. True Experimental
3. What design involves selecting groups, upon which a variable is tested without any
random pre-selection process?
A. Correlative C. Quasi- Experimental
B. Descriptive D. True Experimental
4. What quasi-experimental design will you use when the population is so large where she
found difficulty in choosing a group to study?
A. Matched comparison group design
B. Time-series quasi-experimental design
C. Single-subject quasi-experimental design.
D. Counter-balance quasi-experimental design
5. What quasi-experimental design is applied control to one group to examine the effects of
all treatment and conditions to control variables?
A. Matched comparison group design
B. Time-series quasi-experimental design
C. Single-subject quasi-experimental design
D. Counter-balance quasi-experimental design
6. What sampling technique is used when you are putting all the names of population
members in a box and draw from the box the total number of the sample?
A. Availability B. Cluster C. Simple random D. Snowball
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7. What sampling technique accommodate extra-willing people to act as the respondents in
a study?
A. Cluster B. Simple random C. Stratified D. Voluntary
8. When you took every 8th person in the sampling frame as the chosen respondent. What
did he use as a sampling technique?
A. Quota sampling C. Stratified sampling
B. Ramdom sampling D. Systematic sampling
9. It is a sampling technique when the group comprising the sample is chosen in a ways
that such group is liable to subdivision during the data analysis stage.
A. Quota sampling C. Stratified sampling
B. Ramdom sampling D. Systematic sampling
10. Which of the following is NOT a guideline in formulating interview questions?
A. Use clear and simple language.
B. Use acronyms, abbreviations, jargons and highfaluting terms.
C. Let one question elicit only one answer; no double-barrel question.
D. Express your point in exact, specific, bias-free, and gender-free language.
11. The process of collecting data through experimentation involves selection of subjects,
pre-testing, the subjects prior to the application of any treatment or condition, and
giving the subjects post-test to determine the effects of the treatment on them. Which
of the following combination or mixture of components do some research studies
adopt?
A. Pre-test, post-test then multiple treatments C. Post-test, treatment then pre-test
B. Pre-test, treatment then post-test D. treatment, pretest then post-test
12. In the order of interview questions. Where will you ask the place, the time, the physical
appearance of the participant, or other non-verbal things not for audio recording?
A. Directive questions C. Generative questions
B. Ending questions D. Opening questions
13. You noticed that some of your classmates were non-readers. Thus, you created an
action research on how to improve the reading ability of her students. In research, this is
an example of .
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14. It refers to the appropriateness of the content of an instrument?
A. Content Validity C. Reliability
B. External Validity D. Validity
15. It is the frequency of distribution and percentage of the occurrence of an item in a set
of data.
A. Correlation C. measure of central tendency
B. Frequency distribution D. standard deviation
16. If the alternative hypothesis is “A variable differs significantly from hypothesized
mean.” What data analysis will be used?
A. ANOVA C. Dependent pair sample t-test
B. Chi-square test of independence D. One sample T-test
17. If the alternative hypothesis is “There is a statistically significant difference on
dependent variable1 and dependent variable 2” What data analysis will be used?
A. ANOVA C. Dependent pair sample t-test
B. Chi-square test of independence D. One sample T-test
18. The following are considered as purpose of hypotheses EXCEPT .
A. They give the right direction of the research
B. Hypotheses must be expressed in a declarative sentence.
C. They provide you on which aspect of the research to focus on.
D. They provide opportunities to prove the relationship between variables.
19. Which of the following describes a certain aspect of a data set by making you calculate
the mean, median, mode and standard deviation?
A. Correlation B. Descriptive statistics C. Inferential statistics D. Statistics
20. Which of the following focuses on conclusions, generalizations, predictions,
interpretations, hypotheses, and the like?
A. Bivariate analysis C. Descriptive statistics
B. Correlation D. Inferential statistics
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Additional Activities
Let us know how much you remember about the Likert Scale.
Activity modified from SHS Teacher Shiahari I. Cortez, UCNHS, Umingan, Pangasinan
Rubric
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Answer Key
What I Know
1. T 6. F
2. F 7. T
3. F 8. F
4. T 9. F
5. T 10. F
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Lesson Constructs Instruments and Establishes its
Validity and Reliability
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Activity 2: Matching Type
1. D 6. B
2. A 7. E
3. G 8. F
4. C
5. K
Activity 3: Let’s Check Knowledge
1. measurement device
2. instrument measures what it is supposed to measure
3. sample to a population.
4. appropriateness of the content
5. consistency.
6. consistent answers
7. evaluated over time.
8. two tests constructed the same way
9. Cronbach‟s Alpha.
10. same questions
1. C 6. D
2. A 7. F
3. G 8. H
4. B
5. E
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References
A. BOOKS
Baraceros, Esther L., PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1,First Edition 2016, Rex Book Store,
856 Nicanor, Sr. St., Manila, Philippines
Saunders, M., Lewis, P. & Thornhill, A. (2012) “Research Methods for Business Students”
6th edition, Pearson Education Limited.
Robson, C. (2011) Real World Research: A Resource for Users of Social Research
Methods in Applied Settings (3rd edn). Chichester: John Wiley.
B. WEBSITES
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