LET REVIEWER SOCIAL STUDIES - Research

SOCIAL STUDIES/ SOCIAL SCIENCE - Research

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Choose the best answer.

1. A groundbreaking research on a relatively unstudied topic or in a new area.

A. Basic

B. Exploratory

C. Applied

D. Explanatory

2. Analysis that results in the interpretation of action or representation of meanings in the researcher's own words.

A. Quantitative Data Analysis

B. Descriptive Study

C. Qualitative Data Analysis

C. Evaluation Research

3. An explanation about how and why something is as it is.

A. Theory

B. Concept

C. Hypothesis

D. Definition

4. A characteristic that can vary from one unit of analysis to another or for one unit of analysis over time.

A. Datum

B. Concept

C. Hypothesis

D. Variable

5. Group of elements from which a sample is selected; the actual set of units from which a sample has been drawn.

A. Target Population

B. Sample

C. Sampling Frame

D. Study Population

6. A variable that a researcher sees as affecting or influencing another variable.

A. Dependent

B. Independent

C. Intervening

D. Antecedent

7. A variable that has an effect on the dependent variable in addition to the effect of the independent variable.

A. Intervening

B. Antecedent

C. Extraneous

D. Intrinsic

8. Statements that summarize a set of individual observations.

A. Law

B. Principle

C. Inductive reasoning

B. Empirical generalizations

9. The principle that potential participants are given adequate and accurate information about a study before they are asked to agree to participate.

A. Protecting Study Participants from Harm

B. Voluntary Participation

C. Informed Consent

D. Passive Consent

10. When no one, including the researcher, knows the identities of research participants.

A. Honest Reporting

B. Anonymity

C. Blank Research

D. Confidentiality

11. A testable statement about how two variables are expected to be related to one another.

A. Hypothesis

B. Principle

C. Concept

D. Theory

12. The process of searching for, reading, summarizing, and synthesizing existing work on a topic or the resulting written summary of a search.

A. Feasibility

B. Primary Research

C. Measurement

D. Literature Review

13. The ability to obtain the information needed to answer a research question.

A. Ingenuity

B. Access

C. Generalizability

D. Research

14. The process of drawing a number of individual cases from a larger population.

A. Lottery

B. Selecting

C. Sampling

D. Targeting

15. The group of elements from which a researcher samples and to which she or he might like to generalize.

A. Population

B. Sample

C. Participant

D. Variable

16. Samples drawn in a way to give every member of the population a known (nonzero) chance of inclusion.

A. Biased

B. Nonprobability

C. Probability

D. Statistical

17. An error that results from differences between the sampling frame and the target population.

A. Coverage

B. Nonresponse

C. Sampling

D. Margin of error

18. A summary of a variable characteristic in a sample.

A. Generalization

B. Statistic

C. Parameter

D. Distribution

19. A probability sample in which every member of a study population has been given an equal chance of selection.

A. Cluster sampling

B. Systematic sampling

C. Simple random sample

D. Stratified random sampling

20. What is a purposive sampling?

A. A Nonprobability sampling procedure that involves describing the target population in terms of what are thought to be relevant criteria and then selecting sample elements to represent the "relevant" subgroups in proportion to eir presence in the target population.

B. A probability sampling procedure that involves several stages, such as randomly selecting clusters from a population, then randomly selecting elements from each of the clusters.

C. A Nonprobability sampling procedure that involves selecting elements based on the researcher's judgment about which elements will facilitate his or her investigation.

D. A group of elements that are readily accessible to the researcher.

21. A Nonprobability sampling procedure that involves using members of the group of interest to identify other members of the group.

A. Snowball

B. Purposive

C. Stratified random

D. Quota

22. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group?

A. Systematic Sampling

B. Stratified random sampling

C. Quota sampling

D. Multistage sampling

23. A study using real-world phenomena that attempts to approximate an experimental design even though the independent variable is not controlled by the researcher.

A. Natural experiment

B. Field experiment

C. Quasi-experimental design

D. Pretest-posttest control group experiment

24. It is a particular form of longitudinal study that samples a group of people who share a defining characteristic, typically those who experienced a common event in a selected period, such as birth or graduation, performing a cross-section at intervals through time.

A. Case study

B. Panel study

C. Cohort study

D. Cross-sectional study

25. A group of doctors recorded the height and weight of kindergarten students of Loob Elementary School on June 20, 2018. This is an example of _______.

A. Case study

B. Panel study

C. Cohort study

D. Cross-sectional study

ANSWERS:

1B  2C  3A  4D  5C  6B  7C  8D  9C  10B  11A  12D  13B  14C  15A  16C  17A 18B 19C  20C  21A  22C  23A  24C  25D