SOCIAL STUDIES/ SOCIAL SCIENCE -
Research
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
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