This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Methods > Methods Of Research – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Methods Of Research Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which comes first in an experiment? A) Analyzing data. B) Collecting data. C) Creating a hypothesis. D) Dividing subjects into groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creating a hypothesis. 2. Which of the following best describes the view of the mind held by Plato and Socrates? A) The mind is made up of knowledge that is a result of our experiences. B) The mind should be studied through careful, empirical observations. C) The mind is an illusion produced by the brain. D) The mind is separate from the body and continues after the body dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mind is separate from the body and continues after the body dies. 3. Cardinal rule of naturalistic observation: A) Setting up dependent and independent variables. B) Research and find enough participants. C) Not disturbing participants in the study. D) Getting enough different age groups for study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not disturbing participants in the study. 4. The purpose of ethical guidelines in research is to A) Ensure the study get valid results. B) Ensure that the participants are safe. C) Enable ethical deception. D) To ensure participants are paid for their time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ensure that the participants are safe. 5. Exploratory research often relies on ..... research such as review of the literature and/or ..... approaches to data gathering. A) Secondary, qualitative. B) Primary, quantitative. C) Primary, qualitative. D) Secondary, quantitative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary, qualitative. 6. Where the results of the study can be true for other real world settings, this is known as .....? A) Ecological validity. B) Inter-observer reliability. C) Reliability. D) Internal validity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecological validity. 7. The advantage of this descriptive method of research is that it gathers a large amount of data very quickly and inexpensively. A) Experiments. B) Survey. C) Case Study. D) Observational. E) Correlational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Survey. 8. This must be obtained from all those who participate in an experiment A) Debriefing. B) Right to confidentiality. C) Informed Consent. D) Right to withdraw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Informed Consent. 9. What is an ethical consideration? A) Making sure your research causes harm or offence. B) When you are polite to people. C) Making sure you research does not cause harm or offence. D) When people are different colours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making sure you research does not cause harm or offence. 10. Which is true of a questionnaire? A) It's ideal for a small group. B) It's ideal for sensitive topics. C) It's flexible. D) It's impersonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's impersonal. 11. What is a limitation of participant observation? A) Only quantitate data (e.g. counting) can be obtained. B) No flexibility to clarify meaning. C) It is purely descriptive. D) Recording of data is difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recording of data is difficult. 12. The bad question which only contains 'yes' or 'no' answer is ..... A) Leading question. B) Absolute question. C) Double-barreled question. D) Biased question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolute question. 13. Information that has already been collected by another researcher or already exists is known as ..... data A) Secondary. B) Questionnaire. C) Interview. D) Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary. 14. It describes the specific research approach you will use in the study. This can be ethnography, case study, historical, phenomenological, narrative, grounded theory and the like. A) Research Locale. B) Research Design. C) Data Collection. D) Research Proceures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Research Design. 15. Which of the following title(s) of Historical Research is appropriate? A) A study of Basic Education. B) A Study of Values imbibed in Ramayana. C) A study of School Curriculum implemented during Mughal Period. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A study of School Curriculum implemented during Mughal Period. 16. A comprehensive, complete, detailed, and in-depth study and analysis of an individual, institution, group, or community. A) Survey. B) Case Study. C) Content Analysis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Case Study. 17. A way of gaining knowledge by means of direct and indirect observation or experience A) Casual research. B) Fundamental research. C) Empirical research. D) Applied research. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Empirical research. 18. Representatives of the population is known as: A) Sample. B) Suggestions. C) Source list. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sample. 19. Identify the sampling design:SCPS wants to survey its employees. They pick 4 schools from the county and survey every single employee in each of the 4 buildings. A) Cluster. B) Volunteer. C) Systematic. D) Simple random. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cluster. 20. The advantage of this descriptive method of research is that it gives a great deal of detailed descriptive information about a rare or uncommon issue or event. A) Experiments. B) Survey. C) Case Study. D) Correlational. E) Observational. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Case Study. 21. Which is a main limitation of observations? A) Occurs in a natural setting. B) Researcher can get immersed deeply into the studied phenomenon. C) No control over variables. D) Susceptibility to biases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Susceptibility to biases. 22. Which of the six major research purposes in education research is unique to Mixed Methods Research? A) Explanation. B) Description. C) Understanding. D) Influence. E) Integration. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Integration. 23. In a structured observation, recording target behaviours continuously, for the full duration of the observation is known as .....? A) Event sampling. B) Time sampling. C) Random sampling. D) Stratified sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Event sampling. 24. Which phase refers to a researcher providing stronger evidence for a conclusion through convergence and corroboration of findings? A) Principle of nonoverlapping weaknesses. B) Principle of triangulation. C) Practical theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Principle of triangulation. 25. A qualitative investigation focuses on A) Why and how. B) What and how many. C) Who and where. D) When and where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why and how. 26. Give one advantage of qualitative research A) You can compare results. B) It is usually high in reliability. C) It is usually high in validity. D) Research sample is representative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is usually high in validity. 27. Research process begin with A) Introduction. B) Hypothesis. C) The discovery and identification of problem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The discovery and identification of problem. 28. This research method is a measure of the extent to which two variables change together, and thus of how well either variable predicts the other A) Survey. B) Observational. C) Experiments. D) Correlational. E) Case Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correlational. 29. This research method is a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth since it is a unique or rare situation. A) Observational. B) Survey. C) Correlational. D) Experiments. E) Case Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Case Study. 30. In generalising from a sample to the population, it is important that the sample A) Is representative. B) Has been standardised. C) Is not too large. D) Is selected so that all members of the population participate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is representative. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesMethods Of Research Quiz 1Methods Of Research Quiz 2Methods Of Research Quiz 3Methods Of Research Quiz 4Methods Of Research Quiz 6Methods Of Research Quiz 7Methods Of Research Quiz 8Methods Of Research Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books