This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research > What Is Research – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books What Is Research Quiz 1 (28 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following steps of the scientific method is exemplified by the researcher reviewing the literature and focusing on a specific problem that has yet to be resolved? A) Analyze the collected information. B) Identify a topic. C) State the results of the data analysis. D) Describe the procedure to collect information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identify a topic. 2. Which of the following designs is characterized by the researchers' inability to actually manipulate an independent variable even though they are often interested in a causal relationship? A) Correlational. B) Descriptive. C) Causal-comparative. D) Experimental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Causal-comparative. 3. Which of the following studies most likely uses quantitative methods? A) Comparing test results across groups to understand the effects of a particular instructional approach. B) Understanding historical perspective for an educational topic. C) Understanding the shared beliefs and practices of teachers in a school. D) Developing a theory grounded in the beliefs of the group being studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparing test results across groups to understand the effects of a particular instructional approach. 4. Endeavors to explain, predict, and/or control phenomena are the goal of ..... A) Inductive logic. B) Tradition. C) Deductive logic. D) The scientific method. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The scientific method. 5. Which of the following problems is most appropriate to a qualitative approach? A) Describing the relationship between students' math attitudes and their math achievement. B) Identifying the characteristics that differentiate students who drop out of high school from those students who do not drop out. C) Describing the effect of creating a student-centered assessment environment on students' achievement. D) Understanding what it is like to work in a school that is changing the decision-making process from a top-down, administratively driven model to a bottom-up, teacher driven model. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identifying the characteristics that differentiate students who drop out of high school from those students who do not drop out. 6. Which of the following designs studies causal relationships? A) Descriptive. B) Causal-comparative. C) Correlational. D) Experimental. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experimental. 7. This refers to the information or content from different sources related to the topic. A) References. B) Methodology. C) Literature. D) Sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literature. 8. What is a sample in research? A) An educated guess. B) The whole target population. C) Only part of the target population. D) A piece of food you get to try. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only part of the target population. 9. Which design would you use to assess the attitudes of parents, teachers, and students toward a new disciplinary policy? A) Correlational. B) Experimental. C) Causal-comparative. D) Descriptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Descriptive. 10. The application of the scientific method to the study of educational problems is called ..... A) Inductive reasoning. B) Educational research. C) Grounded theory. D) Deductive reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Educational research. 11. Which of the following is most aligned with a researcher using quantitative methods? A) Studying a large number of subjects as a detached, objective observer. B) Studying an interesting phenomenon in the context in which it naturally occurs. C) Communicating the results of the study in a loosely structured report that uses informal language. D) Using a research design that changes as narrative data is collected and analyzed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studying a large number of subjects as a detached, objective observer. 12. If a researcher (1) identified a topic and a specific educational problem related to it, (2) carefully described the ways by which data was collected and analyzed, and (3) wrote a report reflecting on this work and its contribution to what is known about the topic, her work can BEST be described as ..... A) Qualitative research. B) Educational research. C) Evaluation research. D) Quantitative research. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Educational research. 13. An article, book, video, website, or other media from which information is obtained A) Research. B) Plagiarism. C) Source. D) Citation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Source. 14. After studying reinforcement theory, a teacher hypothesizes that using a tutorial computer program will lead to superior achievement in language arts. She devices a study in which the tutorial is used with two sixth-grade classes, whereas conventional materials are used with two other sixth-grade classes. This example of source of knowledge can be classified as ..... A) Deductive reasoning. B) Scientific approach. C) Personal experience. D) Inductive reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientific approach. 15. What do you call the degree of consistency and precision which produces a stable result of the conducted research? A) Consistency. B) Scope. C) Introduction. D) Reliability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reliability. 16. Ms. Turner is thinking about changing her instructional approach to a more mastery-learning orientation. She is interested in knowing more about this topic as well as its effectiveness when working with elementary school students. On which source should she rely for such information? A) Personal experience. B) Tradition. C) Research. D) Intuition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Research. 17. The purpose of research is to A) Seek answers to questions. B) Create new theories. C) Make discoveries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seek answers to questions. 18. This refers to a particular procedure or set of procedures applied in conducting a research or study. A) Introduction. B) Review of Related Literature. C) Methodology. D) Findings, Results and Recommendations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Methodology. 19. Experimental designs can be differentiated most clearly from descriptive, correlational, or causal-comparative designs on which of the following characteristics? A) Collecting numerical data. B) A clear intent to establish cause and effect relationships. C) The use of structured designs. D) The statistical analysis of data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A clear intent to establish cause and effect relationships. 20. The results from which of the following designs examining the relationships between variables SHOULD NOT BE interpreted as causal? A) Descriptive. B) Correlational. C) Ethnography. D) Experimental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correlational. 21. Ms. Tina has been coordinating the Independence Day Festival at her school for the last several years. She wants to be sure the students and parents enjoy the festival again this year. On which source is she MOST likely to rely when making decisions about what to do? A) Personal experience. B) Research. C) Tradition. D) Expert opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal experience. 22. If a researcher was studying the use of various instructional approaches to the "multiple intelligences" of a class of students, he is likely to be conducting which type of research? A) Basic. B) Action. C) Applied. D) Evaluation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Applied. 23. Mr. Hamzah has collected a number of stories from his mother who was an elementary school teacher for 30 years. By documenting some of these stories he has recorded experiences that were unique, interesting, and meaningful. Which type of research describes Mr. Hamzah's work? A) Ethnographic. B) Descriptive. C) Narrative. D) Causal comparative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative. 24. What is a target population? A) The whole group you want to study or describe. B) The population that is practicing for the Hunger Games. C) Part of the group you want to study or describe. D) Population inside the classroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The whole group you want to study or describe. 25. Mr. Rahman's choice of a specific research approach to his research problem should be guided by the extent to which the approach A) Indicates the limitations of the study. B) Describes the study. C) Provides a reasonable answer to the research question. D) Provides a summary of the research. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provides a reasonable answer to the research question. 26. Which of the following problems is most appropriate to a quantitative experimental approach? A) Studying the nature of student interactions in an inclusionary classroom. B) Studying the effect of using formative quizzes on student's knowledge of key concepts. C) Analyzing the use of a site-based decision making model as it is being implemented in a local high school. D) Understanding the experiences of a veteran teacher who has been moved into an administrative position in her school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studying the effect of using formative quizzes on student's knowledge of key concepts. 27. Which of the following is characterized by (1) an attempt to provide a solution to an educator's problem in his or her own school and (2) the fact that the educator is the researcher? A) Action research. B) Evaluation research. C) Experimental research. D) Narrative design. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action research. 28. How can participant bias affect the outcome of a study? A) It can invalidate it, if the volunteers hold bias that is counter to the opinions of those who are not part of the study, but are represented by it. B) It can make others want to volunteer for the study. C) It can prove it correct, because volunteer opinions accurately represent everyone in the population. D) It can split the results in two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can invalidate it, if the volunteers hold bias that is counter to the opinions of those who are not part of the study, but are represented by it. Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesReporting And Thesis Writing QuizResearch And Scientific Methods QuizResearch Concept QuizResearch Design QuizResearch Ethics QuizResearch Methodology QuizResearch Papers For Journals QuizResearch Plagiarism And Thesaurus Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books