(AMALEAKS - BLOGSPOT.COM) Research (RSCH-111) - Grade 11 Week 1-20
(AMALEAKS - BLOGSPOT.COM) Research (RSCH-111) - Grade 11 Week 1-20
(AMALEAKS - BLOGSPOT.COM) Research (RSCH-111) - Grade 11 Week 1-20
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The coordinator made an announcement, “Only the first 100 applicants will be interviewed today. The others
would have to
come back tomorrow.”
Interview of applicants will be conducted today and tomorrow.
In reading, we should consider not only what we can directly get from the text but also what we can read
between the lines. In order to fully understand and appreciate a thought, a sentence, a passage, and a text, we
need to read more than the literal
meaning (Yu & Plata, 2006).
We should use given information in inferring ideas
Recommendations should aim to solve or help solve problems discovered in the investigation.
False
The best research design is the qualitative research design.
False
Mateo almost wished that he hadn’t listened to the radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his umbrella. He
would feel silly
carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning.
Mateo heard a weather forecast; it would rain in the afternoon.
Godina (2004) explored the contradictory literacy practices of 10 high school students of Mexican background
from the rural
Midwest. Literacy is investigated through English and Spanish in a sociocultural context. Findings reveal how
Mexicanbackground students demonstrate different literacy practices in their homes and communities than
those acknowledged at school.
Results indicate that the lost opportunities for effective literacy learning at school ignored the realistic
responsibilities and potential of the Mexicanbackground students.
Ethnographic Research
Harmon (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) collected data from 8 nurses who were employed between 1951 and 1965 in
a Virginia state
hospital. These nurses were now retired and had between 12 and 46 years of psychiatric nursing experience.
The researcher
wanted to describe the experiences of these nurses who practiced in a state mental hospital before and during
the introduction of
antipsychotic medications. They expressed resignation and frustration while trying to provide care despite
crowded wards and
inadequate personnel and supplies. The nurses indicated that they focused on the patient’s body instead of on
the patient’s mind.
The camaraderie they experienced with other nurses helped them continue in their positions, despite what they
felt to be a
“thankless job.”
8 nurses
Daly (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) studied the lived experiences of mothers of suicidal adolescents. She contended
that, unfortunately,
the mother’s experience is often the hidden dimension in the family. Unstructured interviews were conducted
with 6 mothers living
with suicidal adolescents. Six themes were identified: failure as a good mother, the ultimate rejection, feeling
alone in the struggle,
helplessness and powerlessness in the struggle, cautious parenting, and keeping an emotional distance.
Phenomenological Research
Interview Segment
Q: What are your views on homelessness?
A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know
though what we can do
about it. I want to do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go
to town. They are
always there asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact doing quite
well from begging. But
if you have any caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help, when you have so much for yourself. They
say a lot of people
choose to live on the streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to say – it
lets them off the
hook. So really I guess the answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I
feel that something
should be done but I feel powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come for the
government to do something.
It makes me feel uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do.
Source: Grbich (2013)
Being homeless is a choice and individual decision.
True
Interview Segment
Q: What are your views on homelessness?
A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know
though what we can do
about it. I want to do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go
to town. They are
always there asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact doing quite
well from begging. But
if you have any caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help, when you have so much for yourself. They
say a lot of people
choose to live on the streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to say – it
lets them off the
hook. So really I guess the answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I
feel that something
should be done but I feel powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come for the
government to do something.
It makes me feel uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do.
Source: Grbich (2013)
Homelessness is a perennial global problem
True
Harmon (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) collected data from 8 nurses who were employed between 1951 and 1965 in
a Virginia state
hospital. These nurses were now retired and had between 12 and 46 years of psychiatric nursing experience.
The researcher
wanted to describe the experiences of these nurses who practiced in a state mental hospital before and during
the introduction
of antipsychotic medications. They expressed resignation and frustration while trying to provide care despite
crowded wards and
inadequate personnel and supplies. The nurses indicated that they focused on the patient’s body instead of on
the patient’s
mind. The camaraderie they experienced with other nurses helped them continue in their positions, despite
what they felt to be a
“thankless job.”
Narrative Research
Williams and Irurita (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) studied the personal control and emotional comfort of
hospitalized patients.
Interviews were conducted with 40 patients, and 75 hours of field observations were conducted. The basic
psychological
process identified by the researchers was labeled “optimizing personal control to facilitate emotional comfort.”
Personal control
referred to the ability of patients to influence their environment; emotional comfort was defined as a state of
relaxation that
affected the physical status of the patient. Personal control was found to be a central feature of emotional
comfort.
Grounded Theory Research
Godina (2004) explored the contradictory literacy practices of 10 high school students of Mexican background
from the rural
Midwest. Literacy is investigated through English and Spanish in a sociocultural context. Findings reveal how
Mexicanbackground
students demonstrate different literacy practices in their homes and communities than those acknowledged at
school. Results indicate that the lost opportunities for effective literacy learning at school ignored the realistic
responsibilities and
potential of the Mexicanbackground students
high school students of Mexican background from the rural Midwest
Interview Segment
Q: What are your views on homelessness?
A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know
though what we can do
about it. I want to do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go
to town. They are
always there asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact doing quite
well from begging.
But if you have any caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help, when you have so much for yourself.
They say a lot of
people choose to live on the streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to
say – it lets them
off the hook. So really I guess the answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about
homelessness. I feel that
something should be done but I feel powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come for the
government to
do something. It makes me feel uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do.
Source: Grbich (2013)
The homeless are also the same beggars asking for money on the street.
True
Williams and Irurita (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) studied the personal control and emotional comfort of
hospitalized patients.
Interviews were conducted with 40 patients, and 75 hours of field observations were conducted. The basic
psychological
process identified by the researchers was labeled “optimizing personal control to facilitate emotional comfort.”
Personal control
referred to the ability of patients to influence their environment; emotional comfort was defined as a state of
relaxation that
affected the physical status of the patient. Personal control was found to be a central feature of emotional
comfort.
hospitalized patients
Results rely heavily on words, and often quotations from those studied are included in the document.
True
Recommendations should aim for the ideals but they must be feasible, practical, and attainable even for
impossible.
False
Bill and Jessica were almost done taking turns choosing the players for their teams. It was Jessica’s turn to
choose, and only
Kurt was left. Jessica said, “Kurt.”
Jessica was pleased to have Kurt on her team.
You just opened a bag of potato chips and poured some juice in a glass when the phone rang. You went out of
the kitchen to
answer it. When you returned after a couple of minutes, you found the split juice and pieces of chips on the
floor. Your little
sister was tearyeyed and said, “I’m sorry. It was an accident.”
Your sister decided to get her own snacks
Not too much detail is needed in the summary of findings – simple answer the research questions, and draw the
conclusion.
True
The list of research participants
Word Tables and Lists
Characteristics of the people being studied
Word Tables and Lists
It is highly recommended through texts and marking them up with different colored highlighter pens.
Pawing
Organizational chart of the institution being studied
Graphics
Spradley (in Ryan and Bernard, 2003) recorded conversations among tramps at informal gatherings, meals,
card games, and
bull sessions. As the men talked to each other about their experiences, there were many references to making a
flop.
Spradley combed through his recorded material and notes looking for verbatim statements made by informants
about his
topic. On analyzing the statements, he found that most of the statements could fit into subcategories such as
kinds of flops,
ways to make flops, ways to make your own flop, kinds of people who bother you when you flop, ways to
make a bed, and
kinds of beds. Spradley then returned to his informants and sought additional information from them on each
of the
subcategories.
indigenous categories
He stole the recipe from the chef.
Plagiarism
Milken, Michael, et al. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly, vol. 23,
no. 4, 2006, p. 63.
CMS
Identify the following materials by choosing the correct letter: Research survey
Dynamic
An Inconvenient Truth. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, performances by Al Gore and Billy West, Paramount,
2006.
MLA
She hastily distorted the statistical computation of the data to finish her paper on time.
Falsification
The researcher invented the results of the study.
Fabrication
Theatrical play
Dynamic
Food blog
Syndicated
The research assistant wrote an anonymous name in the list.
Fabrication
The World Famous Hot Dog Site. (1999, July 7). Retrieved January 5, 2008, from
APA
“What is your message to people who are still fighting cancer until now?”
5
“Good morning. I’m a health officer in our barangay and I also belong to the medical research team of our
community.”
1
Do you find her comments on your website offensive?
Leading
How people use their bodies and voices to communicate different emotions; what individuals’ behaviors
indicate about their
feelings toward one another, their social rank, or their profession.
Physical behavior and gestures
Gender, age, ethnicity, and profession of speakers; dynamics of interaction
Verbal behavior and interactions
A researcher is interested in the examples or illustrations several authors have used to prove a point. How can
he pull them all
together and use them in his own paper in a list?
Include a citation after each separate example to indicate where you found them.
A blogger made a photo collage for his latest blog. He picked photos from his Facebook friends without asking
for their consent.
What research misconduct did he commit?
Plagiarism
Which of the following statements describes the process of reviewing the literature in a qualitative study?
It is limited to a brief preliminary search so as to avoid bias from the researcher.
In MLA citation style, when documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct?
This point has been argued before (Frye 197).
Which of the following statements is correct?
The reference list is doublespaced with hanging indents.
Which of the following is not an example of dynamic source?
paintings
Arrange the correct order of the guidelines for a coherent review of related literature:
1. Avoid misinterpretation or distortion of the writer’s original meaning by direct quotation.
2. Analyze their respective content, facts, findings, methods, concepts and implications. Cite properly all
relevant literature into a
meaningful whole.
3. Synthesize into holistic body of content or in one relevant discussion.
4. Classify and identify the appropriate categories, relationship, similarities, of both local and international
studies.
4, 2,1,3
Which of the following is an example of static type of source?
Html coded web sites
Which of the following is the most essential in conducting the review of related literature?
Examine all potential literature.
When doing your background reading for your literature review it is important to
All of the choices
Ellis, Rod. Understanding Second Language Acquisition. New York: Oxford University, 1986. Print.
MLA
What type of source is the newspaper clipping?
Syndicated
What does CMS citation style mean?
Chicago Manual Style
Most of the searches for related literature are conducted using:
Key word searches
What comes first before planning the structure of literature review?
Outlining the aim of the research
Which of the following is the best advice in using internet search engines in qualitative research?
Web addresses ending in ac.uk or .edu are generally bona fide academic sources
What is the APA citation style of the information of the source presented?
Personal author: McCullough, David G.
Title: John Adams
Publication info: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2001.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 703726) and index
Cullough, D. (2001). John Adams, 703726. New York : Simon & Schuster
Which of the following is the best way to maximize the process of reviewing of the related literature?
Reviewing the researcher’s notes made on editorial and overview papers and chapters
Which of the following is not an error that will result to plagiarism?
Paraphrasing other people’s information and citing the source of that information
In 1904, Matisse came under the influence of Signac's use of separated colors in his paintings. This was called
"divisionism." As
Spurling says, "Divisionism provided logical grounds for separating the ultimate goal of painting order,
harmony, emotional
stability achieved through rhythmic compositions of form and color from its traditional dependence on the
subject. This was an
important idea for Matisse.
No year of publication beside the cited names
Which of the following is the best way to avoid plagiarism?
Make sure that the source of every idea is very clearly identified and cited.
What information is required for the APA intext citation?
Personal author: McCullough, David G.
Title: John Adams
Publication info: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2001.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 703726) and index.
McCullough, 2001
Which of the following is true in MLA citation of block quotes?
All of the choices
The literature review must be:
Required reading for the program of the study
What does the researcher engage in reading the literature?
An evaluation of the literature
What is the purpose of the search for literature in research?
The researcher develops an awareness of all the related literature.
Which characteristic is the first consideration in surveying related literature and studies?
The surveyed materials must be as recent as possible.
In APA citation style, which of the following is TRUE about quotations?
They should be used only when absolutely necessary.
Why does a researcher need to cite his/her sources?
To show readers the materials where the researcher base his/her analysis, narrative or conclusion.
Which of the following is the best way to protect yourself against plagiarism?
All of the choices
Describe your relationship with your colleagues.
Open
Where people enter and exit; how long they stay; who they are (ethnicity, age, gender); whether they are alone
or
accompanied; number of people
Human traffic
Would you like to continue that kind of relationship?
Mapping
“Thank you for finding time to be in this interview. Your story is very inspiring.”
6
“One area of this research is to record particular challenges that cancer patients face after chemotherapy. Could
you tell me
your experience?”
4
What do you think about the two presidential candidates?
Open
What individuals’ preferences concerning personal space suggest about their relationships
Personal space
“How old were you when you discovered your disease?”
3
Do you feel great when people admire your work?
Leading
“How does your family view your situation?”
4
Pollan, Michael. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin.
APA
Research journal
Syndicated
Weinstein, Joshua I. "The Market in Plato’sRepublic." Classical Philology 104 (2009): 439–58.
CMS
Braveheart (starred and produced by Mel Gibson)
Static
The bibliography is incomplete.
Fabrication
The researcher manipulated the results of the study.
Falsification
Google. “Google Privacy Policy.” Last modified March 11,
2009. http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html.
MLA
Official website
Static
A director didn’t cite the name of the playwright he used in the contest.
Plagiarism
Spolarium by Juan Luna
Static
Reference list allows readers to locate and use the sources and copy the ones cited.
False
References can be the same as bibliography.
False
The club president tendered his resignation and said, “While I may no longer lead this organization, I will
continue to support its endeavors and activities.”
He will still participate in the activities of the organization.
James Springer and his identical twin James Lewis were separated at birth. They were raised in different
homes. They did not
meet again until they were 39. When they met, they found out the following: Springer’s first wife was named
Linda and his second
wife, Betty. Lewis has also had a wife named Betty and one named Linda. Each had a son named James Allen.
Each had owned a
dog named Toy. Their favorite subject in high school had been math. They had both studied law enforcement
after high school.
They had the same hobbies and the same favorite vacation place. They even liked the same brand of cookies.
(adapted from
http://www.gedonlineclass.net)
What conclusion can you draw about twins based on this article?
Identical twins have a lot in common
Conclusions should refer only to the population, area, or subject of the study.
True
“English has been dubbed as the “language of the world”. Over a billion people in the world have considered
English as their second
language. With over 2,500 OFW’s leaving the country everyday to different parts of the globe, Filipinos are
expected to arm
themselves with English to communicate with the world.”(Excerpt from “Nursing the Carabao English”,in
Yu& Plata, 2006)
Communicating in English is an important tool for Filipinos who want to work abroad.
The research report need not to be substantially different from drafts, except where participants have indicated
that change is
necessary.
True
The readers must be informed why this research counts and why is it important.
True
James Springer and his identical twin James Lewis were separated at birth. They were raised in different
homes. They did not
meet again until they were 39. When they met, they found out the following: Springer’s first wife was named
Linda and his second
wife, Betty. Lewis has also had a wife named Betty and one named Linda. Each had a son named James Allen.
Each had owned a
dog named Toy. Their favorite subject in high school had been math. They had both studied law enforcement
after high school.
They had the same hobbies and the same favorite vacation place. They even liked the same brand of cookies.
(adapted from
http://www.gedonlineclass.net)
What conclusion can you draw about the two men in the article?
Even though these men were raised differently, they like many of the same things.
Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldn’t be spending hours staring blankly at a screen.
Worse yet, some of her wild behavior have been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches.
Some cartoons are not good for Maria.
In a study of birth planning in China, Greenhalgh (in Ryan and Bernard, 2003) surveyed 1,011 evermarried
women, gathered
social and economic histories from 150 families. She conducted indepth interviews with present and formal
officials (known as
cadres), and collected documentary evidence from local newspapers, journals and other sources. Greenhalgh
notes that "Because I was largely constrained from asking direct questions about resistance, the informal
record of field notes, interview transcripts, and questionnaire data contains few overt challenges to state
policy." Greenhalgh concludes, however, that their conversations with the researchers, both peasants and
cadres made strategic use of silence to protest aspects of the policy they did not like. Cadres, for example were
loathe to comment on birthplanning campaigns; peasant women were reluctant to talk about sterilization.
These silences form one part of the unofficial record of birth planning in the villages. More explicit protests
were registered in informal conversations. From these interactions emerged a sense of profound distress of
villagers forced to choose between a resistance that was politically risky and a compliance that violated the
norms of Chinese culture and of practical reason.
searching for missing information
Geographic map of the study area
Graphics
Summary of research findings
Word Tables and Lists
Another linguistic approach is to look for naturally occurring shifts in thematic content.
Transitions
Interviews searching for what people do in managing impersonal social relationships, methods by which
people acquire and
maintain achieved and ascribed status, and information about how people solve problems
Social science queries
The changing image of public transportation
Pictures The approach is based on a powerful trick most of us learned in kindergarten and requires paper and
scissors.
Cutting and Sorting
The object is to look for metaphors in rhetoric and deduce the schemas, or underlying principles, that might
produce patterns in those metaphors.
Metaphors and analogies
Look carefully at words and phrases that indicate relationships among things.
Connectors
Artwork of the child participants
Pictures
Bisogni, et. al. (2005) studied the conceptual understanding of how management of food and eating is linked to
life course events and
experiences. Individual qualitative interviews were conducting to adults in upstate New York, particularly 14
men and 11 women with
moderate to low incomes. A conceptual model of food choice capacity emerged. Food choice capacity
represented participants'
confidence in meeting their standards for food and eating given their food management skills and
circumstances. Most participants had
faced challenging and changing circumstances (income, employment, social support, roles, health conditions).
Participants linked
strong food management skills with high levels of food choice capacity, except in the case of extreme financial
circumstances or the
absence of strong standards.
Narrative Research
Bullington (2005) investigated how older people (60+) experience the ageing body and how these experiences
affect aged peoples’
sense of identity. Explorative, open ended, interviews were conducted with 13 respondents between the ages of
63 and 82, recruited
from a retired peoples’ organization, Church organizations, and from the working population. The results
showed that generally the
experience of the ageing body has to do with a changed life world, reactions to this change in terms of body
and self, and finding ways
to feel at home in this changed situation.
13 respondents between the ages of 63 and 82
Dunckley, Aspinal, AddingtonHall, Hughes, & Higginson (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) used the staff in one
hospice and one nursing home
setting in London as their research data. The purpose of the study was to identify facilitators and barriers to the
use of the Palliative
Care Outcome Scale (POS). Staff took part in semistructured interviews, completed diaries, and participated in
monthly meetings to
give their opinions of what they thought were the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of the POS.
Action Research
Dunckley, Aspinal, AddingtonHall, Hughes, & Higginson (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) used the staff in one
hospice and one nursing home
setting in London as their research data. The purpose of the study was to identify facilitators and barriers to the
use of the Palliative
Care Outcome Scale (POS). Staff took part in semistructured interviews, completed diaries, and participated in
monthly meetings to
give their opinions of what they thought were the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of the POS.
staff of one hospice and one nursing home
Interview Segment
Q: What are your views on homelessness?
A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know
though what we can do about
it. I want to do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go to
town. They are always there
asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact doing quite well from
begging. But if you have any
caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help, when you have so much for yourself. They say a lot of
people choose to live on the
streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to say – it lets them off the
hook. So really I guess the
answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I feel that something should
be done but I feel
powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come for the government to do something. It
makes me feel
uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do.
Source: Grbich (2013)
Common people are powerless to help the homeless.
False
Bullington (2005) investigated how older people (60+) experience the ageing body and how these experiences
affect aged peoples’
sense of identity. Explorative, open ended, interviews were conducted with 13 respondents between the ages of
63 and 82, recruited
from a retired peoples’ organization, Church organizations, and from the working population. The results
showed that generally the
experience of the ageing body has to do with a changed life world, reactions to this change in terms of body
and self, and finding ways
to feel at home in this changed situation.
Phenomenological Research
Interview Segment
Q: What are your views on homelessness?
A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know
though what we can do about
it. I want to do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go to
town. They are always there
asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact doing quite well from
begging. But if you have any
caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help, when you have so much for yourself. They say a lot of
people choose to live on the
streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to say – it lets them off the
hook. So really I guess the
answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I feel that something should
be done but I feel
powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come for the government to do something. It
makes me feel
uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do.
Source: Grbich (2013)
Homelessness is hopeless to be solved.
False
Bisogni, et. al. (2005) studied the conceptual understanding of how management of food and eating is linked to
life course events and
experiences. Individual qualitative interviews were conducting to adults in upstate New York, particularly 14
men and 11 women with
moderate to low incomes. A conceptual model of food choice capacity emerged. Food choice capacity
represented participants'
confidence in meeting their standards for food and eating given their food management skills and
circumstances. Most participants had
faced challenging and changing circumstances (income, employment, social support, roles, health conditions).
Participants linked
strong food management skills with high levels of food choice capacity, except in the case of extreme financial
circumstances or the
absence of strong standards.
14 men and 11 women with moderate to low incomes
Interview Segment
Q: What are your views on homelessness?
A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know
though what we can do about
it. I want to do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go to
town. They are always there
asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact doing quite well from
begging. But if you have any
caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help, when you have so much for yourself. They say a lot of
people choose to live on the
streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to say – it lets them off the
hook. So really I guess the
answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I feel that something should
be done but I feel
powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come for the government to do something. It
makes me feel
uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do.
Source: Grbich (2013)
The homeless are stereotyping their social conditions to beg for money.
False
Interview Segment
Q: What are your views on homelessness?
A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know
though what we can do about
it. I want to do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go to
town. They are always there
asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact doing quite well from
begging. But if you have any
caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help, when you have so much for yourself. They say a lot of
people choose to live on the
streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to say – it lets them off the
hook. So really I guess the
answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I feel that something should
be done but I feel
powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come for the government to do something. It
makes me feel
uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do.
Source: Grbich (2013)
Not all homeless are impoverished.
True
Textbooks
Static
The researcher copied the results of the study from another thesis.
Plagiarism
She changed the gender of the participant to complete the all male survey.
Falsification
Ebert, Roger. Review of An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com, 1 June 2006,
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aninconvenienttruth2006. Accessed 15 June 2016.
MLA
Baxter, C. (1997). Race equality in health care and education.Philadelphia: Ballière Tindall.
APA
Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. Springer, 2005.
CMS
Live concert
Dynamic
Discovery Channel
Syndicated
Alibali, M. W. (1999). How children change their minds: Strategy change can be gradual or abrupt.
Developmental Psychology,
35,127145.
APA
The researcher declared she interviewed the resource person even if she didn’t.
Fabrication
The correct answer is: Qualitative research is the best design for a social inquiry since it explores and analyzes
people's values and perspective through observation.
promote the values that are essential to collaborative work, such as trust, accountability, mutual respect and
fairness.
True or False: A responsible researcher looks for alternative ways to arrive at a conclusion in the study.
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“Research is the highest form of adoration” ― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.
” -Bill Gates
The correct answer is: Innovation is funding a research and learning its basic facts.
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over fear and
it's cousin, depression.” ― Robert McKee
The correct answer is: Research is not only answering questions but also discovering one’s talent and skill
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new
lines of research.” ― Paul A.M. Dirac
The correct answer is: Research starts from the stimulated mind and may end to measure of greatness.
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. ” -Zora Neale Hurston
The correct answer is: Research is a formalized curiosity with a purpose.
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“All I’m armed with is research.” -Mike Wallace
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“The more important reason is that the research itself provides an important long-run perspective on the issues
that we face on a day-to-day basis. ” -Ben Bernanke
The correct answer is: Research provides an important perspective on our daily issues.
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. ” -Neil
Armstrong
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“Research is about engaging in a conversation with a brand.” -Matthew Rhodes
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience.
“Find out what’s really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.” –
Marilyn Manson
The correct answer is: Research is finding out there what other’s has not seen so you make a difference.
Debriefing should…
The correct answer is: Explain all relevant aspects of research procedures
A researcher may withhold a participant’s name and any identifying characteristics when asked to present such
information when
The correct answer is: Sharing only the information permitted by the participant
The correct answer is: A tentative conclusion or answer to a specific question raised at the beginning of the
investigation.
The correct answer is: Both can be utilized by researchers depending on the use.
The correct answer is: Have adequate information about the procedures and benefits associated with the
research
Confidentiality and anonymity are important to insure limited risk of exposure of information including…
Normally, in which part of the research report are the hypotheses justified to the reader?
The correct answer is: To make sure that participants know exactly what to expect from the research and to
communicate their right to withdraw at any stage.
The correct answer is: Prevent mental and physical harm to subjects.
Which of the following is not an ethical dilemma in research?
What aspect of research experience illustrates the pressure to the researcher in meeting research deadlines?
Among the steps in the research process, which part typically takes the most time of the researcher?
The correct answer is: conflict between the different principles of immoral conduct
The correct answer is: Research must give pride to its investigator.
The correct answer is: The research that the researcher takes in becomes a personal importance.
Research is
The correct answer is: Proposed before a good research question can be developed.
The correct answer is: a problem statement, a hypothesis, definitions, a literature review, a sample of subjects,
tests or other measuring instruments, a description of procedures, and data analysis.
A reasoning where one start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal statement is
called
Research is
The correct answer is: Searching for the truth in a scientific way
Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
The correct answer is: more likely to involve applied research than basic research
Research involves exploring what _________________ other researchers have come to.
Choose the most appropriate explanation to the meaning of the following quotation on qualitative research.
“The major strength of qualitative approach is the depth to which explorations are conducted, and descriptions
are written, usually resulting in sufficient details for the reader to grasp the idiosyncrasies of the situation.” –
Myers
The correct answer is: The importance of context and meaning are the reasons to get the depth of explorations
in qualitative research. The setting of the problem and multiple ways to get data from the locale will surely
help the researcher to explain the unexplainable.
Choose the most appropriate explanation to the meaning of the following quotation on qualitative research.
“Formal symbolic representation of qualitative entities is doomed to its rightful place of minor significance in
a world where flowers and beautiful women abound.” Albert Einstein
The correct answer is: Qualitative research is everyday life research. The issues to be addressed are in the
beautiful places where problems are least expected to arise such as home, school, church, tourist spots, etc.
Choose the most appropriate explanation to the meaning of the following quotation on qualitative research.
“The most important advances, the qualitative leaps, are the least predictable. Not even the best scientists
predicted the impact of nuclear physics, and everyday consumer items such as the iPhone would have seemed
magic back in the 1950s.” - Martin Rees
The correct answer is: The flexible design of qualitative research is illustrated in the quotation since it can be
modified from modern to conservative or vice-versa depending on the need of the study. The skill set required
of the researcher is the key to interpret unpredictable findings.
Online and mobile technology offer limited enhancements to qualitative research designs.
Education, nursing, sociology, anthropology, information studies, humanities, and health sciences are the only
topics to be used for qualitative research.
Qualitative research is relative to the everyday life of the researcher including his/her meditation on daily
activities and experiences.
Qualitative research requires the analytical and organizational abilities that are necessary for all researchers.
“The worse thing that contemporary qualitative research can imply is that, in this post-modern age, anything
goes. The trick is to produce intelligent, disciplined work on the very edge of the abyss.” ― David Silverman
The correct answer is: The messy analysis and inductive approach is the qualitative characteristic describe in
this quotation. It involves multilayered process which may include anything but the inductive approach will
shape the result into an intelligent and disciplined work that will really make a difference.
The correct answer is: The unique capabilities of online and mobile qualitative research can be under modern
category and they are very much useful in qualitative research.
Identify the research title with the description of APPLIED or PURE research:
Multitasking: Helpful or Hurtful
Which part of the research paper do you find the following? The weaknesses spring out of the inaccuracies of
the perceptions of the respondents.
Which part of the research paper do you find the following? Possible solutions to existing problems or
improvement to unsatisfactory conditions.
Individuals are like scientists who develop theories on how the world and their own activities function.
It is generally used to figure out the changes in a system when a variable in the system changes, measuring
how the end result changes by altering a variable.
The mathematics involved is very high level and people often struggle with it even after being taught how to
do it.
It addresses the question of how people produce social reality in and through interactive processes.
It can be defined like mathematical and statistical models which are describing a diverse array of variables
relationship.
Looks at relationships between variables and can establish cause and effect in highly controlled circumstance.
The observation of such forms can be broken into the dimensions of temporal, spatial, material, social,
meaningful, media-technical, emotional and bodily aspects.
Applying the algorithm for detecting individual trees from Drone Images
This section indicates the specific benefits which will be gained from the results of the study.
The problem statement is more specific than a topic and it limits the scope of the research problem.
Indicate what is probably necessary to conduct the study and explain how the findings will present this
information.
It must only ask about the relationship between two or more variables.
The period of the study which includes the time, either months or years, during which the data were gathered.
No experimental treatments were given, and no control other than gender was attempted.
The researchers also determined the children’s reactions on violent cartoon shows watched on television.
This is qualitative research that investigates the daily life of housewives on weekdays.
The results of this study should be limited to students enrolled in similar programs.
Some technical terms on information technology were not explained in this study.
This study concentrates on the factors that need to be considered for the implementation of the policy.
The inputs are only coming from senior high school students of the subject school.
The study is focused on the possible implementation of online exam in the university.
The correct answer is: People and institution who have directly or indirectly experienced the research problem.
Willing (2009) argues that many qualitative researchers tend not to work with “variables” that are defined by
the researcher prior to the research project because
In the title “The Chemistry of English Language between Foreign and Local Students of Holy Ghost College in
Bangued, Abra”, who could be the possible beneficiaries of the research?
The correct answer is: Students, teachers, school administrators and future researchers
The correct answer is: It must contribute to the development of the whole research problem or topic.
The correct answer is: The title must reflect the variables under study.
The correct answer is: This study determines the status of irregular second year students enrolled in a Catholic
school.
The correct answer is: They are particularly useful for exploring how and why things that have happened.
The correct answer is: The researcher strives to collect information from which some level of useful
knowledge can be gained.
What is conceptual audacity that can be found in the theme of everyday life research?
The correct answer is: A tool that enables us to see new and perhaps surprising aspects of the everyday lives
that we lead.
Scope and delimitation distinguishes the constraints of the study by delimiting the topic in terms of time,
____________________, availability of subjects, resources and ethical considerations.
What are the types of issues that qualitative research commonly answers?
The correct answer is: The Chemistry of English Language between Foreign and Local Students of Holy Ghost
College in Bangued, Abra
The correct answer is: To study the social interaction in a natural environment.
How can a researcher become the data gathering instrument in qualitative research?
The correct answer is: The researcher is at the center of the data-gathering phase.
The correct answer is: The participants and the researcher share the “research space”.
How can online and mobile communications become advantageous in qualitative research?
The correct answer is: Participants can enrich their text responses by attaching files, images, links to websites,
and voice response.
A well-formulated title must state ______________ in a clear, concise, and precise way.
It is a formal, objective, systematic process in which numerical data are used to obtain information about the
world.
____________ tend to be generally expressed; a ____________ is a specific prediction about what the readers
will find.
The correct answer is: research question; hypothesis
The researcher should never report flaws in procedural design and estimate their effect on the findings.
It relates to the growth of knowledge, to the verification or validation of existing knowledge or practice to the
development of new knowledge.
Restate the statement: Although it might be said that an absolute truth is intangible in all forms of research, the
interactive, personal and interpretive approach in qualitative inquiry extinguishes the notion that the outcomes
represent an absolute truth.
Research is
The correct answer is: investigating, analyzing and synthesizing new information from various sources
The correct answer is: The researcher participates as a research subject for his/her own study.
The correct answer is: A dog can be trained to alert a human if the telephone is ringing.
The correct answer is: The readers are involved in all the studies that they read.
The correct answer is: Fairness in distribution and equitable selection of participants
It is also used to uncover trends in thought and opinions, and dive deeper into the problem.
What characteristic of qualitative research is mentioned here? The data and the researcher’s interpretation of
the data – hinge greatly on the contexts from which the data are obtained (Roller & Lavraks, 2015).
What section identifies the people or institution who will benefit from the findings of the study?
It identifies the possibilities to which to which the study becomes manageable in terms of issues, respondents,
and time.
It is an exploratory research.
The correct answer is: The daily life activities can be studied.
The correct answer is: It may result to inaccuracies in the attitudes being measured for the question.
The correct answer is: A student examined the function of boxing as a way to help adolescents with a criminal
record to deal with aggression
Time expenditure on research is lighter on the planning end and heavier during the analysis phase.
The correct answer is: This may in turn generate new forms of human action.
Paraphrase the statement: Qualitative approaches are typically used to explore new phenomena and to capture
individuals’ thoughts, feelings, or interpretations of meanings and process (Given, 2008).
The correct answer is: It is used to gain an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations of
humans.
Which of the following statements is true based on the question: which of these is a way to build the general
knowledge of a research topic?
I. Read a good recent textbook chapter.
II. Look for the recent publication before reading a material.
III. Find and use a reader on the topic in question.
Research survey
Milken, Michael, et al. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly, vol. 23,
no. 4, 2006, p. 63.
An Inconvenient Truth. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, performances by Al Gore and Billy West, Paramount,
2006.
She hastily distorted the statistical computation of the data to finish her paper on time.
Ebert, Roger. Review of An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com, 1 June 2006,
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-inconvenient-truth-2006. Accessed 15 June 2016. Ebert, Roger. Review
of An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com, 1 June 2006,
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-inconvenient-truth-2006. Accessed 15 June 2016
The researcher copied the results of the study from another thesis.
The researcher declared she interviewed the resource person even if she didn’t.
Live concert
She changed the gender of the participant to complete the all male survey.
Baxter, C. (1997). Race equality in health care and education.Philadelphia: Ballière Tindall.
Discovery Channel
Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. Springer, 2005.
Textbooks
Theatrical play
Food blog
The correct answer is: Syndicated
The World Famous Hot Dog Site. (1999, July 7). Retrieved January 5, 2008, from
http://www.xroads.com/~tcs/hotdog/hotdog.html
Weinstein, Joshua I. "The Market in Plato’sRepublic." Classical Philology 104 (2009): 439–58.
Pollan, Michael. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin.
Research journal
Official website
A director didn’t cite the name of the playwright he used in the contest.
What organizational principle is used to explain ideas according to their respective premise?
What is the most popular citation style used in academic research papers?
Which of the following is the best advice in using internet search engines in qualitative research?
The correct answer is: Web addresses ending in ac.uk or .edu are generally bona fide academic sources.
Which characteristic is the first consideration in surveying related literature and studies?
The correct answer is: The surveyed materials must be as recent as possible.
A blogger made a photo collage for his latest blog. He picked photos from his Facebook friends without asking
for their consent. What research misconduct did he commit?
The correct answer is: The researcher develops an awareness of all the related literature.
Which of the following is the most essential in conducting the review of related literature?
Economy Hurt by Decline in English (2006, June 18). The Manila Times, p. A1, A2.
The correct answer is: Related literature are materials usually printed and found in books.
When doing your background reading for your literature review it is important to
The Internet has become an accepted source of information for educational research. Which of the following is
NOT an indicator of the quality of information found on the Internet?
Which of the following is the best way to maximize the process of reviewing of the related literature?
The correct answer is: Reviewing the researcher’s notes made on editorial and overview papers and chapters
The correct answer is: Paraphrasing other people’s information and citing the source of that information.
In 1904, Matisse came under the influence of Signac's use of separated colors in his paintings. This was called
"divisionism." As Spurling says, "Divisionism provided logical grounds for separating the ultimate goal of
painting - order, harmony, emotional stability achieved through rhythmic compositions of form and color from
its traditional dependence on the subject. This was an important idea for Matisse.
The correct answer is: No year of publication beside the cited names
What is the APA citation style of the information of the source presented?
The correct answer is: They should be used only when absolutely necessary.
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE with regards to the literature review?
The correct answer is: It explains the method necessary for the gathering of data.
What research misconduct is committed when the researcher use the sentences from published medical
literature with minor modification in word structure without attribution?
A researcher is interested in the examples or illustrations several authors have used to prove a point. How can
he pull them all together and use them in his own paper in a list?
The correct answer is: Include a citation after each separate example to indicate where you found them.
In MLA, which of the following is the correct way to cite a website in a text?
Which of the following statements describes the process of reviewing the literature in a qualitative study?
The correct answer is: It is limited to a brief preliminary search so as to avoid bias from the researcher.
Harmon (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) collected data from 8 nurses who were employed between 1951 and 1965 in
a Virginia state hospital. These nurses were now retired and had between 12 and 46 years of psychiatric
nursing experience. The researcher wanted to describe the experiences of these nurses who practiced in a state
mental hospital before and during the introduction of antipsychotic medications. They expressed resignation
and frustration while trying to provide care despite crowded wards and inadequate personnel and supplies. The
nurses indicated that they focused on the patient’s body instead of on the patient’s mind. The camaraderie they
experienced with other nurses helped them continue in their positions, despite what they felt to be a “thankless
job.”
Williams and Irurita (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) studied the personal control and emotional comfort of
hospitalized patients. Interviews were conducted with 40 patients, and 75 hours of field observations were
conducted. The basic psychological process identified by the researchers was labeled “optimizing personal
control to facilitate emotional comfort.” Personal control referred to the ability of patients to influence their
environment; emotional comfort was defined as a state of relaxation that affected the physical status of the
patient. Personal control was found to be a central feature of emotional comfort.
The correct answer is: high school students of Mexican background from the rural Midwest
Interview Segment
Q: What are your views on homelessness?
A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know
though what we can do about it. I want to do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded
of the problem if you go to town. They are always there asking for money. You don’t know though if they
really need it or if they are in fact doing quite well from begging. But if you have any caring qualities you can’t
ignore requests for help, when you have so much for yourself. They say a lot of people choose to live on the
streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to say – it lets them off the
hook. So really I guess the answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I
feel that something should be done but I feel powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has
come for the government to do something. It makes me feel uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do.
Source: Grbich (2013)
The homeless are also the same beggars asking for money on the street.
Williams and Irurita (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) studied the personal control and emotional comfort of
hospitalized patients. Interviews were conducted with 40 patients, and 75 hours of field observations were
conducted. The basic psychological process identified by the researchers was labeled “optimizing personal
control to facilitate emotional comfort.” Personal control referred to the ability of patients to influence their
environment; emotional comfort was defined as a state of relaxation that affected the physical status of the
patient. Personal control was found to be a central feature of emotional comfort.
Bisogni, et. al. (2005) studied the conceptual understanding of how management of food and eating is linked to
life course events and experiences. Individual qualitative interviews were conducting to adults in upstate New
York, particularly 14 men and 11 women with moderate to low incomes. A conceptual model of food choice
capacity emerged. Food choice capacity represented participants' confidence in meeting their standards for
food and eating given their food management skills and circumstances. Most participants had faced
challenging and changing circumstances (income, employment, social support, roles, health conditions).
Participants linked strong food management skills with high levels of food choice capacity, except in the case
of extreme financial circumstances or the absence of strong standards
Dunckley, Aspinal, Addington-Hall, Hughes, & Higginson (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) used the staff in one
hospice and one nursing home setting in London as their research data. The purpose of the study was to
identify facilitators and barriers to the use of the Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS). Staff took part in semi-
structured interviews, completed diaries, and participated in monthly meetings to give their opinions of what
they thought were the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of the POS.
Dunckley, Aspinal, Addington-Hall, Hughes, & Higginson (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) used the staff in one
hospice and one nursing home setting in London as their research data. The purpose of the study was to
identify facilitators and barriers to the use of the Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS). Staff took part in semi-
structured interviews, completed diaries, and participated in monthly meetings to give their opinions of what
they thought were the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of the POS.
The correct answer is: staff of one hospice and one nursing home
A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know
though what we can do about it. I want to do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded
of the problem if you go to town. They are always there asking for money. You don’t know though if they
really need it or if they are in fact doing quite well from begging. But if you have any caring qualities you can’t
ignore requests for help, when you have so much for yourself. They say a lot of people choose to live on the
streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to say – it lets them off the
hook. So really I guess the answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I
feel that something should be done but I feel powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has
come for the government to do something. It makes me feel uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do.
Source: Grbich (2013)
Bullington (2005) investigated how older people (60+) experience the ageing body and how these experiences
affect aged peoples’ sense of identity. Explorative, open ended, interviews were conducted with 13
respondents between the ages of 63 and 82, recruited from a retired peoples’ organization, Church
organizations, and from the working population. The results showed that generally the experience of the ageing
body has to do with a changed life world, reactions to this change in terms of body and self, and finding ways
to feel at home in this changed situation.
Bisogni, et. al. (2005) studied the conceptual understanding of how management of food and eating is linked to
life course events and experiences. Individual qualitative interviews were conducting to adults in upstate New
York, particularly 14 men and 11 women with moderate to low incomes. A conceptual model of food choice
capacity emerged. Food choice capacity represented participants' confidence in meeting their standards for
food and eating given their food management skills and circumstances. Most participants had faced
challenging and changing circumstances (income, employment, social support, roles, health conditions).
Participants linked strong food management skills with high levels of food choice capacity, except in the case
of extreme financial circumstances or the absence of strong standards.
The correct answer is: 14 men and 11 women with moderate to low incomes
The homeless are stereotyping their social conditions to beg for money.
Daly (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) studied the lived experiences of mothers of suicidal adolescents. She contended
that, unfortunately, the mother’s experience is often the hidden dimension in the family. Unstructured
interviews were conducted with 6 mothers living with suicidal adolescents. Six themes were identified: failure
as a good mother, the ultimate rejection, feeling alone in the struggle, helplessness and powerlessness in the
struggle, cautious parenting, and keeping an emotional distance.
Godina (2004) explored the contradictory literacy practices of 10 high school students of Mexican background
from the rural Midwest. Literacy is investigated through English and Spanish in a sociocultural context.
Findings reveal how Mexican-background students demonstrate different literacy practices in their homes and
communities than those acknowledged at school. Results indicate that the lost opportunities for effective
literacy learning at school ignored the realistic responsibilities and potential of the Mexican-background
students.
Harmon (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) collected data from 8 nurses who were employed between 1951 and 1965 in
a Virginia state hospital. These nurses were now retired and had between 12 and 46 years of psychiatric
nursing experience. The researcher wanted to describe the experiences of these nurses who practiced in a state
mental hospital before and during the introduction of antipsychotic medications. They expressed resignation
and frustration while trying to provide care despite crowded wards and inadequate personnel and supplies. The
nurses indicated that they focused on the patient’s body instead of on the patient’s mind. The camaraderie they
experienced with other nurses helped them continue in their positions, despite what they felt to be a “thankless
job.”
Adler (2003) examined the relationship of foreign language study and SAT Verbal scores. Additionally, the
study explored whether or not the number of years of foreign language study had an impact on SAT verbal
scores. The students involved were female seniors at a private high school in suburban Maryland. It was
hypothesized that there would be no significant effect that the choice of foreign language study has on the
verbal score achieved on the SAT. This hypothesis was rejected because there was a significant difference in
SAT Verbal averages among the students of three different foreign languages. French foreign language
students outperformed Spanish and Latin foreign language students.
Adler (2003) examined the relationship of foreign language study and SAT Verbal scores. Additionally, the
study explored whether or not the number of years of foreign language study had an impact on SAT verbal
scores. The students involved were female seniors at a private high school in suburban Maryland. It was
hypothesized that there would be no significant effect that the choice of foreign language study has on the
verbal score achieved on the SAT. This hypothesis was rejected because there was a significant difference in
SAT Verbal averages among the students of three different foreign languages. French foreign language
students outperformed Spanish and Latin foreign language students.
Gance-Cleveland (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) examined the features, critical attributes, processes, and benefits of
school based support groups for adolescents with an addicted parent. Participant observations were conducted
weekly at two high schools over one semester. Interviews were conducted with program administrators, school
administrators, group co-facilitators, and participants. School-based support group participation was found to
enhance self-knowledge and led to self-care and self-healing.
The correct answer is: program administrators, school administrators, group co-facilitators
The government is the only one who can help the homeless.
Edwards (2007) explored the process of college men’s gender identity development. In order to try to meet
these expectations and be seen as men, participants described putting on a performance that was like wearing a
mask or “putting my man face on.” This process included learning societal expectations of them as men, as
well as specific cultural group expectations. The men in this study were all aware that they did not neatly fit
behind the mask, either as a result of personal characteristics or social identities. Their resulting insecurities led
them to wearing the mask both consciously and unconsciously so that they would be seen as men by society.
Edwards (2007) explored the process of college men’s gender identity development. In order to try to meet
these expectations and be seen as men, participants described putting on a performance that was like wearing a
mask or “putting my man face on.” This process included learning societal expectations of them as men, as
well as specific cultural group expectations. The men in this study were all aware that they did not neatly fit
behind the mask, either as a result of personal characteristics or social identities. Their resulting insecurities led
them to wearing the mask both consciously and unconsciously so that they would be seen as men by society.
Daly (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) studied the lived experiences of mothers of suicidal adolescents. She contended
that, unfortunately, the mother’s experience is often the hidden dimension in the family. Unstructured
interviews were conducted with 6 mothers living with suicidal adolescents. Six themes were identified: failure
as a good mother, the ultimate rejection, feeling alone in the struggle, helplessness and powerlessness in the
struggle, cautious parenting, and keeping an emotional distance.
Gance-Cleveland (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) examined the features, critical attributes, processes, and benefits of
school based support groups for adolescents with an addicted parent. Participant observations were conducted
weekly at two high schools over one semester. Interviews were conducted with program administrators, school
administrators, group co-facilitators, and participants. School-based support group participation was found to
enhance self-knowledge and led to self-care and self-healing.
How people use their bodies and voices to communicate different emotions; what individuals’ behaviors
indicate about their feelings toward one another, their social rank, or their profession.
“Can you describe how you first became aware of your sickness?”
Anything that might indicate membership in groups or in sub-populations of interest to the study, such as
profession, social status, socioeconomic class, religion, or ethnicity
What individuals’ preferences concerning personal space suggest about their relationships
The correct answer is: Personal space
The characteristics of these individuals; what differentiates them from others; whether people consult them or
they approach other people; whether they seem to be strangers or well known by others present.
“This research is conducted to investigate the life experiences of people who survived cancer and now living
cancer free for more than 5 years.”
“Thank you for finding time to be in this interview. Your story is very inspiring.”
Where people enter and exit; how long they stay; who they are (ethnicity, age, gender); whether they are alone
or accompanied; number of people
Another way to find themes is to look for local terms that may sound unfamiliar or are used in unfamiliar
ways.
Naomi Quinn (in Ryan and Bernard, 2003) has analyzed hundreds of hours of interviews to discover concepts
underlying American marriage and to show how these concepts are tied together. She began by looking at
patterns of speech and at the repetition of key words and phrases, paying particular attention to informants' use
of metaphors and the commonalities in their reasoning about marriage. Nan, one of her informants, says that
"marriage is a manufactured product." This popular metaphor indicates that Nan sees marriages as something
that has properties, like strength and staying power, and as something that requires work to produce. Some
marriages are "put together well," while others "fall apart" like so many cars or toys or washing machines.
The idea that themes represent the ways in which texts are either similar or different from each other.
Look carefully at words and phrases that indicate relationships among things.
The approach is based on a powerful trick most of us learned in kindergarten and requires paper and scissors.
The object is to look for metaphors in rhetoric and deduce the schemas, or underlying principles, that might
produce patterns in those metaphors.
Another linguistic approach is to look for naturally occurring shifts in thematic content.
It is based on a simple observation: if you want to understand a concept, then look at how it is used.
In a study of birth planning in China, Greenhalgh (in Ryan and Bernard, 2003) surveyed 1,011 ever-married
women, gathered social and economic histories from 150 families. She conducted in-depth interviews with
present and formal officials (known as cadres), and collected documentary evidence from local newspapers,
journals and other sources. Greenhalgh notes that "Because I was largely constrained from asking direct
questions about resistance, the informal record of field notes, interview transcripts, and questionnaire data
contains few overt challenges to state policy." Greenhalgh concludes, however, that their conversations with
the researchers, both peasants and cadres made strategic use of silence to protest aspects of the policy they did
not like. Cadres, for example were loathe to comment on birth-planning campaigns; peasant women were
reluctant to talk about sterilization. These silences form one part of the unofficial record of birth planning in
the villages. More explicit protests were registered in informal conversations. From these interactions emerged
a sense of profound distress of villagers forced to choose between a resistance that was politically risky and a
compliance that violated the norms of Chinese culture and of practical reason.
Results rely heavily on words, and often quotations from those studied are included in the document.
Bill and Jessica were almost done taking turns choosing the players for their teams. It was Jessica’s turn to
choose, and only Kurt was left. Jessica said, “Kurt.”
The correct answer is: Jessica was pleased to have Kurt on her team.
You just opened a bag of potato chips and poured some juice in a glass when the phone rang. You went out of
the kitchen to answer it. When you returned after a couple of minutes, you found the split juice and pieces of
chips on the floor. Your little sister was teary-eyed and said, “I’m sorry. It was an accident.”
The correct answer is: Your sister decided to get her own snacks.
Not too much detail is needed in the summary of findings – simple answer the research questions, and draw the
conclusion
Conclusions should refer only to the population, area, or subject of the study.
James Springer and his identical twin James Lewis were separated at birth. They were raised in different
homes. They did not meet again until they were 39. When they met, they found out the following: Springer’s
first wife was named Linda and his second wife, Betty. Lewis has also had a wife named Betty and one named
Linda. Each had a son named James Allen. Each had owned a dog named Toy. Their favorite subject in high
school had been math. They had both studied law enforcement after high school. They had the same hobbies
and the same favorite vacation place. They even liked the same brand of cookies. (adapted from
http://www.gedonlineclass.net)
What conclusion can you draw about the two men in the article?
The correct answer is: Even though these men were raised differently, they like many of the same things.
Reference list allows readers to locate and use the sources and copy the ones cited.
The readers must be informed why this research counts and why is it important.
The club president tendered his resignation and said, “While I may no longer lead this organization, I will
continue to support its endeavors and activities.”
The correct answer is: He will still participate in the activities of the organization.
The research report need not to be substantially different from drafts, except where participants have indicated
that change is necessary.
James Springer and his identical twin James Lewis were separated at birth. They were raised in different
homes. They did not meet again until they were 39. When they met, they found out the following: Springer’s
first wife was named Linda and his second wife, Betty. Lewis has also had a wife named Betty and one named
Linda. Each had a son named James Allen. Each had owned a dog named Toy. Their favorite subject in high
school had been math. They had both studied law enforcement after high school. They had the same hobbies
and the same favorite vacation place. They even liked the same brand of cookies. (adapted from
http://www.gedonlineclass.net)
What conclusion can you draw about twins based on this article?
“English has been dubbed as the “language of the world”. Over a billion people in the world have considered
English as their second language. With over 2,500 OFW’s leaving the country everyday to different parts of
the globe, Filipinos are expected to arm themselves with English to communicate with the world.”(Excerpt
from “Nursing the Carabao English”,in Yu& Plata, 2006)
The correct answer is: Communicating in English is an important tool for Filipinos who want to work abroad.
Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldn’t be spending hours staring blankly at a screen.
Worse yet, some of her wild behavior have been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches.
The correct answer is: Some cartoons are not good for Maria.
In reading, we should consider not only what we can directly get from the text but also what we can read
between the lines. In order to fully understand and appreciate a thought, a sentence, a passage, and a text, we
need to read more than the literal meaning (Yu & Plata, 2006).
The correct answer is: We should use given information in inferring ideas.
Mateo almost wished that he hadn’t listened to the radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his umbrella. He
would feel silly carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning.
The correct answer is: Mateo heard a weather forecast; it would rain in the afternoon.
The coordinator made an announcement, “Only the first 100 applicants will be interviewed today. The others
would have to come back tomorrow.”
The correct answer is: Interview of applicants will be conducted today and tomorrow.
Recommendations should aim to solve or help solve problems discovered in the investigation.
Arrange the following parts of the research paper by numbering them chronologically from 1 to 10.
Methodology
Significance of the Study
Conclusions and Recommendations
Introduction
Review of Related Literature
Title
References
Statement of the Problem
Presentation and Interpretation of Data
Scope and Delimitation
Which of the following should be considered in questioning data validity and reliability?
What research method allows researchers to obtain a detailed description of social settings or event in order to
situate people’s behavior within their own socio-cultural context?
What research design is used when a theory is developed from data generated by a series of observations or
interviews principally involving an inductive approach?
What is bibliography?
The correct answer is: A complete list of all works related to the study including the ones that are not directly
contained in the report.
What techniques for discovering research texts fall under simple observation?
The correct answer is: Word repetitions, key-indigenous terms, and key-words-in-contexts (KWIC)
The correct answer is: Check and recheck the data to ensure the initial conclusions are realistic, supportable,
and valid.
Which of the following research questions should NOT be answered using action research methods?
The correct answer is: Is parent attitude toward school uniforms related to their socioeconomic status?
What data collection procedure is used when analyzing and communicating the social life through photos?
The correct answer is: The researcher generates a general explanation (a theory) of a process, and action, or an
interaction shaped by the views of a large number of participants.
Which organizational principle is used to connect the research topic to different backgrounds (i.e. political,
methodological, geographical, literary)?
__________________ is the thing (person, place, event, etc.) that is selected for inclusion in the study.
A surveyor placed a cable across a street to count the number of vehicles which pass over it at different times
of the day in order to select a site for a new 7-Eleven store. What type of data collection did he use?
The correct answer is: Canonigo, C.S. (1999). English grammar & composition part 1. Manila: CKC
Publication
The correct answer is: Because it helps researchers learn the perspectives held by study populations.
A researcher would like to display the geographic map of his research population. What mode for displaying
qualitative data should he use?
What category of information in participant observation is concerned about clothing, age, gender, physical
appearance of respondents?
The correct answer is: For beginning researchers, a qualitative research is advisable because the natural setting
is accessible.
A study of the Italians and the health benefits of the Mediterranean lifestyle
The correct answer is: Marking the texts up with different colored highlighter pens.
The correct answer is: Courses of actions suggested by the researcher based on the findings of the study
Select one:
Feedback
The correct answer is: All of the choices
What is the basis of research conclusion?
__________ contains a small number of people (usually eight to twelve) and is convened to address topics
introduced by a group moderator?
What section of the research should clarify concepts defined within the scope of the study?
When assessing Internet based literature, which of the following is NOT important?
Which qualitative research design seeks action to improve practice and study the effects of the action that was
taken?
Which of the following should include the informed consent during an experimentation?
RSCH G11
-Which of the following is not an ethical dilemma in research?
Select one: a. Misconduct in research b. Informed consent c. Falsification of data bank d. Conflicts of interest
-True or False: A responsible researcher looks for alternative ways to arrive at a conclusion in the study.
Answer: False
Select one: a. Individuals should be treated as autonomous agents. b. Persons with diminished autonomy (e.g.,
prisoners, students, children, etc) should not be coerced to participate in a research. c. Investigators should mind the
reduction of risk that might occur from the research. d. Investigator should practice fairness in distribution and
equitable selection of participants.
-A researcher may withhold a participant’s name and any identifying characteristics when asked to present such
information when
Select one: a. They feel the information is unnecessary to the individual b. They have obtained a certificate of
confidentiality c. It is a case involving required reporting d. The research paper is not published yet.
Select one: a. Validating the results b. Systematic process c. Good research d. Making research instruments
Select one: a. Identity of the researcher b. Biography of the researcher c. Social class of the researcher d. Emotions
of the researcher
Select one: a. His/her name and identifying characteristics b. Confidential material c. Confidential material and
identifying characteristics d. His/her name e. Identifying characteristics f. His/her name and confidential material
-Research is
Select one: a. Reorganizing, or restating, reviewing common findings b. Analyzing and interpreting new information
c. Collecting existing information d. Modifying established knowledge
-Answer TRUE if the sentence is a correct description of a good research question, and answer FALSE if it is an
incorrect description. It should not use comparative terms (such as higher, better, etc.).
-Answer TRUE if the sentence is a correct description of a good research question, and answer FALSE if it is an
incorrect description. The problem statement is more specific than a topic and it limits the scope of the research
problem.
-Answer TRUE if the sentence is a correct description of a good research question, and answer FALSE if it is an
incorrect description. The problem statement is more specific than a topic and it limits the scope of the research
problem.
Answer: PURE
-Answer TRUE if the sentence is a correct description of a good research question, and answer FALSE if it is an
incorrect description. It is biased in terminology or position.
-Identify the research title with the description of APPLIED or PURE research: Compositions of Protons, Neutrons
and Electrons
Answer: PURE
-Answer TRUE if the sentence is a correct description of a good research question, and answer FALSE if it is an
incorrect description. Indicate what is probably necessary to conduct the study and explain how the findings will
present this information.
-Answer TRUE if the sentence is a correct description of a good research question, and answer FALSE if it is an
incorrect description. It must only ask about the relationship between two or more variables.
-Identify the research title with the description of APPLIED or PURE research: Applying the algorithm for detecting
individual trees from Drone Images
Answer: APPLIED
-Answer TRUE if the sentence is a correct description of a good research question, and answer FALSE if it is an
incorrect description. It has the potential to suggest directions for past research.
-The Internet has become an accepted source of information for educational research. Which of the following is
NOT an indicator of the quality of information found on the Internet?
Select one: a. The number of "hits" for the site b. The honesty of the reported information c. The authenticity of the
information d. The lack of bias
Select one: a. Provide the insights necessary to develop a logical framework into which the topic fits. b. Ascertain
what is already known about a topic. c. None of the choices d. Identify methodological strategies for designing the
study. e. All of the choices
-Identify the following materials by choosing the correct letter: Food blog
-Identify the citation format used in the following references by writing CMS, APA or MLA: Pollan, Michael. 2006.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin.
Answer: APA
Select one: a. Long sentences b. Key word searches c. Short sentences d. Key letter searches
-Identify the following materials by choosing the correct letter: Braveheart (starred and produced by Mel Gibson)
-Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE with regards to the literature review?
Select one: a. It shows why research questions are important. b. It explains the method necessary for the gathering
of data. c. It helps researchers to build up an argument. d. It has everything a researcher needs to read about his/her
research
-What is the most popular citation style used in academic research papers?
Select one: a. APA and CMS b. APA c. CMS d. MLA e. CMS and MLA f. All of the choices g. APA and MLA
-Identify the following materials by choosing the correct letter: Spolarium by Juan Luna
-In a study of birth planning in China reenhalgh in Ryan and ernard 00 surveyed 1011 evermarried women gathered
social and economic histories from 10 families. he conducted indepth interviews with present and formal officials
known as cadres and collected documentary evidence from local newspapers ournals and other sources. reenhalgh
notes that ecause I was largely constrained from asking direct uestions aout resistance the informal record of field
notes interview transcripts and uestionnaire data contains few overt challenges to state policy. reenhalgh concludes
however that their conversations with the researchers oth peasants and cadres made strategic use of silence to protest
aspects of the policy they did not like. adres for eample were loathe to comment on irthplanning campaigns peasant
women were reluctant to talk aout steriliation. hese silences form one part of the unofficial record of irth planning in
the villages. More eplicit protests were registered in informal conversations. rom these interactions emerged a sense
of profound distress of villagers forced to choose etween a resistance that was politically risky and a compliance that
violated the norms of hinese culture and of practical reason.
-Answer 1,2,3, 4, 5 or 6, to identify the stages of the interview where the following statements are said.
Answer: 4
-Identify the technique used to discover the thees in the data below.
Naomi Quinn (in Ryan and Bernard, 2003) has analyzed hundreds of hours of interviews to discover concepts
underlying American marriage and to show how these concepts are tied together. he egan y looking at patterns of
speech and at the repetition of key words and phrases paying particular attention to informants use of metaphors and
the commonalities in their reasoning about marriage. an one of her informants says that marriage is a manufactured
product. his popular metaphor indicates that an sees marriages as something that has properties like strength and
staying power and as something that reuires work to produce. ome marriages are put together well while others fall
apart like so many cars or toys or washing machines.
Anything that might indicate membership in groups or in supopulations of interest to the study such as profession
social status socioeconomic class religion or ethnicity
Select one: a. Human traffic b. verbal behavior and interactions c. Physical behavior and gestures d. Appearance e.
Personal space f. People who stand out
Answer: OPEN
Select one: a. Transitions . Unarked tets c. Indigenous categor d. ord repetitions e. awing f. Metaphors and analogies
g. opare and contrast h. utting and Sorting i. e words in contet I . j. Searching for missing information k. onnectors l.
Social science queries
What is your message to people who are still fighting cancer until now
Answer: 5
-The idea that themes represent the ways in which tets are either similar or different from each other.
Select one: a. Unarked tets . Searching for issing inforation c. onnectors d. Indigenous categor e. awing f. Social
science queries g. compare and contrast h. Metaphors and analogies i. ord repetitions . e words in contet I k. utting
and Sorting l. Transitions
-Barkin et al. (in Ryan and Bernard, 2003) interviewed clinicians community leaders and parents aout what
physicians could and did do to prevent violence among youth. hese were long comple interviews so arkin et al. roke
the coding process into two steps. hey started with three maor themes that they developed from theory. he principle
investigator went through the transcripts and cut out all the uotes that pertained to each of the maor themes. hen four
other coders independently sorted the uotes from each maor theme into piles. hen the pile sort data were analyed
with multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis to identify suthemes shared across coders.
-The mathematics involved is very high level and people often struggle with it even after being taught how to do it.
Answer: False
-Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
-True or False: A responsible researcher looks for alternative ways to arrive at a conclusion in the study.
Answer: False
-What aspect of research experience illustrates the pressure to the researcher in meeting research deadlines?
Answer: Emotions
Which of the following is a research method that allows a researcher to get information about a large number of
subjects relatively inexpensively and easily?
Answer: Have adequate information about the procedures and benefits associated with the research
-A researcher may withhold a participant’s name and any identifying characteristics when asked to present such
information when
-A reasoning where one start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal statement is called
Answer: Qualitative research is the best design for a social inquiry since it explores and analyzes people's values
and perspective through observation.
Answer: Investigator should practice fairness in distribution and equitable selection of participants
-Choose the correct paraphrase of the following quotation on the statements about research knowledge and
experience. “In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. ” -Neil
Armstrong
Answer: true
-Write TRUE if the statement gives the correct description of an everyday life research and FALSE if it is incorrect.
The observation of such forms can be broken into the dimensions of temporal, spatial, material, social, meaningful,
media-technical, emotional and bodily aspects.
Answer: true
-Answer TRUE if the sentence is a correct description of a good research question, and answer FALSE if it is an
incorrect description. It has the potential to suggest directions for past research.
Answer: False
-Identify the research title with the description of APPLIED or PURE research: Compositions of Protons, Neutrons
and Electrons
Answer: PURE
-Write SCOPE if the sentence must be placed in the coverage of the research, and write ELIMITATI if it is a
restriction of the research. The study is focused on the possible implementation of online ea in the university.
Answer: SCOPE
Answer: People and institution who have directly or indirectly experienced the research problem.
-What qualitative research characteristic is being described in the statement: The data and the researchers
interpretation of the data - hinge greatly on the contents fro which the data are obtained
Answer: True
Answer: DELIMITATION
-In the title “The chemistry of English Language between Foreign and Local Students of Holy Ghost College in
Bangued, Abra”, who could e the possible beneficiaries of the research
-What should e considered in formulating research questions for the statement of the problem?
-The results of this study should be limited to students enrolled in similar programs.
Answer: DELIMITATION
Answer: True
Answer: DELIMITATION
-How can a researcher become the data gathering instrument in qualitative research?
-What is conceptual audacity that can be found in the theme of everyday life research?
Answer: A tool that enables us to see new and perhaps surprising aspects of the everyday lives that we lead.
-It must only ask about the relationship between two or more variables
Answer: True
Answer: The participants and the researcher share the “research space”.
Answer: Identifies the possibilities to which to which the study becomes manageable in terms of issues, respondents,
and time.
Answer: Fabrication
-Q: What are your views on homelessness? A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society
we have a problem such as this. I don’t know though what we can do about it. I want to do something but
I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go to town. They are always there
asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact doing quite well from
begging. But if you have any caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help, when you have so much
for yourself. They say a lot of people choose to live on the streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is
an easy thing for the authorities to say – it lets them off the hook. So really I guess the answer to your
questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I feel that something should be done but
I feel powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come for the government to do
something. It makes me feel uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do. Source: Grbich (2013)
The government is the only one who can help the homeless
Answer: False
-The Internet has become an accepted source of information for educational research. Which of the
following is NOT an indicator of the quality of information found on the Internet?
-The World Famous Hot Dog Site. (1999, July 7). Retrieved January 5, 2008, from
http://www.xroads.com/~tcs/hotdog/hotdog.html
Answer: APA
-Q: What are your views on homelessness? A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a modern society
we have a problem such as this. I don’t know though what we can do about it. I want to do something but
I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go to town. They are always there
asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact doing quite well from
begging. But if you have any caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help, when you have so much
for yourself. They say a lot of people choose to live on the streets – well I don’t believe that. I think that is
an easy thing for the authorities to say – it lets them off the hook. So really I guess the answer to your
questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I feel that something should be done but
I feel powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come for the government to do
something. It makes me feel uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do. Source: Grbich (2013)
The homeless are stereotyping their social conditions to beg for money.
Answer: False
-Harmon (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) collected data from 8 nurses who were employed between 1951 and
1965 in a Virginia state hospital. These nurses were now retired and had between 12 and 46 years of
psychiatric nursing experience. The researcher wanted to describe the experiences of these nurses who
practiced in a state mental hospital before and during the introduction of antipsychotic medications. They
expressed resignation and frustration while trying to provide care despite crowded wards and inadequate
personnel and supplies. The nurses indicated that they focused on the patient’s body instead of on the
patient’s mind. The camaraderie they experienced with other nurses helped them continue in their
positions, despite what they felt to be a “thankless job.”
Answer: 8 nurses
-A director didn’t cite the name of the playwright he used in the contest.
Answer: Plagiarism
Personal author: McCullough, David G. Title: John Adams Publication info: New York : Simon &
Schuster, c2001. Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 703-726) and index
Answer: Chronology
-Name the research misconduct performed in the following situations by choosing the letter of the correct
answer: She hastily distorted the statistical computation of the data to finish her paper on time.
Answer: Falsification
-Identify the sample used in the researches below by choosing the letter of the best answer:
Dunckley, Aspinal, Addington-Hall, Hughes, & Higginson (in Nieswiadomy, 2008) used the staff in one
hospice and one nursing home setting in London as their research data. The purpose of the study was to
identify facilitators and barriers to the use of the Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS). Staff took part in
semi-structured interviews, completed diaries, and participated in monthly meetings to give their opinions
of what they thought were the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of the POS.
-Do the preliminary data analysis on the interview below by agreeing or disagreeing on the following
statements. Write TRUE for agree and FALSE for disagree.
Interview Segment Q: What are your views on homelessness? A: Well, I think it’s a terrible thing that in a
modern society we have a problem such as this. I don’t know though what we can do about it. I want to
do something but I don’t know what. You are constantly reminded of the problem if you go to town. They
are always there asking for money. You don’t know though if they really need it or if they are in fact
doing quite well from begging. But if you have any caring qualities you can’t ignore requests for help,
when you have so much for yourself. They say a lot of people choose to live on the streets – well I don’t
believe that. I think that is an easy thing for the authorities to say – it lets them off the hook. So really I
guess the answer to your questions is that I am not sure what to think about homelessness. I feel that
something should be done but I feel powerless to do anything personally. I think that the time has come
for the government to do something. It makes me feel uncomfortable; I don’t know what to do. Source:
Grbich (2013)
Answer: True
-Identify the citation format used in the following references by writing CMS, APA or MLA: Google.
“Google Privacy Policy.” Last modified March 11, 2009.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html
Answer: MLA
Answer: Syndicated
-What citation style was used in this source? Ellis, Rod. Understanding Second Language Acquisition.
New York: Oxford University, 1986. Print.
Answer: MLA
-Identify the sample used in the researches below by choosing the letter of the best answer:
Adler (2003) examined the relationship of foreign language study and SAT Verbal scores. Additionally,
the study explored whether or not the number of years of foreign language study had an impact on SAT
verbal scores. The students involved were female seniors at a private high school in suburban Maryland.
It was hypothesized that there would be no significant effect that the choice of foreign language study has
on the verbal score achieved on the SAT. This hypothesis was rejected because there was a significant
difference in SAT Verbal averages among the students of three different foreign languages. French
foreign language students outperformed Spanish and Latin foreign language students
-Which part of the review of the related literature engages in a dialogue with the literature?
Answer: Introduction
-A researcher is interested in the examples or illustrations several authors have used to prove a point.
How can he pull them all together and use them in his own paper in a list?
Answer: Include a citation after each separate example to indicate where you found them.
-Which of the following is the best way to maximize the process of reviewing of the related literature?
Answer: Reviewing the researcher’s notes made on editorial and overview papers and chapters
-Answer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, to identify the stages of the interview where the following statements are said.
“What is your message to people who are still fighting cancer until now?”
Answer: 5
-The research report need not to be substantially different from drafts, except where participants have
indicated that change is necessary.
Answer: True
-Identify the category of the information in participant observation by choosing the letter of the best
answer.
How people use their bodies and voices to communicate different emotions; what individuals’ behaviors
indicate about their feelings toward one another, their social rank, or their profession.
-Recommendations should aim for the ideals but they must be feasible, practical, and attainable even for
impossible.
Answer: False
-Answer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, to identify the stages of the interview where the following statements are said.
“This research is conducted to investigate the life experiences of people who survived cancer and now
living cancer free for more than 5 years.”
Answer: 2
-Identify the most appropriate way to display the following research data. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.
-Draw your conclusion on the following statements by choosing the letter of the correct answer.
The club president tendered his resignation and said, “While I may no longer lead this organization, I will
continue to support its endeavors and activities.”
-Identify the most appropriate way to display the following research data. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.
Answer: Graphics
-Answer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, to identify the stages of the interview where the following statements are said.
“Thank you for finding time to be in this interview. Your story is very inspiring.”
Answer: 6
-Choose the technique for discovering theme to the description:
The idea that themes represent the ways in which texts are either similar or different from each other.
Answer: LEADING
-Not too much detail is needed in the summary of findings – simple answer the research questions, and
draw the conclusion.
Answer: true
Interviews searching for what people do in managing impersonal social relationships, methods by which
people acquire and maintain achieved and ascribed status, and information about how people solve
problems.
-Draw your conclusion on the following statements by choosing the letter of the correct answer.
The coordinator made an announcement, “Only the first 100 applicants will be interviewed today. The
others would have to come back tomorrow.”
-Identify the category of the information in participant observation by choosing the letter of the best
answer.
Where people enter and exit; how long they stay; who they are (ethnicity, age, gender); whether they are
alone or accompanied; number of people
Since you wish to pursue your graduate studies, what course will you enroll?
Answer: MAPPING
-Draw your conclusion on the following statements by choosing the letter of the correct answer.
In reading, we should consider not only what we can directly get from the text but also what we can read
between the lines. In order to fully understand and appreciate a thought, a sentence, a passage, and a text,
we need to read more than the literal meaning (Yu & Plata, 2006).
-Identify the most appropriate way to display the following research data. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.
-Draw your conclusion on the following statements by choosing the letter of the correct answer.
Mateo almost wished that he hadn’t listened to the radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his umbrella.
He would feel silly carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning.
-What is bibliography?
Answer: A complete list of all works related to the study including the ones that are not directly
contained in the report.
-Choose the best research design approach for the following research title: Children of wealthy parents in
the education system
-A study is based on 30 people (across three focus groups). What type of study is this?
Answer: Qualitative
-Choose the best research design approach for the following research title: A personal journey with
grounded theory methodology
Answer: Check and recheck the data to ensure the initial conclusions are realistic, supportable, and valid.
-When assessing Internet based literature, which of the following is NOT important?
-A surveyor placed a cable across a street to count the number of vehicles which pass over it at different
times of the day in order to select a site for a new 7-Eleven store. What type of data collection did he use?
Answer: Observation
-Which of the following should be considered in questioning data validity and reliability?
-Choose the best research design approach for the following research title: Solving word problems of
preschoolers through illustrations
-__________ contains a small number of people (usually eight to twelve) and is convened to address
topics introduced by a group moderator?
-The researcher collected data using questionnaires, structured observation and interviews. What is the
research design applied?
Answer: Ethnographic
-Choose the best research design approach for the following research title: A Qualitative Study of
Multicultural Identities: Three Cases of London's Inner-City Children
-What techniques for discovering research texts fall under simple observation?
Answer: Static
Answer: textbook
Answer: The data that fail to fit the explanation or interpretation are not addressed.
Answer: Courses of actions suggested by the researcher based on the findings of the study
-Which of the following is the correct order in writing the research paper?
-Choose the best research design approach for the following research title: Lived experiences of adult
caregiving daughter and their elderly mothers
Answer: Phenomenological Research
Answer: Canonigo, C.S. (1999). English Grammar & Composition Part 1. Manila: CKC Publication
-Choose the best research design approach for the following research title: A historical and comparative
note on the relationship between analytic induction and grounded theorizing
-Choose the best research design approach for the following research title: The lived experience of being
a sole mother in the Philippines
-A study is based on 1000 people interviewed face-to-face in shopping areas. What qualitative data
collection was used?
Answer: Interview
Answer: Because it helps researchers learn the perspectives held by study populations.
-What kind of questions must be used in conducting interviews?
-Which qualitative research design seeks action to improve practice and study the effects of the action
that was taken?
-What qualitative analytic approach is mentioned here? This approach involves the researcher in the
production of “objective” accounts of the content of the verbal, written or visual texts, the development of
codes and categories often prior to analysis, and the definition and measurement of units of analysis.
-What section of the research should clarify concepts defined within the scope of the study?
Answer: Conclusion
Drinking to cope is very common among college students and is related to much higher levels of alcohol
consumption, episodes of heavy drinking, and levels of both negative and positive alcohol related
consequences” (p. 486). Levenson and Park (2002)
A: Levenson and Park (2002) found that drinking to cope is very common among college students and it is
related to much higher levels of alcohol consumption and related consequences.