Southern Philippines Agribusiness and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology College of Agricultural Sciences Matti, Digos City

FINAL EXAM on RESEARCH METHODS Name: I. Year & Course:

Identification. Write your answer on the space provided. 5 pts. each

1. It is the general procedure employed in studies that have for their chief purpose of description of phenomena in contrast to ascertaining what caused them and what their value and significance are. 2. It is the process of choosing a representative part of the population under study. 3. It is a population list from which the sample is to be chosen. 4. It is one in which every element of the population has a chance of entering the sample. 5. It is a type of sampling that each interviewer is given a number of persons of a specific type to interview 6. It is the arithmetical average obtained when all the scores are added and divided by the number of cases. 7. It is a written or printed form used in gathering information on some subject/s consisting of a set of questions distributed to and filled out by the respondent 8. It is an intentional or explicit method of examining, describing, and interpreting the reactions or behavior of an individual or group of individuals in laboratory, classrooms or out-of-school setting for the purpose of gathering facts. 9. It refers to careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge which conforms to formal or accepted standards or rules 10. This chapter contains the design, description of the sample, the measures used, and finally the steps taken in carrying out the project. II. Matching type. Match Column A with Column B. Write your answer beside the number. 3 pts. each 1. Column A It includes all studies that purport to present facts concerning the nature and status of anything-a group of persons, a number of objects, a set of conditions, a class of events, a system of thought or any kind of phenomena which one may wish to study Is the process by which practitioners attempt to study their problems scientifically in order to guide, correct, and evaluate their decisions and actions Refers to relationships between variables that can be quantified. The respondents are chosen on the basis of their knowledge of the information desired or needed. It involves the deliberate selection of individuals by the researcher based on certain pre-defined criteria. Is any quantity or characteristic which may posses different numerical values or categories. Involves asking subjects to provide names of others who may meet study criteria. It is often used when researchers do not have access to a population. Is a limited but representative subset of a population. The type of sampling that has no system of selection Column B a. Variable

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b. Sample

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c. Descriptive research d. Accidental sampling

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e. Stratified random sampling f. Simple random sampling g. Correlation h. Action research 1

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9. The researcher or analyst divides the population into two or more strata on the basis of one or more characteristics. 10.Is another tool in research which is very common used in field surveys.

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Convenience sampling Quota sampling

k. Snowball sampling l. Purposive sampling m. Personal interview n. Observation o. Cluster sampling p. Population III. Discussion. Briefly explain your answer. 5 pts. each. 1. 2. 3. 4. When When When When should should should should simple random sampling be used? cluster sampling be used? accidental sampling be used? quota sampling be used?

I. 1. Descriptive survey 2. Sampling 3. Sampling frame. 4. Probability sampling 5. Quota sampling. 6. Mean 7. Questionnaire. 8. Observation 9. Conventional research 10. Methodology II. 1. Descriptive research 2. Action research. 3. Correlation 4. Purposive sampling 5. Variable 6. Snowball sampling 7. Sample 8. Accidental sampling 9. Stratified random sampling 10. Personal interview III. 1. When one wants to generalize as to the whole population from which the sample is drawn or if the population is not scattered. 2. When the population to be sample is very large. 3. When it is known in advance that a special segment of the population would not have enough persons in the sample if simple random was used. 4. When no alternative is available 5. When the analyst knows exactly what type of persons he/she wants to interview and that this type is fairly and easily recognized.