PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

TASK 1

NAME: (alphabetical, males first) SECTION: DATE:

MIND CHALLENGE. Answer the following questions, follow directions given.

1. What are the characteristics of quantitative research?

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2. Discuss the strengths of quantitative research.
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3. Discuss the weaknesses of quantitative research.
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4. Give an example of a research problem for each given type of quantitative research design.

Research Design Research Problem

Pre-experimental
Design
Quasi-experimental
Design
Survey

True-experimental
Design
Evaluative

Correlation

Comparative
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TASK 2

NAMES: (Alphabetical, males first) SECTION: DATE:

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I. Divide the class into five (5) groups. The members of the group should be comfortably working with
each other as such group will be the permanent group in the research output in Practical Research
3.
II. The maximum number of members in a group is 10. The minimum is 7.
III. Accomplish the task below by brainstorming. Each group should have leader/facilitator and a
secretary.
IV. Beside the name list, rate oneself (from 0 to 100%) according to the degree of help rendered in the
group. The leader must verify by counter signing the ratings.
Example: Rivera, Fatima A. – 100% (leader’s signature here)

TASK! Come up with 10 different titles of research. Classify them to according to the research designs we
have discussed. Choose only quantitative research titles. Be intelligent enough to choose titles because one
of these maybe the title for your research output for this year.

Research Titles Research Designs

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TASK 3
NAME: (alphabetical, males first) SECTION: DATE:

I. MATCHING TYPE. Identify by matching what discipline the given research title is related to. Match item
in Column A with those of Column B. Place the letter of the correct answer on the space provided
before the number in Column A. Answers may be repeated.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
1 1 What Effect Do Punitive Behavioral Control Statements Have A QUANTI & ANTHROPOLOGY
on Classroom?
2 The Relationship Between the Mushrooming of Fast Food B QUANTI & COMMUNICATION
Chains and Obesity of Children in Baguio City
3 Effect of Tourism to the Cultural System of Villagers in Southern C QUANTI & SPORTS MEDICINE
Cordillera
4 Factors Affecting Quality of Medical Education in Saint Louis D QUANTI & MEDICAL
University EDUCATION
5 Relationship of Verbally Aggressive Behavior to the Physical E QUANTI & BEHAVIORAL
Aggression of a Person SCIENCE
6 Video Integration in Teaching Science in Grade 12 of Saint F QUANTI & EDUCATION
Louis University-Laboratory Senior High School
7 Factors Affecting Crime Rates in La Trinidad, Benguet G QUANTI & PSYCHOLOGY

8 Communicative Behaviors Associated in Different Stages of a H QUANTI & ABM

Romantic Relationship
9 Ethnographic Study: Changes of the Igorot-Kankanaey I QUANTI & NATURAL SCIENCE
Behaviors in Past Five Years
10 Relationship of Physical Activity to the Amount of Adipose J QUANTI &
Tissue and Endurance Fitness of children in Barangay ENGINEERING/PHYSICS
Gibraltar, Baguio City.
11 Water Microbiology Assessment and Gastrointestinal Cases K QUANTI & CHEMISTRY
of Toddlers in Irisan, Baguio City
12 Styrofoam and Plastic Waste as Partial Sand Replacement in
Concrete Brick
13 Phytochemical Analysis and Free Radical Scavenging
Activity of Medinilla pendula Using 2-Diphenyl-1-Picryhydrazyl
(DPPH) Assay
14 Ethanol and Vegetable Oil as Diesel Additives for Soot
Reduction
15 Energy Saving Remote Control Lighting System in Residential
Houses

II. Choose five (5) of the above research titles. Explain briefly how quantitative research was used for it.
Use the back side of this page as an answer sheet.

III. HOMEWORK: RESEARCH AND HAVE A COPY OF THE KINDS OF

VARIABLES AND THEIR USES IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH.
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TASK 4
NAME: (alphabetical, males first) SECTION: DATE:

I. The class will form a group with five (5) members. Using the information, they brought (homework),
they will brainstorm on the different kinds of variables and their use in quantitative research.
II. The members will assign a group leader and a secretary.
III. In the name list above, each one should rate himself/herself according to the degree of help
rendered in the group. This includes bringing of printed material, ability to initiate discussion and over-
all cooperation. Use the rating scale of 0 -100%. The group leader will verify the rating by counter
signing.
Example: Rivera, Fatima A. –100% (leader signs here)
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A. Identify what is being asked in each number. Write your answer after the statement. Choose answer from the
box below.
variable dependent independent control continuous intervening

confounding interval nominal ordinal ratio abstract

_________________________1. It refers to the characteristics that have two or more mutually exclusive values or
properties.

_________________________2. Variables that represent categories that cannot be ordered in any particular way.

_________________________3. Special kind of independent variables that are measured in a study because they
potentially influence the dependent variable.

_________________________4. Variables that have values that lie along an evenly dispersed range of numbers
when there is an absolute zero, as opposed to the net worth, which can have a negative debt-to-income ratio-
level variable.

_________________________5. Kind of variable that are not actually measured or observed in a study. They exist
but their influence cannot be directly detected in a study.

_________________________6. It “stands between” the independent and dependent variable, and they show the
effects of the independent variable on the dependent variable.

_________________________7. Variables that represent categories that can be ordered from greatest to smallest.

_________________________8. Kind of variable that probably cause, influence, or effect outcomes. They are
variably called treatment, manipulated, antecedent or predictor variables.

_________________________9. Variables that depend on the independent variables, they are the outcomes of
results of the influence of the independent variable.

_________________________10. Variables that have values that lie along an evenly dispersed range of numbers.
B. Identify the kind of variables depicted by each of the following variables. Write I for Interval, N for Nominal, R
for Ratio and O for Ordinal. Write the letters on the space provided before the number.
_________1. Military title
_________2. Temperature in degree Celsius
_________3. Birthplace
_________4. Year level
_________5. Favorite type of music
_________6. Clothing such as hat, shirt, shoes
_________7. A score in 5-item quiz in Biology
_________8. Feeling for today
_________9. Means of transportation
_________ 10. How internet is used at home
_________11. Freshman, Sophomore
_________12. Person’s net worth
_________13. Male or female
_________14. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
_________15. Political affiliation

C. Recognize the variables and the constant in the research title presented below. Determine the independent
and dependent variable; then determine whether discrete or continuous variable.

Example: The Relationship of Study Habits and Academic Performance of SLU-LSHS Students
CONSTANT VARIABLES
INDEPENDENT DEPENDENT
SLU-LSHS Students Study Habits Academic Performance
*Discrete *Discrete

Effect of Tourism to the Cultural System of Villagers in Southern Cordillera

CONSTANT VARIABLES
INDEPENDENT DEPENDENT