Educational Research
.. Research study starts from:
· (a) Development of Hypothesis
· (b) Testing the Hypothesis
· (c) Data Collection
· (d) Finding a Problem
Answer: (d) Finding a Problem
42. Random sampling is necessary in:
· (a) Experimental Research
· (b) Basic Research
· (c) Historical Research
· (d) Action Research
Answer: (a) Experimental Research
43. In the inductive method we proceed from:
· (a) General to specific
· (b) Specific to general
· (c) General to general
· (d) Specific to specific
Answer: (b) Specific to general
44. In the deductive method we proceed from:
· (a) General to specific
· (b) Specific to general
· (c) General to general
· (d) Specific to specific
Answer: (a) General to specific
45. What is the importance of educational research:
· (a) It solves the problem of students
· (b) It helps in the development of the curriculum
· (c) It helps in understanding how children learn
· (d) All of these
Answer: (d) All of these
46. How can educational research be useful for teachers:
· (a) Teachers can get better pay scales
· (b) It can improve methods of solving instructional problems
· (c) Teachers and headmasters can cooperate in a better way
· (d) Teachers can communicate with society more effectively
Answer: (b) It can improve methods of solving instructional problems
47. What type of remains can historical research find:
· (a) Physical
· (b) Printed
· (c) Handwritten
· (d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
48. How can data be expressed in descriptive research:
· (a) Qualitatively
· (b) In verbal symbols
· (c) Quantitatively
· (d) All of the above
49. What is the type of survey studies in educational research:
· (a) Basic
· (b) Descriptive
· (c) Historical
· (d) Experimental
Answer: (b) Descriptive
50. Which one of the following statements is NOT true?
· (a) Pure research strives to solve the fundamental mysteries of nature
· (b) It is difficult to obtain public support for basic research
· (c) Many people are willing to accept changes in the technical fields
· (d) Many people are willing to accept changes in their social institutions
Answer: (d) Many people are willing to accept changes in their social institutions
51. Why is proportional sampling technique used in the selection of individuals for a study?
· (a) It is a random sampling technique
· (b) It is a systematic sampling technique
· (c) To achieve greater representation in the sample
· (d) It is useful for a small population
Answer: (c) To achieve greater representation in the sample
52. Which measure of central tendency is influenced by extreme scores?
· (a) Mode
· (b) Harmonic
· (c) Mean
· (d) Median
Answer: (c) Mean
53. The publications that contain a description of education research by an author who was not a direct observer or participant is a ___ source.
· (a) Primary
· (b) Secondary
· (c) Review
· (d) Preliminary
Answer: (b) Secondary
54. A random sample:
· (a) Can be selected only by using a specially designed computer program
· (b) Is one in which each member of a population has an equal chance of being chosen
· (c) Must be large in number
· (d) All of the above are correct
Answer: (b) Is one in which each member of a population has an equal chance of being chosen
55. The degree to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure reflects its:
· (a) Stability
· (b) Reliability
· (c) Validity
· (d) Objectivity
Answer: (c) Validity
56. In selecting an achievement test for a research project, the first step is to:
· (a) Refer to the mental measurements yearbooks
· (b) Evaluate tests that are available
· (c) Decide what is to be measured
· (d) Pretest the instruments with individuals like your sample but not part of the sample
Answer: (c) Decide what is to be measured
57. In historical research, the wide range of written and printed materials recorded for the purpose of transmitting information is called:
· (a) Primary sources
· (b) Preliminary sources
· (c) Documents
· (d) Relics
Answer: (c) Documents
58. “There will be no significant difference between the scores on a measure of achievement of high and low anxious students” is a hypothesis written in the form of:
· (a) Directional
· (b) Interrogative
· (c) Null
· (d) Objective
Answer: (c) Null
59. A pilot study is often helpful because it:
· (a) Permits a check of procedures with the possibility of revision when needed
· (b) Provides the researcher with ideas, approaches, and clues
· (c) Permits a preliminary testing of the hypothesis
· (d) All of the above are correct
Answer: (d) All of the above are correct
60. Research that focuses on fundamental laws, theories, or processes is usually described as:
· (a) Applied
· (b) Basic
· (c) Exploratory
· (d) Hypothesis testing
Answer: (b) Basic
61. Experimental research is based on:
· (a) Hypothesis
· (b) Assumptions
· (c) Design
· (d) Findings
Answer: (a) Hypothesis
62. Following are the categories of “research by purpose”:
· (a) Basic and applied
· (b) Action and historical
· (c) Experimental and causal experimental
· (d) Descriptive and action
Answer: (a) Basic and applied
63. The type of research that deals with classroom problems is:
· (a) Experimental research
· (b) Applied research
· (c) Action research
· (d) Descriptive research
Answer: (c) Action research
64. What is true about hypothesis?
· (a) Hypotheses are always proved
· (b) These are merely happy accidents
· (c) These are always tested
· (d) Facts may be collected to prove hypotheses
Answer: (c) These are always tested
65. What type of research is conducted by a researcher when he is curious about conditions and occurrences that have taken place in the past?
· (a) Experimental
· (b) Descriptive
· (c) Historical
· (d) Pure
Answer: (c) Historical
66. Another name for an independent variable is:
· (a) Consequent
· (b) Antecedent
· (c) Response
· (d) Effect
Answer: (b) Antecedent
67. A first step in using sampling as a tool of research is:
· (a) Define the population
· (b) List the population
· (c) Obtain an adequate sample
· (d) Select a representative sample
Answer: (a) Define the population
68. Which research has the features of both primary and secondary sources of information?
· (a) Descriptive
· (b) Experimental
· (c) Action
· (d) Historical
Answer: (d) Historical
69. The best way to find a solution to a problem is:
· (a) Inductive reasoning
· (b) Deductive reasoning
· (c) Expert opinion
· (d) Scientific method
Answer: (d) Scientific method
70. The group to which a researcher would like the results of a study to be generalizable is referred to as:
· (a) Sample
· (b) Experimental group
· (c) Control group
· (d) Population
Answer: (d) Population