Educational Research
.1. A major limitation of the projective tests is that they:
o (a) are individual tests.
o (b) are not reliable and valid.
o (c) require a highly specialized training in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of these tests.
o (d) are very costly.
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2. Projective tests are of great value because they:
o (a) alone reveal deeper layers of personality such as repressed feelings, emotions, conflicts, etc.
o (b) are highly reliable and valid.
o (c) are indirect methods of knowing about what an individual is.
o (d) are non-verbal and can be used even in the case of illiterate persons.
o Answer: (a) alone reveal deeper layers of personality such as repressed feelings, emotions, conflicts, etc.
3. Which is the technique used for measuring interpersonal relationships within a group?
o (a) Psychogram.
o (b) Psychodynamics.
o (c) Sociogram.
o (d) Ociogram
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4. Which is the device for a graphic and straightforward portrayal of the total configuration of relations among the members of a group at some given point in time?
o (a) Sociometry.
o (b) Psychometry.
o (c) Group dynamics.
o (d) Psychodynamics.
o Answer: (a) Sociometry.
5. What is asking each member of the group with whom one would like to or would not like to engage in some relevant activity?
o (a) A social distance measuring technique.
o (b) A personality measuring technique.
o (c) A socio-emotional climate measuring technique.
o (d) A sociometric technique.
o Answer: (d) A sociometric technique.
6. With whom is the sociometric technique closely identified?
o (a) J.F. Moreno.
o (b) Helen Jennings.
o (c) P.V. Young.
o (d) Henry A. Murray.
o Answer: (a) J.F. Moreno.
7. In which study can sociometric methods not be used?
o (a) Personality.
o (b) Leadership.
o (c) Group structure.
o (d) Social adjustments.
o Answer: (a) Personality.
8. Which of the following is not employed in sociometric studies?
o (a) Questionnaires.
o (b) Rating scales.
o (c) Interviews.
o (d) Observations.
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9. What is “MAXMINCON”?
o (a) A design of experimental research.
o (b) A method of statistical analysis.
o (c) A combination of three key words each pointing out to a separate principle of designing experimental research.
o (d) None of these.
o Answer: (c) A combination of three key words each pointing out to a separate principle of designing experimental research.
10. What does MAXMINCON mean?
o (a) Maximizing experimental variance.
o (b) Minimizing error variance.
o (c) Control of extraneous variance.
o (d) All of these.
o Answer: (d) All of these.
11. What are the characteristics of a good measuring technique?
o (a) Objectivity.
o (b) Reliability.
o (c) Usability.
o (d) All these.
12. “In general words questionnaire refers to a device for securing answers to questions by using a form which the respondent fills in himself.” Who has defined questionnaire in these words?
o (a) Goode and Hatt.
o (b) Goode and Scates.
o (c) Barr, Davis, and Johnson.
o (d) John W. Best.
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13. Which is the technique of investigation involving face-to-face conversation?
· (a) Questionnaire
· (b) Interview
· (c) Observation
· (d) Sociometry
· Answer: (b) Interview
14. Which techniques are most used in Educational Research?
· (a) Questionnaire
· (b) Interview
· (c) Observation
· (d) Sociometry
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16. Which is the best technique of measuring the internal feelings of a student?
· (a) Questionnaire
· (b) Interview
· (c) Projective technique
· (d) Sociometry
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17. Which is the best measurement of social status?
· (a) Questionnaire
· (b) Interview
· (c) Observation
· (d) Sociometry
· Answer: (d) Sociometry
18. How many types of Rating Scales are used?
· (a) Descriptive
· (b) Numerical
· (c) Graphic
· (d) All these
· Answer: (d) All these
19. Which rating scale is the most reliable?
· (a) Thurston Scale
· (b) Likert Scale
· (c) Both
· (d) Neither
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20. Which rating scale is easy to prepare?
· (a) Thurston Scale
· (b) Likert Scale
· (c) Both
· (d) Neither
21. Which is not described by Kerlinger as a method of controlling extraneous variables?
· (a) Purposive sampling
· (b) Selection
· (c) Randomization
· (d) Matching
· Answer: (a) Purposive sampling
22. What determines whether a researcher should use .05 or .01 level of significance for testing the hypothesis?
· (a) How important are the findings
· (b) How much risk is involved in incorrect findings
· (c) How much precision is required
· (d) All of these
· Answer: (d) All of these
23. What determines the choice of statistical test to be used in the analysis of the data of quantitative research?
· (a) The power of test
· (b) Kind of sampling used
· (c) Nature of population
· (d) All of these
· Answer: (d) All of these
24. What is a research describing developmental changes in personality characteristics by studying the same group at different age levels?
· (a) Developmental study
· (b) Trend study
· (c) Longitudinal growth study
· (d) Cross-sectional growth study
· Answer: (c) Longitudinal growth study
25. What is studying different groups of children of different ages simultaneously and describing their developmental characteristics?
· (a) Longitudinal growth study
· (b) Trend study
· (c) Time series study
· (d) Cross-sectional growth study
· Answer: (d) Cross-sectional growth study
26. What do correctional studies reveal?
· (a) Whether there is a relationship between the variables or not
· (b) How much relationship is there and of what kind between the variables
· (c) Which variable is the cause and which is the effect
· (d) None of the above
· Answer: (b) How much relationship is there and of what kind between the variables
27. As a kind of descriptive research, the case study does not involve:
· (a) Establishing the problem
· (b) Diagnosing the problem
· (c) Using an experimental design and statistical analysis of the data
· (d) Deriving inferences, conclusions, and generalizations
· Answer: (c) Using an experimental design and statistical analysis of the data
28. The case study is the study of a:
· (a) Single group
· (b) Single individual
· (c) Single community or family
· (d) Single unit done intensively to bring out the processes and dynamics underlying its problems and functioning
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29. What does Descriptive Research include according to Van Dalen?
· (a) Survey studies
· (b) Inter-relationship studies
· (c) Developmental studies
· (d) All of these
· Answer: (d) All of these
30. What is the aim of Survey Research?
· (a) Describing the current status of a phenomenon, a group, or an institution
· (b) Comparing the current status of these with some available standards and making suggestions for improving the status
· (c) Studying a small sample and drawing inferences about the larger population
· (d) All of these
· Answer: (d) All of these