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Practical Research 2
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 7: Stating Research Question
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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Practical Research 2 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)

Module on Stating Research Question!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed, and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher,
or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12
Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
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This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
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In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box
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Notes to the Teacher

In view to the new normal world we are facing, this
module was created to answer that education
should not stop for our learners.
This Practical Research 2 Module for Quarter
1 is all about Stating Research Questions. With this
we are trying to allow our learners to work
independently in discovering through simple and
enjoyable activities/ experimentation that are
aligned to the competencies that they should learn.

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Welcome to the Practical Research 2 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)

Stating Research Question!

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What I Need to Know
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What’s In
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What’s More
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What I Have Learned
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What I Can Do
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What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to
help you master in identifying the inquiry and stating the problem of
research. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different
learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary
level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence
of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module deals with stating Research Questions

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. State research questions

What I Know

Directions: Read each item carefully. Encircle the letters of your answers of
the correct answer.

1. If research questions are not formulated or have no direction the

researcher will not know what to do with the data that will be gathered.
a. True c. sometimes true
b. False d. sometimes false

2. Research questions express clearly the specific direction or focus of the

research problem or inquiry.
a. True c. sometimes true
b. False d. sometimes false

3. Research questions are a temporary answer to the research problem.

a. True c. sometimes true
b. False d. sometimes false

4. Research questions should be broad.

a. True c. sometimes true
b. False d. sometimes false

5. Research questions should be specific.

a. True c. sometimes true
b. False d. sometimes false
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6. Research questions specify the scope and the method in collecting and
analyzing data.
a. True c. sometimes true
b. False d. sometimes false

7. Relations research questions are about the nature and manner of _______
between or among variables.
a. Connection c. differences
b. Opposition d. similarities

8. Causal research questions are ________ behind the effects of the

independent variables on the dependent variable is the focus of these
types of research questions.
a. Results c. reasons
b. Product d. outcome

9. Research questions must show the following EXCEPT:

a. Organization c. Direction
b. Order d. Objective

10. Descriptive research questions are asking about the listed items below
about the subjects or participants EXCEPT:
a. Kind c. Qualifications
b. Answer d. Categories

11. Which of the following is a descriptive research question?

a. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age and gender?
b. What are the causes of high academic performance of the students?
c. What is the association of tardiness and academic performance of
students?
d. Is there a significant difference between the academic performance of
students and their study habits?

12. Which of the following is a relation research question?

a. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age and gender?
b. What are the causes of high academic performance of the students?
c. What is the association of tardiness and academic performance of
students?
d. What the significant difference between the academic performance of
students and their study habits?

13. Which of the following is a causal research question?

a. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age and gender?
b. What are the causes of high academic performance of the students?
c. What is the association of tardiness and academic performance of
students?
d. Is there a significant difference between the academic performance of
students and their study habits?

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14. Deductive approach to quantitative research questions goes from

__________.
a. General ideas to specific ideas
b. Smaller ideas to bigger ideas
c. Simple ideas to complex ideas
d. Specific details to broader details

15. Inductive approach to quantitative research questions goes from

___________.
a. Bigger ideas to smaller ideas
b. General ideas to specific ideas
c. Specific ideas to general ideas
d. Broad ideas to detailed ideas

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Lesson
Stating Research Questions
1

What’s In

Simple Recall
Directions: Fill in the graphic organizer by writing four statements about the
background of the study. Write your answers on a separate sheet
of paper.

Background
of the Study

Tell me why
Directions: Inside the box below is a Chinese Proverb about asking question.
What is your understanding about this?

He who asks a question remains a fool for five minutes;

He who does not ask remains a fool forever.
-Chinese Proverb

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Research is an opportunity for us to ask questions about almost
everything. As the Chinese proverb said we will not remain fools if we ask
questions. Therefore, research gives us the chance to learn as much as we
can through the research question.

What’s New
Activity 1 : Table Analysis

Directions: Below are different tables about research questions. Be able to

write as many statements as you can about the research
questions, types of quantitative research questions, and
approaches in quantitative research questions using the entries
in the tables.

Research Questions
• Specify the scope and • Give focus to the • Guide the
the method in collecting research appropriateness
and analyzing data • of the decisions
• the researcher
made
•

Types of Quantitative Research Questions

Descriptive Relation Causal
• kind, qualifications, and • nature and manner • reasons behind the
categories of the of connection effects of the
subjects or participants between or among independent
• variables variable on the
• dependent variable
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Approaches in Quantitative Research Questions
Deductive Inductive
• from bigger ideas to smaller ideas • from smaller ideas to bigger
• ideas
•

What is It

• The specific or sub questions, called Research Questions to specify the

scope and the method in collecting and analyzing data, give you the right
direction in your research.
• The research questions formulated give focus to the research as well as
guide the appropriateness of the decisions the researcher made.
• A quantitative research problem can generate a set of research questions
or sub-problems that fall under any of these types of research questions:
1. Descriptive research questions- ask questions on the kind,
qualifications, and categories of the subjects or participants.
2. Relation questions – are questions about the nature and manner of
connection between or among variables.
3. Causal questions – reasons behind the effects of the independent
variable on the dependent variable is the focus of these types of
research questions.
• There are two approaches to quantitative research questions
1. Deductive approach – goes from bigger ideas such as theories or
concepts to smaller ideas.
2. Inductive approach – focus on description of things to prove. Central
to this approach are specific details to prove the validity of a certain
theory or concept.

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What’s More

Activity 1
Directions: Identify whether the following are Descriptive, Relation, or
Causal research questions.
_________________1, What is the relationship between the time spent in
studying and the grades of students?

_________________2. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age,

gender, average family income, and distance of their house from school?

_________________3. What is the impact of social media to the academic

performance of students?

_________________4. What are the effects of Covid19 pandemic to the study

habits of students?

_________________5. Is there a significant difference with the scores of the

respondents during the pretest and posttest?

Activity 2
The following are samples of the research description. Write a research
question for each of them as indicated in the parenthesis.
1. A study was conducted to determine whether the Ethnicity affects the
grades of the pupils in the English subject. (relation)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

2. A study was conducted to find out if there is a significant correlation with

the number of members in the family and the academic performance of
students. (relation)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

3. A survey was conducted to find out the characteristics of the Tagbanua

tribe in terms of their educational attainment, number of family members
in a household, and average family income. (description)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

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4. A study was conducted to know the effects of Tiktok to elementary
students. (causal)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

5. A study was conducted to find out whether there is a significant

relationship between the reading comprehension and reading speed of
students. (relation)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Directions: Answer the question by writing a five-sentence paragraph.

If you are going to conduct a study how are you going to state your
research questions?

_____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

What I Can Do

There are many issues the world is facing today. A lot of problems need
to be addressed. As a researcher, if you are to choose from among these world
problems, which would you like to deal with as your focus so that you can
offer help through your research. What will be your research questions?

_____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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Assessment

INSTRUCTIONS: Which of the following are correctly stated as quantitative

research questions? Write the letter of your answers on a separate sheet.
1. a. Are the new teaching strategies effective?
b. To what extent are the new teaching strategies effective?
c. Teachers prefer one teaching strategy than the others. Why?
d. Some teaching strategies are more effective than others. How?

2. a. What is the relationship of tardiness and the academic performance

of students?
b. Should there be a relationship between the tardiness of students and
their academic performance?
c. Why should there be a relationship between the tardiness and
academic performance of students?
d. Is the relationship between the tardiness of students and their
academic performance needed?

3. a. Why do other students have better grades than the others?

b. What is the difference between the grades of students when they are
grouped according to their age and gender?
c. Who among the students have better grades? Those with the same
age or those with the same gender?
d. Other students have higher grades than others. How could it be
possible?

4. a. What are the effects of the study habits of students on their

attendance in school?
b. Which of the study habits of students are better? Why?
c. Is it sure that study habits can affect their attendance in school?
d. Can the study habits of students really affect their attendance in
school?

5. a. Why did the students get good grades in the first semester?
b. Why did the students get good grades in the second semester?
c. Are the grades of students better during the first or second semester?
d. What is the significant difference between the general averages of
students during the first and second semester?

6. a. Is online learning for students affecting the expenses of parents?

b. What is the impact of online learning for students on the expenses of
parents?

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c. Do the parents believe that online learning for students affect their
expenses?
d. Can parents avoid the impact of online learning for students?

7. a. Why did most of the students get low grades in the first semester
than in the second semester?
b. What describes the first and second-semester grades of students?
c. Which semester do the students perform well?
d. How many students perform well in the first semester?

8. a. How did online selling help the entrepreneurs during the Covid19
pandemic?
b. What is the extent of the help online selling give to the entrepreneurs
during the Covid19 pandemic?
c. Why did online selling help entrepreneurs during the Covid19
pandemic?
d. Did online selling help the entrepreneurs during the Covid19
pandemic?

9. a. Does internet connection affects online learning?

b. Is online learning affected by the availability of internet connection?
c. Why is online learning affected by the availability of internet
connection?
d. What are the effects of the availability of internet connection to online
learning?

10. a. Which test did students get higher results?

b. Which test did students get lower results?
c. Are the test results of the tests valid? Why?
d. What describes the result of the post-test of the Freshmen students
during the admission test?

11. Which of the following is a descriptive research question?

a. What are the causes of the high academic performance of the
students?
b. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age, gender, and
grade level?
c. What is the association of tardiness and academic performance of
students?
d. Is there a significant difference between the academic performance
of students and their study habits?

12. Which of the following is a related research question?

a. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age and gender?
b. What are the causes of the high academic performance of the
students?

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c. What is the relationship between the tardiness and academic
performance of students?
d. Why is there a need for a relationship between the tardiness and
academic performance of students?

13. Which of the following is a causal research question?

a. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age and gender?
b. What are the causes of the high academic performance of the
students?
c. What is the association of tardiness and academic performance of
students?
d. Is there a significant difference between the academic performance
of students and their study habits?

14. All are relation research questions except one.

a. What is the significant relationship between reading comprehension
and the ability to solve math word problems?
b. What is the association between the regular exercise and the
achieving slimmer body?
c. What is the relationship between eating fatty foods and high blood
pressure?
d. What describes the respondents in terms of their educational
attainment?

15. All are descriptive research questions except one.

a. What describes the frequency of the use of cell phones of the
respondents?
b. What is the significant relationship between reading speed and
reading comprehension?
c. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of the number of
siblings and average family income?
d. What is the extent of the influence of parents to course choice of
students?

Additional Activities

Study the given research title and imagine that it will be doing
the research. What will be the scope and delimitation of this research
as you see it?
Research Title: Effectiveness of the New ID system in the School

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What I Know What's More Assessment
1. A Activity 1 1. B
2. A 1. Relation
2. Descriptive 2. A
3. B 3. Causal 3. B
4. B 4. Causal
4. A
5. A 5. Relation
Activity 2 5. D
6. A Answers may vary. 6. B
7. A 1. What is the relationship between the
8. C ethnicity affects the grades of the 7. B
pupils in the English subject? 8. B
9. D 2. What is the correlation with the
10. B number of members in the family and
9. D
11. A the academic performance of 10. D
students?
12. C 3. What describes the characteristics of
11. B
13. B Tagbanua tribe in terms of their 12. C
14. A educational attainment, number of 13. B
family members in a household, and
15. C average family income? 14. D
4. What are the effects of Tiktok to 15. B
elementary students?
5. What is the relationship between the
reading comprehension and reading
speed of students?
Answer Key
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Calderon, Jose F. and Gonzales, Expectacion C. Methods of Research and
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