ACTIVITIES FOR THE MIDTERM

Test I - Read the statement carefully. Select the best answer from the options provided in every item.
Write the letter only.

1. An investigator wants to determine the effects of national achievement test percentile rank on
achievement. “national achievement test percentile rank” in this problem represents ______
a. Dependent variable c. control variable
b. Independent variable d. moderate variable
2. Mr. Paulino is confronted with the problem of coming up with a more effective technique for teaching
slow learners how to read. If he were to decide to conduct a study on the problem situation, which of
the following should he look into?
a. The factors that led to the problem c. the extent of the problem
b. A tangible device to help solve the problem d. all of the above
3. For example, study shows that there is a moderate correlation between the students’ grade point
average in college and their performance in the licensure examination. Which of the following could be
the most logical implication?
a. Academic Performance is directly proportional to licensure exam
b. College’s GPA has nothing to do with the score in the licensure examination
c. A certain percentage of the result of licensure examination could be attributed to the GPA
d. None of the above
4. A critical review of previous research literature
a. Should be conducted for every problem encountered by the school administrator
b. Is important to researchers in education but not to practitioners
c. Helps the students to get to the frontier of knowledge in his research topic
d. Is not necessary if the researcher carries out a pilot study
5. Which of the following helps the researcher see clearly the variables that he should measure, providing
him a general structure that guides him in data analysis?
a. Related literature c. theoretical framework
b. Research design d. research problem
6. Which of the following best describe a probability sampling?
a. Researcher uses his judgment in selecting samples
b. Object is not to get precise statistics
c. Equal chance is given to each member of the population of the study
d. All of the above
7. The best way to choose a sample that is unbiased is to use
a. Random sampling c. stratified sampling
b. Systematic sampling d. none of them
8. Which one belongs to non-scientific sampling?
a. Systematic c. quota
b. Cluster random d. stratified
9. If the researcher expects to find small differences or slight relationships, it is desirable to have as large
a sample size as possible. This statement illustrates what factor in determining sample size?
a. Type of research c. research hypothesis
b. Financial constraints d. none of the above
10. Reviewing the literature enables the researcher to
a. Complete the study’s propositions
b. Define and limit the problem
c. Formulate the hypotheses
d. All of them
11. Which of the following is a major method for locating literature?
a. One’s personal library or journal
b. Reference services
c. Tracking research cited in relevant literature
d. Attendance at professional meetings
12. The first step in deciding the size of the sample is
a. Use the formula for sample size
b. Determine the size of the study population
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 c. Decide on the margin error
d. Set a desired sample size
13. Which of the following is not included when writing the scope and delimitation of the study?
a. Main problem c. assumptions
b. Sampling technique d. statistical tool
14. In research, one cannot assume validity of basic data; therefore, in what part of the research process is
the validity established?
a. Literature review c. conceptual framework
b. Methodology d. findings
15. What sampling technique is used when the population comes from several organizations or entities?
a. Pure random c. stratified random
b. Cluster d. purposive

Test II – Identification

A. Read each statement carefully and fill in the blanks with the correct word to make the idea complete.
1. It involves in-depth analysis of the problem and the focus is to provide accurate description usually
purposive, selective with small group of respondents. ___________________
2. It attempts to broaden our knowledge because it systematically collects, evaluates, describes and explains
activities occurring in the past. ___________________
3. This research attempts to analyze, interpret, and report the present status of their subject matter or problem.
_____________________
4. It describes the status of events and people as subjects as they exist. ___________________
5. It is used to determine whether or not there is a relationship that exists between two or more quantifiable
variables and if there is, to what extent or degree the relationship is. __________________
6. This study judges the goodness of an existing program. ____________________
7. This is a fact-finding activities that describes the conditions that exist at a particular time such as practices
and beliefs. ____________________
8. This method provides an explanation about the extent of relationship between two or more variables.
________________
9. The researcher is knowledgeable about the operation of natural and or social forces which maybe obtained
by watching them analytically at stated intervals in their development over a long period of time as
seen desirable and possible. ____________________
10. It is based upon a longitudinal consideration of recorded data, indicating what has been happening in the
past, what the present situation reveals, and on the basis of this data it projects what is likely to happen
in the future. ___________________

B. State the type of research involved in the following:

1. Studying the effects of antibiotics on a person’s health. _______________________

2. Studying the cause of poor students’ achievement in Research Class. ____________________
3. The Transformation of ESSU-Guiuan _______________________
4. Profile of Araling Panlipunan I Teachers in Eastern Samar Division ____________________
5. Ang Kahandaan ng mga Guro sa Sekondarya sa Paggamit ng Wikang Filipino sa Pagtuturo ng Makabayan
____________________
6. Quality Assurance Evaluation Model for the Teaching Competence of English Faculty in Eastern Samar
State
University _________________
7. Human Rights Education Implementation in the Secondary Schools of Eastern Samar: Inputs to Instructional
Materials Development ________________________
8. Management Practices of English Teachers in Secondary Schools of Eastern Samar. __________________
9. Ang Kalagayan at Antas ng Kahusayan ng Wikang Filipino sa Kursong Pangguro sa Antas Tersyarya sa
mga Paaralan ng Samar.

10. A Comparative Analysis of Sea Abalone Kroepecks _____________________

11. Studies on the Relationship between Home Environment and Academic Performance
12. Determining the Predictive Efficacy of Leadership Dimensions on the Effectiveness of the Organization
13. The Relationship between Parents’ Own Child Experiences and Engaging in Subsequent Child Abuse
Practices
14. The Dependence of Seasonal Cycles on Room Utilization in Hospitals
15. Studies on Leather Substitutes
16. Techniques for Gall Bladder Operation
17. Uses of Different Contraceptives
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Test III – A. Identify the sources below (Related Literature, Related Studies, Other Sources)

1. Education Act of 1982 –

2. Legal Laws of Education -
3. Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular Number 4, series of 1991 - Batas Pambansa Bilang
232 -
4. Presidential Decree No. 1006 -
5. Philippine Journal Of Education –
6. Modern Teacher Magazine –
7. The Civil Code of the Philippines -
8. Labor Code –
9. Dissertation papers –
10. Theses –

B. Classify the type of data whether nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio.

Type of blood –
Height of babies –
Breed of cattle –
Consumers’ expenditures –
Standard of living –
Brand of soft drinks –
Birth order of children in the family –
Places in a beauty contest –
Scores in an aptitude test –
Speed of cars in kilometers per hour –
Varieties of corn –
Grades –

Identify the Level of Measurement – (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio)

a. Sex
b. Age
c. Family Members
d. Educational Qualification
e. Annual Income
f. Social Class
g. Religion
h. Anxiety Level
i. Academic Performance
j. Volleyball Players
k. Children per family
l. Length of fruit seedlings
m. Number of coffee-break hours
n. Length of study hours

C. Identify whether the number obtained in the following is discrete or continuous.

a. Volume of a pail of water –
b. Passing rate of Civil Engineering Board Exam –
c. Weight of grapes purchased –
d. Number of pigs sold –
e. Frequency of training programs attended –

D - For each of the following item, indicate the scale of measurement (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio)
1. A tailor uses a tape measure to determine exactly where to cut a piece of cloth.
2. The speed of runners in a race is timed in seconds by judge with a stopwatch.
3. Based on attendance figures, a ranking of the “Top 10” rock concerts for the year in complied by the
editors of a music magazine.
4. A zoologist counts the number of tigers, lions, and elephants she sees in the designated wildlife
conservation area.
5. A convenience store clerk is asked to take an inventory of all items that are still on their shelves at the
end of the month.
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 6. The student life director at a small college counts the number of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and
seniors living in residence halls on campus.
7. Using a yardstick, a parent measures the growth of his child on a yearly basis.
8. In a track meet, runners in a half-mile race were rank first, second and third place.

E - Pollsters regularly conduct opinion polls to determine the popularity rating of the current president. Suppose
a poll is to be conducted tomorrow, in which 2000 individuals will be asked whether the president is doing good
or bad job.
1. What is the relevant population?
2. What is the variable of interest?
3. What is the sample as far as the statistician’ point of view is concerned?
4. What is the sampling procedure used?

F – Consider the following situations and determine whether a population or a sample would be more
appropriate:
1. A personnel manager, who wants to improve labor relations, seeks to ascertain the attitudes of the
firm’s employees.
2. A pharmaceutical firm wants to ascertain the side effects, if any, of a drug that has proven effective
against some types of cancer.
3. A manufacturer of matches has discovered that a certain percentage of production always seems to be
defective and want to ascertain what the percentage is.
4. A retail hardware store wants to determine the value of its inventory
5. Someone wants to predict the outcome of a planned vote on the establishment of no smoking areas in
all public places.

G – Which type of sampling was actually taken in each of the following situations?
1. A newscaster reports having taken a random sample of city residents by interviewing people coming
out of a supermarket.
2. A pollster calls every 100th number if a city’s telephone directory and asks whomever answers to rate
various types of detergents.
3. Department of Tourism creates a profile of the typical out-of-country tourists by interviewing one
evening all out-of-country guests at Manila Hotel.
4. In order to ascertain how well a new product is doing, a pollster checks at known trendsetters among
retail stores.
5. A manufacturer sends a questionnaire to all new-car purchasers. The results, based on a 20%
response, are then tabulated.

Test IV - A- Select the word that does not belong to the group.

1. Survey, experiment, instrument, case study

2. Scope and delimitation, definitions, theories, related literature
3. Independent variable, dependent variable, hypothesis, sub-variables
4. Books, articles, unpublished materials, yearbooks
5. Author, publisher, place of publication, copyright
6. Random sampling, sampling, cluster sampling, stratified sampling
7. Yes-No question, ranking question, checklist with scale, multiple choice question
8. Request for cooperation, instructions, questionnaire, information sought
9. Expected frequency, frequency and percentage distribution, observed frequency, chi-square technique
10. Treatment of data, definition of terms, instrumentation, and research method used

B – Identification. Write the term referred to in each of the following statements:

1. Percentage referring to a feasible sample of the population
2. Research venue
3. A validated instrument
4. Method of gathering data for as descriptive-survey research
5. That part of the population who are the actual respondents of a research study
6. That which serves to be the effects of a certain cause which must be measured and estimated
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7. As assumption or a preconclusion
8. Method of sampling that gives equal chance to each member of the population to be included in the
sample
9. Desirable form of the hypothesis
10. That part of the thesis that serves like a little dictionary

C – Fact or Opinion. Write F if the statement is true and O if otherwise:

1. Classification information helps to answer the stated problem of the research
2. If the level of significance to be used is .05, the assumption is that the hypothesis is 5 percent correct.
3. The Yes-No question is an example of a dichotomous question.
4. Survey results may be valid if the concept of representativeness is evident in the sample.
5. Research means to search again
6. A letter of referral is required by the sources of data.
7. The hypothesis is to be accepted as true when there is a significant relationship between two variables
studied.
Test V - Give the correct term being referred to in the following statements:

1. The totality of all entities that are considered in a particular situation. ______________________
2. The subset of a population. _______________________
3. Index computed from a population. ____________________
4. Index computed from the sample only. ______________________
5. Process of taking a part of the population. _______________________
6. Common Formula in getting the sample size. _____________________
7. Provides opportunities for the population to be chosen as participants of the study. __________________
8. Can be done through lottery or fishbowl technique. _________________
9. Used in making subdivisions of the total population. __________________
10. Draws samples by taking every nth element in the population. ________________
11. Groups are randomly selected instead of individuals. ________________
12. Samples are drawn in different stages. ________________
13. The selection of respondents is based on the convenience of the researcher. __________________
14. The respondents are obtained based on the availability or preference of the researcher.
________________
15. The respondents are chosen based on the criteria or purpose of the study._________________
16. The respondents are chosen based on the characteristics needed in the investigation.
___________________
17. Requires the identification of few people who met the requisite characteristics important in the study.
_____________________
18. Devise designed or adopted by the researcher for data gathering. _______________________
19. Written or printed form containing the objectives the study. ________________________
20. Used to enrich findings in descriptive studies. ________________________

Test VI - A – Compute for the sample size required for each of the following populations.

1. N = 5263 e = 3%

2. N = 8000 e = 5%

3. N = 1700 e = 2%

4. A biology researcher wants to assign male and female students to an experimental group and control group.
If he is to choose from 600 students and plans to assume a 5% margin of error, what sample size would be
appropriate?

5. How many samples are needed if the target population is 1 Billion and a margin of error of 5% is allowed?

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6. In a certain school, the number of first year college students is 400, second year 350, third year 500, and
fourth year 600. What is the appropriate sample size for this population?

B - Fill up the table below with the correct data:

Note: Use Proportional Distribution, after taking the sample size using the Slovin’s Formula

ESSU Guiuan Campus No. of Students No. of Respondents

Programs
BEEd 420
BSEd 320
BA Comm 42
BSCE 340
BSIT 34
BSHRRM 890
BST 670
BS Info Tech 90
BSBA 35
BS Entrep 60
BS CJS 230
TOTAL

Test VII -A - A study is on the factors that determine the employability of ESSU Guiuan graduates. Identify the
variables, indicate the independent and dependent ones; then determine whether qualitative or quantitative;
discrete or continuous.
Dependent Independent
Variable 1. 2.
Qualitative/Quantitative 3. 4.
Discrete/Continuous 5. 6.

B – Application:

Problem # 1:
The data on unemployment among Filipino graduates of tertiary institutions remain high. Year-in and
year-out, the schools are turning over graduates who only add to the great number who are already
unemployed. One such speculation is that there are no job opportunities suited to the qualifications of
these graduates. Another is that there are many job opportunities offered by industries and business
establishments but there are no qualified people to fill in the job available. If this situation continues
overtime, chances are that this problem will grow into unmanageable proportion or these graduates who
are unemployed will enter into menial jobs just so they will survive.

Questions:
1. What is the best title of the study? Give at least 2 titles.

2. Give at least 5 research questions.

3. Give your assumptions

4. Prepare the research paradigm.

5. State the independent and dependent variables

6. Give at least 5 important variables and terms to be defined

7. Prepare the significance of the study

Problem # 2:
A certain electrical manufacturing company makes electrical wiring, which sells to contractors in the
construction industry. Approximately, 800 electrical contractors purchase wire annually. The Marketing Director
wants to determine the electrical contractors’ satisfaction with the wire. He developed a satisfaction scale that
yields a satisfaction score of between 10 and 50 for participant responses. In a random sample, 25 of the 900
contractors were asked to complete a satisfaction survey. The satisfaction scores for the 25 participants are
averaged to produce a mean satisfaction score.

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Questions:
1. What is the best title of the study? Give at least 2 titles.

2. Give at least 3 specific problems that will be answered in the study.

3. Prepare the research paradigm

4. Prepare the scope and limitation

5. Give the terms to be defined

6. Prepare the significance of the study.

Problem # 3
An educator wants to find out information about families represented in a school system and decides to
pick a random sample of children from those registered in the schools for survey. He will ask such questions
as: How large is your family? How much education do your parents have? And so on. Is there anything wrong
with this sampling plan? Why?

Problem # 4
In five Statistics tests, a student received the following grades: 75, 77, 79, 88, and 90. Which of the
following conclusions can be obtained from these figures by purely descriptive methods and which require
generalizations? Explain your answers.

1. The students’ grades increased from each test to the next.

2. Only two of the grades exceeded 85.

3. The difference between the highest and the lowest grade is 75.

4. The student must have studied harder for each successive test.

GOODLUCK!

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