Part 1. Alternative-Response Type. Write TRUE if the statement is correct; otherwise, write FALSE.
- The research problem or topic must not undermine the moral and spiritual values of the people; thus, it must not advocate the promotion of antisocial values.
- The researchable topic must show or pave the way for the solution of a problem or problems intended to be solved.
- The general statement of the problem and the specific sub-problems or questions should be formulated after conducting the research.
- The research problem or topic must be chosen by the researcher himself; this is to avoid blaming others or offering excuses for any obstacle encountered.
- The research topic must be within the specialization of the researcher for him to work easier on familiar grounds.
- In choosing a research topic, the researcher must consider then hazards involved, either physical, social or legal.
- Generally, the research title is formulated before the start of the research.
- After formulation, the title of the research can no longer be revised and refined.
- If the title contains more than one line, it must be written in a pyramid pattern, all words in capital letters.
- Each specific question in the statement of the problem is researchable apart from the other questions.
- The number of specific questions in the research problem should range from three to five only.
- In the Definition of Terms, only terms and words which have special or unique meanings in the study are defined.
- The researcher may not develop his own definition; rather he may only gather definitions from encyclopaedias, books, magazines, newspaper articles, etc.
- The materials to be cited in the Review of Related Literature and Studies must be as recent as possible.
- In writing the Statement of the Problem, it is customary to state specific sub-problems in declarative forms.
- Research employs only quantitative and statistical methods.
- In a research paper, the two forms of hypotheses are the operational and null forms.
- In experimental investigations, hypotheses have to be explicit, they have to be expressed.
- Oftentimes, especially in descriptive and historical researches, assumptions are not explicitly expressed but left implicit, that is, they are unwritten.
- Hypotheses are usually stated in the null form because testing a null hypothesis is easier than in the operational hypothesis.
Part 2. Modified Alternative-Response Type. Write TRUE if the statement is correct or factual; otherwise, write the term or information which will make it correct. (Consider only the highlighted).
- An assumption is a tentative conclusion or answer to specific question raised at the beginning of the investigation.
- A directive research has the purpose of determining the future operation of the variables under investigation.
- A basic or pure research is then application of the results of a certain research or development of theories and principles.
- In the holistic approach of research, the researcher attempts to identify and isolate the components of the research situation.
- In evaluation research, the focus is on finding or developing a more suitable instrument or process than has been available.
- In experimental research, the researcher studies the relationships of the variables.
- In exploratory research, the experimenter studies the effects of the variables on each other.
- Holistic, descriptive, and experimental are the three major research methods.
- A research problem is any significant, perplexing and challenging situation, real or artificial, the solution of which requires reflective thinking.
- Research is a careful, critical, disciplined inquiry varying in technique and method according to the nature and conditions of the problem identified, directed toward the clarification or resolution of a problem.