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Interactive Worksheet: Data & Data Collection
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A. Multiple Choice
1. What is data?
A. Assumptions made during research
B. All information gathered throughout the research
C. Already analyzed results
D. Hypotheses only
2. Which is primary data?
A. Information from encyclopedias
B. Barangay census results
C. Answers from interviews you conducted
D. Content from previous studies
3. Which is secondary data?A. Your own observation
B. Interviews you conducted
C. Numerical data from the national census
D. Survey results you personally collected
4. Which data collection instrument involves asking predetermined questions only?
A. Unstructured interview
B. Structured interview
C. Semi-structured interview
D. Questionnaire only
5. Which type of interview allows follow-up questions?
A. Structured
B. Unstructured
C. Semi-structured
D. Closed-ended
6. Naturalistic observation means…
A. Observing people outside their natural setting
B. Researcher participates in group activities
C. Respondents are moved to another environment
D. Observing people in their natural setting
7. Participative observation means…A. Observing from afar without involvement
B. Researcher takes part in activities of participants
C. Using technology to observe secretly
D. Changing participants’ setting
8. Which sampling method involves choosing readily available participants?
A. Snowball
B. Convenience
C. Opportunistic
D. Random
9. Which sampling involves asking people to refer someone who qualifies as a respondent?
A. Convenience
B. Snowball
C. Random
D. Opportunistic
10. Which type of questionnaire provides only checkboxes?
A. Open-ended
B. Closed-ended
C. Semi-structured
D. Structured
11. Which type of questionnaire provides blank spaces for explanations?
A. Closed-ended
B. Open-ended
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C. Structured
D. Multiple-choice
12. Research requiring a study of people in natural settings uses which approach?
A. Case study
B. Phenomenology
C. Ethnography
D. Historical:
13. Studying experiences of people affected by a typhoon best fits
A. Historical
B. Case study
C. Phenomenology
D. Ethnography
14. Analyzing documents from Martial Law era uses:
A. Historical approach
B. Phenomenology
C. Case study
D. Ethnography
15. Saturation point in qualitative research means…
A. When participants stop answering
B. When no new information emerges
C. When the sample size is too small
D. When data becomes unreliable
B. True or False
16. Secondary data is more reliable than primary data.
True False
17. Opportunistic sampling selects respondents already available nearby.
True False
18. In structured interviews, the researcher may add follow-up questions.
True False
19. Naturalistic observation happens in the participants’ usual environment.
True False
20. Convenience sampling involves choosing participants who are easy to access.
True False
C. Identification
21. The process of choosing individuals who represent the population.
22. A data collection method involving a group discussion guided by a facilitator.
23. The type of observation where respondents are moved from their natural setting.
24. Data gathered by the researcher firsthand.
25. Data obtained from previous studies, documents, or books.
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