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De Kiem Tra 8.4

The document appears to be a test on research methods. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions about key concepts in research methods, including research questions, variables, sampling methods, and research designs. The test covers topics such as what makes a good research question, advantages and disadvantages of different data collection methods, and definitions of common statistical measures like mean, mode, median, and standard deviation.

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Student’s name: ………………………….

HCMC University of Education


Reg.No……. Class ……………………… Department of English
Chữ ký giám thị 1: …………………..
Chữ ký giám thị 2: ………………… RESEARCH METHOD TEST
TIME: 30 MINUTES
______________________________________________________________________________

Part A: For each question, choose the correct answer and write your answer (A, B, C or D)
in the following table.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1. A research question is
A. a question that has a confirmed answer.
B. a statement that precludes inquiry.
C. a question involving doubt proposed for solution.
D. a statement of social issues.
2. Which of the following is a good research question?
A. Does the use of mobile devices improve students’ learning autonomy?
B. Is it a good idea to learn English with non-native teachers?
C. How can I become a good presenter?
D. Is there life in the Virgo star constellation?
3. A bad research is one with
A. purpose clearly defined.
B. limitations frankly revealed.
C. high ethical standards applied.
D. findings presented ambiguously.
4. The disadvantage of primary research is that
A. it can be expensive.
B. it is time consuming.
C. it may depend on unreliable sources.
D. All of the above
5. What is the Dependent Variable in this research question?
"Is there a relationship between class size and students’ language performance?"
A. Language performance
B. Class size
C. Relationship
D. Students
6. External validity refers to D. whether test effect occurs.
A. whether findings can be 7. The purpose of citing is to
generalized. A. make the research impressive.
B. whether findings are B. show readers what you read.
systematically managed. C. help readers verify your
C. whether there is claims.
developmental process with D. show how your research is
the treatment. better.
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8. IELTS and TOEFL scores are 9. Which of the following is an ordinal
examples of scale?
A. Nominal variable A. Final test score
B. Ordinal variable B. Biological sex
C. Interval variable C. Celsius temperature
D. Ratio variable D. Class ranking

10. To study the effect of movie subtitles in developing listening comprehension, the
researcher uses 2 classes he is teaching, 1 as the control class and 1 as the experimental
class. He then compares the average listening score of the 2 classes at the beginning and
the end of the semester. This research design is called
A. One shot study design
B. Time series design
C. Non equivalent control group design
D. Reversal design

Part B: Rewrite the following reference entry in APA style if necessary.


Zhang, W. P. (2006). Effect of Schema theory and listening activities on listening
comprehension. Sino-US English Teaching, 3(12), 28-31.
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Willams, R. L., and Eggert, A. C. (2002). Notetaking in college classes: Student patterns and
instructional strategies. The Journal of General Education, 51, 173-199.
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Yu, N. (1998). the contemporary theory of metaphor: a perspective from chinese. Amsterdam:
John Benjamins.
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Wierzbicka, A. (1995). Lexicon as a key to history, culture, and society. “Homeland” and
“Fatherland” in German, Polish and Russian. In Dirven, R. & Vanparys, J. (Eds.), Current
approaches to the lexicon (pp. 103-155). Germany: Peter Lang.
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Kay, P., & McDaniel, C. (1978). The linguistic significance of the meanings of basic color terms.
Language in Cognition and Research, 54(3), 610-646.
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Sarah, C. T. (2013, Feb 17). Effectiveness of learning English through videos. Retrieved from
http://ted.com/effectiveness-of-learning-English-through-videos#521440
Part C: For each question, choose the correct answer and write your answer (A, B, C or D)
in the following table.

1 2 3 4 5 6

1. Quasi-experimental design differs from true experimental designs in


A. degree of control.
B. use of comparison or control group.
C. random assignment.
D. Both A and C are correct.
2. Which of the following is the major advantage of conducting a literature review?

a. encourages unnecessary duplication of research.


b. identifies variables and promising instruments.
c. places a study in a historical and associational perspective.
d. provides the research design.
3. Qualitative data collection techniques are distinguished from quantitative techniques by
A. using words rather than numbers.
B. the function of the research.
C. the research design used.
D. providing more meaningful results.
4. Which does not suggest significance for a research problem?
A. evaluation of a specific practice or policy at a given site.
B. a focus that is unrelated to prior research or broader phenomena.
C. expansion of generalizability of prior research or extension of understanding in
exploratory research.
D. a current issue.
5. What is the Independent Variable in this research question?
"What is the relationship between study time and exam scores amongst university
students?"
A. Exam score
B. Study time
C. Relationship
D. University students
6. The logic of purposeful sampling is that
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A. A few information-rich cases studied in depth yields many insights about a topic.
B. A randomly representative sample can generalize to a population.
C. All cases are included, even though they are not all relevant to the problem.
D. Available cases are used because the researcher has access to them.
Part D:
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With the above data set, identify the followings:

Mean
Mode
Median
Range
Variance
Standard Deviation

THE END

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