SOCIAL SCIENCE

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 SOCIAL SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES

REVIEW MATERIAL

TRENDS AND ISSUES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. In research, if I reason out from particular to general or broad patterns, I apply the ___________
method.
a. Deductive
b. Inductive
c. Ideographic
d. Nomethetic

2. What kind of study examines specific sub-populations, such as those who played a part in the
EDSA revolt in order to understand how their attitudes have changed?
a. Longitudinal study
b. Trend study
c. Cohort study
d. Cross-sectional study

3. For John Dewey, what is the unifying element of the curriculum?
a. Reflective thinking
b. Course discipline
c. Experiential learning
d. Pedagogy in learning

4. Which of the following is an example of an issue which a sociologist would study?
a. Why is the rate of abortion rising?
b. How do police action influence crowd behavior?
c. What is the interaction between chemical and behavior?
d. Which political system is best?

5. In order to seek full contextual understanding of the actions of a selected group of individuals, what
will you do?
I. Do ethnographic participants' observation
II. Conduct open-ended interviews
III. Administer a standardized test
a. I, II and III
b. I and II
c. II only
d. I only

6. What method is being used to have Special children become a part of the regular student
activities?
a. Catalytic learning
b. Mainstreaming
c. Specialization
d. Alternative learning

7. What is used as the basis so that scientific theory can be empirical and not merely speculative or
opinionated?
a. Evidence-base
b. Authority
c. Tradition
d. Logical reason

8. What kind of reasoning is done by arguing from particulars (e.g. Juan, Marie, Jaime, etc. speak
Bisaya) to a general conclusion (e.g. Therefore many students in the class speak Bisaya)?
a. A priori
b. Deductive
c. Inductive
d. Logical

9. What is the fundamental basis for data gathered in the sciences of Sociology Biology and Physics?
a. Belief
b. Observation
c. Logic
d. Wisdom

10. What process will you use to represent a more certain avenue to the truth?
a. Generalization
b. Fallacy
c. Replication
d. Prior argument

11. An inquiry on a social phenomenon that does not use numbers is ___________ research.
a. descriptive
b. quantitative
c. experimental
d. analytical

12. Statistical analysis is done for various reasons but NOT for ________ .
a. complex formulas
b. simple averages
c. verbal descriptions
d. mathematical models

13. Of the following topics, which is closest to a subject for pure research?
a. Survey on a beauty product
b. Anthropological account of an ethnic community
c. Impact of an outreach project
d. Problems in a mental health institution

14. What wrong is committed by a researcher who installs a hidden camera in order to gather data on
family friction between parents and children?
a. Protection from harm
b. Coercion
c. Informed consent
d. Right to privacy

15. What was violated by a researcher who administered lethal drugs to determine their effect on
users?
a. Right to privacy
b. Protection from harm
c. Coercion
d. Informed consent

16. Under research design, what factor is useful so that choice of topic can fill the researcher with
enthusiasm to pursue an inquiry amid obstacles until its final outcome?
a. Commitment
b. Interest
c. Dedication
d. Scientific attitude

17. Which step is undertaken when the researcher mulls over a chosen topic and purpose, thinking
about aspect and dimensions of a chosen social issue?
a. Observation
b. Operationalization
c. Data processing
d. Population and sampling

18. There are many ways to conduct a research, but what is the stage of study when the researcher
selects the appropriate way to gather evidence that can support analysis of data obtained?
a. Population sampling
b. Conceptualization
c. Operationalization
d. Choice of research method

19. When data gathered from survey, interview or other methods are interpreted,
this is the research stage for _________.
a. sampling
b. operationalization
c. data processing
d. publication

20. Communicating the findings of a completed research to school, institution or sponsor of the study
is the ___________ stage of research.
a. analysis
b. application
c. operationalization
d. publication

21. There are many dimensions or variables in considering social values that cause corruption in
government, but which is NOT one of them?
a. Motives
b. Attitudes
c. Currencies
d. Lifestyle

22. Statistical analysis can be done in qualitative research but it is NOT applicable in ___________.
a. verbal description
b. simple averages
c. complex formulas
d. methodical models

23. Choose the logical sequence to operationalize selected stages of a study on drug addiction:
I. Observation and data gathering
II. Arrive at conclusion
III. Specify method to get data on variables
IV. Set testable hypothesis
V. Process and analy
a. IV, III, I, V and II
b. II, I, III, V and IV
c. V, III, I, II and IV
d. III, II, I, IV and V

24. Which system is applied for careful, deliberate and quantifiable observation of evidence in order
to describe an object or event in terms of indicators?
a. Examination
b. Measurement
c. Construction
d. Introspection

25. What can be used to classify observations in terms of attributes, e.g. classify newspaper as pro-
administration or pro-opposition?
a. Scaling
b. Indexing
c. Typology
d. Validating

26. The technique used in selecting large, representative sample of social research e.g. election poll
ranking is known as _________.
a. probability sampling
b. non probability sampling
c. snowball sampling
d. quota sampling

27. Which is sampling technique in studying a sub-set of a large population that can show a
meaningful result, e.g. by interviewing some people during a rally?
a. snowball sampling
b. Judgmental sampling
c. Quota sampling
d. Non probability sampling

28. Which sampling technique is used by selecting a few members of a target population, e.g.
migrant workers you meet at the airport?
a. Judgmental sampling
b. Quota sampling
c. Snowball sampling
d. Probability sampling

29. What sampling technique helps determine the proportion of the population by use of a matrix and
relative proportion for each cell, e.g. interviewing a few people who meet the characteristics of being
non-religious?
a. Quota sampling
b. Purposive sampling
c. Probability sampling
d. Snowball sampling

30. What is the grouping of units composing a population into homogenous groups before sampling in
order to achieve a greater degrees of representativeness?
a. Indexing
b. Scaling
c. Weighting
d. Stratification

Answers:
1-5. bbabd
6-10. bacba
11-15. acbdb
16-20. bcdcb
21-25. caabc
26-30. abcad

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