CHAPTER 8: FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH

Question 1

a systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data in order to answer a question, problem, issue or increase understanding of a phenomenon we are interested or concerned about

Answer 1

Research

Question 2

an organized, systematic, data-based, critical, objective inquiry into a specific problem that needs a solution

Answer 2

Research

Question 3

concerns formulation of theory, deals with fundamental laws of nature.

Answer 3

Basic or fundamental research

Question 4

Concerned with application of basic knowledge in different situations

Answer 4

Applied research

Question 5

types of research approaches

Answer 5

Qualitative
Quantitative
Mixed

Question 6

used to answer questions about the nature of a phenomena based on the participant’s point of view

Answer 6

Qualitative approach

Question 7

used to answer questions about relationship of variables to explain, predict and control a phenomena

Answer 7

Quantitative approach

Question 8

combination of quantitative and qualitative approach

Answer 8

mixed approach

Question 9

type of research that explains, predicts, confirms, and validates.

Answer 9

Quantitative

Question 10

type of research that describes, explains, explores, and interprets.

Answer 10

Qualitative

Question 11

type of research that test theories

Answer 11

quantitative

Question 12

type of research that build theories

Answer 12

qualitative

Question 13

NNS is a _______ because it covers a representative part of the population and can generate measurements by age, physiologic status, and sex by regional and urbanization areas in the country

Answer 13

Descriptive cross-sectional research

Question 14

The research process

Answer 14

• Problem Identification
• Formulation of hypothesis
• Setting of Objectives
• Research Design
• Data collection
• Data analysis
• Research report

Question 15

the heart of the whole research process

Answer 15

research problem