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1
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3 ways to present a fact.

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Description
Predict
Explain

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A group of people that possess a common characteristic.

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Population

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3
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Spread of scores.

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Variance

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A portion that represents the population.

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Sample

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5
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A score in which the majority of the population tend to obtain.

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Average

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Sources of knowledge.

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Authority
Priori
Tenacity
Scientific

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Accepting new ideas because some authority figure states that they are true.

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Authority

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Knowledge that a person can have without needing experience of any kind to justify it.

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Priori

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Knowledge in which the truth is considered true even if the evidence is against in that truth.

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Tenacity

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10
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A generalized body of laws and theories to explain a phenomenon or behavior of interest that are acquired using the scientific method.

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Scientific

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Reflection of what the research is all about.

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Title

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12
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Gap in the knowledge; fact exists; answerable by yes or no; conflicting results.

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Statement of the Problem

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13
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Group that will not receive any experimental treatment.

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Control group

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Manipulated variable; could stand alone; caused the change of another variable.

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Independent variable

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Variable that is observed; could be affected by another variable.

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Dependent variable

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16
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Provides an explanation for a particular phenomena.

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Theory

17
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2 formulation methods.

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Induction
Deduction

18
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Small details to bigger details; starts from the data.

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Induction

19
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Bigger details to smaller details; starts from theory

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Deduction

20
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Which question is best assigned to physical science field?

a. Will work influence the empowerment of women?
b. Why do we have morality?
c. What is the journey of the poor?
d. How does bird migration of occurs?

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D

21
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All are examples of pure scientific process except:

a. Theorizing about how the mind works
b. Studying the season of the year
c. Knowing when and where the storm will hit
d. Migration of birds

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A

22
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This knowledge has priory as a source.

a. Filipinos are resilient
b. water if heated will evaporate
c. gravitational pull in 9.8 m/sec
d. children are not supposed to lie

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B

23
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Which one is the best example of tenacity?

a. dark clouds means rain
b. water if heated will evaporate
c. vampires are afraid of garlic
d. men should always rule the society

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D

24
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All are examples of theories thru induction except:

a. the stiffness of the body tells the onset of death
b. neglected children become dysfunctional
c. the average height of Filipino males is 5’4”
d. when a person dies, the spouse is the usual suspect

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D

25
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This is a branch of psychology that scientifically investigates basic psychological processes such as intelligence, cognition, learning, etc., and establish their relationships with other variables.

a cognitive psychology
b. social psychology
c. experimental psychology
d. I don’t know… I deserve to die

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C

26
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Which one is a discrete variable?

a. average number of residents per barangay
b. number of houses per barangay
c. number of pets in a family
d. cockroaches killed by cats everyday

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B/C/D

27
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This knowledge has authority as a source.

a. Filipinos are resilient
b. water if heated will evaporate
c. gravitational pull is 9.8 m/sec
d. children are not supposed to lie

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D

28
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Which one is the best example of scientific knowledge?

a. dark clouds means rain
b. neglected children become dysfunctional
c. the average height of Filipino males is 54”
d. individuals change when the environment changes.

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C

29
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Which one is the best example of independent-dependent variable relationship?

a. time and the number of people in the canteen
b. number of people in the canteen and time
c. distance of school and intelligence of students
d. taste of food and number of pets at home

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A

30
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The variable that can influence the change in value of another variable is known as:

a independent variable
b. dependent variable
c. discrete variable
d. continuous variable

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A

31
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If the mean height of males is 1.88 meters and the mean height of females is 1.52 the best evaluation is:

a. males grow faster than females
b. the mean height of males is higher than that of females
c. the gap in terms of height between the sexes is wide
d. there is a 35 cm difference in height between males and females

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C

32
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Which question is best assigned to metaphysical field?

a. How vast is the universe?
b. Why do we have morality?
c. When did Jesus Christ exist?
d. When will the world end?

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B

33
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Which question is best assigned to social science field?

a. What was the diet of brontosaurus?
b. What happens to us after we die?
c. When did Jesus Christ exist?
d. How do monks live spiritually?

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D

34
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If the mean for height is 1.5 meters with the standard deviation of .5, the person with a height of 2.1 meters is considered as:

a. normal
b. taller than the majority
c. slightly taller than the rest.
d. very tall

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C

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