educational self assessment Which scientific method often focuses on generating new hypotheses and theories? Which scientific method often focuses on generating new hypotheses and theories? Options: (a) Deductive method (b) Inductive method (c) Hypothesis method (d) Pattern method ✅ Correct Option: (b) Explanation: Inductive method Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment Which scientific method focuses on testing hypotheses developed from theories? Which scientific method focuses on testing hypotheses developed from theories? Options: (a) Deductive method (b) Inductive method (c) Hypothesis method (d) Pattern method ✅ Correct Option: (a) Explanation: The deductive method Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment Which scientific method is a bottom-up or generative approach to research? Which scientific method is a bottom-up or generative approach to research? Options: (a) Deductive method (b) Inductive method (c) Hypothesis method (d) Pattern method ✅ Correct Option: (b) Explanation: Inductive method Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment Which scientific method is a top-down or confirmatory approach? Which scientific method is a top-down or confirmatory approach? Options: (a) Deductive method (b) Inductive method (c) Hypothesis method (d) Pattern method ✅ Correct Option: (a) Explanation: The deductive method starts Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment René Descartes is associated with which approach to knowledge generation? René Descartes is associated with which approach to knowledge generation? Options: (a) Empiricism (b) Rationalism (c) Expert opinion (d) None ✅ Correct Option: (b) Explanation: René Descartes was a leading proponent Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment Which scientific method follows these steps: 1) observation/data, 2) patterns, 3) theory? Which scientific method follows these steps: 1) observation/data, 2) patterns, 3) theory? Options: (a) Inductive (b) Imductive (c) Deductive (d) Top down ✅ Correct Option: (a) Explanation: The inductive scientific Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment What general type of research is focused on collecting information to help a researcher advance an ideological or political position? What general type of research is focused on collecting information to help a researcher advance an ideological or political position? Options: (a) Evaluation research (b) Basic research (c) Action research Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment Which of the following is NOT a basic assumption of science? Which of the following is NOT a basic assumption of science? Options: (a) Science cannot provide answers to all questions (b) It is possible to distinguish between more and less Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment Which of the following is NOT a good theory or explanation? Which of the following is NOT a good theory or explanation? Options: (a) It is parsimonious (b) It is testable (c) It is general enough to apply to more than Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment There is a set of churches in the U.S. where part of the service involves snake handling. The researcher wants to find out why the people attending these churches do this and how they feel and think about it. The primary purpose of the study is: There is a set of churches in the U.S. where part of the service involves snake handling. The researcher wants to find out why the people attending these churches Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment A researcher designs an experiment to test how variables interact to influence how well children learn spelling words. The main purpose of the study was: A researcher designs an experiment to test how variables interact to influence how well children learn spelling words. The main purpose of the study was: Options: (a) Explanation (b) Influence Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment According to your text, what are the five key objectives of science? According to your text, what are the five key objectives of science? Options: (a) Prediction, summary, explanation, description, conclusion (b) Influence, prediction, exploration, answers questions (c) Exploration, description, explanation, prediction, Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment ___ is the idea that knowledge comes from experience. ___ is the idea that knowledge comes from experience. Options: (a) Rationalism (b) Deductive reasoning (c) Logic (d) Empiricism ✅ Correct Option: (d) Empiricism Explanation: Empiricism is a philosophical theory which states Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment Research that is done to examine the findings of someone else using the “same variables but different people” is which of the following? Research that is done to examine the findings of someone else using the “same variables but different people” is which of the following? Options: (a) Exploration (b) Replication (c) Hypothesis Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment The idea that when selecting between two different theories with equal explanatory value, one should select the most simple and concise theory is known as The idea that when selecting between two different theories with equal explanatory value, one should select the most simple and concise theory is known as Options: (a) Criterion of falsifiability Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of premises? Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of premises? Options: (a) Rationalism (b) Deductive reasoning (c) Inductive reasoning (d) Probabilistic reasoning ✅ Correct Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment The development of a solid foundation of reliable knowledge typically is built from which type of research? The development of a solid foundation of reliable knowledge typically is built from which type of research? Options: (a) Basic research (b) Action research (c) Evaluation research (d) Orientational research Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
educational self assessment How much confidence should you place in a single research study? How much confidence should you place in a single research study? Options: (a) You should completely trust a single research study (b) You should trust research findings after different researchers Tauseef Ahmad 17 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
