FPSC Past Papers for SST Teachers

A theory is said to be powerful if it?

1. Is extremely accurate
2. Has a high degree
3. Provides an explanation for a large number of events
4. Is valid

A post test in an experiment is sometimes called the?

1. Experimental treatment
2. Treatment variable
3. Experimental variable
4. Dependent variable

The basic goal of educational research and development is to?

1. Discover new knowledge through
2. Develop research-based products
3. Improve existing education products
4. Test educational materials

Following are the categories of research type by method?

1. Action and historical
2. Basic and applied
3. Descriptive and action
4. Experimental and casual comparative

If the results of the test and retest are the same, it is in fact?

1. Stability
2. Reliability
3. Validity
4. Objectivity

The degree to which a test consistently measures what ever it measures is called?

1. Reliability
2. Validity
3. Objectivity
4. None

The lowest level of measurement is represented by?

1. Ordinal scales
2. Nominal scales
3. Internal scales
4. Ratio scales

The highest, most precise level of measurement is?

1. Ordinal scales
2. Nominal scales
3. Internal scales
4. Ratio scales

While writing research report one should be?

1. Subjective
2. Objective
3. Introspective
4. Interpretive

Independent variable can not be manipulated, the cause and effect relationship is to be determined in the type of research called?

1. Correlation
2. Causal comparative
3. Experimental
4. Descriptive