Name:_______________________

Know Me
This is a test of your knowledge and understanding about variables, keeping
in mind its meaning in the field of your research study. Now, check all words in the
list below which you think can operate as variables in any research study.

____ skills ____ attitudes ____ weight

____ height ____ achievement ____ economic status
____ marital status ____ academic grades ____ mental pictures

____ family income ____ ghost ____ physical exercise

____ dreams ____ guardian angel ____ intelligence

____ population ____ financial outcome ____ textbooks

1. Based on the lesson, I realized that

Variables are
__________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________.

These variables are of two basic types namely

___________________________and

_________________________. I also noticed that there are also other variables

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may encounter in your research study such as: ____________________________,

______________________, ______________________, ___________________,_

______________________,

Furthermore, I learned that among the variables; quantitative variables are those

__________________________________________________________________.
Activity 1.1.6. Catch Me I’m Falling

A. Examine the variables you identified in Activity 2. List down all

quantitative variables on the space provided below. And group them whether
they Ordinal, Nominal, Interval and ratio variable.

Ordinal Nominal Interval Ratio

B. Below are titles of researches. Fill in the table with the correct
independent variable/s and dependent variable/s of the following research
study:

Researches Independent variable Dependent variable

1. A researcher would like to .
know if Cognitively Focused
Instruction Improve the
Academic Performance of
Low-Achieving Students
2. Studying about the relation .
between alcohol abuse or
dependence on academic
performance of first-year
college students
3. The Impact of
EnquiryBased Learning on
Academic Performance
and Student Engagement

4. Effects of Information
Literacy Skills on Student
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5. Academic performance and

satisfaction with homework
completion among college
students