$1.\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$Reseachers isolate the variables they want to study, control for extraneous variables, use d procedure to collect some form of numerical data and use statistical procedures to analyse and draw conclusions from the data.

a$.$ Qualitative

b$.$ Quantitative

c$.$ Mixed method

d$.$ Inquiry

$2.$ The term$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ refers to traditional ways of knowing, and by being and doing which have been preserved by communities and individuals for thousands of years.

a$.$ Colonization

b$.$ Restoration

c$.$ IKS

d$.$ Decolonisation

$3.$ The style of the research proposal needs to:

I. Grab the attention of the reader.

ii$.$ Convince the reader to give you funding.

iii. Use a clear narrative that tells an interesting story.

$($Iv$)$ be totally honest.

$($v$)$ leave out limitations$.$

a$.$ Number i$,$ iv and v

b$.$ Number i$,$ iii and iv

c$.$ Number ii$,$ iii and iv

d Number i$,$ ii and iii

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$4.\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$is a considered and coordinated attempt to explore, describe, explain, and predict phenomena.

a$.$ Evidence

b$.$ Tradition

c$.$ Personal experience

d$.$ Scientific enquiry

$5.$ A common trap for researchers in practice, however, is that they are sometimes looking for solution to a practice problem rather than$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ to inform a practice.

a$.$ Competencies

b$.$ Knowledge

c$.$ Skills

d$.$ Values

$6.$ Doctoral candidate J is conducting a study. A specific setting is used as a case study for the research. Candidate J makes use of interviews and questionnaires to collect data. The findings of the study cannot be replicated exactly, and the findings cannot be generalised. The doctoral candidate used statistics and verbatim transcripts to report the data. The doctoral candidate is making use of a $\_\_\_($i$)$ approach in his$/$her$/$their research and the study is underpinned by the $\_\_\_($ii$)$ paradigm.

a$.$ i quantitative ii positivism

b$.$ i mixed method ii pragmatic

c$.$ linquiry il epistemolog

d$.$ i qualitative ii interpretivism

$7.$ The most important aspects in writing a research proposal are $($i$)$ the project outline of the research proposal $($ii$)$ the purpose of writing a research proposal $($iii$)$ the style of the research proposal $($iv$)$ the format of the research proposal $($v$)$ the literature reviewed in the research proposal.

a$.$ Number i iii and v

b$.$ Number i ii and iii

c$.$ Number ii iv and v

d$.$ Number ii iii and iv

$8.$ Researcher X conducts research and follows a humanistic approach committed to social justice to study and interact with the world. Researcher X believes that his$/$her$/$their research should empower participants and contribute to the local community. Researcher X makes use of a$/$an$\_\_\_\_\_$ approach to research.

a$.$ post$-$positivist

b$.$ Constructivist

c$.$ Auto ethnographical

d$.$ Positivist

$9.$ The most important aspects in writing a research proposal are $($i$)$ the project outline of the research proposal $($ii$)$ the purpose of writing a research proposal $($iii$)$ the style of the research proposal $($iv$)$ the format of the research proposal $($v$)$ the literature reviewed in the research proposal.

a$.$ Number i iii and v

b$.$ Number i ii and iii

c$.$ Number ii iv and v

d$.$ Number ii iii and iv

$10.$ Conducting research by focusing on indigenous ways of seeking and analysing, while also learning how knowledge can be disseminated to include the same people with whom the research has been conducted are called $\_\_.$

a$.$ Re$-$searching

b$.$ Language

c$.$ Researching back

d$.$ Unlearning

$11.$ In both qualitative and quantitative research approaches, there are certain steps a researcher needs to follow in the predesign pages of the research. Which of the options contains the correct sequencing of the predesign phase of research? $($i$)$ Consider the ethical implications of the study $($ii$)$ Develop the research proposal $($iii$)$ Assess the suitability of the research approach $($iv$)$ Consider the implications for dissemination and impact $($v$)$ Identify a researchable topic $($vi$)$ Consider the place of literature and theory in the research $($vii$)$ Formulate the research question or problem statement.

a$.$ Number v iii ii i iv vi and vii

b$.$ Number v vii iii ii iv i and vi

c$.$ Number v iii vii ii vi i and iv

d$.$ Number v vii iii li vi i and iv

$12.$ Indigenous knowledge systems $($IKS$)$ have usually been transmitted to the other and are now eclipsed by dominant Western knowledge systems.

a$.$ Indigenously

b$.$ Practically

c$.$ Verbally

d$.$ Manually