Research Methodology & Statistical Quantitative Methods -2

LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1 .Question – A researcher wants to find out the proportion of people in urban cities of India, who support reservation for woman. The best approach for him would be

Correct Ans – Descriptive study

2 .Question – In ______rating scales the position on the defined in terms of a given population.

Correct Ans – Comparative

3 .Question – Questionnaire is an ______technique.

Correct Ans – Impersonal

4 .Question – All real experiments have certain things in common, viz.

Correct Ans – Assumed casual variables , An outcome measure , Units of assignment

5 .Question – The different type of research design are

Correct Ans – Sampling design , Observational design , operational design

6 .Question – Hypothesis should agree with already know

Correct Ans – Law of society

7 .Question – After only with control is an example of informal experimental design.

Correct Ans – TRUE

8 .Question – Questionnaire should be

Correct Ans – Simple, Clear, Sequential

9 .Question – Good and Hatt have identified ______different levels of abstraction reached by hypothesis and hence typified.

Correct Ans – Three

10 .Question – Some limitations of the survey method are

Correct Ans – Inflexibility, Bias, non response error

11 .Question – which of the following is a form of research typically conducted by teachers, counselors, and other professional to answer questions they have and to specifically help them solve local problems?

Correct Ans – Applied Research

12 .Question –_________ Frequency constitutes the basis of understanding of the concept of probability.

Correct Ans – Relative

13 .Question – Varying the order of questions will change the respondent’s frame of reference of the following question.

 Correct Ans – TRUE

14 .Question – Any research design should specify three phases

Correct Ans – Problem identification, Statistical analysis , Case study

15 .Question –_________observation involves observing the results of behavior that has already happened.

Correct Ans – Indirect

16 .Question – Non measureable characteristic is incapable of numerical expression.

Correct Ans – TRUE

17 .Question – Observation is merely seeing things.

Correct Ans – FALSE

18 .Question –_______is an internal source of secondary data.

Correct Ans – Camera

19 .Question - Not having a clear cut and definite theoretical background is one of the difficulties in formulating hypothesis.

Correct Ans – TRUE

20 .Question – Which approach required that treatment be given to one group of subjects while another group does not receive the treatment

Correct Ans – Presence vs absence

21 .Question – Exploratory research design include

Correct Ans – Search of secondary data , Survey of knowledgeable persons , Case study

22 .Question – Approaches to measuring attitudes are

Correct Ans – Self report inventories, Psychological measures, projective techniques

23 .Question – Lack os _______is one of the major limitations of research.

Correct Ans – Resources

24 .Question – The scale in which the respondent’s responses are assigned a score or numerical value, is called

Correct Ans – Attitude scale

25 .Question – Observation involve the following processes

Correct Ans – Sensation , Attention , Perception

26 .Question – The scientific method deals with both

Correct Ans – Theory and fact

27 .Question – Smaller size of the sample helps to collect data more quickly then surveying the entire population.

Correct Ans – TURE

28 .Question – The non directive interviwer’s function is to act as a __________ to the expression of subject’s felling and beliefs.

Correct Ans – Catalyst

29 .Question –  _________helps to record answers into limited number of classes or categories.

Correct Ans – Tabulating

30 .Question - Refinement of existing theory can be done by

Correct Ans – Relaxing some of the assumptions , Reinterpreting some of the assumptions , Cleansing of existing data

31 .Question -  Prerequisites of a successful interview would be

Correct Ans – proper study design, Encouragement, Friendly atmosphere

32 .Question - Documentation is the process of collecting and extracting the documents relevant to research.

Correct Ans – FALSE

 33 .Question -                                  Correct Ans –

Personal document                           Greeting Card          

Company document                          Balance sheet

Consultant’s report                            Calendar

Public document                                Census report

34 .Question - The different ranking methods are

Correct Ans – Simple ranking, Paired comparison rating scale, Constant sum rating scale

35 .Question -                                               Correct Ans –

Theory                                                                        Personality

Fact                                                                 Conclusion

Scientific method                                          General

Management                                                 High degree of formality

36 .Question – The formal interview the interviewer has full freedom to make alterations in question.

Correct Ans – FALSE

37 .Question – The cheapest and more effective technique of data collection is

Correct Ans – Observation

38 .Question – Systematic random sampling is also called_____ method.

Correct Ans – Fixed Interval

39 .Question – When employee of a company are classified according to the length of their service, it is called

Correct Ans – Quantitative classification

40 .Question – An experiment is designed to measure the effects tf price and advertising on the sales of a product. Here the  dependent variable is

Correct Ans – Product sales

41 .Question - Induction is the reverse of deduction.

Correct Ans – FALSE

42 .Question - Method employed for drawing inferences are

Correct Ans – Method of agreement, Method of difference, Method of residue

43 .Question – According to Barten an optimum sample survey is one which fulfils the requirement of

Correct Ans – Efficiency, Representativeness, flexibility

44 .Question – A “ bungalow “ would be a

Correct Ans – Geographical unit

45 .Question –  In which of the following phase  of research does the researcher primarily use inductive reasoning ?

Correct Ans – Data Analysis phase

46 .Question – Hypothesis is a _______ Conclusion.

Correct Ans – Imaginary