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RESEARCHMETHODSFI NAL-EXAM
TIMEALLOWED1: 30
Totalmark(50%)
July2,
2021
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tI.Mul
ti
pleChoi
ceQuest
ions
1.Whichoft hef ollowi ngi snott rueaboutt hei mpor tanceofResear ch?
A.Resear chpr ovidest heneededi nfor mat i
ont hatgui dest heplannerstomake
informeddeci sionst osuccessf ull
ydeal wi t
ht hepr obl ems.
B.Resear chpr oducesknowl edgewhi chcoul dbeusedf ort hesoluti
onof
probl ems
C.Resear chi si mpor tantforthegener at
ionofuni versal theor i
es,pri
nci
plesand
laws.
D.Al l
E.None
2.Whichoft hef ollowi ngi smaybet hepowerbasesofsci ent i
ficknowledge?
A.Empi rici
sm: -Sensor yexper i
encesorobser vation,and
B.Rationalism: -Thel ogi calexplanat i
onsf orr egularit
yandt henconsequent ial
argument at i
onf ormaki nggener al
izations( theory).
C.AandB
D.None
3.Forcl assificationofr esearchweshal llookf rom dimensi onssuchas:
A.Thepur poseofdoi ngr esearch;
B.Thei ntendedusesofr esearch;
C.Thet imedi mensi oni nresearch…Howi ttreatst i
mei .e.;and
D.Ther esear ch( dat acol lect
ion)t echniquesusedi nit.
E.All
F.None
4.Whichoft hef ollowi ngi smaynotbet rue?
A.Expl orator y/ For mativeResear chmaybeexpl oringanewt opicorissuein
ordert ol ear nabouti t
.
B.I nexpl or atoryResear cht her esear cher’sgoal ist of ormulatemor epreci
se
quest ionst hatf utureresear chcananswer .
C.Themaj orpur poseofdescr i
ptiver esear ch,ast het er mimpl i
es,i
sto
descr ibechar acteri
sti
csofapopul ationorphenomenon.

D.Descriptiveresearchf ocuseson‘ who,’‘what,

’‘
when,’‘
where,’and‘how’
but
notwhy ?
E.Thepur poseofExpl anator yResear chistoknowwhyort oexplainwhy
somet hingoccur
F.None
5.Whi
chofthef oll
owingst atementi smaybet ruecross-Sect
ionalResearch?
A.Incross-sectionalresear ch,researchersobserveatonepoi ntinti
me.
B.Cross-sectionalresear chisusual l
yt hesimplestandleastcostly
alt
ernative.

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 C.I tsdi sadv antagei st hatitcannotcapt uret hechangepr ocesses.
D.Cr oss-sect ional resear chcanbeexpl orator y,descr iptive,orexpl anatory,
buti tismostconsi st entwi thadescr i
pt iv
eappr oacht oresear ch.
E.Al l
F.None
6.Whi choft hef ollowi ngst at ementi smaybet rueaboutLongi tudi nalResear ch?
A.Resear cher susi ngl ongi tudinal researchexami nef eat uresofpeopl eor
ot heruni tsatmor et hanonet ime.
B.I tisusual lymor ecompl exandcost l
yt hancr oss- sect ional researchbuti t
isal somor epower ful ,especi all
ywhenr esear cher sseekanswer st o
quest i
onsaboutchange.
C.Al l
D.None
7.Whi choft hef ollowi ngst at ementi smaybewr ongaboutt ypesofLongi t
udinal
Resear ch?
A.Ti meser iesr esear chi slongi tudinalstudyi nwhi cht hesamet ypeof
informat i
oni scol l
ect edonagr oupofpeopl eorot heruni tsacr oss
mul tiplet i
meper iods.
B.Thepanel studyi sapower f
ul t
ypeofl ongi tudinal resear chi nwhi cht he
resear cherobser vesexact lyt hesamepeopl e,gr oup, oror ganization
acr osst imeper iods.
C.Acohor tanal ysisi ssi milartot hepanel study ,butr athert hanobser v i
ng
theexactsamepeopl e, acat egor yofpeopl ewhoshar easi milarli
fe
exper i
encei naspeci fi
edt imeper iodisst udied
D.Al l
E.None
8.Whi choft hef ollowi ngst at ementmaynotbet hemai nt ypeofquant i
tati
ve
researcht echni ques?
A.Exper i
ment s
B.Sur vey s
C.Usi ngExi st i
ngSt atistics
D.Al l
E.None
9.Whi choft hef ollowi ngst at ementmaybet hemaj orqual i
tat i
vet echniquesof
research?
A.Fi eldResear ch
B.CaseSt udy
C.FocusGr oupDi scussi on
D.Al l
E.None

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10.
Thet ermr esear chpar adi gm r efer st othepr ogr essofsci entifi
cpr acticebased
onpeopl e'
sphi losophi esandassumpt i
onsaboutt hewor ldandt henat ureof
knowl edge; i
nt hiscont ext ,i
ti sabouthowr esear chshoul dbeconduct ed.
A.TrueB.Fal se
11.
Thet womai nr esear chpar adi gmsorphi losophi esar ePosi tivi
stand
Phenomenol ogi cal
A.Tr ueB.Fal se
12.
Whichoft hef ollowi ngst atementmaybet rueaboutr esear chmet hodol ogyVs.
Methods?
A.Met hodol ogyr eferst ot heov eral l
approacht ot her esear chpr ocess, f
rom t
he
theor eti
cal under pi nningt ot hecol l
ectionandanal ysisoft hedat a.
B. Met hodology‘ Liket heor i
es, met hodologi escannotbet rueorf alse, butcan
onlybemor eorl essusef ul’
C.Met hods, ont heot herhand, ref eronlyt ot hev ari
ousmeansbywhi chdat a
canbecol l
ect edand/ oranal y zed.
D.Al l
E.None
13.
Resear chmet hodol ogyshoul daddr essthef ol l
owi ngmai nissuesexcept :
A.Whydat aar ecol lect ed
B.Whatdat aar ecol l
ect ed
C.Fr om wher et hedat awer ecol l
ected
D.Whent hedat awer ecol l
ect ed
E.Howt hedat awer ey oucol lected
F.Howt hedat awi l
l beanal y zed.
G.Al l
H.None
14.
Resear chdesi gni samast erpl anspeci fyi
ngt hemet hodsandpr ocedur esfor
coll
ect i
ngandanal yzingt heneededi nformat ion.
A.Tr ueB.Fal se
15.
Whichoft hef ollowi ngst atementmaynotbet hebasi cresear chmet hodsf or
descriptiveandcausal resear ch:
A.Sur veys,
B.Exper iment s,
C.Obser v
ation,
D.Casest udy ,
E.Focusgr oupdi scussi on.
F.Useofsecondar ydat a
G.None
16.
Themai nquest i
onsy ouar et ryingt oanswerwhendr aft
ingy ourprojectpr oposal
are:

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 A.I smypr oposedr esear chi nteresting, i
mpor tantandr elevant
?
B.Whohasal readydonewor kinthisar ea?
C.Whatar emyai msandobj ect i
ves, myr esear chquest i
ons?
D.HowdoIi nt endt oconductt heresear ch?
E.Wher edoIi ntendt odot her esearch?
F.Whati smyt imet abl eforconduct ingt her esear ch?
G.WhatdoIexpectt heout comeoft her esear cht obe?
H.Al l
I. None
17.
Clust ersampl ingi sa sampl ing t echniqueusedwhen" natural"butr
elat
ively
homogeneousgr oupi ngsar eev i
denti nast at i
sti
cal population
A.Tr ueB.Fal se
18.
Themai ndiff
er encebet weencl ust ersampl ingandst rati
fi
edsampl i
ngist hatin
clustersampl i
ngt hecl ust eristreat edast hesampl ingunitsoanal ysi
sisdone
onapopul ati
onofcl uster s(atleasti nthef i
rstst age) .Instratif
iedsampling,the
anal ysi
si sdoneonel ement swi thinstrata.
A.Tr ueB.Fal se
19.
Inst r
at i
fi
edsampl ing, ar andom sampl eisdr awnf rom eachoft hestr
ata,
wher easi nclust ersampl ingonl yt heselect edcl ust ersarest udied.
A.Tr ueB.Fal se
20.
Allexceptonei snon- Probabi li
tySampl ingTechni ques
A.Del iber atesampl ing
B.Shoppi ngMal lInterceptSampl ing
C.Sequent i
alsampl i
ng
D.Quot asampl i
ng
E.Snowbal lsampl i
ng
F.Panel sampl es
G.Al l
H.None
21.
Whi chi snott hemostwi del yusedcl assifi
cat ionofmeasur ementscalesof
variables?
A.Nomi nal scale;
B.Or dinalscal e;
C.I nt erval scale;and
D.Rat i
oscal e
E.Al l
F.None
22.
Whi choft hefollowi ngmaynotbet hemet hodsofcol lecti
ngpr i
marydata,
particularl
yinsur vey sanddescr ipt i
veresear ches?
A.Obser vationmet hod,

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 B.I nterv i
ewmet hod,
C.Thr oughquest i
onnai res,
D.Thr oughschedul es, and
E.Ot hermet hodswhi chi ncl udedept hint er
v i
ewsandCont entanal ysi
s.
F.Al l
G.None
22. Whi choft hef oll
owi ngmaynotr eflectt hedi ff
er encebet weenSur veyand
Experi
ment ?
A.Sur v eysar econduct edincaseofdescr ipt i
ver esear chst udi eswher eas
exper iment sar eapar tofexper iment al researchst udies.
B.Sur v ey-ty per esear chst udi esusual l
yhav elargersampl esbecauset he
percent ageofr esponsesgener allyhappenst obel ow, asl owas20t o30%,
especi al l
yi nmai l
edquest i
onnai rest udi es.
C.Sur v eysar econcer nedwi t
hdescr ibing, recordi ng,anal yzingandi nter preting
condi ti
onst hateitherexi storexi sted.Ther esear cherdoesnotmani pulat ethe
vari
abl eorar rangef orev ent stohappen.
D.Sur v eysar eusual l
yappr opr iatei ncaseofsoci al andbehav ioralsciences
(becausemanyt ypesofbehav iort hati nt er
estt her esear chercannotbear ranged
i
nar eal isticset ti
ng)wher easexper iment sar emost lyanessent ialfeat ureof
physi cal andnat ural sciences.
E.Sur v eysar eanexampl eoff ieldr esear chwher easexper i
ment sgener all
y
const ituteanexampl eofl abor at oryr esear ch.
F.None
23.Surv eysar econcer nedwi t
hhy pot hesi sf ormul at i
onandt est ingt heanal ysisof
ther elat i
onshi pbet weennon- mani pul at edv ariables, whi l
eexper iment ation
prov i
desamet hodofhy pot hesist est ing.
A.Tr ueB.Fal se
24.Whi choft hef oll
owi ngst atementmaynotbet rueaboutcol lectionofSecondar y
Data?
A.Secondar ydat ameansdat at hatar eal r
eadyav ail
abl ei.e.,theyr efertot hedat a
whichhav eal r
eadybeencol l
ect edandanal yzedbysomeoneel se.
B.Whent her esear cherut i
lizessecondar ydat a,thenhe/ shehast ol ooki nt ovarious
sour cesf rom wher ehecanobt aint hem.
C.I nthiscasehei scer tai
nlynotconf ront edwi t
ht hepr oblemst hatar eusual l
y
associ at edwi ththecol lect ionofor iginal data.
D.Al l
E.None
25.Whi choft hef oll
owi ngst atement smaynotbeusedasappr opriatesour cesf or
coll
ect ionofSecondar yDat a?
A.Var iouspubl i
cationsoft hecent ral,st ateandl ocal gov ernment s;

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 B.Var i
ouspubl i
cat ionsoff or eigngov ernment sorofi nternati
onal bodiesandt heir
subsi diaryorgani zations;
C.Books, magazi nesandnewspaper saswel lasr epor t
sandpubl icat
ionsofv ari
ous
associ ationsconnect edwi thbusi nessandi ndust ry,banks, stockexchanges, etc.
;
D.Repor t
spr epar edbyr esearchschol ars, universiti
es, economi sts,etcindifferent
fields, andal sopubl i
cr ecor dsandst atistics,histor i
cal document s,andot her
sour cesofpubl i
shedi nformat i
on
E.Al l
F.None
26.
Sel ect i
onofAppr opr i
ateMet hodf orDat aCol lectionf orhis/herownst udymay
bebasedonkeepi ngi nv i
ewt hef oll
owi ngf actor sexcept :
A.Nat ure,scopeandobj ectofenqui ry:Thi sconst i
tutest hemosti mpor t
antfact or
af fect i
ngt hechoi ceofapar t
icularmet hod.
B.Av ai l
abi l
i
tyoff unds: Availabili
tyoff undsf orther esear chprojectdeterminest oa
largeext entthemet hodt obeusedf ort hecol lectionofdat a.
C.TimeFact or
: Av ailabili
tyoft imehasal sot obet akeni nt oaccountindeci dinga
par ticularmet hodofdat acol l
ection.
D.Pr eci si
onRequi red: precisionr equi r
edi sy etanot heri mpor tantfactortobe
consi deredatt het i
meofsel ecti
ngt hemet hodofcol lecti
onofdat a.
E.Al l
F.None

27.
Quest ionnai reDesignPr ocessmaybe:
A.Unst ruct uredor
B.St ructured.
C.Al l
D.None
24. Whi choft hef ol
lowingst at
ementi swrongaboutquest i
ons?
A.Unst ructuredQuest i
ons( UQ)ar eopen–endedquest i
onst hatr
espondent s
answeri nt heirownwor ds.
B.Unst ructuredQuest i
ons( UQ)ar eal
sor efer
redt oasf ree-
responseorf ree
–answerquest i
ons.
C.Str
uct ur
edQuest ions(SQ)i squestionsthatpr especif
iythesetofr esponse
alt
er nativesandt heresponsef ormat.
D.Ast ructuredquest i
oncoul dbemul tipl
echoi ces,dichotomous, orascal e.
E.All
F.None
28.
Allar eexampl esofUnst ructuredQuestions( UQ)but :
A.Whati syouroccupat ion?
B.Whatdoy out hi
nkofpeopl ewhopat r
oni zediscountdepar t
mentst ores?

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 C.Whoi sy ourf av oritepol iti
calfigur e?
D.Al l
E.None
29.
Ident i
fyt hewr ongst at ementaboutt hemet hodsofdat aanal ysis?
A.Qual it
at iveAnal y sisi st heanal ysisofqual itativedat asuchast extdat af r
om
inter viewt ranscr i
pt s.
B.Unl ikequant itativ eanal ysis, whi
chi sst at isticsdr ivenandl argel yindependent
oft her esear cher , qual it
at i
v eanaly sisi sheav il
ydependentont her esear cher’
s
anal yti
candi nt egr at i
v eski ll
sandper sonal knowl edgeoft hesoci alcont ext
wher et hedat ai scol lected.
C.Acr eat iveandi nv est igat i
vemi ndseti sneededf orqual it
ativeanal ysis, based
onaet hical lyenl i
ght enedandpar ti
cipant -in-cont extat tit
ude, andasetof
anal yti
cst rat egi es.
D.Oneoft hekeyt echni quesusedf oranal y zingt extdat ai scodi ng–apr ocess
ofcl assi fyingandcat egor izi
ngt extdat asegment sint oconcept sor“ codes,”
whi chcant henbeusedt ouncov erpat ternsi nt hedat a.
E.Codi ngi swi del yusedi ngr oundedt heor yr esear ch, butcanal sobeusedi n
ot herqual itat i
vemet hodst hatinv olvei nt erpr etationoft extdat a.
F.Cont entAnal ysi sisat echni quef orgat her ingandanal yzingt hecont entofa
text .Thecont entr ef erst owor ds, meani ngs, pictures, symbol s, i
deas, themes,
oranymessaget hatcanbecommuni cat ed.
G.Al l
H.None
30.
Whi choft hef ollowi ngst atementi swr ongaboutquest ions?
A.Descr ipt i
v eanal y sisreferst ost at isticallydescr ibing, aggr egat i
ng, and
present i
ngt heconst r
uctsofi nter estorassoci ationsbet weent hese
const ruct s.
B.I nfer ent ial anal ysi sreferst ot hest at i
st i
cal testingofhy pot heses
(theor yt est ing) .
C.Muchoft oday ’
squant it
ativedat aanal ysisi sconduct edusi ngsof t
ware
progr amssuchasSPSSorSAS.
D.Al l
E.None
31.
Univar iateAnal y sis, oranal y si
sofasi ngl ev ar i
abl e,referst oasetofst atisti
cal
techni quest hatcandescr ibet hegener al pr oper tiesofonev ariabl e.Uni variate
statisticsi ncl ude:
A.Fr equencydi stri
but ion,
B.Cent ral tendency , and
C.Di sper sion
D.Al l

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 E.None
32.
Bivar i
ateAnal ysi sexami neshowt wov ariablesar er elatedt oeachot her.The
mostcommonbi v ariatest atistici st hebiv ari
at ecor r
elation( often, simpl ycal l
ed
“cor r
elation” ),whi chi sanumberbet ween- 1and+1denot i
ngt hest r
engt hoft he
rel
at ionshipbet weent wov ariables.
A.Tr ueB.Fal se
33.
Inferential stat isticsar et hest atist i
cal procedur est hatar eusedt or each
concl usionsaboutassoci at i
onsbet weenv ariabl es.Theydi ff
erf rom descr ipt
ive
stat i
sti
csi nt hatt heyar eexpl i
citlydesi gnedt ot esthy pot heses.
A.Tr ueB.Fal se
34.
Whi choft hef ol l
owi ngmaynotbet rueaboutPar amet ricTest ?
A.Par amet r
ict est sar emor epower ful.Thedat aint hist estisder iv ed
from i nt erval andr ati
omeasur ement .
B.I npar amet ri
ct est s, i
tisassumedt hatt hedat af oll
owsnor mal
dist ribut ions.Exampl esofpar amet rict estsar e( a)Z- Test ,(b)T- Test
and( c)F- Test .
C.Obser v ationsmustbei ndependenti .e., selectionofanyonei t
em
shoul dnotaf fectt hechancesofsel ect inganyot hersbei ncludedi n
thesampl e.
D.Al l
E.None
35.
Whi choft hef ol l
owi ngmaynotbet rueNon- Paramet ri
cTest ?
A.Non- paramet rict est sar eusedt ot estthehy pot hesi swi thnomi nal andor dinal
data.
B.Wedonotmakeassumpt ionsaboutt heshapeofpopul ationdi stribution.These
aredi stri
but i
on- freet est s.
C.Thehy pot hesi sofnon- par amet rict estisconcer nedwi t
hsomet hi ngot hert han
thev alueofapopul at i
onpar amet er.
D.Easyt ocomput e.Ther ear ecer t ainsi t
uat i
onspar ticularl
yi nmar ket i
ngr esear ch,
wher et heassumpt ionsofpar amet ri
ctest sar enotv ali
d.Exampl e: I
na
par amet rict est ,weassumet hatdat acollectedf ollowsanor mal distribution.In
suchcases, non- par amet rict est sar eused.
E.Exampl esofnon- par amet rict est sar e:Binomi al test,Chi -Squar et est,Mann-
Whi tneyUt est ,andSi gnt est .
F.All
G.None
36.
ANOVAi sast at istical techni queusedt otestt heequal i
tyoft hreeormor e
sampl emeans.Basedont hemeans, i
nfer encei sdr awnwhet hersampl es
belongst osamepopul at ionornot .
37.
Allbutonei st hecondi tionsf orusi ngANOVA?

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 A.Dat ashoul dbequant itati
v einnat ure.
B.Dat anor mal lydi str
ibuted.
C.Sampl esdr awnf r
om apopul ationf ol l
owr andom v ari
ation.
D.Al l
E.None
Par
tII
.Filli
nt hebl ankspaces( 1mar keach)
38.________ ______maybedef i
nedasanor gani zed,systemat i
c,databased, cr
iti
cal
,
objective, scienti
fici nquiryori nvest i
gat i
oni ntoaspeci f
icproblem,under t
aken
withthepur poseoff indinganswer sorsol ut i
onst oit.
39.“Allmenar emor t
al; Gedai saman; ther eforeGedai smor tal
.”Thetypeoflogical
reasoni ngappr opriatef orthisst atementi sknownas_ _______
40.From Ti medi mensi onper spect i
v e,resear chcoul dbedi videdintotwobr oad
types:___ ___________ __________and_ ___ ____ ___
____________
41.________ _______isadocumentt hatpr esent sapl anf orapr oj
ectt or evi
ewers’
evaluation
42.Simpler andom sampl eisapr ocessi nwhi chev eryit
em oft hepopul at
ionhas
equal pr obabi l
it
yofbei ngchosen.Ther ear et womet hodsusedi nrandom
sampl ing: ___ __
____ ____ _
______and_ ___ ____________
_ _
___
43.________ ____________ ___isapr obabi litysampl i
ngpr ocedureinwhi chsimple
random sub- sampl esar edrawnf rom wi thindi f
ferentstratathataremor eorless
equal onsomechar act eri
sti
cs
44.________ ____________ __isast ruct uredt echni quefordat acollecti
onthatconsists
ofaser iesofquest ions, wr i
tt
enorv er bal,thatar espondentanswer s.

45.
Numer icdatacol
lectedi
nar esear
chproj
ectcanbeanaly
zedquant
it
ati
vel
yusi
ng
stat
isti
caltool
sintwodiff
erentwayssuchas_ _
___
____
_____
___
___and
____
_ _
________
___
_ _
__

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I:Essay
46.
Dif
fer
ent
iat
ebet
weenSampl
i tandSampl
ngUni i
ngf
rame

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2mar
keach)
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45

11