Exam Questions

Question 1

What are major steps which are evaluated during pilot testing?

Question 2

Describe the non reactive research and explain how it depicts a method of research that is Different than experimental or causal comparative research.

Question 3

Write a note on formal focus group?

Queston 4

What Structured Interview and Unstructured Interview

Question 5

What is purpose of Research Design? What differenct5 methods or techniques are being used in Contemporary Research?

Question 6

Do you think reactivity is threat to external validity?

Question 7

What is difference between inferential statistics and statistical significance?

Question 8

What is the purpose of focus group discussion?

Question 9

What is frequency distribution and how it is constructed?

Question 10

What do you know about content analysis?

Question 11

How sampling procedure can be checked during pilot testing?

Question 12

What is “Inductive Knowledge” and “Deductive knowledge”. Give examples for both.

Question 13

You have administered surveys of attitudes toward mandatory drug testing to the parents of all students in four public schools and four private schools. Your survey includes items concerning drug testing using hair samples and items concerning drug testing using random urine screens. Outline how you would present your findings.

Question 14

You are conducting a survey study of teachers' views of the leadership style of their principals. You will sample teachers in 50 schools. You are aware that several of the principals are unpopular with their staffs. Describe how you will draw a sample of 1000 teachers and ensure that you receive an acceptable response rate of at least 75%.

Question 15

What are different types of probability sampling? Explain any two with detail.
Types of Probability Sampling
• Simple random sampling
• Systematic sampling (interval random sampling)
• Stratified sampling (may be proportionate or disproportionate)
• Cluster sampling/one-stage
  Simple Random Sampling

Question 16

What are different ethical issues related to validity?

Question 17

How do we give reference and quotation during literature review in APA style?

Question 18

The accounts executive has established a new accounting system that utilizes maximum computer technology. Before making further changes, he would like to get a feel for how the accounting clerks react to the new system by acting as if he has no doubts about their acceptability of the new system. He may then casually talk to the first five accounting personnel that walk into his office, trying to gauge their reactions.

i. Describe the type of sampling the director should use in the given scenario,
Probability or non probability?
ii. What type of sampling technique is being used and why? Explain.
iii. Give two characteristics of the type of sampling technique that you selected in part

Question 19

How access can be obtained for a filed site in field research?

Question 20

What is difference between bibliography and referencing?

Question 21

What is the difference between primary data and secondary data?

Question 22

What do you know about stratification process?

Question 23

Respected Sir Field Experiment has greater External Validity then Lab Experiment Why?

Question 24

You are doing research on “how to increase the efficiency level of labor”. For the research purpose you have conducted an interview with the supervisor. Give two structured and two unstructured questions that you may ask related to your research.


Unstructured
 What steps should be taken to increase the efficiency level of the employees.
 How do you define that the labor is working effectively.

Structured
 Does the efficiency have any relation with the training of the labor?

Question 25

 Do you think that the efficiency of labor is directly linked with the attitude of the foreman?

Question 26

How would you explain "Research Proposal" and its different sections?