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Basic Business Research

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the best definition of major research question?

a)

An answerable inquiry (question) that drives the research of a specific concern or issue.

b)

The set of questions asked to find out specific information about the research topic.

c)

The 'why' question.

d)

The questions that we brainstorm to learn about a topic.

2.

Which of the following best defines what a primary source is?

a)

It is a first-hand account of an event or of a time period.

b)

It is a second-hand account of an event or of a time period.

c)

It is a first-hand account of an event or of a time period that is considered to be authoritative.

d)

It is any account of an event or of a time period.

3.

Which of the following defines what a secondary source is?

a)

It is a source of information with first-hand knowledge of a time period or event.

b)

It is a source of information that was created by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions AND is not considered authoritative.

c)

It is a source of information that was created by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions AND is considered authoritative.

d)

It is a source of information with secondary knowledge of a time period or event.

4.

Which of the following best defines evidence?

a)

It is the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true OR valid.

b)

It is the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or theory is true AND valid.

c)

It is the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief is true AND valid.

d)

It is the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true AND valid.

5.

What is the first stage of the research process?

a)

Collect and analyze the data

b)

Develop and implement the research plan

c)

Report the findings

d)

Define the research problem

6.

In the formulation of the research problem the researcher needs to give a _________________

a)

Index

b)

Bibliography

c)

Title

d)

Hypothesis

7.

Which of the following types of research attempts to clarify why and how there is a relationship between two aspects of a situation or phenomenon?

a)

Exploratory Research

b)

Action Research

c)

Descriptive Research

d)

Diagnostic Research

8.

Question that has two possible categories is an example of __________________ Variable.

a)

Dichotomous

b)

Continuous

9.

Cadburys, a manufacturer of chocolates, wants to study the market for their product on the basis of gender. Males have assigned the number 0 and females the number 1 as scales of measurement. What type of scaling method does Cadburys follow?

a)

Interval Measurement

b)

Ratio Measurement

c)

Ordinal Measurement

d)

Nominal Measurement

10.

If the grading of diabetes is classified as mild, moderate and severe the scale of measurement used is

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

11.

2. In _____________ sampling the researcher selects every nth element from the sampling frame.

a)

A. Cluster

b)

B. Systematic

c)

C. Simple random

12.

4. Group members identify additional members to be included in the sample.

a)

A. Snowball sampling

b)

B. Quota sampling

c)

C. Purposive sampling

13.

Research design is:

a)

The procedures that will be used to collect data

b)

Overall structure of the research

c)

Predicts future phenomena

d)

Less associated with technology

14.

Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of premises?

a)

Objective reasoning

b)

Positivistic reasoning

c)

Inductive reasoning

d)

Deductive reasoning

15.

Representatives of the population is known as:

a)

Source list

b)

Sample

c)

Suggestions

d)

Hypothesis

16.

Survey aims at ….

a)

To find out the difference between groups after treatment is given

b)

To find out the relationship between the two variables

c)

To find out the phenomena happen in large population about an object

d)

To find out the phenomena happen in small population about an object

17.

Correlation aims at ….

a)

To find out the difference between groups after treatment is given

b)

To find out the relationship between the two variables, whether it is positive or negative

c)

To find out the phenomena happen in large population about an object

d)

To find out the phenomena happen in small population about an object

18.

This refers to a paper and pencil data gathering method wherein the subject or respondent completely answers a series of questions.

a)

interview method

b)

question and answer method

c)

methodology

d)

questionnaire

19.

What is dependent variable?

a)

The cause or

experimental

variable.

b)

Everything that

remains the same or

unchanged or

constant throughout

the experiment.

c)

The

outcome or criterion

variable.

d)

All of the above.

20.

What is population?

a)

The abstract idea of a large group of many cases

from which a researcher draws a sample and to

which results from a sample are generalized.

b)

A smaller set of cases a researcher selects from a

larger pool and generalizes to the population.

c)

The abstract idea of a large group of many cases

from which a researcher draws a sample and to

which results from a sample are individualized.

d)

A smaller set of cases a researcher selects from a

larger pool and generalizes to the country.

21.

What is quantitative data?

a)

Words, images from documents, observations and transcripts.

b)

Numbers from precise measurement.

c)

Words and numbers.

d)

None of the above.

22.

In a sampling frame, members of the sample is called as;

a)

Population

b)

Element

c)

Subject

d)

Sample

23.

Systematic Sampling is a'

a)

Probability Sampling

b)

Non Probability Sampling

24.

A survey conducted through 'whoever is easily available' is;

a)

Purposive Sampling

b)

Convenience Sampling

c)

Snow Balling

d)

Cluster Sampling

25.

Which of the following is the Pie Chart

a)
b)
c)
d)