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WorksheetsBasic Business Research
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following is the best definition of major research question?
An answerable inquiry (question) that drives the research of a specific concern or issue.
The set of questions asked to find out specific information about the research topic.
The 'why' question.
The questions that we brainstorm to learn about a topic.
Which of the following best defines what a primary source is?
It is a first-hand account of an event or of a time period.
It is a second-hand account of an event or of a time period.
It is a first-hand account of an event or of a time period that is considered to be authoritative.
It is any account of an event or of a time period.
Which of the following defines what a secondary source is?
It is a source of information with first-hand knowledge of a time period or event.
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.
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.
It is a source of information with secondary knowledge of a time period or event.
Which of the following best defines evidence?
It is the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true OR valid.
It is the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or theory is true AND valid.
It is the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief is true AND valid.
It is the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true AND valid.
What is the first stage of the research process?
Collect and analyze the data
Develop and implement the research plan
Report the findings
Define the research problem
In the formulation of the research problem the researcher needs to give a _________________
Index
Bibliography
Title
Hypothesis
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?
Exploratory Research
Action Research
Descriptive Research
Diagnostic Research
Question that has two possible categories is an example of __________________ Variable.
Dichotomous
Continuous
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?
Interval Measurement
Ratio Measurement
Ordinal Measurement
Nominal Measurement
If the grading of diabetes is classified as mild, moderate and severe the scale of measurement used is
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
2. In _____________ sampling the researcher selects every nth element from the sampling frame.
A. Cluster
B. Systematic
C. Simple random
4. Group members identify additional members to be included in the sample.
A. Snowball sampling
B. Quota sampling
C. Purposive sampling
Research design is:
The procedures that will be used to collect data
Overall structure of the research
Predicts future phenomena
Less associated with technology
Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of premises?
Objective reasoning
Positivistic reasoning
Inductive reasoning
Deductive reasoning
Representatives of the population is known as:
Source list
Sample
Suggestions
Hypothesis
Survey aims at ….
To find out the difference between groups after treatment is given
To find out the relationship between the two variables
To find out the phenomena happen in large population about an object
To find out the phenomena happen in small population about an object
Correlation aims at ….
To find out the difference between groups after treatment is given
To find out the relationship between the two variables, whether it is positive or negative
To find out the phenomena happen in large population about an object
To find out the phenomena happen in small population about an object
This refers to a paper and pencil data gathering method wherein the subject or respondent completely answers a series of questions.
interview method
question and answer method
methodology
questionnaire
What is dependent variable?
The cause or
experimental
variable.
Everything that
remains the same or
unchanged or
constant throughout
the experiment.
The
outcome or criterion
variable.
All of the above.
What is population?
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.
A smaller set of cases a researcher selects from a
larger pool and generalizes to the population.
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.
A smaller set of cases a researcher selects from a
larger pool and generalizes to the country.
What is quantitative data?
Words, images from documents, observations and transcripts.
Numbers from precise measurement.
Words and numbers.
None of the above.
In a sampling frame, members of the sample is called as;
Population
Element
Subject
Sample
Systematic Sampling is a'
Probability Sampling
Non Probability Sampling
A survey conducted through 'whoever is easily available' is;
Purposive Sampling
Convenience Sampling
Snow Balling
Cluster Sampling
Which of the following is the Pie Chart
