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Research Methodology Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Action-oriented research is termed as.........?

a)

Applied research

b)

Basic research

c)

Exploratory research

d)

Conclusive research

2.

...... is used to gain a deeper understanding of the issue or problem that is troubling the decision maker.

a)

Conclusive research

b)

Exploratory research

c)

Descriptive research

d)

Causal research

3.

.........is the first and the most critical step of the research journey.

a)

Formulating the research hypothesis

b)

The management dilemma

c)

Defining the research problem

d)

Developing the research proposal

4.

The area of ___________is vast and includes asset pricing, corporate finance and capital markets, market based accounting, modeling and forecasting in volatility, risk etc.

a)

Personnel and Human resource management

b)

Financial and Accounting research

c)

Productions and Operations management

d)

Marketing

5.

The formulated framework which is explained verbally is called a______?

a)

Verbal model

b)

Graphical model

c)

Mathematical model

d)

Theoretical model

6.

Any variable that can be stated as influencing or impacting the dependent variable is referred to as

a)

Dependent variable

b)

Moderating variables

c)

Independent variable

d)

Extraneous variables

7.

________is a statement about the magnitude, trend or behaviour of a population under study.

a)

Relational hypothesis

b)

Descriptive hypothesis

c)

Quantitative hypothesis

d)

Qualitative hypothesis

8.

A formal document that presents the research objectives, design of achieving these objectives and the expected outcomes/deliverables of the study is a__________?

a)

Research proposal

b)

Research hypothesis

c)

Research variables

d)

Research objectives

9.

___________is the working section of the proposal as it indicates the logical and systematic approach intended to be followed to achieve the listed objectives.

a)

Academic research

b)

Business research

c)

Research design

d)

Scheduling the research

10.

________ are the simplest and most loosely structured research designs?

a)

Exploratory designs

b)

Descriptive Research designs

c)

Experimental designs

d)

Longitudinal studies

11.

In ________designs, the researcher can randomly assign test units and treatments to an experimental group.

a)

Pre-experimental

b)

True experimental

c)

Quasi-experimental

d)

Statistical

12.

______ design is used when a researcher is investigating the effect of one independent variable on the dependent variable?

a)

Randomized block

b)

Completely randomized

c)

Factorial design

d)

True experimental

13.

________is conducted using focus group discussion, secondary data, analysis of case study and expert opinion survey?

a)

Descriptive research

b)

Experimental research

c)

Statistical design

d)

Exploratory research

14.

In comparison to primary data, secondary data can be collected?

a)

Rapidly and easily

b)

At a relatively low cost

c)

In a short time

d)

All of the above

15.

_______refer users to the articles, research papers, abstracts, other printed news contained in other sources and are called bibliographic databases?

a)

Source databases

b)

Online databases

c)

CD-ROM databases

d)

Reference databases

16.

________is a highly versatile and dynamic method of collecting primary data from a representative group of respondents and involves a moderator who steers the discussion on the topic under study?

a)

Observation method

b)

Personal Interview method

c)

Focus group discussion

d)

Structured interviews

17.

Which of the following is not a type of personal interview?

a)

Low structured

b)

Unstructured

c)

Semi-structured

d)

Structured

18.

A focus group discussion where there are two moderators, one being responsible for the managing the group discussion and the other trying to optimize group performance, is called a_______?

a)

Two-way focus group

b)

Fencing -moderator group

c)

Dual-moderator group

d)

Respondent-moderator group

19.

________is the lowest level of measurement.

a)

Ordinal scale

b)

Interval scale

c)

Nominal scale

d)

Ratio scale

20.

In the ________ scale, there is only one item to measure a given construct.

a)

Single item

b)

Multiple items

c)

Comparative

d)

Non-comparative

21.

In the ______ scaling, respondents are presented with several objects simultaneously and asked to order or rank them according to some criterion?

a)

Q-sort technique

b)

Paired comparison

c)

Rank Order

d)

Constant sum rating

22.

__________ is concerned with consistency, accuracy and predictability of the scale.

a)

Validity

b)

Predictive validity

c)

Sensitivity

d)

Reliability

23.

______kind of structured questionnaire is easy to administer and is frequently used by all management researchers.

a)

Formalized and concealed

b)

Formalized and unconcealed

c)

Non-formalized and unconcealed

d)

Non-formalized and concealed

24.

The first step in the questionnaire design process is _______?

a)

Convert the research objectives into information areas

b)

Method of administration

c)

Content of the questionnaire

d)

Determining the type of questions

25.

________questions are restrictive alternatives and provide the respondents only with two answers?

a)

Dichotomous

b)

Open-ended

c)

Multiple-choice

d)

Scales

26.

The reason for the respondent's inability to answer the questions in a questionnaire could be because of:?

a)

The person might not have the required information

b)

The person might not remember the answer

c)

The person might not be able to articulate the answer

d)

All of the above

27.

The process of testing and administering the designed instrument on a small group of people from the population under study in order to refine it and arrive at the final version is called?

a)

Primary testing

b)

Draft testing

c)

Pilot testing

d)

Field testing

28.

Carrying out an organised inquiry is called _____?

a)

Research

b)

Survey

c)

Analysis

d)

Methodology

29.

Logical reasoning process used in research is important to ?

a)

Draw inferences

b)

Make studies

c)

Derive problem statements

d)

Frame hypothesis

30.

Which of the following is not a probability sampling design?

a)

Systematic sampling

b)

Simple random sampling

c)

Snowball sampling

d)

Stratified random sampling

31.

Requesting people to volunteer to test products is an example of?

a)

Quota sampling

b)

Judgmental sampling

c)

Random sampling

d)

Convenience sampling

32.

The process of going back to the respondent to get the answers to inconsistencies or nonresponsive is called.?

a)

Allocating missing values

b)

Backtracking

c)

Plug value

d)

Discarding unsatisfactory responses

33.

The process of identifying and denoting a numeral to the responses given by the respondent is called _____?

a)

Coding

b)

Tabulating

c)

Field validation

d)

Data analysis

34.

________involves an orderly arrangement of data into an array that is suitable for statistical analysis and usually is an orderly arrangement of rows and columns.?

a)

Data analysis

b)

Cumulative frequencies

c)

Stem and leaf display

d)

Tabulation of data

35.

For which type of measurement, the coefficient of variation can be computed?

a)

Nominal scale

b)

Ordinal scale

c)

Interval scale

d)

Ratio scale

36.

The median can be computed for: ?

a)

Ordinal, interval or nominal scale data

b)

Ratio, ordinal and nominal scale data

c)

Ratio, interval or ordinal scale data

d)

Ratio, interval or nominal scale data

37.

measures the degree of association between two variables and could be positive, negative or zero?

a)

Variance

b)

Cross tabulation

c)

Simple correlation

d)

Coefficient of variation

38.

Research really begins when the researcher experiences_______ ?

a)

Turmoil

b)

Difficulty

c)

Confusion

d)

Emotions

39.

Observable experience in research is also called as ?

a)

Generalization

b)

Unknown phenomena

c)

Causal experience

d)

Empirical evidence

40.

"The assignment of numbers to represent properties" is a definition related to - ?

a)

Research

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Measurement

d)

Scales

41.

From which of these a research problem could be identified?

a)

Daily experiences

b)

Advertisements

c)

Experiments

d)

Imagination

42.

This is used in agricultural research.

a)

RB design

b)

Factorial design

c)

LS design

d)

CR design

43.

In analysis of variance, which of the following test statistics is used to compare the variance between the samples and the variance within the sample?

a)

T statistic

b)

F statistic

c)

Z statistic

d)

Chi-square statistic

44.

_______are written for the purpose of recording the process carried out in terms of scope and framework of the study, the methodology followed and instrument designed?

a)

Survey reports

b)

Technical reports

c)

Business reports

d)

Basic reports

45.

The in the Preliminary Section of the Research Report should be crisp and indicative of the nature of the project?

a)

Letter of transmittal

b)

Title

c)

Letter of authorization

d)

Table of contents

46.

The methodology of research section includes all the following except:?

a)

Sampling design

b)

Research framework or design

c)

Data collection methods

d)

Glossary of terms

47.

In the _______, along with the details of the cited work, brief information about the nature of information sought from the article/paper is also given?

a)

Selected bibliography

b)

Annotated bibliography

c)

Complete bibliography

d)

Glossary of terms

48.

Once the researcher has clearly communicated the purpose, the nature and likely outcome of the study, it is advisable to make a mutual written or unwritten____?

a)

Coercion

b)

Sensitivity

c)

Contract

d)

Experimentation

49.

Stability means_____?

a)

Accurate

b)

Broad

c)

Consistency

d)

Depth

50.

The editing process is carried out at two levels, the first of these is __________and the second is________?

a)

Field editing, Coding

b)

Central editing, Tabulation

c)

Classification, Tabulation

d)

Field editing, Central editing