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Re: STA630 - Research Methods final term
by Asad Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:41 pm
MCQs = 62
Subjective = 29
Time = 90 Minutes
Subjective = 29
Time = 90 Minutes
1) Purpose of FGD (3 M)
2) Importance of Instrumentation Effect in Experimental Research (3 M)
3) Diff b/w Proportionate & Disproportionate Stratified Sampling (3 M)
4) Is Reactivity threat to Experimental validity? Explain (5 M)
5) Treatment of independent variable with example (5 M)
6) Diff b/w Letter of Transmittal and Authorization (5 M)
7) Research was given and predict the review (5 M)
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Re: STA630 - Research Methods final term
by winnersgroup Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:42 pm
Subjective question
· Discuss the similarities among quantitave and qualitative research in data collection analysis, and interpretation 3
· What is the purpose of focus ***** discussion 3
· How would you define reliability and validity 3
· Write a note on any three verities of non reactive observation 5
· Write a note on formal focus ***** 5
· Discuss the similarities among quantitave and qualitative research in data collection analysis, and interpretation 3
· What is the purpose of focus ***** discussion 3
· How would you define reliability and validity 3
· Write a note on any three verities of non reactive observation 5
· Write a note on formal focus ***** 5
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Re: STA630 - Research Methods final term
by Asad Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:44 pm
hmmm Itne mushkil questions.....uffffffff!!!!!!
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Re: STA630 - Research Methods final term
by Asad Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:22 pm
All mcq's were from past papers, just few were new.
Long question:
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63 – Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative data (3 Marks)
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64- Define Reliability and Validity (3 Marks)
65- How would u explain Case Control studies in focus group discussion? (3 Marks)
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66- describe the types of Observation you would use, the field notes you would develop, and some general principles you would follow to ensure successful data collection. (5 Marks)
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67- What do you know about Number and duration in focus group discussion (5
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68- What do u know about Statistical Control (5 Marks)
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Long question:
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63 – Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative data (3 Marks)
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64- Define Reliability and Validity (3 Marks)
65- How would u explain Case Control studies in focus group discussion? (3 Marks)
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66- describe the types of Observation you would use, the field notes you would develop, and some general principles you would follow to ensure successful data collection. (5 Marks)
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67- What do you know about Number and duration in focus group discussion (5
Marks)
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68- What do u know about Statistical Control (5 Marks)
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Re: STA630 - Research Methods final term
by winnersgroup Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:39 pm
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a
good research topic?
It is
ethical.
It
can be investigated through the collection and analysis of data.
It
focuses on a philosophical or ethical issue.
It is
theoretically or practically significant.
To say that a theory is falsifiable is to say that;
It is
based on results that are not replicable.
Investigators
have replaced it with a simpler or more accurate theory.
We
can imagine results that would contradict it.
It is
so vague that it fits any and all possible results.
Ms. Tania is thinking about changing her instructional
approach to a more mastery-learning orientation. She is interested in knowing
more about this topic as well as its effectiveness when working with elementary
school students. On which source should she rely for such information?
Tradition
Research
Intuition
Personal experience
Which of the following is not a feature of theoretical
framework?
Making
an inventory of variables
Specify
the direction of relationship
Presenting findings
Making
an inventory of propositions
What type of process research is?
A
process to discover the truth
A
process to invent the machines
A
process to make new medicines
A
process to create theories
Measurement reliability refers to the:
Accuracy of the scores
Consistency of the scores
Dependency of the scores
Comprehensiveness of the scores
Which of the following should not be a consideration in
writing a proposal?
Understanding the problem situation
The appearance/form of the proposal
Responding to every element exactly
as specified by the client
Knowing as much as possible about the
proposal recipients
Which of the following is most beneficial to read in an
article?
Methods
Introduction ??
Figures
References ??
The researcher protects the confidentiality in
following ways, Except;
Obtaining
signed nondisclosure documents.
Restricting access to data
instruments where the respondent is identified.
Disclosure of data subsets.
Restricting access to respondent
identification.
Which of the following is the least appropriate
research problem?
Does studying Latin improve the standardized vocabulary
test scores of seventh grade students?
Does drilling fifth grade students with multiplication
facts improve their standardized test scores?
What is the relationship between students' math
attitudes and math achievement?
Should students have access to controversial novels in school?
Which of the following is the BEST hypothesis?
Students taking formative quizzes will perform better
on chapter exams than students not taking these quizzes.
Taller students will have higher test scores than
shorter students.
Students taught in a cooperative group setting should do
better than students in a traditional class.
Students using laptops will do well.
Why, as scientists, do we not want to rely on authority
for explanations?
Those in authority are often wrong.
Those in authority cannot be
challenged.
Those in authority rely too much on
objective information.
Those in authority often have no
common sense.
Which of the following is a
concept?
Leadership.
Total Quality Management.
Human Resource Management.
All
of the given options
Research may differ along a series of dimensions. Which
of the following may be applied to this statement?
The
type of data collected.
The data-collection technique.
The level of manipulation used to
elicit data collection.
All of the given options ??
Which of the following is the best hypothesis statement
to address the research question, "What impact will the new advertising
campaign have on use of Brand B?"
The new advertising campaign will
impact Brand B usage.
The
new advertising campaign will increase Brand B trial
The new advertising campaign will
cause increased Brand B usage at the expense of Brand C.
The new advertising campaign will
increase Brand B's market penetration.
Bias is defined as;
The distortion of responses based on
gender, ethnicity, race, or language
A lack of validity
A lack of reliability
A poor interpretation of a student's
score
In which way does a ratio scale measurement differ from
an interval measurement?
It measures larger or smaller scores
on some underlying dimension.
It implies the existence of an
absolute zero value.
It requires the mutual exclusivity of
all cases.
It requires that exhaustiveness is
applied to all observations.
A ________ scale only assigns numbers to objects to
classify the objects according to the characteristic of interest.
Ratio
Nominal
Interval
Dichotomous
What is required if there is a chance that data could
harm the respondents?
Change of results
A signed form detailing the types of
limits
Free consent of respondents
All of the given options
2. On which of the following, scientific knowledge
mostly relies?
A. Logical understanding
B. Identification of events
C. Prior knowledge
D. All of the given options
3. Which of the following refers to research supported by measurable
evidence?
A. Opinion
B. EmpiricismC. Speculation
D. Rationalism
4. Research method is applicable in all of the following fields, EXCEPT;
A. Health care
B. Religion
C. Business
D. Government offices
5. All of the following are true statements about action research, EXCEPT;
A. Data are systematically analyzed
B. Data are collected systematically
C. Results are generalizable
D. Results are used to improve practice
6. Which of the following is characteristic of action research?
A. Variables are tightly controlled
B. Results are generalizable
C. Data are usually qualitative
D. Results demonstrate cause-and-effect relationships
8. Exploratory research addresses which of the following types of question?
A. If
B. How
C. Why
D. What
9. Which of the following is not the source for getting information for
exploratory research?
A. Content analysisB. Survey
C. Case study
D. Pilot study
10. Which of the following is the main quality of a good theory?
A. A theory that has survived attempts at falsification
B. A theory that is proven to be right
C. A theory that has been disproved
D. A theory that has been falsified
11. Which of the following is not a concept?
A. Leadership
B. Total Quality Management
C. Intelligence Quotient (IQ)D. Human Resource Management
12. A variable that is presumed to cause a change in another variable is known
as:
A. Discontinuous variable
B. Dependent variable
C. Independent variable
D. Intervening variable
13. Which of the following is the opposite of a variable?
A. An extraneous variable
B. A dependent variable
C. A data set
D. A constant
14. Which of the following can best be described as a
categorical variable?
A. Age
B. Annual income
C. Grade point average
D. Religion
15. “Income distribution of employees” in a specific organization is an example
of which of following type of variable?
A. Discontinuous variable
B. Continuous variableC. Dependent variable
D. Independent variable
16. “There is no relationship between higher motivation level and higher
efficiency” is an example of which type of hypothesis?
A. Alternative
B. Null
C. Correlational
D. Research
17. Which of the following is not a role of hypothesis?
A. Guides the direction of the study
B. Determine feasibility of conducting the studyC. Identifies relevant and irrelevant facts
D. Provides framework for organizing the conclusions
18. Hypothesis test may also be called as:
A. Informal test
B. Significance test
C. Moderating test
D. T-test
19. Which type of review compares how different theories address an issue?
A. Context review
B. Integrated review
C. Theoretical reviewD. Methodological review
20. After you locate a source, you should write down all details of the
reference, EXCEPT;
A. Volumes
B. Titles
C. Price
sta630 quiz 1 2009
What research is?
A lab experiment
A report
A systematic Enquiry
A procedure
The elaboration of the variables in the theoretical
framework addresses which type of qestions?
Why we expect certain relationships
to exist
How we expect certain relationships
to exist
Both of the given questions ??
None of the given questions
Setting quotas for hard-to-reach respondents is one way
to minimize ________ bias.
Interviewer
Respondent
Instrument
Sampling
What is an hypothesis?
A prediction of a relationship
between certain variables.
An experiment that tests certain
predictions.
An independent variable.
A dependent variable
12. Which of the following true about the relationship
between theory building and data collection?
When studies come out as expected, inductive support
for the theory is gained.
If an experiment fails, discarding the experiment is an
example of affirming the consequent. ??
When a hypothesis is not supported, virtually nothing
has been learned about the theory.
A good theory will be inclusive enough to explain every possible research
outcome.??
The extent to which we can generalize the results of a
study to other participants is called:
Sampling validity
External validity
Construct validity
Internal validity
Which one of the following is not an assumption of
science?
There are
reoccurring patterns in the world.
Events happen
because of preceding causes.
We can discover
solutions to problems of interest.
Theoretical
explanations must agree with common sense.
The most critical areas of an article to read is;
Results section
Introduction ??
Abstract
Limitations
Research
may differ along a series of dimensions. Which of the following may be applied
to this statement?
► The level of manipulation used to elicit data collection.
► The data-collection technique.
► The type of data collected.
► Type, technique and manipulation of data collection.
good research topic?
It is
ethical.
It
can be investigated through the collection and analysis of data.
It
focuses on a philosophical or ethical issue.
It is
theoretically or practically significant.
To say that a theory is falsifiable is to say that;
It is
based on results that are not replicable.
Investigators
have replaced it with a simpler or more accurate theory.
We
can imagine results that would contradict it.
It is
so vague that it fits any and all possible results.
Ms. Tania is thinking about changing her instructional
approach to a more mastery-learning orientation. She is interested in knowing
more about this topic as well as its effectiveness when working with elementary
school students. On which source should she rely for such information?
Tradition
Research
Intuition
Personal experience
Which of the following is not a feature of theoretical
framework?
Making
an inventory of variables
Specify
the direction of relationship
Presenting findings
Making
an inventory of propositions
What type of process research is?
A
process to discover the truth
A
process to invent the machines
A
process to make new medicines
A
process to create theories
Measurement reliability refers to the:
Accuracy of the scores
Consistency of the scores
Dependency of the scores
Comprehensiveness of the scores
Which of the following should not be a consideration in
writing a proposal?
Understanding the problem situation
The appearance/form of the proposal
Responding to every element exactly
as specified by the client
Knowing as much as possible about the
proposal recipients
Which of the following is most beneficial to read in an
article?
Methods
Introduction ??
Figures
References ??
The researcher protects the confidentiality in
following ways, Except;
Obtaining
signed nondisclosure documents.
Restricting access to data
instruments where the respondent is identified.
Disclosure of data subsets.
Restricting access to respondent
identification.
Which of the following is the least appropriate
research problem?
Does studying Latin improve the standardized vocabulary
test scores of seventh grade students?
Does drilling fifth grade students with multiplication
facts improve their standardized test scores?
What is the relationship between students' math
attitudes and math achievement?
Should students have access to controversial novels in school?
Which of the following is the BEST hypothesis?
Students taking formative quizzes will perform better
on chapter exams than students not taking these quizzes.
Taller students will have higher test scores than
shorter students.
Students taught in a cooperative group setting should do
better than students in a traditional class.
Students using laptops will do well.
Why, as scientists, do we not want to rely on authority
for explanations?
Those in authority are often wrong.
Those in authority cannot be
challenged.
Those in authority rely too much on
objective information.
Those in authority often have no
common sense.
Which of the following is a
concept?
Leadership.
Total Quality Management.
Human Resource Management.
All
of the given options
Research may differ along a series of dimensions. Which
of the following may be applied to this statement?
The
type of data collected.
The data-collection technique.
The level of manipulation used to
elicit data collection.
All of the given options ??
Which of the following is the best hypothesis statement
to address the research question, "What impact will the new advertising
campaign have on use of Brand B?"
The new advertising campaign will
impact Brand B usage.
The
new advertising campaign will increase Brand B trial
The new advertising campaign will
cause increased Brand B usage at the expense of Brand C.
The new advertising campaign will
increase Brand B's market penetration.
Bias is defined as;
The distortion of responses based on
gender, ethnicity, race, or language
A lack of validity
A lack of reliability
A poor interpretation of a student's
score
In which way does a ratio scale measurement differ from
an interval measurement?
It measures larger or smaller scores
on some underlying dimension.
It implies the existence of an
absolute zero value.
It requires the mutual exclusivity of
all cases.
It requires that exhaustiveness is
applied to all observations.
A ________ scale only assigns numbers to objects to
classify the objects according to the characteristic of interest.
Ratio
Nominal
Interval
Dichotomous
What is required if there is a chance that data could
harm the respondents?
Change of results
A signed form detailing the types of
limits
Free consent of respondents
All of the given options
2. On which of the following, scientific knowledge
mostly relies?
A. Logical understanding
B. Identification of events
C. Prior knowledge
D. All of the given options
3. Which of the following refers to research supported by measurable
evidence?
A. Opinion
B. EmpiricismC. Speculation
D. Rationalism
4. Research method is applicable in all of the following fields, EXCEPT;
A. Health care
B. Religion
C. Business
D. Government offices
5. All of the following are true statements about action research, EXCEPT;
A. Data are systematically analyzed
B. Data are collected systematically
C. Results are generalizable
D. Results are used to improve practice
6. Which of the following is characteristic of action research?
A. Variables are tightly controlled
B. Results are generalizable
C. Data are usually qualitative
D. Results demonstrate cause-and-effect relationships
8. Exploratory research addresses which of the following types of question?
A. If
B. How
C. Why
D. What
9. Which of the following is not the source for getting information for
exploratory research?
A. Content analysisB. Survey
C. Case study
D. Pilot study
10. Which of the following is the main quality of a good theory?
A. A theory that has survived attempts at falsification
B. A theory that is proven to be right
C. A theory that has been disproved
D. A theory that has been falsified
11. Which of the following is not a concept?
A. Leadership
B. Total Quality Management
C. Intelligence Quotient (IQ)D. Human Resource Management
12. A variable that is presumed to cause a change in another variable is known
as:
A. Discontinuous variable
B. Dependent variable
C. Independent variable
D. Intervening variable
13. Which of the following is the opposite of a variable?
A. An extraneous variable
B. A dependent variable
C. A data set
D. A constant
14. Which of the following can best be described as a
categorical variable?
A. Age
B. Annual income
C. Grade point average
D. Religion
15. “Income distribution of employees” in a specific organization is an example
of which of following type of variable?
A. Discontinuous variable
B. Continuous variableC. Dependent variable
D. Independent variable
16. “There is no relationship between higher motivation level and higher
efficiency” is an example of which type of hypothesis?
A. Alternative
B. Null
C. Correlational
D. Research
17. Which of the following is not a role of hypothesis?
A. Guides the direction of the study
B. Determine feasibility of conducting the studyC. Identifies relevant and irrelevant facts
D. Provides framework for organizing the conclusions
18. Hypothesis test may also be called as:
A. Informal test
B. Significance test
C. Moderating test
D. T-test
19. Which type of review compares how different theories address an issue?
A. Context review
B. Integrated review
C. Theoretical reviewD. Methodological review
20. After you locate a source, you should write down all details of the
reference, EXCEPT;
A. Volumes
B. Titles
C. Price
sta630 quiz 1 2009
What research is?
A lab experiment
A report
A systematic Enquiry
A procedure
The elaboration of the variables in the theoretical
framework addresses which type of qestions?
Why we expect certain relationships
to exist
How we expect certain relationships
to exist
Both of the given questions ??
None of the given questions
Setting quotas for hard-to-reach respondents is one way
to minimize ________ bias.
Interviewer
Respondent
Instrument
Sampling
What is an hypothesis?
A prediction of a relationship
between certain variables.
An experiment that tests certain
predictions.
An independent variable.
A dependent variable
12. Which of the following true about the relationship
between theory building and data collection?
When studies come out as expected, inductive support
for the theory is gained.
If an experiment fails, discarding the experiment is an
example of affirming the consequent. ??
When a hypothesis is not supported, virtually nothing
has been learned about the theory.
A good theory will be inclusive enough to explain every possible research
outcome.??
The extent to which we can generalize the results of a
study to other participants is called:
Sampling validity
External validity
Construct validity
Internal validity
Which one of the following is not an assumption of
science?
There are
reoccurring patterns in the world.
Events happen
because of preceding causes.
We can discover
solutions to problems of interest.
Theoretical
explanations must agree with common sense.
The most critical areas of an article to read is;
Results section
Introduction ??
Abstract
Limitations
Research
may differ along a series of dimensions. Which of the following may be applied
to this statement?
► The level of manipulation used to elicit data collection.
► The data-collection technique.
► The type of data collected.
► Type, technique and manipulation of data collection.
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Re: STA630 - Research Methods final term
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