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This set of Social Research Methods Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Social Research Methods Set 3

Q1 | It provides systematic knowledge on problem and issues analysed.
  • research report
  • research abstract
  • research proposal
  • research design
Q2 | The ……… of a set of observations or scores is obtained by dividing thesum of all the values by the total number of values
  • mean
  • median
  • mode
  • dispersion
Q3 | ……………….. is a measure of position rather than of magnitude.
  • mode
  • median
  • mean
  • range
Q4 | The most frequently occurring score in a distribution.
  • mean
  • mode
  • median
  • quartile
Q5 | ……………… provide a shorthand summary of data.
  • frequency table
  • simple table
  • cross table
  • two way table.
Q6 | …………… is a process of summarizing raw data and displaying them oncompact statistical tables for further analysis.
  • statistical analysis
  • data processing
  • tabulation
  • table construction
Q7 | ……… is constructed by erecting vertical lines on the limits of the classintervals marked on the base line
  • frequency polygon
  • histogram
  • line graph
  • bar charts
Q8 | ……………. are the most effective pictorial device for comparing data.
  • bar charts
  • graphs
  • pictograms
  • diagramme
Q9 | …… is a line chart plotted on arithmetic graph paper from a cumulativefrequency distribution that may be cumulated downward or upward.
  • lorenz curve
  • bar charts
  • ogive
  • pictograms
Q10 | The values are represented by identical symbol or pictures.
  • barcharts
  • pictograms
  • circle charts
  • graphs
Q11 | A single value that represent the average characteristic of its frequencydistribution
  • quartiles
  • grouped data
  • central tendency
  • range
Q12 | The extent of variability is measured by …………………
  • central tendency
  • measures of dispersion
  • arithmetic mean
  • co–relation
Q13 | ………… measures the difference between the highest and lowest scoresof a distribution
  • range
  • dispersion
  • co-relation
  • regression
Q14 | Academic community is otherwise called
  • general public
  • target audience
  • participant audience
  • scientific community
Q15 | ……………… is a succinct statement of the findings of the project
  • proposal
  • abstract
  • project
  • report
Q16 | ……… provides a summary of the current state of knowledge in the areaof investigation
  • introduction
  • analysis
  • conceptual framework
  • review of literature
Q17 | ………………….. is the first page of research report
  • introduction
  • title page
  • acknowledgement
  • declaration
Q18 | …….. is a process of checking to detect and correct errors and omissions
  • processing
  • analysis
  • editing
  • coding
Q19 | ……………… is a trial test of a specific aspect of the study
  • plan of the study
  • design of the study
  • pie test
  • hypothesis
Q20 | …… an abstract symbol representing an object or a certain phenomenon
  • definition
  • concepts
  • objectivity
  • hypothesis
Q21 | …………………. is the response to code its response
  • tabulation
  • coding
  • classification
  • analysis
Q22 | The recording of the data is done on the basis of the scheme
  • coding
  • tabulation
  • classification
  • analysis
Q23 | It is a process of checking to detect and correct errors and omissions
  • coding
  • editing
  • analysis
  • classification
Q24 | …………….. is commonly used for presenting the sectional distribution ofany other type of simple percentage distribution
  • pictogram
  • pie chart
  • line graph
  • bar chart
Q25 | …… is an intermediary process between data coding and data tabulation
  • analysis
  • editing
  • transcription
  • reporting