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This set of Research Methodology (RM) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Research Methodology Set 11

Q1 | Questions which allow only a few alternative way of answering is called ………..
  • Open ended questions
  • Unstructured questions
  • Structural questions
  • Dichotomous questions
Q2 | Questionnaire is filled by ……………….
  • Respondent
  • Everybody
  • Enumerator
  • None of the above
Q3 | Sending Questionnaire to a respondent with a request to complete and return by post is called
  • Mail Survey
  • Interview
  • Observation
  • Panel
Q4 | Theory is “ a set of systematically related propositions specifying casual relationship amongvariables” is defined by
  • Black James and Champion
  • P.V. Young
  • Emory
  • Gibbes
Q5 | A researcher intends to explore the effect of possible factors for the organization of effective mid- day meal interventions. Which research method will be most appropriate for this study?
  • Historical method
  • Descriptive survey method
  • Experimental method
  • Ex-post-facto method
Q6 | Which of the following is an initial mandatory requirement for pursuing research?
  • Developing a research design
  • Formulating a research question
  • Deciding about the data analysis procedure
  • Formulating a research hypothesis
Q7 | In qualitative research paradigm, which of the following features may be considered critical?
  • Data collection with standardised research tools.
  • Sampling design with probability sample techniques.
  • Data collection with bottom-up empirical evidences.
  • Data gathering to take place with top-down systematic evidences.
Q8 | ……….. is “systematically conceptual structure of inter related elements in some schematic form”
  • Concept
  • Variable
  • Model
  • Facts
Q9 | which of the following is not a comparative scaling technique?
  • Paired comparison
  • Rank order
  • Constant sum
  • Itemized rating
Q10 | Which of the following is unipolar rating scale developed by John Stapel
  • Stapel scale
  • Likert scale
  • Seentic differential scale
  • Graphic rating scale
Q11 | An extension of pantry audit approach on a regular basis for data collection is known as
  • Warrenty cards
  • Pantry audits
  • Store audits
  • Consumer panel
Q12 | The pictorical technique of data collection which uses ten cards having prints of Ink blots arrangedsymmetrically
  • Holtzman inkblot test
  • Rorschach test
  • Thematic appreciation test
  • Rosenzweig test
Q13 | Which of the following is not a projective technique of data collection
  • Word association test
  • Sentence completion test
  • Story completion test
  • Pantry audit
Q14 | The test which is used to judge the randomness of a sample on the basis of the order in which theobservations are taken.
  • Run test
  • Kruskul Wallis test
  • Spearman’s Rank correlation
  • None of the above
Q15 | An Interview in which interviewer encourage the respondent to talk freely about a given topic is
  • Focused Interview
  • Structured Interview
  • UnStructured Interview
  • Clinical Interview
Q16 | The process of examining the collected raw data to detect errors and omissions and to correct thesewhen possible
  • Editing
  • Coding
  • Tabulation
  • Classification
Q17 | The statistical test used when we want to test the significance of difference among more than twosamples at the same time
  • Ztest
  • F test
  • Chi-square test
  • ANOVA
Q18 | In a ………….. observation researcher stands apart and does not participate
  • Structured
  • Unstructured
  • Non Participant
  • Participant
Q19 | Observation of an event personally by the observer is ……………..
  • Indirect observation
  • Direct observation
  • Controlled observation
  • Uncontrolled observation
Q20 | Attributes of objects, events or things which can be measured are called
  • Qualitative mesure
  • Variable
  • Object
  • Data
Q21 | Formulation of hypothesis may not be necessary in
  • Survey studies
  • Historical studies
  • Normative studies
  • Experimental studies
Q22 | In order to augment the accuracy of the study a researcher
  • Should increase the number of sample
  • Should be honest and unbiased
  • Should resort to ethical procedures
  • all the above
Q23 | Research means ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • Search for knowledge
  • Invention
  • Making changes
  • none of these.
Q24 | A good research must be ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐.
  • Systematic
  • logic
  • Both a &b
  • none of these.
Q25 | Research methodology is a ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐.
  • Science
  • method
  • invention
  • none of these.