Addis Ababa University School of Commerce, Research Methods/ MGT503, Final exam,

Distance education graduate program, June, 2015, Time Allowed 1:30

Name: ______________________, Section__________________, ID__________________

Instructions answer all questions on the answer sheet provided

Return the question paper at the end of the exam along with the answer sheet.

Part I (30pts)
Answer all questions by choosing and writing the letter of your choice on the space provided o
the answer sheet.
1) Which one of the following is not a characteristic of scientific research?
A) Cumulative
B) Empirical
C) Non-neutrality ideologically
D) Verifiable
2) Which of the following classifications is in agreement with classification according to
intended use?
A) Basic and applied research
B) Exploratory and descriptive research
C) Cross sectional and time series research
D) Quantitative and qualitative research
3) A researcher is aiming at making familiar the basic facts about a phenomenon what type
of research is this?
A) Basic research
B) Explanatory research
C) Laboratory Experiment
D) Exploratory research
4) Which of the following is not an applied research?
A) Impact assessment
B) Evaluation research
C) Action research
D) None of the above
5) Which one of the following is a quantitative research?
A) Survey study
B) Case study
C) Focus group discussion
D) Experiment
6) A student researcher plans to analyze data from the same group of persons over a period
of 3 years. Which type of longitudinal data is the student planning to analyze?
 A) Cohort analysis
B) Time series analysis
C) Panel data analysis
D) None of the above
7) Identify the correct statement from the following expressions.
A) Quantitative methodology is used by phenomenologists
B) Interpretivists view the real world as a projection of human perception
C) Positivists use subjective approaches in their analysis.
D) Phenomenologists argue that social sciences should be studied by applying the
principles of quantitative research
8) Which of the following is the purpose of research methodology?
A) The sources of data
B) The manner in which data is to be collected
C) The way data is to be analyzed
D) All of the above
9) A researcher uses questionnaires to collect the data he wants for analysis. Which research
design best defines the research?
A) Case study
B) Experiment
C) Survey
D) Observation
10. The logical relationships among concepts is expressed by:
A) Theory
B) Propositions
C) Research questions
D) Both A and B
11) Which of the following techniques can help a research in narrowing down her research
topic?
A) Talking with resourceful persons
B) Surveying the literature
C) Defining the outcome of the research
D) All of the above
12) Which one of the following factors should be considered in choosing a research topic?
A) Personal interest of the researcher
B) Interest of the researcher’s Boss
C) Amount of money the researcher owns
 D) Expected support from donors
13) A variable with values that can be divided into fractions is known as:
A) Discontinuous variable
B) Continuous variable
C) Dichotomous variables
D) Discrete variables
14) A student finds out that a 1% increase in ‘X’ results in a 2% increase in Y. In this example,
Y is:
A) The dependent variable
B) The independent variable
C) The explanatory variable
D) None
15) Experimental research is strong in internal validity because of one of the following;
A) It eliminates the effect of the dependent variable
B) It eliminates the effect of the independent variable
C) It minimizes the effect of the extraneous variables
D) The researcher only analyzes the behavior of a single variable.
16) A proposition that can be tested to verify its reality is:
A) Research question
B) Research objective
C) Research Hypothesis
D) Research Problem
17) Research problem statement should focus on:
A) The inadequacies of the existing knowledge
B) The unanswered questions in past researches
C) The amount of money the researcher can the from the research
D) Only A and B
18) Which of the following is a univariate hypothesis?
A) Relational hypothesis
 B) Correlational hypothesis
C) Descriptive hypothesis
D) Explanatory hypothesis

19) In the process of hypothesis testing, what the researcher indirectly tests is:
A) The alternative hypothesis
B) The Null- hypothesis
C) The confidence interval
D) The critical value
20) Which of the following documents represents a research report?

A) Dissertations

B) Journal articles
C) Working papers

D) All of the above

21) Rejection of a correct null hypothesis is referred to as:

A) Type II error
B) Standard error
C) Type I error
D) Sampling error
22) Which one of the following is not a data collecting instrument?

A. Research questions
B. Mail questionnaire
C. Telephone interview
D. Online survey questionnaire
 23) A simple random sampling is characterized by:

A. A random starting point and drawing very nth unit in the population
B. Every element of the population has an equal chance of being selected
C. A quota that the researcher imposes
D. None of the above

24) The attributes of the population is referred to as:

A. Variable
B. Statistic
C. Parameter
D. Indicator

25) Which of the following can be the source of measuring error?

A. The measurer
B. The instrument of measurement
C. The respondent
D. All can be the answer

26) Which of the following is not a non-probability sampling?

A. Quota sampling
B. Stratified sampling
C. Snowball sampling
D. Judgmental sampling
27) Which of the following is the best synonym for validity?
A) Consistency
B) Feasibility
C) Truthfulness
D) Economy
28) Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with:
A) the nature of ethics
B) the nature of knowledge
C) the nature of existence
D) the nature of beauty
29) Operational definitions are encouraged in research in order to:
A) Conform to the requirement of statistical analysis
B) Increase the probability that experiments will succeed
C) Make terms used in a study as explicit as possible
D) Make educational research more easily understood by laypersons

30) Which of the following is an inferential statistics?

A) The sample mean is 40
B) There is a strong correlation between age and self esteem
C) The sample standard deviation is 4.
D) The median of the sample is 30

Part II.
Answer the questions on the space provided on the answer sheet
1) Briefly discuss the goals of literature review in research (5 points)

2) Explain the meaning of the following in context of Research Design (5 points).

a. Extraneous variables;
b. Confounded relationship;
c. Research hypothesis;
d. Experimental and Control groups;
e. Treatment groups.

3) Discuss the conditions under which a researcher decides to use:

a) Qualitative methodology (3)
b) Quantitative methodology (3)

4) State the major features of a theoretical framework(4 points)

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