Hint for Mid Term Exam

SECTION I:
Can you complete the three types of research?

Types of research

SECTION II: Write T for (True) write F for (false) statements in the answer sheets

1. Research is any organized carried out to provide information for solving problems.
2. Research is needed for all functional areas: student in business, not-for-profit and public
organizations.
3. Research is a non-systematic inquiry that provides information to guide business decisions.
4. The goal of research ethic is to ensure that no one is harmed or suffers adverse consequences from
research activities.
5. Variables come from concept that a researcher has identified – from literature review, opinion,
experience or observation.
6. Research ethics are norms or standards of behavior that guide moral choices about our behavior and
our relationships with others
7. A concept is a bundle of meanings or characteristics associated with certain events, objects,
conditions, situations, and behaviors.
8. A construct is an image or idea specifically invented for a given research and/or theory-building
purpose.
9. We need to study research because research provides knowledge and skills to solve the problems and
meet the challenges of a fast-paced decision making environment.

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10. Hypothesis is statement/s produced to guide research to produce the possibility of an explanation or
generalisation which can be validated empirically.
11. Independent variable is considered as hypothesized cause or influence on a dependent variable.
12. Dependent variable represents the concept researchers are trying to predict.
13. Rationalists believe all knowledge can be deduced from known laws or basic truths of nature.
14. Empiricists attempt not to describe, explain, and make predictions through observation.
15. Authorities serve as important sources of knowledge, but should be judged on integrity and
willingness to present a balanced case.
16. Deductive reasoning is the logical process of establishing a general proposition on the basis of
observation of particular facts.
17. Inductive Reasoning is the logical process of deriving a conclusion from a known premise or
something known to be true.
18. This is an example of hypothesis “greeting statement is related to customers’ perception on product
quality and purchase intention”
19. This is an example of research question “Does the customer greeting statements affect customer’s
purchase decision?”
20. Research problem is the indication of a specific business decision area that will be clarified by
answering some research questions.

21. The manager and researcher relationship are both important share the obligation of making a project
meaningful.

22. A literature review is not a review of reading materials of what has been published on a topic by
previous scholars and researchers.
23. The purpose of literature is to convey to the reader what knowledge and ideas have been established
on a topic.
24. Population is the entire group of objects about which information is wanted.
25. Unit, object is a part of the population used to gain information about the whole.
26. Sample is any individual member of the population.
27. Random is the list of units from which the sample is chosen.
28. Sampling frame is to eliminate human choice by allowing impersonal chance to choose the sample.
29. Good sample need to be accurate (absence of bias) and precise estimate (sampling error).
30. When you are interviewing for statistical production, you have questions and answers in a
questionnaire and you need to go through a standardised interview.

Choose the correct one of alternative put in the answer sheet (30 marks)
(Note: select only one)

1. Why you study research?

A. Provide knowledge and skills to solve the problems and meet the challenges of a fast-
paced decision making environment
B. Because I am studying at least year 3 at the University
C. All the above answers

2. Research stimulates an interest in more scientific decision making because:

A. Manager’s increased need for more and better information, and availability of improved
techniques and tools to meet this need
B. Needed for all functional areas
C. All the above answers

3. Research is:

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 A. A systematic inquiry that provides information to guide business decisions. This includes
reporting, descriptive, explanatory, and predictive study
B. A systematic inquiry whose objective is to provide information to solve managerial
problems
C. All the above answers

4. Manager’s obligations in research:

A. Specify problems
B. Provide adequate background information
C. Access to company information gatekeepers
D. All the above answers

5. Researcher’s obligations in research:

A. Develop a creative research design
B. Provide answers to important business questions
C. All the above answers

6. Empiricists attempt:
A. To describe, explain, and make predictions through observation
B. All knowledge can be deduced from known laws or basic truths of nature
C. To judge on integrity and willingness to present a balanced case
D. All the above answers

7. Rationalists attempt:
A. To describe, explain, and make predictions through observation
B. All knowledge can be deduced from known laws or basic truths of nature
C. To judge on integrity and willingness to present a balanced case
D. All the above answers

8. Authorities:
A. To describe, explain, and make predictions through observation
B. Serve as important sources of knowledge, but should be judged on integrity and
willingness to present a balanced case
C. All the above answers

9. Deductive reasoning is:

A. The logical process of deriving a conclusion from a known premise or something
known to be true
B. The logical process of establishing a general proposition on the basis of observation
of particular facts
C. All the above answers
10. Inductive reasoning is:
A. The logical process of deriving a conclusion from a known premise or something
known to be true
B. The logical process of establishing a general proposition on the basis of observation
of particular facts
C. All the above answers

11. Variables come from:

A. A proposition that is empirically testable
B. Concept that a researcher has identified – from literature review, opinion, experience
or observation
C. Anything that may assume different numerical values

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 D. All the above answers

12. Types of variables:

A. Independent
B. Dependent
C. All the above answers

13. Exploratory Research:

A. Initial research conducted to clarify and define the nature of a problem
B. Does not provide conclusive evidence
C. Subsequent research is expected
D. All the above answers

14. Descriptive Research:

A. Describes characteristics of a population or phenomenon and some understanding of
the nature of the problem
B. Initial research conducted to clarify and define the nature of a problem
C. All the above answers

15. Causal research:

A. Conducted to identify cause and effect relationships
B. Initial research conducted to clarify and define the nature of a problem
C. All the above answers

16. The following what is not called the sampling methods:

A. Simple Random Sampling
B. Systematic Random sampling
C. Selection target villages based on what we want
D. Stratified random sample
E. Cluster Sampling
F. Double/Multi-phase sampling
G. Opportunity Sampling
H. Purposive or judgmental sampling
I. Snowball sampling
17. What is a review of the literature?
A. A review of reading materials of what has been published on a topic by previous
scholars and researchers
B. The purpose is to convey to the reader what knowledge and ideas have been
established on a topic
C. All the above answers

18. Literature review can be defined as a guiding concept covering:

A. Discussion of the problem or issue of interest and about all variables and their
relationships
B. To gather more information before selecting a course of action
C. All the above answers

19. What are Research Ethics?

A. Ethics are norms or standards of behavior that guide moral choices about our
behavior and our relationships with others
B. The goal is to ensure that no one is harmed or suffers adverse consequences from
research activities
C. All the above answers

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20. What is not the role of the Hypothesis?
A. Guides the direction of the study
B. Improve the research results
C. Identifies facts that are relevant
D. Is provided by Faculty Advisor
E. Suggests which form of research design is appropriate
F. Provides a framework for organizing the conclusions that result

21. A good hypothesis should fulfill the conditions:

A. Must be adequate for its purpose
B. Must be testable
C. Must be better than its rivals
D. All the above answers

22. Why managers need better information?

A. Global and domestic competition is more vigorous
B. Job markets are very competitive today
C. Organizations are increasingly practicing data mining and data warehousing
D. All the responses above

23. What is not listed as the value of acquiring research skills are as follows:
A. To gather more information before selecting a course of action
B. To do a high-level research study
C. There are some announcements of research in the newspapers
D. To understand research design
E. To evaluate and resolve a current management dilemma
F. To establish a career as a research specialist

24. Qualitative research methods:

A. Provide greater flexibility and pose questions in a more open-ended manner
B. Because researcher is not interested in number
C. This can make analysis and synthesis more difficult
D. This can make analysis and synthesis easier
E. All responses above

25. The following are sources of knowledge:

A. Empiricists attempt to describe, explain, and make predictions through observation
B. Rationalists believe all knowledge can be deduced from known laws or basic truths of
nature
C. Authorities serve as important sources of knowledge, but should be judged on
integrity and willingness to present a balanced case
D. All the above answers

26. What is research design?

A. A plan for selecting the sources and types of information used to answer research
questions
B. A framework for specifying the relationships among the study variables
C. A plan to seek money from supporters
D. A plan to work out with my group members
E. A blueprint that outlines each procedure from the hypothesis to the analysis

27. Research design types:

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 A. Secondary data study and observation
B. Survey
C. Experimentation
D. All the above answers

28. What is not listed as purposes of the research proposal:

A. To present the question to be researched and its importance
B. To seek money from supporter
C. To discuss the research efforts of others who have worked on related questions
D. To divide tasks between research members
E. To give chance for everyone to involve
F. To suggest the data necessary for solving the question

29. Quantitative research methods are explained as follows:

A. Can be used to collect data which can be analyzed in numerical form
B. They pose the questions who, what, when, where, how much, how many, how often?
C. Things are either counted or measured or a set questionnaire is used.
D. Answers can be coded and statistical analysis used to give responses in the form of
averages, ratios, ranges
E. All the above answers

30. What are the Benefits of the Proposal to a Researcher?

A. Allows the researcher to plan and review the project’s steps
B. Serves as a guide throughout the investigation
C. Forces time and budget estimates
D. All the above answers

SECTION III: Writing

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