GANPAT UNIVERSITY PH.D. ENTRANCE TEST JULY — 2019 SECTION-A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY [Common for all Candidates] Instruction: (a) The Section A of Question Paper is for Research Methodology, consists of 50 objective type questions each carrying one mark. (b) Correct answer is to be written as A, B, C or D in given separate answer sheet. (c) All Questions are compulsory. 1 Which of the following should a manager ask before deciding whether or not to do research? A Will the information obtained improve the quality of the decision enough to Justify the costs? B Is this research project the best use of available funds? c Will the payoff from the research be worth the dollars invested? D. All of the above 2 ‘When the marketing department of an organization attempts to determine the amount of time the managers in this department spend at their computers in their offices each week, this is an example of which type of research? A Observational study B, ‘Advancement in theory research c Applied research D, casual study 3 ‘When deciding whether research should be conducted, each of the following factors is a ‘major consideration EXCEPT: A time constraints. B availability of the data. e availability of company employees who are survey experts. D. value of research information in relation to its costs. 4 Basic research is research that: A addresses simple issues that are basic and research is not really needed. B. attempts to expand the limits of knowledge for a discipline. c is conducted to make a decision about a specific real life problem. D. all of the above 5 Research is defined as the __ and __ process of generating information for aid in business decision making. A regular, routine B systematic, objective c systematic, routine D. systematic, statistical Page 1 of 710 u 2 13, According to the textbook, the most important reason for NOT beginning the formal quantitative research process is: A. the budget is unspecified. B. top management has not given approval. c. the research department is overburdened with project requests. D. _ the problem has not been clearly defined. ‘According to the textbook, a__ is defined as anything that changes (or may assume) different numerical values. A response B variable c symbol D. factor Which of the following is NOT a step in the process of problem definition? A obtain permission from interested parties to research the problem B ascertain the decision maker's objectives c understand the background of the probl D. determine the unit of analysis, The goal of defining the problem is: A. tostate the research question clearly. B. _tohave a single hypothesis. C. to translate a research problem into a managerial problem. D. to initiate exploratory research only When a researcher goes to the library to do an extensive literature review to determine some ideas for exploratory research, this is an example of: A secondary data analysis. B. primary data analysis. c a projective technique. D. ‘TAT research. With respect to research design A case studies may be used in both descriptive and exploratory research, B experimentation may be used in exploratory research. c case studies may be used in both descriptive research and experimentation. D. descriptive research may be categorized as either exploratory research or experimentation. Exploratory research can involve each of the following EXCEPT: A a survey of knowledgeable people. B secondary data. c case studies D experimentation, ‘The one-group pretest-posttest design: is an example of a “good” experimental design. uses a control group. the influence of the experimental treatment is: O2. does not control for history. pomp Page2of74 15 16 7 18 19 20 21 ‘The purpose of most research experimentation is to measure and compare the effects of the experimental treatments on the _ variable A independent B dependent ic control D. extraneous If the interviewers are changed during a research study, this would have what type of effect on the extraneous variables? A Testing effect B. History effect c Selection bias D. Instrumentation ‘When a respondent is asked to indicate his annual income in one of five categories, this is an example of. ‘an unstructured question. a disguised question a structured question. an unstructured-disguised question popp ‘The person who answers an interviewer's question is called a respondent. Surveys can obtain information about attitudes, but not demographic information, ‘A survey is a method of primary data collection. D. Surveys may be conducted to quantify certain factual information. Which of the following statements about surveys is FALSE? A B, c fan interviewer is unable to write fast enough to record answers verbatim during a personal interview, this is an example of: A ‘auspices bias. B. social desirability bias. C. interviewer error. D. _ random sampling error. ‘A poorly designed survey is retuned by only 20 percent of those sampled. It has a 20 coverage rate response rate. sampling percentage. interaction rate. ponry 1400 people are mailed a questionnaire and 120 of them return it to the researcher, this survey is said to have a response rate of: A 120 B 3.33. C30 percent. D. 400 ‘The type of survey method which typically ranks highest on response rates is: A Personal. B. Mail. c Telephone. D, All rank about the same. Page3 of 722 23 24 25 26 27 28 ‘When the wear-and-tear on the cover of a library book is used as a measure of the frequency with which this book has been used, this is an example of: A visible observation. B. physical-trace evidence. iG mechanical observation. D. content analysis. A(n) __records eye movements in relation to some stimulus. A psychogalvanometer B. audiometer c voice pitch analyzer D. eye-tracking equipment Observation allows for all of the following EXCEPT: A the systematic recording of nonverbal behavior. B. ‘the amplification of the results from other forms of research by providing, complementary evidence. c the gathering of evidence to explain purchase intentions. D. the gathering and recording of what people actually do or what events take place during a purchase situation. ‘When a supervisor is asked to rate each of his subordinates on a S-point scale where 1 (one) means that the worker is unsatisfactory and 5 means that the worker is exceptional, this is an example of which type of scale? A Ratio scale B Interval scale c Ordinal scale D. All of the above A(n) __ scale arranges objects or alternatives according to their magnitude in an ordered relationship. A nominal B ordinal C interval D. ratio ‘A researcher divides the population of product users into three groups based on degree ‘of use. If the researcher then draws a random sample from each user group independently, the researcher has created a sample. A simple random B stratified c judgment D. ‘quota Convenience sampling: A involves taking a stratified sample in which the number of sampling units drawn from each stratum is in proportion to the relative population size of that stratum, B is sampling that involves using a combination of other sampling techniques. Cc ensures that certain characteristics of a population sample will be represented to the exact extent that the researcher desires. D. obtains units or people who are most conveniently available. Page 4 of 729 ‘Simple random sampling: A assures each element in the population an equal chance of being included in the sample. B. is a technique in which an experienced researcher selects the sample based upon some appropriate characteristic of the sample members. c draws subsamples from samples within different strata that are more or less equal on some characteristi D. is an economically efficient technique in which the primary sampling unit is not the individual element in the population, but a large cluster of elements. 30 Which of the following geographical subdivisions in urbanized areas represents the smallest cluster? A central city B. census tract c block D. household 31. Lf the smallest score is 20 and the largest score is 90, the range is: A 3.19. B 70. c 031. D. —_ none of the above 32. What is the mode of the given dataset? ‘11, 6, 9, 8, 4, 7, 17,8 A 8 B. 9 c. 6 D4 33. What is the median of the following set of scores? 3, 6, 9, 4, 7,5, 8 A 4 B 7 c 9 D. 6 34. The arithmetic mean of a series of 20 items was computed as 20 cm. While calculating these, an item 13 cm was misread as 30. Find the correct mean. a. 20.34 b. 19.15 ©. 20 19.85 35. Ina small firm two typists are employed - typist A and typist B. typist A types out, on an average, 30 pages per day with a standard deviation of 6. Typist B, on an average, types. out 45 pages with a standard deviation of 10. Which typist shows greater consistency in his output? aA bB c. Same . None of the above 36 Which of the following statements is TRUE? A Researchers should never tell respondents the true sponsor of the research, because this will only bias their responses. B Researchers have the responsibility to preserve the privacy of respondents, c Researchers have the responsibility to reveal respondents’ identity to the research sponsor, if in their opinion those respondents would be good potential customers. D. Unobtrusive observation of public behavior in public places is illegal and a serious violation of privacy. Page 5 of 737. IPR stands for A Intellectual Property Right B BIS c Copy right D. all of the above 38. Itlists all the sources you have used in your thesis, so readers can easily find what you have cited. A Nonm B Reference c Culture D. all of the above 39, WWW stands for__- A Web of Web World B. World Worst Web c World Wide Web D. all of the above 40. is norms or standards of behaviour that guide moral choice about our behavior and our relationship with others. A Ethics B. awful c legal D. none of the above 41. which of the following is database of journals? A. Elsevier B medical c engineering D. science 42, Which is the most widely used search engine from below given list? A Google B. ‘Yahoo Cc Alibaba D. none of the above 43. From below given list of tools, which can be helpful to a researcher for calculation with the help of formulae? word power point excel none of the above pomp M4, is a process to create personalized letters and pre-addressed envelopes or mailing labels for mass mailings in Office tools. word power point excel Mail merge pomp Page 6 of 745. From the below given list of tools, which tool will you use to make presentation in front of client of your firm? A word B. —_ power point C excel D. none of the above 46, which of the following is widely accepted citation system? A APA B Local C. International D. All of the above 47 is fiee web based email service ‘A. search engine B. authentic source of information @ P D. Gmail 48, Sodhaganga is a ‘A. 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