1) Write a brief note on internal and external validity?

2) Prepare a close ended survey questionnaire on any media topic of your choice. Also
write focussed research question and specific objectives.
3) What do you mean by inductive and deductive arguments?
4) What is paraphrasing? Why do you need to paraphrase?
5) Define only major units and categories on any content analysis media topic of your
choice. Also give a brief sketch of the code sheet.
6) What is thesis statement?
7) Why is it important to conduct a pilot study?
8) Why should the researcher not plagiarise?
9) What is exploratory research?
10) Write a detailed note on hypothesis?
11) Write only aim, objectives, research questions, methodological approaches and
methods, to study any one research topic in media of your choice.
12) Compare and contrast any three types of research methods?
13) Prepare an open-ended in-depth interview questionnaire on any media topic of your
choice. Also give focussed research question and specific objectives.
14) Researcher always acts as a logician. Comment.
15) What do you mean by transferability and generalizability of the sample?
16) Why should researcher blend different methodologies?
17) Why is it important to refer to credible sources?
18) What is the best way to decide number of sample size?
19) What is a survey research? Explain the different methods of survey with suitable
examples.
20) Why review of literature is needed for any research?
21) Explain reductionistic and constructivistic approach?
22) Why should the categories be mutually exclusive and exhaustive?
23) Write short notes on:
a) Longitudinal research
b) Empirical Research
c) Third variable problem
d) Descriptive Research
e) Analytical Research
f) What is positivism?
g) What is diagnostic research?
h) Causal relationship
i) Negative or inverse relationship
j) Correlational relationship
k) Positive relationship
l) Assumptions in research
m) Reliability of data
n) Indicators of good research
o) Ethics in research
p) Non-probabilistic sampling techniques
 q) Probabilistic sampling techniques

24) What is sampling? What care should you take while selecting a sample? Cite a
research which failed because of biased sampling.
25) Explain the three main methods of scientific research giving relevant examples.
26) What are the limitations of content analysis and survey methods? How can they be
overcome?
27) The advantage of qualitative research design are its flexibility and limited structure.
Comment.
28) Why is an ethnographic study unlikely to use a probability sample?
29) When collecting data, how do you know that the saturation level has come?
30) What should be included in a research proposal?
31) What is a survey research? Explain the different methods of survey with suitable
examples.
32) Explain dos and don’ts while designing questionnaire?
33) Why is it particularly difficult to get an accurate record and transcript of a focus group
session?
34) What is involved in "purposive sampling"?
35) What is a research design? Explain in detail.
36) What are the advantages and disadvantages of conducting face to face interview over
online interviews?
37) Research always originates with a research question or problem. Explain.
38) Write a detailed note on probability sampling technique.
39) Whenever we talk about a hypothesis, we are thinking simultaneously of two
hypotheses. True or False? Give reasons
40) What do you mean by exception fallacy?
41) What do you understand by sampling? Why is it useful? What are various sampling
techniques? What precautions should the researcher take while choosing any sampling
technique? Also state factors before considering sampling technique.
42) What is paraphrasing? Why do you need to paraphrase? Can you briefly explain
various steps involved in paraphrasing? Also explain the exceptions while
paraphrasing.
43) What do you mean by ecological fallacy?
44) What are open-ended and close-ended questions? Explain dos and don’ts while
designing questionnaire?
45) What do you mean by units of analysis?
46) What precautions must be taken before preparing research design?
47) Compare and contrast quantitative and qualitative methodology?
48) Write a detailed note on FGD?
49) What do you mean by limitations and delimitations?
50) What are independent and dependent variables?
51) When collecting data, how do you know that the saturation level has come?
52) What do you mean by subjectivity and objectivity in research?
53) Explain different types of relationships of independent and dependent variables with
examples?
54) What are the dimensions in field observation? What is the process and techniques of
field observation? What are the advantages and disadvantages of field observation?

55) What are research problem and sub-problems? How does one select a research
problem? Explain various steps involved in identifying a research problem?

56) In qualitative research methodology, researcher becomes inseparable part of the

research. The entire research evolves and revolves around him. Do you agree?
Critically comment.

57) Give one example of each of the following question type :

a. Double barrelled question
b. Leading question
c. Feeling thermometer
d. Filter question
e. Personal question
f. Vague question
g. Biased question
h. Likert Scale
i. Anchor scale
j. Open ended question
k. Close-ended question
l. Simple choice question
m. Multiple choice question
n. Matrice type question

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