Midterm Exam

Name: _____________________ Course: DISC 320

ID: __________________ Date: 25th March 2021
Time: 45 minutes
You are suppose to answer all questions and upload your answer
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Question 1: Match the word in the left column with the correct explanation in the right
column. Just write the alphabet of the explanation in front of the word (10 marks)
1. Element : ___________ a. Individual case or group member within a sample or
population such as an employee.
2. Cluster : ___________ b. The complete list of all the cases in the population, from
which a probability sample is drawn.
3. Convenience : ___________ c. Probability sampling procedure that ensures that each
case in the population has an equal chance of being
included in the sample.
4. Purposive : ___________ d. Non-probability sampling procedure in which
subsequent respondents are obtained from information
provided by initial respondents.
5. Quota : ___________ e. Probability sampling procedure in which the population
is divided into two or more relevant strata and a random
sample is drawn from each of the strata.
6. Sampling frame: ___________ f. Probability sampling procedure in which the population
is divided into discrete groups or clusters prior to
sampling.
7. Simple random : ___________ g. Probability sampling procedure in which the initial
sampling point is selected at random, and then the cases
are selected at regular intervals.
8. Snowball : ___________ h. Non-probability sampling procedure that ensures that
the sample represents certain characteristics of the
population chosen by the researcher.
9. Stratified random : ___________ i. Non-probability sampling procedure in which cases are
selected haphazardly on the basis that they are easiest
to obtain.
10. Systematic : ___________ j. Non-probability sampling procedure in which the
judgment of the researcher is used to select the cases
that makes up the sample. This can be done on the basis
of extreme cases, heterogeneity (maximum variation),
homogeneity (maximum similarity), critical cases, or
typical cases.
Question 2: Choose the correct option (15 marks)
1. The literature review will examine
a. Only opinions
b. Only facts
c. All aspects of a topic
d. Only important side of the main argument
2. Researchers need to be cautious of some material, particularly material found online. Why?
a. The authors name often does not appear.
b. It has been used before.
c. It is too recent.
d. The quality is unknown.
3. Which one of these is likely to be peer-reviewed?
a. The Guardia
b. The Economist
c. The European Journal of Management
d. Woman’s Own
4. Citation means that a particular paper has been:
a. Discussed orally by another author.
b. Sold to another publisher.
c. Reproduced elsewhere.
d. Quoted in another paper by another author.
5. What is the main advantage of producing a written research proposal?
a. Helps keep people employed.
b. Helps the institution.
c. Helps with credibility.
d. Informs all interested parties.
6. What helps to agree timing, agree resource allocation and also draws boundaries?
a. The final report.
b. The proposal.
c. The questionnaire.
d. The observation form.
7. Observation is a form of:
a. Qualitative research.
b. Primary research.
c. Quantitative research.
d. All of the above.
8. Another term for the focused interview is:
a. Delphi.
b. Chimney.
c. Funnel.
d. Depth.
9. Experimentation, questioning and ______ are primary methods.
a. Multiplication
b. Web surfing
c. Observation
d. Weighting
 10. Which one of the following is a data collection method?
a. The case study.
b. The onion.
c. The interview.
d. Positivism.
11. Which one of these is NOT normally associated with qualitative data?
a. Narrative.
b. Words.
c. Pie charts.
d. Images.
12. A study is based on 1000 people interviewed face to face in shopping centers. What type of
study this is?
a. Ethnographic study.
b. Self-completion study.
c. Qualitative study.
d. Questionnaire study.
13. Which of these should be most valuable to show a gradual change in behavior over time?
a. Experimental studies.
b. Extrapolations.
c. Longitudinal studies.
d. Snapshot surveys.
14. For any study you should question the validity and reliability of:
a. The sampling procedure
b. The questionnaire
c. The interviewing process
d. All of the above
15. "A formulation regarding the cause and effect relationships between two or more variables,
which may or may not have been tested."
Which one of these does it define?
a. Theory
b. Secondary data
c. Observation
d. Sampling

Question 3: Mark true or false (10 marks)

1. An exploratory study is one that is restricted to geographers.
a. True
b. False
2. Using the case study in management and business research is usually restricted to
researchers who are employed in the organization being researched.
a. True
b. False
3. The case study in management and business research refers to the use of one organization
only as the research setting.
a. True
b. False
4. Action research is concerned with the resolution of organizational issues such as the
implications of change together with those who experience the issues directly.
a. True
 b. False
5. Ethnography refers solely to research designed to understand different cultures.
a. True
b. False
6. If a study is valid, it means that we get the same result if the study is repeated.
a. True
b. False
7. Double-blind means that an editor will send a manuscript to two or more reviewers for their
comments. The identity of the editor will be withheld from the reviewers, so the review is
blind.
a. True
b. False
8. A hypothesis is a proposition.
a. True
b. False
9. The overall purpose of management research is to establish new facts not develop new
theories.
a. True
b. False
10. The critical review will need to show how the findings and the theories have been
developed, or have been used, relating to the research that has gone before.
a. True
b. False

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