Quiz-2 DISC-SUMMER-II 23 marks

Name: Gulfam
Roll Number: 23110349

Q-1- Design a structured questionnaire of 5 items that you could use to assess the quality of
your on-campus dining facility by considering the responses of the students on the following
dimensions of the service.
a. diversity of menu
b. frequency of visit
c. Hygiene

a) Design one rating, one double barreled, and one leading question for the above
dimensions in the space provided below. 1.5 for each question/4.5marks
Ans: How many times you visit a campus dining area in a week or you like visiting it?
Double barreled
b) Also determine a 5 anchored scale for each question

For example, for the question below:

“How many times you buy grocery from the super store in a week”
A category scale with 5 anchors could be:
a) Never b) once c) twice d) thrice e) more than 3 times 0.5 for each
anchor/7.5

Dimension Item Scale Anchors

For example How do you rate the taste of this dining Excellent, very good, good, average, below
For taste, a facility? average
rating
question
might be….
Menu To what extent you would agree that the Disagree, strongly disagree, neutral, Strongly agree,
diversity dining facility offers a diverse menu? agree.
Visit How many times you visit a campus dining daily, four times, thrice , twice, never
frequency area in a week?

Hygiene The hygiene facility is not up to the mark in Disagree, strongly disagree, neutral, Strongly agree,
the dining area. agree

1-Research indicates that career advancement of women at the workplace is impacted by

gender role stereo typing, lesser access to information, and lack of mentorship in the system,
which hinder the advancement of women in workplace. However, women who have a high
sense of self efficacy tend to achieve higher levels of career advancement despite the above
mentioned problems.

2-Research also shows that the relationship of mentorship and career advancement is
explained by feeling of support by the women.

For this situation, state the names of: 2 marks

IV’s: Lesser access to information, and lack of mentorship, gender role stereo typing
DV: Advancement of women
Moderator: self-efficacy
Mediator: feeling of support

 Draft null and alternative hypotheses by choosing any one IV and its causal
relationship with the DV. 2 marks
H(n)Lesser access to information does not have an impact on career advancement of
women
H (a) Lesser access to information will negatively impact on career advancement of
 women.

 Draft a simple causal hypothesis between any one IV and its relationship with the DV.

1 mark
Lack of mentorship has a positive relationship with career advancement of women.
causal hypothesis

 Draft a moderation hypothesis which clearly states how the moderator variable
strengthens / weakens the relationship of IV (choose any one IV) and DV in the given
situation. 2 marks
Self-efficacy moderates the relationship between Mentorship/ access to information
and career advancement of women so that this relation is stronger on high values of
self-efficacy in women

 Draft an appropriate mediation hypothesis based on the information in 2nd paragraph.

1 marks
Feeling of support mediates the relationship between mentorship and career
advancement in women

Q-3 The CEO of a local company is interested in making some Human Resource Reforms in the
company for which he needs the performance data of all employees from all levels. He hires a
researcher for this purpose.
Suggest him two possible methods for data collection. Also describe 2 benefits this data
triangulation would provide him? 1+2m
1. Questionnaire
2. Surveys
Benefits:
1. Low cost
2. Convenient data collection
3. Questionnaire ensures anonymity to its respondents

b) Write down any two ethical considerations while conducting this research 2m
1. Using the research results to disadvantage the participants, or for purposes not to
their liking
2. Giving menial tasks and asking demeaning questions that diminish their self-respect.
3. Exposing participants to physical or mental stress