ODISHA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH

(Formerly College of Engineering & Technology, Bhubaneswar)

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Total Number of Pages: Stream:B.ARCH

Time: 2 Hours Max marks: 20 Subject Code:UPCAR802
Mid-Term Examination : 2021-22
SUBJECT:RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
BRANCH: ARCHITECTURE
Answer Question No.1 which is compulsory and any Three from the rest.
The figures in the right hand margin indicate marks.

Q1 Answer the following questions: (0.5 x 10)

a) A written statement of the research design is called a:
1) Research hypothesis 2) Research proposal 3) Research question 4)Research summary
b) Research that is conducted to clarify the nature of a research problem is called_____ research.
1) Exploratory 2) Judgmental 3) Descriptive 4) Convenience
c) ____is the step of research process.
1)Problem definition 2)Approach to problem 3) Research design 4) All of the above
d) ____ Research aims to clarify ambiguous situations or discover ideas that may amount to true business
opportunities.
1)Explanatory 2)Preliminary 3)Clarifying 4)Descriptive
e) In research, anything that varies or changes from one instance to another is called a _____.
1)Variable 2)Constant 3)Category 4)classification
f) Facts or recorded measures of certain phenomena (things or events) are known as:
1) Data 2) Information 3) Market intelligence 4) Knowledge
g) _____ means that the researcher alters the level of the experimental variable in specific increments.
1) Causality 2) Testing 3) Analyzing 4) Manipulation
h) Which type of research allows decision makers to make causal inferences?
1) exploratory research 2) descriptive research 3) causal research 4) all of the above
i) A blueprint of research work is called
1) Research problem 2) Research design 3) Research tool 4) Research method
j) What type of research is being conducted to answer the question:
"What is the average age of our employees?"
1)Explanatory research 2)Focus group research 3)Descriptive research 4)Casual research

Q2 a) What is research method? (2.5)

b) Mention names of different types of research. (2.5)

Q3 (a) What are the objectives of research? (2.5)

b) Briefly describe the different steps involved in a research process. (2.5)

Q4 a) What is research design? (2.5)

b) Describe qualitative research. (2.5)

Q5 a) What are the criteria of a good research? (2.5)

b) What is a case study? (2.5)