Hawassa University

College of Education
Department of Adult Education and Community Development
Activity questions for MA students
Instruction
1. structure your response in line with the question
2. Copy once answer strictly leads you for complete cancelation of your paper.

1. Define the following concepts

a) Research
b) Research proposal
c) Literature review
d) Variable
e) Conceptual framework
f) Primary research
g) Objectives
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h) Hypothesis
i) Sample
j) Sampling
2. Differentiate between
a) Primary and secondary data
b) Main and specific objectives
c) Conceptual and theoretical framework
d) Dependent and independent variables
e) References and bibliography
f) Basic and applied research
3. Mention three sources of secondary data.
4. Discuss the merits and demerits of secondary data analysis.
5. Discuss three things you would do to identify a research topic.
6. Mention five properties of objectives.
7. Quantitative and qualitative research methods differ in their approaches to research.
8. Write a full description of the differences in approach between the two.
9. Describe three different methods of collecting data and mention the advantages and
disadvantages of each method.
10. List and explain the common mistakes in choosing a research topic.
11. What is the purpose of reviewing literature in research?
12. Professor Amin wants to conduct a study on why university students miss classes. He
contacts the local university and selects 100 students from the register to participate in his
study.
a) What is the study population?
b) What is the target population?
c) What is the sampling frame?
d) What is the sample?
13. An educational researcher is interested in the relationship between students' participation in
two after school programs and academic achievement. She states the following hypothesis in
the description of her study:
13.1 Children who participate in an after-school program that emphasizes critical thinking 2
skills will score higher on measures of academic achievement and self-esteem than
students who participate in a program that emphasizes rote memorization.
a) Identify the independent variable(s) and dependent variable(s).
b) Describe how each variable varies (i.e., whether the variable is categorical or
continuous). Provide justification for why each variable varies the way you describe?