BUSOGA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL RESEARCH
YEAR: ONE SEMESTER: ONE
TIME: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS

1. Attempt any four questions.

2. All questions have equal marks
3. Unity work may lead for a loss of marks.

Question one

(a) What is research (7 marks)

(b) Why do public administrator trainees study research in institutions of higher learning
(8 marks)

Question two

Write short notes on the following terms:

(i) Internship report

(ii) Dedication
(iii) Declaration
(iv) Approval
(v) Acknowledgement
(vi) Theoretical framework
(vii) Abstract (15 marks)

Question three

“Quite often institutions of higher learning ask student s to select a search problem for study and compile
a research report.”

(a) What is a research problem?

(b) Outline concisely and clearly the components of a good research report.
Question four

Many researchers apply qualitative research design carrying out their investigations.

Compare and contract quantitative and qualitative methods of research.

Question five

a) Kilinger (2003) wrote “a social research or behavioral research should be scientific, systematic,
careful, critical, controlled and logical analysis of collected sampled data”. Explain terms below
in your own word.
(i) Scientific
(ii) Systematic
(iii) Logical reasoning and thinking

b) The following marks were scored in two disciplines.

Economics (x) Geography(y)
75 65
50 72
56 51
60 39
44 40
29 60
(i) Compare spearman’s and Kendal’s rank co efficient of the above score.
(ii) Comment on computed results.

Question six

“All ends well in a well of trinity where a student, agent supervisor and university supervisor work as a
team to help in formulate sound industrial report.””

Outline the

(i) Tasks of students on internship training?

(ii) The assistance and guidance of the agency supervisor gives to the trainee.
(iii) Roles of a university supervisor to the internship trainee in compile research internship
report.

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