GLS University’s

School of Doctoral Research and Innovation

Ph. D. Programme
Course Work Examination Date: 27/08/2022
Batch: 2021 Time: 20 Minutes

Roll Number: _____________

Section A
Instructions

1. This exam contains 20 multiple choice questions

2. Shade the circle for the correct response for each question.
3. This is a closed-book examination.
4. Write your roll number at the top of this page in the upper right hand corner

1. Research hypothesis are___.

o Formulated Prior to a review of the literature

o Statements of predicted relationships between variables
o Stated such that they can be confirmed or refuted
o b and c

2. A qualitative research question:

o Asks a question about some process, phenomenon to be explored

o Is generally an open-ended question
o Both a and b are correct
o None of the above

3. In which section of the research plan research participants are described?

o Introduction o Data Analysis

o Method o Discussion
4. The statement of purpose in a research study should:

o Identify the design of the study

o Identify the intent or objective of the study
o Specify the type of people to be used in the study
o Describe the study

5. A variable that is presumed to cause a change in another variable is called a(n):

o Categorical variable o Independent variable

o Dependent variable o Intervening variable

6. Open-ended questions provide primarily _______________data

o Confirmatory data o Predictive data

o Qualitative data o None of the above

7. The two main styles of research are:

o Data collection and data coding

o Surveys and questionnaires
o Sampling and recording
o Qualitative and quantitative

8. A formal statement of the research question or “purpose of research study” generally ____.

o Is made prior to the literature review

o Is made after the literature review
o Will help guide the research process
 o b and c

9. Why do you need to review the existing literature?

o To make sure you have a long list of references

o Because without it, you could never reach the required word-count
o To find out what is already known about your area of interest
o To help in your general studying
10. The concepts in a hypothesis are stated as __________________.

o Populations o Indices
o Variables o Theories

11. The most frequently occurring number in a set of values is called the ____.

o Mean o Mode
o Median o Range

12. The goal of ___________ is to focus on summarizing and explaining a specific set of data.

o Inferential statistics
o Descriptive statistics
o None of the above
o All of the above

13. Qualitative research reports do not need a Method section.

o True o False

14. Which of the following is not true about the use of language in research reports?

o You should choose accurate and clear words that are free from bias.
 o You should avoid labeling people whenever possible
o You should avoid using the term “subjects” whenever possible
o All of the above are true according to the APA Guidelines

15. “Students who have been given extra credit will report more satisfaction with their course
than students who have not been given extra credit.” This statement best represents a(n)

o Theory o Extraneous variable

o Hypothesis o Problem

16. Researchers use correlations to

o Understand cause-and-effect relationships

o  Make predictions
o  Understand the axial coding process
o  All of the above

17. Preliminary testing that is done prior to the completion of a research project is known as
__________ testing

o Descriptive o  Analytic
o  Pilot o  Likert Scale

18. Which of the following types of questions allows the researcher to calculate average or
mean response?

o Open-ended   o Likert-type scaled

o Yes-no o Forced alternative
19. It is somewhat easier to find a significant result when using a one-tailed test rather than a
two-tailed test because

o The critical region for a one-tailed test is smaller than the critical region for a two-
tailed test

o The critical region for a two-tailed test is smaller than the critical region for a one-
tailed test

o The critical region for a one-tailed test is in the middle of the distribution instead of
in the tails

o The critical region for a two-tailed test is in the middle of the distribution instead of
in the tails

20. ________ errors are under the direct control of the experimenter, and _______ errors are
not under the direct control of the experimenter

o Type I; Type II  o  Type II; hypothesis

o  Type II; Type I o  Type I; hypothesis