UNITY UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF Accounting and Finance/Management/ Business Administration

RESEARCH METHOD
GROUP ASSIGNMENT
Instructor: Kalkidan.y

Instructions
 Be in a group of Three
 Attempt all the questions
 Make sure you write your Name, ID/NO and Section

Part one: - choose the correct answer and provide your answer on separate page.
1. Which of these is not a method of data collection?
A. Interviews C. Observations
B. Experiments D. Questionnaires
2. Which of the following terms best describes data that were originally collected at an earlier
time by a different person for a different purpose?
A. Primary data C. Experimental data
B. Field notes D. Secondary data
3. Researchers use both open-ended and closed-ended questions to collect data. Which of the
following statements is true?
A. Open-ended questions directly provide quantitative data based on the researcher’s
predetermined response categories
B. Closed-ended questions provide quantitative data in the participant’s own words
C. Open-ended questions provide qualitative data in the participant’s own words
D. Closed-ended questions directly provide qualitative data in the participants’ own
words
4. Open-ended questions provide primarily ______ data.
A. Qualitative data C. Predictive data
B. Objective data D. None of the above
5. A census taker often collects data through which of the following?
A. Standardized tests C. Secondary data
B. Interviews D. Observations
6. The researcher has secretly placed him or herself (as a member) in the group that is being
studied. This researcher may be which of the following?
A. A complete participant
B. An observer-as-participant
C. A participant-as-observer
D. None of the above

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Part II. Say true if the statement is correct and false if the statement is incorrect.
1. mode measures the difference between the maximum and the minimum value of the
observed variable.
2. Interpretation refers to the task of drawing inferences from the collected facts after
analytical or experimental study.
3. Sampling techniques is used when there is finite population and census is impossible.
4. Editing for uniformity is to examine whether all questions are answered correctly or not.

Part III- Essay questions

1.As a researcher, if you want to select a sample in your research from the target
population, which types of steps/stages you may consider? How?

2. What do you mean by „Sample Design‟? What points should be taken into consideration
by a researcher in developing a sample design for the research project?

3. Why probability sampling is generally preferred in comparison to non-probability

sampling?

4.As a researcher you must decide at the outset whether you will use primary data or
secondary data in your research, so the choice between the two depends mainly on which
considerations? Explain.

5. What are the most common methods of collecting primary data? As a researcher,
elucidate each of them in detail with their usage and suitability?
6. There is a considerable overlap in the methods of data collection between quantitative
and qualitative research. In spite of that they are different. Make a list of a few of the
factors that differentiate them.
7. Identify four situations where it would be better to use open-ended questions and four
where closed questions might be more useful.
8. How do you establish the validity and reliability of a research instrument? Critically
discuss?