Module 1:Nature and Scope of Research Methodology

These are the characteristics of a good research except:

Select one:

1. Clearly defined purpose

2. Detailed research process
3. Thoroughly planned research design
4. Unclear objectives

Research is a _____________.
Select one:

1. Systematic inquiry
2. Unsystematic inquiry
3. A systematic inquiry
4. Irrelevant task

The descriptive study does not explain why an event has occurred.
Select one:

1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. Maybe
4. mostly false

First step in research is to identify _____________.

Select one:

1. The Problem
2. Opportunity
3. Problem or Opportunity
4. Nothing

Research assists in making increasingly complex decision on:

Select one:

1. Goals
2. Strategies
 3. Tactics
4. All of these

To reduce risk in managerial decision making of research, we require _____________.

Select one:

1. Process
2. Tools
3. Process and tools
4. Nothing

A study tries to discover answer related to the question who, what, when, where and sometimes how. It is
known as______________ study.
Select one:

1. predictive
2. Experimental
3. Exploratory
4. Descriptive

Experimental research will include at least:

Select one:

1. one independent variable

2. One dependent variable
3. one independent variable and one dependent variable
4. two independent variable and no dependent variable

For a management decision, we require _____________.

Select one:

1. The Problem
2. Opportunity
3. Problem or Opportunity
4. Nothing

The study that explains why an event has occurred is known as _______________ study.
Select one:
 1. Explanatory
2. Descriptive
3. Explanatory and Descriptive
4. Neither Explanatory and Descriptive

A document that suggests the data necessary for solving the management question and how the data will be
gathered, treated and interpreted is called __________.
Select one:

1. weekly update
2. daily report
3. contract
4. research proposal

The purpose of research proposal is to present the management question to be researched and relate its
importance.
Select one:

1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. Maybe
4. mostly false

When subject do not know if they are receiving the experiment treatment, they are said to be ___________.
Select one:

1. blind
2. control
3. measurement
4. product

Application of Research in Entrepreneurship

Select one:

1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. Maybe
4. mostly false
When researchers lack a clear idea of the problem they will meet during the study, then they prefer:
Select one:

1. Exploratory Study
2. Descriptive study
3. Observation
4. Historical research

The artificiality of laboratory in experimental method is a/an ___________.

Select one:

1. Advantage
2. Disadvantage
3. Bonus
4. Major benefit

Repeating an experiment with different subject groups and conditions in experimental research is a/an
__________.
Select one:

1. Advantage
2. Disadvantage
3. Constraint
4. Concern