NMIMS Global Access

School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

Course: Research Methodology
Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2024 Examination

Assignment Marks: 30

Instructions:

• All Questions carry equal marks.

• All Questions are compulsory
• All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for question
3 in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples, illustrations as far
as possible.
• All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.
• Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting
their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.

• Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other
students is not allowed.

• Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions.

For Theoretical Answer For Numerical Answer

Assessment Parameter Weightage Assessment Parameter Weightage
Introduction 20% Understanding and usage 20%
Concepts and Application 60% of the formula
related to the question Procedure / Steps 60%
Conclusion 20% Correct Answer & 20%
Interpretation

1. One of the newly opened Gym in your area trying to understand what type of exercise is
preferred by people these Days, how often they do their exercise and do they really enjoy it
or they do just for the sake of doing. Which research design is most suitable for this
situation? Write research proposal for this situation. (10 Marks)
 NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Research Methodology
Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2024 Examination
2. You are a HR manager in one of the major IT company. Design an experimental study to
look into the factors that affect employee churn in the IT firm, with an emphasis on HR
initiatives to lower attrition. Develop a design of experiment of this study keeping
independent, dependent and extraneous variables into consideration. How you will apply
control in this experimental research. Explain the variables and steps. (10 Marks)

3. During pandemic Zepto has emerged as a major Quick commerce market in Mumbai;
however; after the entry of Swiggy’s Instamart and Zomato’s Blinkit the market has become
highly competitive. The market has been changing with respect to consumer preferences,
market trends and consumer choices for apps.
a. Classify and distinguish the specific purposes for which Zepto may be able to use research
effectively. Write down the problem statement and operational definition of this research.
(5 Marks)

b. Develop a questionnaire to study consumer preference for most preferred q-commerce app.
(5 Marks)
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