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Sub. Code : HMBE 21

M.Sc. (CBCS) DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2014.

Second Semester
Microbiology
Elective RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(For those who joined in July 2012 onwards)
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 75 marks
PART A (10 1 = 10 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
Choose the correct answer :
1. Which of the following is a form of research typically
conducted by teachers, counselors, and other
professionals to answer questions they have and to
specifically help them solve local problems?
(a)

Action research

(b)

Basic research
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(c)

Predictive research

(d)

Orientational research

2. Which scientific method is a bottom-up or generative

approach to research?
(a) Deductive method
(b)
(c)

Inductive method
Hypothesis method

(d)

Pattern method

3. Which of the following terms refers to a statistical

method that can be used to statistically equate groups
on a pretest or some other variable?
(a) Experimental control
(b)
(c)
(d)

Differential influence
Matching
Analysis of covariance

4. This type of design is one where all participants

participate in all experimental treatment conditions.
(a)
Factorial design
(b)
Repeated
measures
design
(c)
Replicated design
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(d)
Pretest-posttest
control-group design
5. Which of the following is characteristic of qualitative
research?
(a) Generalization to the population
(b) Random sampling
(c) Unique case orientation
(d) Standardized tests and measures
6. What two questions must be answered in order to
select one of the specific mixed method designs
provided in the textbook?
(a) Is the qualitative or quantitative
paradigm going to be given priority, or will
they be given equal status in your study
(b) Should
the
qualitative
and
quantitative components be carried out
concurrently or sequentially
(c) Should the study be theory driven or
data driven
(d)

(a) and (c)

(e)

(a) and (b)

7. The successful interpretation is

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(a)

How well the data is analysed

(b)

How the data is recorded

(c)

How the data is manipulated

(d)

None of the above

8. Informal report
(a)

Person to person communication

(b)

Statutory or non statutory

(c)

Prescribed format

(d)

None of the above

9. Figures, tables, graphs, etc., should be positioned

according to
(a) The publication conventions of the
discipline
(b)

Appropriate to the discipline

(c)

Student choice

(d)

None of the above

10. Review of literature should have

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(a)

100-150 resources

(b)

100 resources

(c)

50-75 resources

(d)

None of the above

PART B (5 5 = 25 marks)
Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b), each
answer should not exceed 250 words.
11.

(a) What are the principles should be

followed in research approaches?
Or
(b) How will you define the research
problem? Justify.

12.

(a) How will you formulate a hypothesis?

[P.T.O.]
Explain.
Or

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(b) What is ethics in research? Why is it

important?
13.

(a) What are the strategies

promote the qualitative research?

used

to

Or
(b) What are the elements of research
ethics?
14.

(a) What are the adaptations followed in

interpretation?
Or
(b) Briefly write the basic principles of
experimental design.

15.

(a) What do you mean by scientific

writing? Explain with any one example.
Or
(b) Preparing draft of supplementary
material is important in report writing
Justify it.

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PART C (5 8 = 40 marks)
Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b), each
answer should not exceed 600 words.
16.

(a) Give an account on various steps in

scientific method.
Or
(b) Give a detailed note on inductive and
deductive reasoning.

17.

(a) Explain the formulation of hypothesis

with suitable examples.
Or
(b) Explain the ethics followed in gene
therapy with suitable examples.

18.

(a) What are the important needs for

research? Justify
Or
(b)

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Write a short note on :

(i)

Basics of hypothesis

(ii)

Goal of a hypothesis

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(iii)
hypothesis.
19.

Parameters

of

(a) Give an account on types of report with

suitable examples.
Or
(b) Explain the different steps
characteristics in report writing.

20.

and

(a) Give a detailed note on logical format

for thesis writing.
Or
(b) Give a detailed note on preparation of
manuscript for a research paper publication.

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