Assignment 2 (literature searching and theoretical framework)

Level: Bachelor Stream: BBS Year: fourth

Subject: Business Research Methods

Very short answer questions:

1. What is literature review? State the sources of literature review.

2. Mention the steps in literature review.
3. How can you get literature from the internet sources?
4. What ate the criteria of evaluating literatures?
5. Develop a hypothetical theoretical framework of your interest.
6. Give two reasons theoretical framework is essential to conduct research.
7. Mention any two main differences between inductive and deductive research paradigm.
8. What is research problem? Mention any one research problem of your interest.
9. Write any two differences between research problem and research questions.
10. Mention the steps in problem formulation.
11. Define hypothesis with an appropriate example.
12. Define null hypothesis with an example.
13. Define alternative hypothesis with an example.
14. State the role of hypothesis in research.
15. State any four qualities of good hypothesis.
16. Differences between dependent and independent variables.
17. Describe about descriptive hypothesis with an example.
18. Describe about correlational hypothesis with an example.
19. Describe about explanatory hypothesis with an example.
20. Formulate one-one directional and non-directional hypothesis of your interest.
21. Formulate one-one null and alternative hypothesis of your interest.
22. Write the types of research questions and give one-one example of each.
23. How do you write the reference on the following information:
Authors: Prem Raj Panta and Kundan Dutta Koriala
Name of Book: Fundamentals of Business Research Methods.
Year of publication: 2015
Publisher: Buddha Academic Publication
City: Kathmandu
24. How do you write the reference on the following information:
Authors: Alan Bryman and Emma Bell
Name of Book: Business Research Methods.
Year of publication: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
City: New Delhi
25. Write the following literatures in your research report using APA format:

1
 i. Research is a systematic inquiry especially through investigation for finding new
facts. This is written in the book of Prof. Dr. Dev Raj Adhikari and Dr. Dhurba Lal
Pandey. Name of the book is Research methodology for management. This book is
published on 2015 by Asmita Publication, Kathmandu.
ii. An article published in ‘Banijya Sansar’ journal written by Mr. Ram Krishna
Khanal. The findings of the article were Job Security is high in Nepalese because of
labour legislation.
Short Answer Questions:
1. What is literature review? Why is it essential?
2. Describe how the literature survey should be organized.
3. Describe various types of literature surveys.
4. What is research problem? Give any three examples of research problems.
5. Define theoretical framework with suitable example.
6. Describe about deductive and inductive approach of research.
7. Show the relationship between literature review and research.
8. Show differences between research problem and research questions with suitable examples.
9. What is research hypothesis? Write the types of research hypothesis and give one-one
examples of each.
10. Why is theoretical framework essential to conduct research? Give any two reasons. Is it
possible to conduct any research without theoretical framework give reason?
11. What is importance of literature review in management research? Describe various formats
of review presentations.
12. What is research problem? Give any three examples of research problems.
13. Show the relationship between literature review and research.
14. Develop a theoretical frame work of your interest and write the independent and dependent
variables which you assign.
15. What is research hypothesis? What are the characteristics of good research hypothesis? Is it
necessary to formulate hypothesis in every research study?
16. What is review of literature? Discuss the importance of review of literature in research
work.
Analytical questions:
1. State and explain the importance of literature review in management research. Describe the
sources of the literature and the format of review presentation of a textbook and a journal.
2. What is literature survey? Why it is essential? Is it possible to conduct research without
taking into consideration to literature in Academic research?
3. An organization has the trend of leaving the organization frequently by the employee. In
such situation, develop research problem, research questions and research hypotheses.
4. A company has facing the problem of skill deficiency that led to the organization towards
the losses. Develop theoretical framework and research hypotheses.
5. Explain various types of hypothesis. Also point out the basis of formulating the hypothesis.