Research methodology

1. Explain the types of research relevant to social Sciences.

2. Explain the meaning and significance of research design in social science research.

3. Highlight various methods used in selecting a sample from the population. Point out
their merits and demerits.

4. Enumerate the different methods of collecting data. Explain its merits and demerits.

5. Describe the different methods of scale construction, pointing out the merits and
demerits of each.

6. What is a hypothesis? Highlight the procedure of developing a good hypothesis.

7. Explain the significance of a research report and narrate the various steps involved in
writing such a report.

8.What is processing of data? Explain the steps in data processing.

9. Define motivation research. Highlight the nature, scope, uses and limitations of
motivation research.

10. Write short notes on : (a) Sampling error (b) Coding (c) Bibliography (d) Pilot study.

1. What do you understand by Research? What are the types of Research?

2. Outline the steps involved in the process of Research.

3. What is a Research Design? Briefly explain the methods or Research Design.

4. What are Longitudinal methods? Explain.

5. What is meant by primary Date? What are the sources of primary Data?

6. Discuss the characteristics of research tools.

7. Explain the factors which are determining a sample size.

8. Discuss the procedure involved in testing the hypothesis.

9. Explain the concept of Chi - square test with suitable illustration.

10. What is the process involved in preparing a good research report?

1. What is the relationship of research to science ? Explain different

methods of research relevant to business research. 20

2. What is the purpose of a report ? Briefly describe the structure of a

research reoort. 20
3. What is meant by hypothesis ? What are the different types of
hypotheses ? How do you verify whether a hypothesis is true or false ?
Discuss. 3, 12, 5

4. (a) State the conditions for applying chi - square test.

(b) A die is thrown 132 times. The results are as follows :

Number turned up : 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency: 76 20 25 14 29 28

Apply the chi - square test to find whether the die is unbiased or not.
8. 12

5. (a) Explain the procedure involved in fitting Binomial and Poisson

distributions

(b) 15,000 students appeared for an exarnination. The mean marks

were 49 and the standard deviation was 6 marks. Assuming the marks
to be normally distributed, what proportion of students scored more
than 55 marks ? 12, 8

6. Explain the significance of statistical derivatives in analysing the

data pointing out the situations when each measure is considered
relatively more appropriate. 20

7. (a) The following data relate to the annual cement production of a

factory :

Year Population (in m. tons)

1996 12
1997 10
1998 14
1999 11
2000 13
2001 15
2002 16

Fit a trend line by the method of least squares and estimate the
production for the year 2007.

(b) What are the precautions to be taken by a researcher before using

the secondary data ? 15, 5
8. Write short notes on any four of the following : 5, 5, 5, 5

(a) Stages of the business research process

(b) Interview method of data collection

(c) Requisites of a good statistical table

(d) Precautions in interpretation of data

(e) Yates' correction for continuity

(f) Splicing of index numbers

1. (a) Describe the role of Literature Survey in scientific research.

(b) Explain the tasks associated to manuscript preparation.

1.Explain the principle, components, optics and method of usage of fluorescence microscopy.

2.Describe the various methods of cytological and cytochemical techniques.

3.Give an account on HPLC and PAGE.

4.Explain the principles and applications of polymerase chain reaction.

5.Explain the various methods of detection of clones.

6.Describe the agrobacterium mediated transformation.

7.Calculate the correlation coefficient (r), regression coefficient (b) and test (t-test) their level
of significance from the data given below :
Pods length (cm) : 4.5 4.0 5.2 4.6 5.2 5.2 4.3 4.0 4.5 5.5
No. of seeds per pod5 5 6 6 6 7 4 4 5 6

8.Explain the tasks of genome information systems.