Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai

Department of Social Work Social Research and Statistics Class: I MSW

One Mark Questions 1. Social work Research is a) Formulation and testing of social work knowledge b) Application of social work methods into action c) Studying of cause effect phenomena d) All the above 2. Theory is a a) Generalised body of knowledge b) Logical arguments c) Study of whole universe d) None of the above 3. Exploratory studies are undertaken when a) Little is known about something b) Attempting to explore a phenomena one begins with general description of it c) Attempting to explore a phenomena one knows about very little d) d) All the above 4. Idealised research design is concern with a) Specify the optimum research procedure the could be followed where there no practical restriction b) Testing of hypotheses c) The causal relationship between the variables d) Exploratory nature

5. The chance of being included in sampling is know as a) Probability sampling b) Non-probability sampling c) Quota sampling d) All the above 6. Type I error is denoted by a) Alpha b) Beta c) Gamma d) Zeta 7. Statistics may be called as the a) Science of averages b) Science of counting c) Science of measurement d) All the above 8. ANOVA is used to find out a) The difference between two variables b) The relationship between two variables c) The association between two variables d) The difference between more than two variables 9. Which one of the following is not the step in writing a) Logical analysis of subject mater b) Preparation of the final outline c) Preparation of the final references d) Use of the statistics and graphs 10. A popular report is used for a) Research purpose only b) Policy formulation c) Reference purpose d) All the above

11. Research is a systematized efforts to gain a) Old knowledge b) New knowledge c) Rules d) Order 12. Experiments are carried out to ----------- hypothesis a) Formulate b) Gather c) Test d) Make 13. The conceptual structure within which the research is conducted is a) Research design b) Research proposal c) Research hypothesis d) Research analysis 14. The experiment should be repeated more than once in a) Principle of replication b) Principle of duplication c) Principle of randomization d) Principle of local control 15. All items in any field of research is called a) Sample b) Design c) Hypothesis d) Universe 16. Which sample is non-probability sample a) Systematic sample b) Stratified sample c) Cluster sample d) Snow ball sample

17. Originally collected data from the respondents is a) secondary data b) Primary data c) Source d) Methods 18. ---------------- is conducted to test the possibility of the questionnaire a) Pre test b) Pilot study c) Case study d) Fact finding 19. The analysis of variance is a) a) Chisquare b) t test c) ANOVA d) Correlation 20. The process of drawing inference from collected data a) Interpretation b) Expectation c) Preception d) Direction 21. The activity of collecting information in an orderly and systematic fashion is called a) Problem b) Solution c) Research d) Observation 22. A----------------- is the overall plan or programme of research a) Research strategy b) Research c) Both a and b d) d) Research tool

23. The physical material from which samples are chosen is called a a) Frame b) Population c) Quota d) Cluster 24. Ranking scales are also called ------------------------ scales a) Comparative b) Numerical c) Graphic rating d) Itemized 25. It refers to information that is generated to meet he specific requirements of the investigation at hand a) Secondary data b) Field source c) Primary data d) Both b and c 26. In this type of question, the respondents are given freedom to express their views as there is a wide range of choice a) Closed questions b) Open ended questions c) Pictorial questions d) Dichotomous questions 27. -----------------means to look for and remove any error incompleteness or inconsistency in the data a) Classification b) Tabulation c) Editing d) coding 28. A proposition which can be put to test to determine validity is called a) A statement b) validity

c) consistency d) hypothesis 29. It is the reasoning process of applying a general accepted principle to a specific individual case falling under the general principle a) induction b) b)Deduction c) c) both a and b d) d) processing 30. The purpose of a -------------------------- is to present the conclusions for the information and knowledge of others a) Research findings b) research abstract c) research report d) research content 31. The basic problems related to social work a) Complicated or insufficient research methodology b) Lack of competence among the investigators c) Lack of coordination, financial technical assistance d) All the above 32. The first step in any research is a) Defining concepts b) Formulation of hypothesis c) Formulation of problem d) Operational definition 33. The characteristics of a good hypothesis are a) Conceptual clarity b) Consistency c) Objectivity d) All the above

34. The ----------- data is used to ranking an criteria a) Nominal b) Ordinal c) Interval d) Ratio 35. The-----------data has an absolute zero a) Ordinal b) Nominal c) Ratio d) Interval 36. The -----------data are not amenable to statistical measures a) Nominal b) Ordinal c) Interval d) Ratio 37. The factors determining the size of the sample are a) The size of the population, b) The extent of accuracy desired c) Sampling procedure d) All the above 38. The type of questions to be avoided in questionnaire a) Leading questions b) Ambigious questions c) Long questions d) All the above 39. Correlation analysis is mainly use -----------type of data a) Nominal b) Ordinal c) interval d) ratio

40. Selecting the sample students from the school record systematically is an example of a) Simple random sampling b) Systematic random sampling c) Snow ball sampling d) Cluster sampling 41. The major contributors of social science research are --------------------42. The research used to explain the characteristics of an individual or a phenomena is called --------------------43. The research used to explain the causal relationship between variables in a hypothesis is --------------------44. The research which aims at finding out solutions or its results applied for a purpose is --------------------45. The question or issue to be examined in research is called ------------------46. A concept which can take on different quantitive values is called --------------------47. Two types of variable are --------------------- and --------------------48. Extensive literature survey is essential at the stage of --------------------49. The word Hypo in hypothesis means --------------------50. The other word for hypothesis is --------------------51. The main source of hypothesis is --------------------52. Negatively stated hypothesis is otherwise know as --------------------53. The symbol for Null Hypothesis is --------------------54. --------------------- hypothesis describes the relationship between two or more variables 55. The Causal hypothesis is used to explain the --------------------- relationship between the variables 56. Statistical hypothesis is useful to present the variables --------------------57. Type II error is also know as --------------------58. Research design can be compared to --------------------- of the construction of a house

59. Research design includes --------------------- and ---------------------designs 60. The two types of experimental design are --------------------- & ----------------61. The four types of data are --------------------62. Emmeration of total population in research is known as --------------------63. The two types of sampling are --------------------- and --------------------64. The types of observation in data collection are --------------------65. The tool used in interview method is --------------------66. Convenient sampling is an example for ---------------------sampling 67. Cluster and area sampling are the examples for --------------------- sampling 68. The founder of socio metry is --------------------69. The social Distance scale was first developed by --------------------70. Likerts summated rating scale is used to measure --------------------attributes 71. Likerts scale is a ---------------------scale 72. Thurrtones scale is used to measure --------------------73. The statistical tool which can be applied to all types of data (except nominal) is --------------------74. Spearmans Rank Correlation is used to compare --------------------75. The degree of freedom is denoted by --------------------76. Usually the level of significance is 77. Correlation Analysis is used to measure --------------------- between two variables 78. Che-square test is the --------------------- test of significance 79. --------------------- is used to give reference to the quotes on the page itself 80. The first steps in testing of hypothesis is --------------------81. Primary data 82. Secondary data 83. Observation 84. Interview 85. Questionaire 86. Sampling Frame - a ) Questionnaire - b) Interview guide & schedule - c) Surveying of records - d) Observation schedule - e) Directly from respondents - f) Disproportionate sampling

87. Sample error 88. Sample size 89. Pre test 90. Pilot study 91. Student t test 92. Student Z test 93. Student F test 94. ANOVA 95. Cli Sequence 96. Technical report 97. Popular report 98. Interim report

- g) to find out the feasibility of study - h) to test tools of data collection - i) Source list - j) based upon universe - k) Comparison between frequencies - l) Analysis of variance - m) Normal distribution, large sample size - n) Sample size <30, comparison of means - o) Variance of two independent sample - p) For publishing purpose - q) short summary of technical report - r) Academic purpose

99. Research abstract - s) application & administrative purpose 100. Research article t) presented in the middle of the research