STA301 Midterm Past Paper 4

Sta301

Select the most suitable option.

Q1. Which is not a source of existing statistics?

1. Government
2. International agencies
3. Personal interviews
4. Private sources

Q2. Followings are the advantages of secondary data except

1. Non-Reactivity
2. Selective survival
3. Low cost
4. Spontaneity

Q3. Following are the disadvantages of secondary data except

1. Longitudinal analysis
2. Sampling bias
3. Coding difficult
4. Incompleteness

Q4. The coding of the secondary data may be difficult because of

1. Differences in content or subject matter
2. Lack of standardization
3. Differences in length and format
4. All of these

Q5. The researcher must be concerned about the following problems while using secondary data in research.

1. Validity
2. Reliability
3. Both of these
4. None of these

Research Methods (STA630) · Fall Semester 2006 · (Solution) Quiz # 01 · Marks 10 · 6- Hypothesis refers to

A. The outcome of an experiment

B. A conclusion drawn from an experiment

C. A form of bias in which the subject tries to outguess the experimenter

D. A tentative statement about the relationship

7Statistics is used by researchers to

A. Analyze the empirical data collected in a study

B. Make their findings sound better

C. Operationally define their variables

D. Ensure the study comes out the way it was intended

8A literature review requires

A. Planning

B. Good & clear writing

C. Lot of rewriting

D. All of the above

9A literature review is based on the assumption that

A. Copy from the work of others

B. Knowledge accumulates and learns from the work of others

C. Knowledge disaccumulates

D. None of the above option

10- A theoretical framework

A. Elaborates the r/s among the variables

B. Explains the logic underlying these r/s

C. Describes the nature and direction of the r/s

D. All of the above

11- Which of the following statement is not true?

1. A research proposal is a document that presents a plan for a project
2. A research proposal shows that the researcher is capable of successfully conducting the proposed research project
3. A research proposal is an unorganized and unplanned project
4. A research proposal is just like a research report and written before the research project

Correct answer: A research proposal is an unorganized and unplanned project

12- Preliminary data collection is a part of the

A. Descriptive research

B. Exploratory research

C. Applied research

D. Explanatory research

13- Conducting surveys is the most common method of generating

A. Primary data

B. Secondary data

C. Qualitative data

D. None of the above

14- After identifying the important variables and establishing the logical reasoning in theoretical framework, the next step in the research process is

A. To conduct surveys

B. To generate the hypothesis

C. To focus group discussions

D. To use experiments in an investigation

15- The appropriate analytical technique is determined by

A. The research design

B. Nature of the data collected

C. Nature of the hypothesis