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MASTER OF COMMERCE
Term-End Examination
08219
December, 2017
MC0-003 : RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 70%
Note : Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal
marks.

1. Explain the significance of research in various 20


functional areas of business.

2. (a) What are the sources of research


problems ? 10, 4, 6
(b) What are the points to be considered while
selecting a research problem ? Explain the
proceis of problem formulation.

3. (a) What are the various sources of secondary


data ? Discuss the precautions to be taken
while using secondary data. 10, 10
(b) Explain the various Scaling Techniques of
Attitude Measurement. Give examples.

4. Discuss the different stages in preparation of


research report. What are the characteristics of a
good report ? 10, 10

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5. (a) What do you mean by statistical fallacy ?
What dangers and fallacies are associated
with the use of statistics ? 10, 10
(b) Discuss the difficulties faced by a researcher
in business research.
6. The following data relate to the profit earned by
a company from 2008 to 2013 : 12, 4, 4
Year : 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Profit
10 12 15 16 18 19
(Z in '000) :
(a) Find a straight line trend by the method of
least squares to the data and tabulate trend
values and comment.
(b) Estimate the profit for the year 2016.
(c) What is the monthly increase on the earning
of profit ?
7. (a) Examine the usefulness of index numbers
for analysing the data. Discuss various issues
that arise in the construction of an index
number. 10, 10
(b) In a sample of 800 parts manufactured by a
company, number of defective parts was
found to be 60. The company, however,
claims that only 7% of the product is
defective. Apply Z-test to verify whether the
manufacture's claim is tenable.
(a = 0.05; w : Z o 1.645 right-tailed test)
8. Write short notes on any four of the following :
(a) Primary data 5, 5, 5, 5
(b) Addition Rule for Mutually Exclusive Events
(c) Chi-Square test for goodness of fit
(d) Survey method of research
(e) Research design
(f) Rank order scale

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