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Some Multiple Choice Questions On Research Proposal
Some Multiple Choice Questions On Research Proposal
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1. Which of the following should not be a criterion for a good research project?
2. Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of
premises?
a. Objective reasoning
b. Positivistic reasoning
c. Inductive reasoning
d. Deductive reasoning
3. Research that seeks to examine the findings of a study by using the same design but a
different sample is which of the following?
a. An exploratory study
b. A replication study
c. An empirical study
d. Hypothesis testing
a. Description
b. Prediction
c. Exploration
d. Explanation
5. Cyber bullying at work is a growing threat to employee job satisfaction. Researchers want
to find out why people do this and how they feel about it. The primary purpose of the study
is:
a. Description
b. Prediction
c. Exploration
d. Explanation
6. A theory:
a. Deductive method
b. Explanatory method
c. Inductive method
d. Exploratory method
a. You should trust research findings after different researchers have replicated the
findings
b. You should completely trust a single research study
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b
11. A review of the literature prior to formulating research questions allows the researcher
to :
12. Sometimes a comprehensive review of the literature prior to data collection is not
recommended by:
a. Ethnomethodology
b. Grounded theory
c. Symbolic interactionism
d. Feminist theory
13. The feasibility of a research study should be considered in light of:
14. Research that uses qualitative methods for one phase and quantitative methods for the
next phase is known as:
a. Action research
b. Mixed-method research
c. Quantitative research
d. Pragmatic research
a. Quantitative research
b. Qualitative research
c. Mixed-methods research
d. All of the above
19. Ethical problems can arise when researching the Internet because:
a. Quantitative research
b. Qualitative research
c. Mixed-methods research
d. All of the above
a. An intervening variable
b. A dependent variable
c. An independent variable
d. A numerical variable
a. Extraneous
b. Confounding
c. Intervening
d. Manipulated
a. –1.00
b. +80
c. –60
d. +05
a. Assume causality
b. Measure the values for X and Y independently
c. Choose X and Y values that are normally distributed
d. Check the direction of the relationship
6. Which of the following can be described as a nominal variable?
a. Annual income
b. Age
c. Annual sales
d. Geographical location of a firm
10. In an experiment, the group that does not receive the intervention is called:
11. Which generally cannot be guaranteed in conducting qualitative studies in the field?
12. Which of the following is not ethical practice in research with humans?
a. Secondary data
b. Field notes
c. Qualitative data
d. Primary data
14. When each member of a population has an equal chance of being selected, this is called:
a. A snowball sample
b. A stratified sample
c. A random probability sample
d. A non-random sample
15. Which of the following techniques yields a simple random sample of companies?
a. Randomly selecting a district and then sampling all companies within the district
b. Numbering all the elements of a company sampling frame and then using a random
number table to pick companies from the table
c. Listing companies by sector and choosing a proportion from within each sector at
random
d. Choosing volunteer companies to participate
a. The larger the sample size, the larger the confidence interval
b. The smaller the sample size, the greater the sampling error
c. The more categories being measured, the smaller the sample size
d. A confidence level of 95 percent is always sufficient
17. Which of the following will produce the least sampling error?
18. When people are readily available, volunteer, or are easily recruited to the sample, this is
called:
a. Snowball sampling
b. Convenience sampling
c. Stratified sampling
d. Random sampling
19. In qualitative research, sampling that involves selecting diverse cases is referred to as:
a. Typical-case sampling
b. Critical-case sampling
c. Intensity sampling
d. Maximum variation sampling
a. Predictive
b. Face
c. Content
d. Concurrent
a. Structured responses
b. Category questions
c. Protocols
d. Probes
a. Government statistics
b. Personal diaries
c. Organizational records
d. All of the above
9. Which term measures the extent to which scores from a test can be used to infer or predict
performance in some activity?
a. Face validity
b. Content reliability
c. Criterion-related validity
d. Construct validity
16. Which of the following is not always true about focus groups?
a. The data may have been collected with reference to research questions that are not
those of the researcher
b. The researcher may bring more detachment in viewing the data than original
researchers could muster
c. Data have often been collected by teams of experienced researchers
d. Secondary data sets are often available and accessible
a. Official statistics
b. A television documentary
c. The researcher’s research diary
d. A company’s annual report
a. Word
b. Numeric
c. String
d. Date
a. A bar chart
b. A pie chart
c. A line graph
d. A vertical graph
5. The measure of the extent to which responses vary from the mean is called:
a. The mode
b. The normal distribution
c. The standard deviation
d. The variance
6. To compare the performance of a group at time T1 and then at T2, we would use:
a. A chi-squared test
b. One-way analysis of variance
c. Analysis of variance
d. A paired t-test
9. To predict the value of the dependent variable for a new case based on the knowledge of
one or more independent variables, we would use
a. Regression analysis
b. Correlation analysis
c. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
d. One-way analysis of variance
10. In conducting secondary data analysis, researchers should ask themselves all of the
following EXCEPT:
12. Validity in qualitative research can be strengthened by all of the following EXCEPT:
13. Qualitative data analysis programs are useful for each of the following EXCEPT:
a. Manipulation of large amounts of data
b. Exploring of the data against new dimensions
c. Querying of data
d. Generating codes
14. Which part of a research report contains details of how the research was planned and
conducted?
a. Results
b. Design
c. Introduction
d. Background
15. Which of the following is a form of research typically conducted by managers and other
professionals to address issues in their organizations and/or professional practice?
a. Action research
b. Basic research
c. Professional research
d. Predictive research
17. In preparing for a presentation, you should do all of the following EXCEPT:
19. In preparing for a viva or similar oral examination, it is best if you have:
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