51. Which of the following is not a type of non-probability sampling?
Snowball sampling
Stratified random sampling
Quota sampling
Convenience sampling
52. Work study consists of?
Effective use of plant and equipment
Effective use of human effort
Evaluation of human work
All of the above
53. Work study examines?
Method
Duration of work
method and duration of work
None of the above
54. Work study is also recognised as?
Time study
Motion study
Time study and Motion study
None of the above
55. The following factors must be considered while selecting the work for method study?
Economic considerations
Technical considerations
Human reactions
All of the above
56. Which of the following formulae is used to determine how many people to include in the original sampling?
Desired sample size/Desired sample size + 1
Proportion likely to respond/desired sample size
Proportion likely to respond/population size
Desired sample size/Proportion likely to respond
57. Which of the following will give a more “accurate” representation of the population from which a sample has been taken?
A large sample based on the convenience sampling technique
A small sample based on simple random sampling
A large sample based on simple random sampling
A small cluster sample
58. People who are available, volunteer, or can be easily recruited are used in the sampling method called:?
Simple random sampling
Cluster sampling
Systematic sampling
Convenience sampling
59. In which of the following nonrandom sampling techniques does the researcher ask the research participants to identify other potential research participants?
Snowball
Convenience
Purposive
Quota
60. The process of drawing a sample from a population is known as:?
Sampling
Census
Survey research
None of the above
61. Which of the following is not an example of a nonrandom sampling technique?
Purposive
Quota
Convenience
Cluster
62. The purpose of a literature review is to:?
Help you find out what is already known about this area.
Identify any inconsistencies or gaps in the literature.
Demonstrate an awareness of the theoretical context in which the current study can be located.
Find what is already known, identify gaps demonstrate awareness.
63. Which of the following is not a feature of theoretical framework?
Making an inventory of variables
Specify the direction of relationship
Presenting findings
Making an inventory of propositions
64. Which of the following is most beneficial to read in an article?
Methods
Introduction
Figures
References
65. Which of the following describes the nature of qualitative data interpretation?
Reflection
Integrative
Explanatory
Reflection, integrity, explanation
66. What is the reason for consulting handbooks, yearbooks, encyclopedias, or reviews in the initial stages of identifying a research topic?
They are readily available.
They provide an overview of the issues related to a topic.
They are primary sources.
They avoid reporting statistical data so one can interpret the results more easily.
67. In which of the following sampling methods People are available such as volunteer or can be easily recruited?
Simple random sampling
Cluster sampling
Systematic sampling
Convenience sampling
68. What type of the interview that is in which questions are already prepared?
Telephonic interview
Personal interview
Unstructured interview
Structured interview
69. The facts that should be collected to measure a variable, depend upon the?
Conceptual understanding
Dictionary meaning
Operational definition
All of the above
70. Which of the following is a research method that allows a researcher to get information about a large number of subjects relatively inexpensively and easily?
Naturalistic observation
Case study
Laboratory observation
Survey
71. Social research methods include all of the followin, except:?
Surveys
Therapy
Experiments
Interviews
72. A research method in which subjects respond to a series of items in a questionnaire:?
Random sample.
Taret roup.
Experiment.
Survey.
73. Which approach says that the purpose of research is to study the creation of social meanin?
Positivism
Interpretative social science
Critical social science
None of the above
74. A research method in which a researcher asks study participants several conversational style questions and does not provide a set of responses to choose from:?
Case study
Interview
Comparative method
Quantitative study
75. The scientific method is preferred over other ways of knowing because it is more?
Reliable.
Systematic.
Accurate.
All of these.
76. The application of the scientific method to the study of educational problems is called?
Inductive reasoning.
Deductive reasoning.
Educational research.
Inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning.
77. Which of the following statements characterizes educational research?
It furthers our understanding of educational issues, questions, or problems.
It raises new topics for study.
It provides information that can improve teaching and learning.
All of these.
78. Which of the following steps of the scientific method is exemplified by the researcher reviewing the literature and focusing on a specific problem that has yet to be resolved?
Identify a topic.
Describe the procedures to collect information.
Analyze the collected information.
State the results of the data analysis.
79. Which of the following is a limitation of educational research?
Research cannot answer value-based problems.
Researchers have ethical and legal responsibilities that can constrain their work.
It is difficult to fully describe the depth of participants' perspectives given the complexity of human behavior.
All of these.
80. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good research topic?
It is ethical.
It can be investigated through the collection and analysis of data.
It focuses on a philosophical or ethical issue.
It is theoretically or practically significant.
81. When there is a need to apply different data collection methods to different parts of the population, the best sampling method would be?
Double sampling
Cluster sampling
Stratified random sampling
Systematic random sampling
82. The sampling technique in which every element of the population has an equal, nonzero probability of being selected in a sample, is called?
Probability sampling
Convenience sampling
Purposive sampling
Quota sampling
83. Target population is also called?
Population
Survey population
Population element
Population frame
84. In ___, the researcher attempts to control and/ or manipulate the variables in the study.?
Experiment
Hypothesis
Theoretical framework
Research design
85. In an experimental research study, the primary goal is to isolate and identify the effect produced by the ...?
Dependent variable
Extraneous variable
Independent variable
Confounding variable
86. The interview in which questions are already prepared is called...?
Telephonic interview
Personal interview
Unstructured interview
Structured interview
87. In…., each population element has a known and equal chance of selection.?
Purposive sampling
Quota sampling
Stratified sampling
Simple random sampling
88. . … is the evidence that the instrument, techniques, or process used to measure concept does indeed measure the intended concepts.?
Reliability
Replicability
Scaling
Validity”
89. On which of the following, scientific knowledge mostly relies?
Logical understanding
Identification of events
Prior knowledge
All of the given options
90. Which of the following refers to research supported by measurable evidence?
Opinion
Empiricism
Speculation
Rationalism
91. Research method is applicable in all of the following fields, EXCEPT;?
Health care
Religion
Business
Government offices
92. All of the following are true statements about action research, EXCEPT;?
Data are systematically analyzed
Data are collected systematically
Results are generalizable
Results are used to improve practice
93. Which of the following is an ethical question that researchers undertaking a covert ethnography should ask themselves?
What form should the findings be published in
Does it ensure the principle of 'informed consent
How can the response rate be increased
All of the above.
94. A researcher conducting an overt ethnography which involves them fully experiencing the job of a call centre operator adopts which of the following roles?
Complete participant.
Participant-as-observer.
Observer-as-participant.
Complete observer.
95. Which of the following researchers is conducting a semi-structured interview?
The researcher who has a schedule of fifty questions that they need answered by the participant.
The researcher who has planned only one question in advance.
The researcher who does not wish to use a tape recorder.
The researcher who has a guide which states some specific topics to be covered.
96. A practical tip for transcribing interviews is to:?
Get the respondent to do it.
Transcribe only those sections of an interview that are important.
Invest in the latest voice recognition software.
All of the above.
97. What is the difference between a focus group and a group interview?
A focus group is used only for political research, whereas group interviews are more widely used in the social sciences.
A focus group is used at the planning stage of a research project, whereas a group interview is part of the actual data collection.
A focus group is used to discuss a wide range of issues, whereas a group interview looks at one specific topic.
A focus group is used to analyse group interaction, whereas a group interview is used as a straight forward data collection tool.
98. If a study is "reliable", this means that:?
It was conducted by a reputable researcher who can be trusted
The measures devised for concepts are stable on different occasions
The findings can be generalized to other social settings
The methods are stated clearly enough for the research to be replicated
99. Naturalism has been defined as:?
Viewing natural and social objects as belonging to the same realm
Being true to the nature of the phenomenon under investigation
Minimising the intrusion of artificial methods of data collection into the field
All of the above
100. In an experimental design, the dependent variable is:?
The one that is not manipulated and in which any changes are observed
The one that is manipulated in order to observe any effects on the other
A measure of the extent to which personal values affect research
An ambiguous concept whose meaning depends on how it is defined
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