QUESTION BANK-RM

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Question Bank

Short Answer Questions (5 marks)

1.      Define research..?

2.      Distinguish between null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis ?

3.      What do you mean by research Problem.?

4.      What is the scope of research in business ?

5.      What is analytical research ?

6.      Explain the objectives of research ?

7.      What are the features of a good hypothesis ?

8.      What is research design ?

9.      What are the two approaches towards research ?

10.  What do you mean by expost facto research ?

11.  What is descriptive research design ?

12.  What is research methodology ?

13.  Do hypothesis are necessary for research?

14.  Explain the qualities of a good research work?

15.  Distinguish between research methods and research methodology?

16.  Explain fundamental research and applied research.

17.  What are the sources from which a research problem originates?

18.  What is review of literature and state its purposes?

19.  Explain the steps in formulating a hypothesis?

20.  Write a note on exploratory or formulative research design?

21.  What are the factors affecting the research design?

22.  Write a note on Expost facto research?

23.  What are the characteristics of a good research problem?

24.  Explain the uses of hypothesis?

25.  What are the requirements of a good research design?

26.  Explain various types of hypothesis?

27.  What is research? Explain its significance?

28.  Distinguish between research methods and research methodology

29.  What are the criteria of good research?

30.  How do you define a research problem? Give 2 examples to illustrate your answer.

31.  Explain the meaning and significance of research design?

32.  What are the problems encountered by researchers in India?

33.  What are the features of a good research design?

34.  What are the points to be noted before selecting a research problem?

35.  What is literature review and its importance?

36.   Explain the different approaches of research

37.   Give a brief description of business research and social science research?

38.  Distinguish between exploratory research design and descriptive research design?

39.  What is a case study explain?

40.  What do you mean by research…?

41.  What is a research design...? explain its features.

42.  Explain the characteristics of a good research. ?

43.  Explain the various approaches towards research ?

44.  Explain conceptual research and historical research ?

45.  Explain the role of research in business and management ?

46.  What do you mean by pure Research.. ?

47.  Explain the need of reviews in research

48.  Define Hypothesis

49.  What are the limitations of research?

50.  State the sources for obtaining research topic ?

51.  Explain the need of research design ?

52.  Differentiate in brief about fundamental research and applied research

53.  What is research?

54.  What is research design?

55.  What are the objectives of research?

56.  What are the characteristics of research?

57.  Write down the attributes of good research?

58.  Write significance of research.

59.  What are the qualities of good researcher?

60.  Write importance of research design

61.  What are the features of good design?

62.  What are the needs of good design?

63.  Write nature of research.

64.  Write scope of research.

65.  Write down three types of research.

66.  Define research. Explain its significance in modern times.

67.  What is a research design? What are its objectives?

68.  Distinguish between pure research and applied research.

69.  Distinguish between probability and non-probability sampling.

70.  Explain the factors to be considered in designing a questionnaire.

71.  What are the precautions to be taken before using secondary data?

72.  What is a case study?

73.  What is meant by stratified random sampling?  

74.   Distinguish between descriptive and inferential statistics.   

Short Essays/Problems (10 marks)

1.      What are the qualities of a good researcher ?

2.      Explain the research process in brief ?

3.      Explain the steps in testing of hypothesis ?

4.      What are the significance of research ?

5.      Explain the different types of research ?

6.      Explain the various phases in a Research process?

7.      Explain the steps followed for defining a research problem?

8.      Explain the components of a research design?

9.      Explain the qualities of a researcher?

10.  Explain different types of researches conducted by researchers?

11.  Describe the different types of research and its objectives?

12.  Briefly explain the different steps involved in the research process?

13.  What are the techniques involved in defining a problem?

14.  What are the different research designs?

15.  What is research hypothesis and the types of tests?

16.  What are the different types of research ?

17.  Explain the steps in defining the problem.?

18.  Distinguish between research methods and research methodology

19.  Explain the process of research

20.  Explain the different types of research designs ?

21.  What are types of research?

22.  Write down the research process.

23.  What are the concepts related to research design?

24.  What are the types of research design?

25.  What is research design? Write needs and features of good design?

26.  Distinguish between research methods and research methodology. Briefly explain the different methods  of research used  in social sciences.

27.  Discuss the importance of literature review  in a research study.

28.  Explain different sampling designs and their suitability in social science researches.

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