UGC Paper 1 Model Questions in Research Methodology

1. The term "Ex post facto research" used for ?




2. Which research method aims at finding a solution for an immediate problem facing a society or an industrial/business organisation ?




3. The term"Gathering knowledge for knowledge’s sake" is used to mention which type of research?




4. ‘Motivation Research’ - an example of which research method ?




5. Research method generally used by philosophers and thinkers to develop new concepts or to reinterpret existing one is? ?




6. An example of experimental type of research which may be rely on data ?




7. The Three types of quantitative approach are ?




8. Which approach of research involves the construction of an artificial environment within which relevant information and data can be generated. This permits an observation of the dynamic behaviour of a system (or its sub-system) under controlled conditions ?




9. What is the difference between Research Methods and Research Methodology




10. What are the stepts in Research process, give it in order?

(1) formulating the research problem;
(2) extensive literature survey;
(3) developing the hypothesis;
(4) preparing the research design;
(5) determining sample design;
(6) collecting the data;
(7) execution of the project;
(8) analysis of data;
(9) hypothesis testing;
(10) generalisations and interpretation,
(11) preparation of the report


11. Important Hypothesis test methods are?




12. The order for the Research report should be ?

(a) Introduction
(b) Summary of findings
(c) Main report
(d) Conclusion


13. What is a pilot survey ?

In case of social research, it is considered advisable to do some field observation and as such the researcher may undertake some sort of preliminary survey or what is often called pilot survey


14. What are ‘continuous variables’ and 'discrete variables' in research design?

Phenomena which can take on quantitatively different values even in decimal points are called continuous variables. If they can only be expressed in integer values, they are non-continuous variables or in statistical language ‘discrete variables’


15. Extraneous variable in a research design is

Independent variables that are not related to the purpose of the study, but may affect the dependent variable are termed as extraneous variables


16. The term "control" in research design means

The technical term ‘control’ is used when we design the study minimising the effects of extraneous independent variables


17. What is ‘precision of the sampling plan’ ?

Sampling error can be measured for a given sample design and size. The measurement of sampling error is usually called the precision of the sampling plan


18. What are the other names of Non-probability sampling ?

deliberate sampling, purposive sampling, judgement sampling, Quota sampling


19. Other names of Probability sampling are ?

Random sampling or chance sampling


20. Law of Comparative Judgement was developed by ?

L.L. Thurstone