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FIFTH SEMESTER (CBCSS—UG) DEGREE EXAMINATION
NOVEMBER 2022

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BCM 5B 08—BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS

(2019 Admission onwards)

Time : Two Hours and a Half Maximum : 80 Marks

Part A

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Answer all questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.

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1. Explain cross-sectional survey.

2. What is data validation ?

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3. Write a note on hypothesis testing.

4. What is Preposition ?

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5. Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative research.

6. Describe Reliability.

7. What do you mean by editing of data ?

8. Explain concurrent validity.

9. Write a note on social research.

10. What is inferential analysis ?

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11. What do you mean by comprehension ?

12. Write a note on fundamental research.

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13. What is cluster analysis ?

14. Define research design.

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15. Differentiate between internal and external validity.

(15 × 2 = 30, Maximum ceiling 25 marks)

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Answer all questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.

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16. Briefly explain the purposes or aims of research ?

17. Distinguish between deduction and induction method of formation of a theory.

18. Write a short note on sampling errors.

19. What are Variables ? Explain different types of variables.

20. List out the objectives of tabulation.

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21. Differentiate between exploratory research and causal research.

22. What is measurement and what are the levels of measurement ?

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23. Define Research. Explain its characteristic features.

(8 × 5 = 40, Maximum ceiling 35 marks)

Part C

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Each question carries 10 marks.

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24. Explain different steps involved in the research process.

25. Describe the layout of a research report.

26. State the features and important concepts relating to research design.

27. What do you mean by scaling ? Explain frequently used scaling techniques in social science.

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FIFTH SEMESTER (CBCSS—UG) DEGREE EXAMINATION
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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE
This Question Paper carries Multiple Choice Questions from 1 to 20.

The candidate should check that the question paper supplied to him/her contains all the
20 questions in serial order.

Each question is provided with choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) having one correct answer.
Choose the correct answer and enter it in the main answer-book.

The MCQ question paper will be supplied after the completion of the descriptive
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(Multiple Choice Questions for SDE Candidates)

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1. Business research means the discovery of new knowledge in the field of ————.

(A) Management. (B) Administration.

(C) Business. (D) None of these.

2. A theory explains and predict about a ————.

(A) Phenomenon. (B) principles.

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(C) Conclusion. (D) None of these.

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3. A ———— is an abstraction formed by generalizations from particulars.

(A) Constructs. (B) Concept.

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(C) Induction. (D) Deduction.

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4. ———— research is mainly concerned with generalizations and with the formulation of a theory.

(A) Basic. (B) Exploratory.

(C) Applied. (D) Experimental.

5. ———— research seeks to explain what is happening in a particular situation.

(A) Formulative. (B) Causal.

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(C) Descriptive. (D) None of these.

6. ———— building broadly consists of observation, induction and deduction.

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(A) Theory. (B) Concept.

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(C) Construct. (D) Hypothesis.

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(A) Retroduction. (B) Induction.

(C) Deduction. (D) None of these.

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8. ———— research is mainly concerned with discovery and with generating or building theory.

(A) Situational. (B) Causal.

(C) Descriptive. (D) Exploratory.

9. Correctly defining the problem is the essential ———— step in the business research process.

(A) First. (B) Second.

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(C) Third. (D) Last.

10. If one variable depends upon another variable is termed as ———— variable.

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(A) Independent. (B) Dependent.

(C) Extraneous. (D) None of these.

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11. ———— error is known as non-cumulative error.

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(A) Unbiased. (B) Biased.

(C) Technical. (D) None of these.

12. Which of the following scale is not a type of comparative scale ?

(A) Semantic differential. (B) Constant sum.

(C) Likert. (D) Both (A) and (C).

13. ———— is a systematic way of assigning numbers or names to objects and their attributes.

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(A) Measurement. (B) Classification.

(C) Scaling. (D) Tabulation.

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14. ———— ended questions are called free answer questions.

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(A) Closed. (B) Open.

(C) Multiple choice question. (D) None of these.

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(A) Variables. (B) Attributes.

(C) Information. (D) None of These.

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16. Empirical studies are studies based on —————.

(A) Imagination. (B) Insights.

(C) Experience. (D) Events.

17. The greater the sample size, the smaller the ————.

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(A) Standard error. (B) Mean.

(C) Median. (D) Mode.

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18. The ranks obtained by students will be measured on the basis of ———— scale.

(A) Nominal. (B) Ordinal.

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(C) Interval. (D) Ratio.

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19. Rejecting a true null hypothesis is committing a ————.

(A) Type- I error. (B) Type-II error.

(C) Type- III error. (D) Sampling error.

20. ———— is a list of sources used by the researcher to get information for research report.

(A) Appendix. (B) Bibliography.

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