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1301.

Measurement validity is also called ………. Validity

A. Internal
B. ecological
C. external
D. construct
Answer» E.
1302.

Instrument’s ability to accurately measure variability in stimuli or response is known as

A. Sensitivity
B. Practicality
C. Generalisablity
D. Economy
Answer» B. Practicality
1303.

If the study is related one variable it is called………… analysis.

A. Bivaralite
B. correlation
C. casual analysis
D. unidimensional
Answer» E.
1304.

In line graphs, values of dependent variables are taken on the ……….

A. X- axis
B. Y – axis
C. base line
D. none of these
Answer» C. base line
1305.

The most important part of the research is ……………….

A. Analysis
B. findings
C. suggestions
D. conclusion
Answer» C. suggestions
1306.

The ………. Of data are divided in to primary and secondary

A. Destination
B. details
C. proof
D. source
Answer» E.
1307.

When raw data is arranged in conveniently organized groups, it iscalled a ……distribution.

A. Normal
B. binomial
C. poison
D. frequency
Answer» E.
1308.

Concepts are the ……… of theory building.

A. Information
B. Ideas
C. Equations
D. Basic Units
Answer» E.
1309.

………. Studies are designed primarily to describe what is going on orwhat exists

A. Descriptive
B. casual
C. exploratory
D. analytical
Answer» B. casual
1310.

Which of the following is not a comparative scale?

A. Semantic differential
B. constant sum
C. Likert
D. both (a) and (c).
Answer» E.
1311.

……..theory represents the common view of the nature of therelationship between theory and research.

A. Induction
B. deduction
C. rational
D. none of these
Answer» C. rational
1312.

………..is a method or technique or an approach of exploring oranalyzing the life of a social unit.

A. Preliminary study
B. secondary study
C. case study
D. pilot
Answer» D. pilot
1313.

A ………is a statement about observable phenomena that may bejudged as true or false.

A. construct
B. concept
C. proposition
D. hypothesis
Answer» D. hypothesis
1314.

When questionnaire is posted to informants, it is called ………….

A. Simple questionnaire
B. open- ended questionnaire
C. mailed questionnaire
D. anonymous questionnaire
Answer» D. anonymous questionnaire
1315.

In business research, attitudinal data obtained from rating scales areoften treated as …………….. Data.

A. Nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval
D. ratio
Answer» D. ratio
1316.

Popular report is a report prepared for ………

A. Academic audience
B. business managers
C. administrators
D. laymen
Answer» E.
1317.

The entire domain of statistics is divided in to descriptive statisticsand ……….statistics.

A. Vital
B. business
C. inferential
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
1318.

……….is defined as the square- root of the average of the squareddeviation from the mean.

A. Range
B. standard deviation
C. skewness
D. geometric mean
Answer» C. skewness
1319.

…………is a list of references cited in the text.

A. Appendix
B. glossary
C. literature cited
D. bibliography
Answer» D. bibliography
1320.

In ………. Scale, there is an absolute zero point.

A. Nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval
D. ratio
Answer» E.
1321.

7-point rating scale with end-points associated with bipolar labels that have semantic meaning is

A. Semantic differential scale
B. Constant Sum Scale
C. Graphic Rating Scale
D. Likert Scale
Answer» B. Constant Sum Scale
1322.

A ………..analysis is a preliminary investigation or informal gathering ofbackground information.

A. Situational
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. exploratory
Answer» B. causal
1323.

A ………. Is a list of the sources used by the researcher to getinformation for research report.

A. Bibliography.
B. Content
C. appendix
D. none of these.
Answer» B. Content
1324.

Research …………is the blue print for the study.

A. variable
B. problem
C. design
D. none of these.
Answer» D. none of these.
1325.

………………. Data can be obtained by communication or byobservation.

A. Secondary
B. primary
C. sample
D. none of these.
Answer» C. sample
1326.

The purpose of …………is twofold: to organize (stingily) and to communicate (clearly)

A. Concept
B. theory
C. construct
D. hypothesis
Answer» C. construct
1327.

The ……………..research leads to discovery of new theories anddevelopment of existing theories.

A. Pure
B. exploratory
C. applied
D. experimental
Answer» B. exploratory
1328.

……….. often is used to measure causality.

A. Experiment
B. survey
C. research design
D. none of these.
Answer» B. survey
1329.

If variable can take only exact values, it is called ……variables.

A. Dependent
B. independent
C. continuous
D. discrete
Answer» E.
1330.

Among the following methods which is not the non-probability sampling method?

A. Convenient sampling
B. Quota sampling
C. Judgement sampling
D. Systematic sampling
Answer» C. Judgement sampling
1331.

A ………….. is a circular chart divided into sectors, illustrating relativemagnitudes or frequencies.

A. pie chart
B. bar
C. pictogram
D. none of these.
Answer» B. bar
1332.

………… techniques are designed to tap the deeper state of personalityof the informant in terms of unconscious motivation.

A. Focus group
B. depth interview
C. schedule
D. projective
Answer» E.
1333.

When the study is related with more than two variables, it is termedas……

A. bivariate
B. multivariate
C. casual
D. unidimensional
Answer» C. casual
1334.

If the area of a circle is divided in two different sectors representingdifferent categories such that the angle of each sector is proportional to the frequency of corresponding category, it is called a …………..

A. Pie chart
B. bar chart
C. stacked bar chart
D. multiple bar chart
Answer» B. bar chart
1335.

Under …………. Sampling method the population or universe isdivided into number of clusters or large groups.

A. Restricted
B. random route
C. cluster
D. none of these.
Answer» D. none of these.
1336.

The term ………… is used to indicate measuring of something.

A. Scaling
B. ratio
C. rating
D. none of these.
Answer» B. ratio
1337.

If one knows that the yield and rainfall are closely related then one want to know the amount ofrain required to achieve a certain production. For this purpose we use analysis

A. Regression Analysi
B. Coefficient of Correlation
C. Scatter Plots/Diagram
D. None of these
Answer» B. Coefficient of Correlation
1338.

Which characteristics come under Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation?

A. Does not tell anything about cause-and-effect relationship
B. Independent of change of origin and scale
C. Varies between -1 and +1
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
1339.

Measures of the dispersion are a ………..of the entire group or data.

A. Typical value
B. central value
C. positional average
D. none of these.
Answer» C. positional average
1340.

……… statistics is used to describe the basic features of the data in astudy.

A. Descriptive
B. business
C. inferential
D. none of these
Answer» B. business
1341.

………… includes letters, questionnaires, tests or other tools used incollecting the data.

A. Appendix
B. glossary
C. literature cited
D. bibliography
Answer» B. glossary
1342.

………..designs are using constructions that already exist in the real world.

A. Pre-experimental designs
B. true-experimental designs
C. Quasi-experimental designs
D. all of these
Answer» D. all of these
1343.

Which is type of frequency distribution?

A. Continuous or grouped frequency distribution
B. Discrete or ungrouped frequency distribution
C. Cumulative Frequency Distribution
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
1344.

Correctly defining the problem is the essential ……….step in thebusiness research process.

A. First
B. second
C. third
D. last
Answer» B. second
1345.

Which of the following are single- variable designs?

A. Pre-experimental designs
B. true-experimental designs
C. Quasi-experimental designs
D. all of these
Answer» E.
1346.

……… is the process of recording the classified facts in rows andcolumns.

A. Editing
B. coding
C. classification
D. tabulation
Answer» E.
1347.

………………. Are the variables that may have some affects upon adependent variable but yet are not independent Variables.

A. Dependent variables
B. independent variables
C. Extraneous variables
D. none of these.
Answer» D. none of these.
1348.

A ……….is an alphabetical listing of unfamiliar terms with theirmeaning used in the thesis.

A. Appendix
B. glossary
C. literature cited
D. bibliography
Answer» C. literature cited
1349.

A group of observations is the quotient obtained by dividing the sum of all the observations bytheir number, is called

A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. None of these
Answer» B. Median
1350.

A ……….is an abstraction formed by generalizations from particulars

A. Constructs
B. concept
C. induction
D. deduction
Answer» C. induction