Assessment

1) Similar questions asked at different points in the questionnaire increase its

2) A typical problem definition process involves all the following steps except:   

3) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a well-defined research problem?

4)  _________ is research conducted to define the problem and identify possible courses of action.

5) You are guilty of plagiarism if you:

6) Large, representative samples are often used in _________.

7) The primary objective of _____ is to provide insights and an understanding of the problem confronting the researcher  

8) The _____ measures the spread of the data.

9) What type of research is being conducted to answer the question: "What is the average age of our employees?

10) Sampling techniques that use chance selection procedures are called:

11)  __________ is the collection of elements or objects that possess the information sought by the researcher and about which inferences are to be made.

12) Which of the following is a stage of the data preparation process?

13) All of the following are recognized as disadvantages of using telephone interviewing to collect research data EXCEPT:

14) Expert opinion survey is a technique used in   

15)  _____ is a problem that requires taking a decision on what information is needed and how it can be obtained in the most feasible way  

16) Research involves all of the following except   

17) Which of the following statements about the research process is not true?   

18) For any study you should question the validity and reliability of:

19) What is the name of the conceptual framework in which the research is carried out?

20) In comparison to primary data, secondary data can be collected    

21) What is self-plagiarism?

22) ______ is required to manipulate one or more independent variables to measure its effect on

23)  _____________is carried on for the solving of a particular problem or for guiding a specific decision and usually its results are private.

24)  ..........is a framework or blueprint for conducting the research project.

25)  _____ means that the researcher alters the level of the experimental variable in specific increments.

26) The process not needed in experimental research is:

27) As a practice in most management research studies _____ research is preceded by appropriate _____ research.  

28) Which type of research allows decision makers to make causal inferences?

29) Which of the following research types is concerned with collecting and analyzing data through observation or experimentation?

30)  __________________is intended to expand the body of knowledge in a field or to provide knowledge for the use of others.

31) Which of the following research types aims to explain why a particular
Does a phenomenon or situation occur?

32) To get more insight into problem definition and objectives, one requires

33) Which type of research allows decision makers to make causal inferences?

34) A study is based on 30 people (across three focus groups). What type of study is this?

35) Newton gave three basic laws of motion. This research is categorized as:

36) In which of the following interviewer bias is very high and thus a problem? 

37) Which of the following is a stage of the data preparation process?

38) Which of the following refers to a gap in knowledge or a real-world issue that a researcher seeks to investigate?

39) Applied research is directed towards    

40) Which type of research design involves observing and describing a phenomenon without manipulating any variables?