M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Fourth Semester
Economics
Elective — RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What is research?
2. What is applied research?
3. Define social research.
4. What is the need for reviewing literature for research?
5. Differentiate probability sampling from non-probability
sampling.
6. What are secondary data?
7. Define hypothesis.
8. What is ANOVA?
9. What is research report?
10. What are footnotes?
Sub. Code
4MEC4E3
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Wk 6
Part B X 5 25)
Answer all questions choosing either or
11. Examine the nature and significance of case study
method.
Or
Explain the objectives of social research.
12. Discuss the process of identification of research
problems.
Or
What is research design? Explain its components.
13. What are the merits and the demerits of sampling?
Or
Explain the utility of regression analysis in social
research.
14. Explain the various sources of hypothesis.
Or
Give a brief account of chi-square test.
15. Explain the significance of a research report.
Or
What are the different types of editing?
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Wk 6
Part C X 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Write an essay on historical method of social research.
17. What is experimental design? Discuss its types.
18. Discuss the different methods of collecting primary data.
19. Give a detailed account of different types of hypothesis.
20. What is bibliography? Describe the guidelines for its
preparation.
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