M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Hotel Management and Catering Science
RESEARCH METHODS IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
(2016 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What is a data collection?
2. What is a research?
3. What is a primary source?
4. What is data quality?
5. What is Test?
6. What is simple correlation?
7. Define the role of Language.
8. What is Chi-Square?
9. What is analysis of Variance?
10. What do you mean by Sample Design?
Sub. Code
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CP-8283
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Wk 6
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions.
11. Briefly describe the different steps involved in a
research process.
Or
What are the techniques involved in defining a
research problem?
12. What are the important concepts relating to
research design? Explain.
Or
What do you mean by 'Sample Design'? What points
should be taken into consideration by a researcher
in sample design for any research project?
13. What are the important steps of data preparation
process? Explain in detail.
Or
Discuss about measures of central tendency and
how they are useful in any research work.
14. What is Chi-Square test? Explain the significance in
statistical analysis of any research problem.
Or
What is analysis of variance? Give an example to
illustrate the same.
15. What are the various methods of Linear Regression
Analysis? Explain.
Or
What is factor analysis? Explain with an example.
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Wk 6
Part C x 10 30)
Answer all questions.
16. How is a hypothesis tested? Define the concept of
sampling design.
Or
Explain how sampling and statistical inference are
useful for any research work.
17. What are the classifications of measurement scales?
Explain with examples.
Or
Enumerate the different methods of collecting data
giving one example each.
18. Explain the difference between two group
discriminant analysis and multiple discriminant
analysis with examples.
Or
What is cluster analysis? Explain the difference
between hierarchical clustering and nonhierarchical
clustering.
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