P.G. DIPLOMA EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Mental Health
SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
(2016 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Define research.
2. Write short note on quantitative research.
3. List out the sources of hypothesis.
4. Write the meaning of research design.
5. What is probability sampling?
6. List out the types of questions.
7. What is footnote?
8. What is mode?
9. Write the meaning of field observations.
10. What do you mean by ethnography?
Sub. Code
18
CP-8522
2
Wk 10
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions.
11. List out the uses of review of literature.
Or
Explain in detail about selection and formulation of
the research problem.
12. Explain about diagnostic and experimental design.
Or
Describe about formulation of hypothesis.
13. Distinguish between interview schedule and mailed
questionnaire.
Or
Explain the types of sampling in detail.
14. Calculate Mean:
X 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
f 5 12 15 25 8 3 2
Or
Discuss the uses of computers in data analysis.
15. Explain about case study method and its uses.
Or
Describe about the participant and non-participant
observation.
CP-8522
3
Wk 10
Part C x 10 30)
Answer all questions.
16. Write in detail about various types of research.
Or
Explain about the types and functions of hypothesis.
17. Describe the process of tools construction.
Or
Illustrate the process of hypothesis testing.
18. Explain in detail about ethnography and historical
research.
Or
Elaborate the advantages and disadvantages of
qualitative and quantitative research.
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