Exam Details
| Subject | Research Methods in Economics | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Master of Arts in Economics | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
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No. of Printed Pages: 4 IMEC-0091
MASTER OF ARTS (ECONOMICS)
Term-End Examination
December, 2016
NI
o
MEC-009 RESEARCH METHODS IN
ECONOMICS
Time hours Maximum Marks 100
Note: Answer questions from each section as directed.
SECTION
Answer any two questions from this section: 2x20=40
1. Which are the methods of science? State the features of hypothesism. What are its limitations?
2. State the difference between laws and ordinary statement. Explain the characteristics and limitations of covering law model of scientific explanation.
3. What is meant by 'the sampling distribution of a statistic' and 'sampling variance of a statistic' Bow does random sampling procedure help in correcting for the bias of an estimate? Illustrate with the help of an example.
4. What is the need to make estimates of National income and related macro aggregates? Why is the base year is changed from time to time Which have been the base year so far for national income and related aggregates
SECTION
Answer any five questions from this section 5x12=60
5. What is meant by hypothesis? How does review of literature help to a researcher in formulation of a hypothesis
6. What is multicollinearity? How can you tackle this problem?
7. Distinguish between positive measures and relative measures of inequality. Explain the computation device of construction of gini index/ coefficient as measurement of inequality.
8. State the various steps involved in hypothesis testing.
9. Distinguish between any three of the following:
Quota sampling and Snowball sampling
Control group and experiment group
Induction and deduction
PRA and RRA
Descriptive and explanatory research
10. State the procedure for construction of consumer price index. What are the uses of such price indexes?
11. Briefly discuss the techniques of data analysis.
12. Identify the various stages involved in planning and organising the surveys.
No. of Printed Pages: 4 IMEC-0091
MASTER OF ARTS (ECONOMICS)
Term-End Examination
December, 2016
NI
o
MEC-009 RESEARCH METHODS IN
ECONOMICS
Time hours Maximum Marks 100
Note: Answer questions from each section as directed.
SECTION
Answer any two questions from this section: 2x20=40
1. Which are the methods of science? State the features of hypothesism. What are its limitations?
2. State the difference between laws and ordinary statement. Explain the characteristics and limitations of covering law model of scientific explanation.
3. What is meant by 'the sampling distribution of a statistic' and 'sampling variance of a statistic' Bow does random sampling procedure help in correcting for the bias of an estimate? Illustrate with the help of an example.
4. What is the need to make estimates of National income and related macro aggregates? Why is the base year is changed from time to time Which have been the base year so far for national income and related aggregates
SECTION
Answer any five questions from this section 5x12=60
5. What is meant by hypothesis? How does review of literature help to a researcher in formulation of a hypothesis
6. What is multicollinearity? How can you tackle this problem?
7. Distinguish between positive measures and relative measures of inequality. Explain the computation device of construction of gini index/ coefficient as measurement of inequality.
8. State the various steps involved in hypothesis testing.
9. Distinguish between any three of the following:
Quota sampling and Snowball sampling
Control group and experiment group
Induction and deduction
PRA and RRA
Descriptive and explanatory research
10. State the procedure for construction of consumer price index. What are the uses of such price indexes?
11. Briefly discuss the techniques of data analysis.
12. Identify the various stages involved in planning and organising the surveys.
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