Research Methodology (UGC/ NET)
Research methodology concepts for UGC/NET preparation including variables, hypothesis testing, research designs, statistical measures, data collection methods, and the research process
Questions
Which of the following variables is also known as criterion variable?
- Independent variable
- Dependent variable
- Externous variable
- Environmental variable
- Organismic variable
Which measure of central tendency is suitable to describe a nominal data?
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
- Standard deviation
- Range
What type of relationship between two research variables does a null hypothesis imply?
- Positive relationship
- Negative relationship
- No relationship
- Just the presence of relationship
- Positive or negative relationship
Which type of research question is addressed by a methodological study?
- A cause and effect relationship
- Comparison of two treatments
- Exploration of factors
- Development and testing of research tools
- In depth exploration of a phenomenon
Which of the following types of research studies the lived experiences?
- Grounded theory
- Cohort study
- Ethnography
- Case control study
- Phenomenology
Which of the following measures is used for descriptive statistics?
- Chi square test
- Mean and standard deviation
- ANOVA
- Mean and T-test
- Standard deviation and Chi square test
Which of the following is the first phase of research process?
- Empirical phase
- Dissemination phase
- Conceptual phase
- Implementation phase
- Registration phase
Which of the following research designs takes into consideration the 'manipulation', 'randomization' and 'control'?
- Quasi experimental
- Pre-experimental
- Non-experimental
- True experimental
- Phenomenology
Which of the following is not a source of review of literature?
- Journals
- Electronic databases
- Notice boards
- News papers
- Books
Which of the following data collection tools can be used to assess the data related to psycho-motor domain assessment?
- Checklist
- Questionnaire
- Rating scale
- Sementic scale
- Tape recorders
While conducting a research, the beliefs and ideas that the researcher hold to be true are known as
- Variables
- Hypothesis
- Assumptions
- Observations
- Objectives
Which of the following is a primary research article?
- Report of a randomized control trial
- Report of systematic review
- Report of meta analysis
- Report of concept analysis
- Report of meta synthesis
Which type of research will be most suitable to study the attitude of workers towards a new change in their organisation?
- Experimental
- Correlation
- Phenomenology
- Comparative
- Descriptive
Which of the following research designs studies a cause and and effect relationship, even though it is not feasible to manipulate the independent variable.
- Experimental
- Exploratory
- Correlational
- Pre-experimental
- Descriptive
Which of the following can be researched using a quantitative approach?
- Non-participant observation of performance of a group of students in a laboratory
- Studying a phenomenon in depth as it occurs in nature
- Starting the exploration of a problem with a broad idea and continuously modifying the design as the researcher proceeds with data collection
- Generating new questions from every member of the sample and presenting the findings in informal language
- Conducting and recording long and in-depth interviews and transcribing the verbatim to identify themes for reporting as the findings of the research