Module 1:Nature and Scope of Research Methodology
These are the characteristics of a good research except:
Select one:
1. Clearly defined purpose
2. Detailed research process
3. Thoroughly planned research design
4. Unclear objectives
Research is a _____________.
Select one:
1. Systematic inquiry
2. Unsystematic inquiry
3. A systematic inquiry
4. Irrelevant task
The descriptive study does not explain why an event has occurred.
Select one:
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. Maybe
4. mostly false
First step in research is to identify _____________.
Select one:
1. The Problem
2. Opportunity
3. Problem or Opportunity
4. Nothing
Research assists in making increasingly complex decision on:
Select one:
1. Goals
2. Strategies
3. Tactics
4. All of these
To reduce risk in managerial decision making of research, we require _____________.
Select one:
1. Process
2. Tools
3. Process and tools
4. Nothing
A study tries to discover answer related to the question who, what, when, where and sometimes how. It is
known as______________ study.
Select one:
1. predictive
2. Experimental
3. Exploratory
4. Descriptive
Experimental research will include at least:
Select one:
1. one independent variable
2. One dependent variable
3. one independent variable and one dependent variable
4. two independent variable and no dependent variable
For a management decision, we require _____________.
Select one:
1. The Problem
2. Opportunity
3. Problem or Opportunity
4. Nothing
The study that explains why an event has occurred is known as _______________ study.
Select one:
1. Explanatory
2. Descriptive
3. Explanatory and Descriptive
4. Neither Explanatory and Descriptive
A document that suggests the data necessary for solving the management question and how the data will be
gathered, treated and interpreted is called __________.
Select one:
1. weekly update
2. daily report
3. contract
4. research proposal
The purpose of research proposal is to present the management question to be researched and relate its
importance.
Select one:
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. Maybe
4. mostly false
When subject do not know if they are receiving the experiment treatment, they are said to be ___________.
Select one:
1. blind
2. control
3. measurement
4. product
Application of Research in Entrepreneurship
Select one:
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. Maybe
4. mostly false
When researchers lack a clear idea of the problem they will meet during the study, then they prefer:
Select one:
1. Exploratory Study
2. Descriptive study
3. Observation
4. Historical research
The artificiality of laboratory in experimental method is a/an ___________.
Select one:
1. Advantage
2. Disadvantage
3. Bonus
4. Major benefit
Repeating an experiment with different subject groups and conditions in experimental research is a/an
__________.
Select one:
1. Advantage
2. Disadvantage
3. Constraint
4. Concern