This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Methods > Methods Of Research – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Methods Of Research Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The advantage of this method of research is that it can help predict behavior by identifying relationships between variables. A) Correlational. B) Survey. C) Observational. D) Case Study. E) Experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correlational. 2. Analysis determines the cost of each production item used to produce goods and services A) Technical. B) Financial. C) Investment. D) Marketing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Financial. 3. This is a type of research aims of finding solutions to pressing problems that society, organizations and the like are facing by employing well-known theories and principles A) Applied Research. B) Basic research. C) Investigative Research. D) Exploratory Research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Applied Research. 4. Quantitative methodologies rely on the researcher's ability to ..... A) Interpret open-ended questions. B) Present results without interpretation. C) Construct appropriate research questions. D) Collect information from a small sample size. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Construct appropriate research questions. 5. What must a researcher do to fulfill the ethical principle of informed consent? A) Keep information about participants confidential. B) Allow participants to choose whether to take part. C) Provide participants with a pre-experimental explanation of the study. D) Protect participants from potential harm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allow participants to choose whether to take part. 6. A special type of semi-structured interview that is conducted with a group of 6-10 people. A) Focus group. B) Focused case study. C) Focused observation. D) Focused interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Focus group. 7. Reading a book about lions is an example of ..... research A) Problem oriented. B) Problem solving. C) Applied. D) Basic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Basic. 8. Which of the following is an important consideration before making the final decision to design a mixed study? A) Make sure the study has a good title. B) Make sure the study being planned is feasible. C) Make sure the study will be published. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make sure the study being planned is feasible. 9. Name the sleeping disorder where sleeping attacks can occur at inopportune times. A) Insomnia. B) Night terrors. C) Narcolepsy. D) Sleep apnea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narcolepsy. 10. Experimental research aims at ..... A) To find out the difference between groups after treatment is given. B) To find out the relationship between the two variables. C) To find out the phenomena happen in large population about an object. D) A. To find out the phenomena happen in small population about an object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To find out the difference between groups after treatment is given. 11. Method of intense study of just one individual: A) Experimental Study. B) Survey. C) Naturalistic Observation. D) Case Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Case Study. 12. Which of these is an example of a research method that produces primary data? A) Newspaper. B) Journal. C) Interview. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interview. 13. What is a stratified sample? A) A random sample. B) A sample in which the subgroups within a population are ignored. C) A sample in which the subgroups within a population are proportionately represented. D) A sample in which the effects of the stratosphere on people are measured. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A sample in which the subgroups within a population are proportionately represented. 14. A frequency distribution A) Is a way to present data visually in a table. B) Depicts a correlation between two variables using a histiogram. C) Is the same thing as a scattergram. D) Typically lists the frequency of each score on the horizontal axix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a way to present data visually in a table. 15. Which statement, from the list below, does NOT fit with the other listed statements? A) The researcher can interact with participants. B) The researcher can ask questions based on participants' responses. C) The researcher tests hypothesis. D) The researcher discusses questions with participants in small groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The researcher tests hypothesis. 16. Citing sources is A) Another copy of your notes. B) Only necessary for professional writers. C) Listing the resources you used. D) Checking the English mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Listing the resources you used. 17. A Likert-type scale: A) Is an interval measurement that has a response set which must be balanced at the ends of the continuum. B) Is a discrete measurement. C) Is a ratio measurement. D) Has a true zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is an interval measurement that has a response set which must be balanced at the ends of the continuum. 18. Method mainly used by researching deviant or hard to access groups. One contact will recruit other participants (and so on) A) Systematic. B) Snowball. C) Stratified. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snowball. 19. Mr. Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry. Mr. Lopez favors a ..... perspective on depression. A) Pyschodynamic. B) Cognitive. C) Behavioral. D) Biological. E) Psychoanalytic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological. 20. Which option best demonstrates the interaction between values and tradition in Australia? A) Employing a balance of males and females in a workplace. B) Digitally preserving images of Indigenous artefacts. C) Observing a one minute silence during ANZAC Day celebrations. D) Requiring students to continue their education until 17 y/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observing a one minute silence during ANZAC Day celebrations. 21. Which of the following BEST describes the use of objective procedures in sociological research? A) Scientific method. B) Ethnomethodology. C) Phenomenology. D) Intensive review. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientific method. 22. Which of the following technique in which the behavior of research subjects is watched without any direct contact? A) Opinionnaire. B) Questionnaire. C) Observation. D) Interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observation. 23. Taking a word which is open to interpretation and making it measurable. A) Survey. B) Structured interview. C) Questionnaire. D) Operationalisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Operationalisation. 24. What is the purpose of mixed method study that is conducted to extend the breadth and range of inquiry by using different methods for different inquiry components? A) Initiation. B) Complementarity. C) Expansion. D) Triangulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expansion. 25. This technique gathers self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people by questioning them randomly and representatively. A) Experiment. B) Survey. C) Case Study. D) Exploratory study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Survey. 26. The ability to repeat research and obtain the same results. Data is gathered through quantitative methods. A) Generalisability. B) Representativeness. C) Reliability. D) Objectivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reliability. 27. According to this perspective they way you perceive someone will effect whether or not you are willing to help them. A) Behavioral. B) Biological. C) Social Cultural. D) Cognative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognative. 28. ..... research is an in-depth study of a particular phenomenon. A) Qualitative. B) Descriptive. C) Quantitative. D) Correlational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualitative. 29. A graphed cluster of dots that represent the value of 2 variables is called what? A) Correlation. B) Random shaping. C) Sampling bias. D) Scatter plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scatter plot. 30. Generally involves a large audience to collect a large amount of data. name it A) Survey research. B) Applied research. C) Casual research. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survey research. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesMethods Of Research Quiz 1Methods Of Research Quiz 2Methods Of Research Quiz 4Methods Of Research Quiz 5Methods Of Research Quiz 6Methods Of Research Quiz 7Methods Of Research Quiz 8Methods Of Research Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books