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P3PGCC01
3rd Semester Regular / Back Examination 2018-19
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
BRANCH : APPLIED ELECTRO INSTRUMENTATION ENGG,
AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS, BIOTECH., CAD / CAM ENGG, CHEMICAL ENGG.,
CIVIL ENGG., COMMUNICATION ENGG, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, COMPUTER
SCIENCE, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGG, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECH.,
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CONSTRUCTION TECH. AND MANAGEMENT, DESIGN AND DYNAMICS, ELECTRI
ELECTRO ENGG (POWER SYSTEM ENGG), ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRO ENGG,
ELECTRICAL ENGG., ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM, ELECTRO COMM. ENGG,
ELECTRO INSTRUMENTATION ENGG, ELECTRO AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGG,
ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGG, ENVIORN ENGG., ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND
ENGG, GEOTECHNICAL ENGG, HEAT POWER THERMAL ENGG, HEAT POWER
ENGG, INDUS. POWER CONTROL AND DRIVES (PT), INDUSTRIAL ENGG,
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INDUSTRIAL 109
ENGG 109
MANAGEMENT, 109
INDUSTRIAL 109
METALLURGY, 109
INFORMATION109
TECH., MACHINE DESIGN, MECH. ENGG (THERMAL FLUID ENGG), MECH. ENGG.,
MECH. SYSTEM DESIGN, MECH. SYSTEMS DESIGN DYNAMICS, METALLURGICAL
AND MATERIALS ENGG, NANO TECH., PLASTIC ENGG, POLYMER NANOTECH.,
POWER AND ENERGY ENGG, POWER ELECTRO, POWER ELECTRO DRIVES, POWER
ELECTRO AND ELECTRICAL DRIVES, POWER ELECTRO AND POWER SYSTEMS,
POWER ENGG AND ENERGY SYSTEMS, POWER SYSTEM ENGG, POWER SYSTEMS,
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PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION, SIGNAL PROCESSING AND ENGG, SOIL
MECHANICS FOUNDATION ENGG, STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION ENGG, STRUCTURAL
ENGG, SYSTEM DESIGN, TEXTILE CHEMICAL PROCESSING, THERMAL & FLUID
ENGG, THERMAL ENGG, THERMAL POWER ENGG, TRANSPORTATION ENGG, VLSI
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, VLSI EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN, VLSI DESIGN
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, WATER RESOURCE ENGG, WATER RESOURCE ENGG AND
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109 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
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Time : 3 Hours
Max Marks : 100
Q.CODE : E142
Answer all questions from part-I, any EIGHT from Part-II and any TWO from Part-III
The figures in the right hand margin indicate marks.

Part-I
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Q1 Answer all questions :109 109 109 109
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a) What are the characteristics of scientific research?
b) What is the difference between field and lab experiment?
c) What are the activities and components that constitute a research design?
d) What do you understand by sampling error?
e) What is review of literature?
f) What are the various data processing operations?
g) State different important parametric tests.
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h) What are different applications of test?
i) Define standard error? What is the use of it in testing of hypothesis problem?
j) Where can we use multivariate data analysis?

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 Part-II
Q2 Answer any EIGHT questions : (6 x 8)
a) What is qualitative research and what are its uses?
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the research process? 109 109

c) What is research problem? Define the main issues which should receive the
attention of a researcher in formulating the research problem?
d) What type of research objectives and information needs may necessitate use
of secondary data? Identify various sources of secondary data.
e) What are the different Probability Sampling methods? Explain with the help of
examples.
f) What is the meaning of measurement in research? What difference does it
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make whether we measure in terms of a nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio
scale?
g) It has been found from experience that the mean breaking strength of a
particular brand of thread is 9.72 N with a standard deviation of 1.40 N.
Recently a sample of 36 pieces of thread showed a mean breaking strength of
8.93 N. Can one conclude at the (i) 0.05 and (ii) 0.01 significance levels that
the thread has become inferior?
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sample of 200109bolts manufactured
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A and of 100 109
bolts 109
manufactured by machine B showed 19 and 5 defective bolts, respectively.
Test the hypothesis (i) that the two machines are showing different qualities of
performance. and (ii) that machine B is performing better than A. Use 0.05
significance level.
i) The following table shows the result of an experiment to investigate then
effect of vaccination of laboratory animals against a particular disease. Using
(i) 0.01 and (ii) 0.05 significance level, test the hypothesis that there is no
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vaccinated and unvaccinated
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Did not get

Got Disease
Disease
Vaccinated 9 42
Not vaccinated 17 28

[ (0.05) = 3.841, (0.01) = 6.635]

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the use of following
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i) The Mann-Whitney U test
ii) The Kruskal-Wallis H test
k) Discuss the situations under which Factor Analysis can be used? List the
steps involved in using Factor Analysis.
l) Discuss the utility and effectiveness of various Tests of significance. How
does SPSS/Excel help in implementing these?

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Answer any TWO questions :
Q3 Discuss the various Research Designs, with examples. How do you decide (16)
the applicability of research designs in management research? Give your
understanding of a good research design. Is single research design suitable in
all research studies? If not, why?

Q4 Explain different methods of data collection and the components of data (16)
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 Q5 The following table gives the numbers of kilometers per litre obtained by (16)
similar automobiles using five different brands of gasoline. Determine whether
there is a difference between the brands at significance levels of (i) 0.05 (ii)
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Brand A: 11 12 11 10 13
Brand B 12 11 13
Brand C 10 11 9 12
Brand D 13 14 13 13 12
Brand E 10 11 12 11
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[ , (0.05) = 3.01, , (0.01) = 4.77]

Q6 What is the significance of using multiple discriminant analysis? Explain in (16)

brief the technical details involved in such a technique. Also explain the
various graphical techniques of data analysis and presentation available in
SPSS and MS-EXCEL.

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