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Research MCQS PDF
Research MCQS PDF
4. Data is:
A. ? Literature gathered for a research project.
B. ? A source of data.
B. ? In a research diary.
C. ? For posterity.
11. You will be able to refer back to your research diary for:
A. ? For a record of the research project, and for inspiration
and ideas. The research diary will save you a lot of time in the
writing process.
C. ? Done by sociologists.
D. ? Statistical analysis.
A. ? People at work.
B. ? Women at work.
D. ? The workforce
A. ? Research methodologies.
B. ? Theoretical frameworks.
C. ? Fundamental philosophies.
C. ? Fundamental philosophies.
D. ? Theoretical frameworks.
29. Positivism, constructivism and interpretivism are all:
A. ? Issues in business.
B. ? Requirements in research.
D. ? Methodologies in research.
A. ? Essential in business.
A. ? Committees of researchers.
B. ? Financially
C. ? To knowledge.
D. ? In terms of methodology.
A. ? The media.
C. ? Their peers.
B. ? Justified.
A. ? Images.
C. ? Attitudes.
D. ? Impressions.
B. ? Numerical data.
C. ? Statistical data.
A. ? Highly theoretical.
C. ? Embedded in theory.
D. ? Applied research.
58. The findings of research that does not have a theoretical base,
a theoretical framework are:
A. ? Always generalisable.
66. One of the most critical steps in any research project is the
process of:
A. ? Literature review.
B. ? An interest in libraries.
D. ? A search strategy.
81. A key objective of the search for literature is that the
researcher:
B. ? Library sources.
C. ? Internet sources.
D. ? Data gathering.
B. ? Readily available.
A. ? Quite important.
B. ? Somewhat important.
C. ? Not important.
D. ? Critically important.
B. ? Research methodologies.
C. ? Fundamental philosophies.
D. ? Methodological pyramids.
B. ? Life histories.
C. ? Images.
C. ? Survey research.
107. The population of the research, the sample selected from the
population and the data gathering methods are all fundamental
aspects of:
A. ? Universe.
C. ? The methodology.
D. ? Survey methods.
A. ? Snowball sampling.
C. ? Probability sampling.
D. ? Judgemental sampling.
A. ? Probability sampling.
B. ? Cluster sampling.
C. ? Systematic sampling.
A. ? Big populations.
B. ? Small populations.
C. ? Broad populations.
D. ? Vulnerable populations.
120. When the researcher knows what data is required for the
research project and how best to gather that data:
A. ? Good data.
A. ? An original source.
B. ? A secondary source.
C. ? An unusual source.
D. ? An unexpected source.
B. ? Reference details.
C. ? Useful data.
D. ? Valid data.
127. When using data from a secondary source the first thing to do
is:
C. ? To establish that the data has the right appeal for the
research project.
D. ? Convert the data into primary source data.
134. The validity of the data, very simply, is the extent to which:
A. ? An unusual source.
B. ? A cryptic source.
C. ? A secondary source.
D. ? A primary source.
A. ? Quantitative data.
B. ? Qualitative data.
D. ? No data.
A. ? A constructivist framework.
B. ? An interpretivist framework.
C. ? A positivist framework.
D. ? A theoretical framework.
A. ? A conceptual framework.
B. ? A theoretical framework.
C. ? A positivist framework.
D. ? A constructivist or an interpretivist framework.
A. ? Ethnographic research.
B. ? Archival research.
A. ? Open or closed.
B. ? Broad or narrow.
C. ? Easy or hard.
A. ? Research methodologies.
A. ? Back-to-back.
B. ? Front to back.
A. ? Taking photographs.
B. ? Collecting photographs.
A. ? Research laboratories.
C. ? An unstructured manner.
D. ? In a haphazard manner.
D. ? In a haphazard manner.
A. ? Quantitative data.
B. ? Qualitative data.
D. ? Secondary data.
A. ? Quantitative data.
B. ? Qualitative data.
D. ? Secondary data.
B. ? Qualitative data.
D. ? Secondary data.
174. The issues of validity and reliability are treated differently in:
177. When you begin to design your data gathering method you
look:
A. ? Conceptual frameworks.
B. ? Methodological frameworks.
D. ? Analytical frameworks.
A. ? Theory.
B. ? CADA.
C. ? CAQDAS
D. ? SPSS.
187. When the researcher designs the data gathering methods for
the research project:
D. ? Using NVivo.
189. If there is a great deal of quantitative data to analyse it would
be appropriate to use:
A. ? CAQDAS.
B. ? Atlas ti.
C. ? NVivo.
D. ? SPSS.
A. ? Non-numeric data.
B. ? Numeric data.
D. ? Quantitative data.
A. ? In sourcing literature.
193. The first stage in the four stages of data analysis is the stage
of:
A. ? Describing data.
B. ? Gathering data.
C. ? Collecting data.
D. ? Managing data.
194. The fourth and final stage of data analysis is the stage of:
A. ? Describing data.
B. ? Gathering data.
C. ? Managing data.
D. ? Theorisation.
A. ? Managing data.
B. ? Gathering data.
C. ? Losing data.
D. ? Data analysis.
198. The key findings, the key data and the key interpretations of
the data are:
A. ? Critical data.
B. ? Outlying data.
C. ? Missing data.
D. ? Significant data.
202. When data has been loaded into a software package it has to
be:
A. ? Covered.
B. ? Cleaned.
C. ? Closed.
D. ? Compiled.
205. Percentages:
206. Proportions:
209. Line charts, bar charts and scattergrams are all examples of:
213. Within qualitative data analysis the researcher and the role of
the researcher are made evident:
B. ? In a reflexive manner.
C. ? In a scholarly manner.
D. ? In a scientific manner.
D. ? It is in all research.
A. ? Language based.
C. ? In terms of discourses.
D. ? In terms of themes.
218. Qualitative data can be analysed using a phenomenological
approach, if:
A. ? Description.
B. ? Interpretation.
C. ? Conclusion.
D. ? Theorisation.
A. ? A guess.
C. ? A supposition.
D. ? A proposition.
228. The overall conclusion the researcher draws in the final chapter
is:
D. ? Is of little use.
A. ? Rhetoric.
B. ? Logic.
C. ? Procrastination.
D. ? Gymnastics.
A. ? Is a simple task.
B. ? Is a monumental undertaking.
C. ? As early as possible.
D. ? When you feel you are ready to do so.
B. ? Of little importance.
C. ? Of some importance.
A. ? A scientific endeavour.
B. ? A creative endeavour.