Exam 2: Types and Methods of Research in Business

If one variable depends upon another variable is termed as ……………variable.

Plan of study of a researcher is called the…………….. .

…………is a preliminary study conducted on a limited scale before the original studies are carried out in order to gain some primary information.

The objective of …………research is to test hypotheses about cause and effect relationships.

…………is a tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation.

………………. Are the variables that may have some affects upon a dependent variable but yet are not independent Variables.

A ……….is a statement about observable phenomena that may be judged as true or false.

………..is a method or technique or an approach of exploring or analyzing the life of a social unit.

……….. often is used to measure causality.

………….. Surveys gather data over a period of time.

A ………..analysis is a preliminary investigation or informal gathering of background information.

A ……….study is a small scale preliminary study conducted before the main research, in order to check the feasibility or to improve the design of the research.

The survey is a non- experimental, ………………. Research method.

….............research helps determine the best research design, data collection method and selection of subjects.

Correctly defining the problem is the essential ……….step in the business research process.

The …………..study is always adopted where only little knowledge or information about a problem is available.

The ………research leads to discovery of new theories and development of existing theories.

Secondary data analysis is another form of ………….research.

An ……….is a procedure agreed upon for translation of a concept into measurement of some kind.

Exploratory research is a ……….study of an unfamiliar problem.