Deck 2: Types and Methods of Research in Business

Question 1

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

A)Operational definition
B)concept
C)proposition
D)hypothesis

Answer 1

Operational definition

Question 2

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

A)Operational definition
B)concept
C)proposition
D)hypothesis

Answer 2

proposition

Question 3

………research is also known as basic research because it is related with a particular project and problem.

A)Pure
B)exploratory
C)applied
D)action

Answer 3

action

Question 4

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

A)Pure
B)exploratory
C)applied
D)experimental

Question 5

…………research is a preliminary study of a new problem about which the researcher has little or no knowledge.

A)Pure
B)exploratory
C)applied
D)experimental

Question 6

The major use of ………..research is explanation of the state of affairs, as it exists at present.

A)Formulative
B)causal
C)descriptive
D)none of these

Question 7

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

A)Formulative
B)causal
C)descriptive
D)none of these

Question 8

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

A)Situational
B)causal
C)descriptive
D)exploratory

Question 9

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

A)Final
B)preliminary
C)causal
D)none of these

Question 10

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

A)Preliminary study
B)secondary study
C)case study
D)pilot

Question 11

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.

A)Preliminary
B)secondary
C)case
D)pilot

Question 12

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

A)Situational
B)causal
C)descriptive
D)exploratory

Question 13

…..........research is mainly concerned with discovery and with generating or building theory.

A)Situational
B)causal
C)descriptive
D)exploratory

Question 14

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

A)Situational
B)causal
C)descriptive
D)exploratory

Question 15

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

A)Situational
B)causal
C)descriptive
D)exploratory

Question 16

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

A)case study
B)pilot study
C)descriptive study
D)diagnostic study

Question 17

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

A)First
B)second
C)third
D)last

Question 18

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

A)Theory
B)concept
C)construct
D)hypothesis

Question 19

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

A)Research design
B)research method
C)research procedure
D)research problem.

Question 20

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

A)Independent
B)dependent
C)extraneous
D)none of these.

Question 21

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

A)Dependent variables
B)independent variables
C)Extraneous variables
D)none of these.

Question 22

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

A)Descriptive
B)non descriptive
C)causal
D)none of these.

Question 23

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

A)Cross- sectional
B)longitudinal
C)sample
D)none of these.

Question 24

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

A)Experiment
B)survey
C)research design
D)none of these.