Exam Details
| Subject | Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Post Graduate Diploma in International Business Operations/ Masters of Commerce | |
| Department | School of Management Studies (SOMS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. What do you understand by the term research design? Discuss various components of a research design.
2. Discuss the Questionnaire and schedule methods of data collection along with their merits and limitations.
Explain the need, meaning and essentials of interpretation.
Explain methods of Generalization.
Explain the difference between Correlation and Regression with suitable examples.
What are the different types of diagrams used to present the data Explain briefly.
What do you understand by the terms-point estimation and interval estimation in test of hypothesis? Discuss in brief.
Explain simple hypothesis and composite hypothesis with suitable examples.
6. The following data shows sales (in thousands) of Brand-A detergent. Using the Least Square Method predict the sales for the year 2015. Also, calculate the trend values for each year (2001 -2011).
Year Sales
2001 40
2002 60
2003 45
2004 83
2005 130
2006 135
2007 150
2008 180
2009 200
2010 210
2011 230
7. What do you understand by the term index numbers Discuss the uses of index numbers in the context of business and economic activity.
8. Write notes on any two of the following:
Historical research
Selection of research problem
Random Sampling Method
Likert scale
Yates correction
2. Discuss the Questionnaire and schedule methods of data collection along with their merits and limitations.
Explain the need, meaning and essentials of interpretation.
Explain methods of Generalization.
Explain the difference between Correlation and Regression with suitable examples.
What are the different types of diagrams used to present the data Explain briefly.
What do you understand by the terms-point estimation and interval estimation in test of hypothesis? Discuss in brief.
Explain simple hypothesis and composite hypothesis with suitable examples.
6. The following data shows sales (in thousands) of Brand-A detergent. Using the Least Square Method predict the sales for the year 2015. Also, calculate the trend values for each year (2001 -2011).
Year Sales
2001 40
2002 60
2003 45
2004 83
2005 130
2006 135
2007 150
2008 180
2009 200
2010 210
2011 230
7. What do you understand by the term index numbers Discuss the uses of index numbers in the context of business and economic activity.
8. Write notes on any two of the following:
Historical research
Selection of research problem
Random Sampling Method
Likert scale
Yates correction
Other Question Papers
Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Accounting for Managerial Decisions
- Business Environment
- Export- Import Procedures and Documentation
- Financial Management
- I n d i a s F o r e i g n T r a d e
- International Business Environment
- International Business Finance
- International Marketing Logistics
- International Marketing Management
- Marketing Management
- Organisation Theory and Behavior
- Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis