M.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2018.
First Year — Second Semester
Paper III ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
2 40123-A
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 70
SECTION — A
Answer any SIX of the following questions. 5 30 Marks)
All questions carry equal marks.
1. State the difference between tools and techniques of data collection.
2. List the steps in questionnaire preparation.
3. Identify the characteristics of NPC.
4. What are the uses of regression analysis?
5. Bring out the uses of chi-square test.
6. Find the difference between bibliography and references.
7. State the importance of sampling.
8. List the sources of review of related literature.
9. Why is research necessary in Education?
10. Bring out the difference between research proposal and research report.
SECTION — B
Answer ALL the questions observing internal choice. 10 40 Marks)
Each question carries 10 marks.
11. Enlist and explain the tools of research. Elicit the construction of a
questionnaire and how do you establish validity and reliability of a
questionnaire?
Or
Describe the concepts and measures of Skewness and Kurtosis and explain
how they are used in connection with the frequency distribution of a
continuous variable.

12. Classify research methods and explain the types of descriptive research with
special focus on the nature of normative survey research.
Or
What are the essential characteristics of experimental research method?
Explain the criteria for experimental design.
13. Define a 'measure of dispersion' and state its various measures with relative
advantages.
Or
'Hypothesis serves a sort of guiding light in the world of darkness'. Justify
this statement in view of the importance and characteristics of hypothesis
with examples.
14. What are the key elements of a research proposal? Outline the common
mistakes in writing the research proposal and state how do you correct and
resubmit the proposal.
Or
Explain what is meant by central tendency of data and write down different
the different measures of central tendency pointing out their relative
advantages.
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