Exam Details
| Subject | business research methods | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | mba | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | TKR Institute Of Management & Science | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2017 | |
| City, State | telangana, hyderabad |
Question Paper
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT
M.B.A. II Semester (CBCS) Examination, May June 2018
Subject: Business Research Methods
Paper MBA 203
Time: 3 Hours Max.Marks: 80
Note: Answer all the questions from Part-A and Part-B.
Each question carries 4 marks in Part-A and 12 marks in Part-B.
PART A (5x4 20 Marks)
[Short Answer Type]
1 Discuss the nature of business research
2 Explain the properties of normal curve
3 What is multistage sampling?
4 What do you understand by Type I and Type II errors?
5 .State the essentials of a good research report.
PART B (5x12 60 Marks)
[Essay Answer Type]
6 Explain the role of business research in managerial decision making.
OR
What is research design? Explain the requirements of a good research design.
7 Explain the addition and multiplication theorem of probability with suitable
examples.
OR
What is the probability that a couple's second child will be
A girl, given that their first child was a girl
ii) A boy, given that their first child was a girl.
8 What are the different scales used in Business Research?
OR
How do you determine the sample size for research? Which sampling method do
you feel the best? Justify.
9 Four technicians analyzed three samples each for the moisture content in the
sample. The results are given below.
Samples Technicians
A B C D
X 9 12 10 11
Y 12 11 15 12
Z 9 10 12 14
Analyze the data and comment. Use significance level.
OR
..2
OU 2260 OU 2260
Code No. 4542
Five coins are tossed 3200 times and the number of heads appearing each time
is noted. At the end, the following results were obtained.
No. of heads 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 80 570 1100 900 500 50
Test the goodness of fit to determine whether the coins are unbiased. Use
LOS.
10 The lines of regression are 8X 10Y 40X 18Y 214 and variance of X is
9. Find
Means and X and Y
ii) Correlation "r"
iii) Standard Deviation Y.
OR
Below are the figures of production (in '000 tons) in a sugar factory.
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Production
(in '000 tons) 77 88 94 85 91 98 90
Fit a straight line trend by least squares principle and show the trend line. What is
the monthly increase in production? Also eliminate the trend.
M.B.A. II Semester (CBCS) Examination, May June 2018
Subject: Business Research Methods
Paper MBA 203
Time: 3 Hours Max.Marks: 80
Note: Answer all the questions from Part-A and Part-B.
Each question carries 4 marks in Part-A and 12 marks in Part-B.
PART A (5x4 20 Marks)
[Short Answer Type]
1 Discuss the nature of business research
2 Explain the properties of normal curve
3 What is multistage sampling?
4 What do you understand by Type I and Type II errors?
5 .State the essentials of a good research report.
PART B (5x12 60 Marks)
[Essay Answer Type]
6 Explain the role of business research in managerial decision making.
OR
What is research design? Explain the requirements of a good research design.
7 Explain the addition and multiplication theorem of probability with suitable
examples.
OR
What is the probability that a couple's second child will be
A girl, given that their first child was a girl
ii) A boy, given that their first child was a girl.
8 What are the different scales used in Business Research?
OR
How do you determine the sample size for research? Which sampling method do
you feel the best? Justify.
9 Four technicians analyzed three samples each for the moisture content in the
sample. The results are given below.
Samples Technicians
A B C D
X 9 12 10 11
Y 12 11 15 12
Z 9 10 12 14
Analyze the data and comment. Use significance level.
OR
..2
OU 2260 OU 2260
Code No. 4542
Five coins are tossed 3200 times and the number of heads appearing each time
is noted. At the end, the following results were obtained.
No. of heads 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 80 570 1100 900 500 50
Test the goodness of fit to determine whether the coins are unbiased. Use
LOS.
10 The lines of regression are 8X 10Y 40X 18Y 214 and variance of X is
9. Find
Means and X and Y
ii) Correlation "r"
iii) Standard Deviation Y.
OR
Below are the figures of production (in '000 tons) in a sugar factory.
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Production
(in '000 tons) 77 88 94 85 91 98 90
Fit a straight line trend by least squares principle and show the trend line. What is
the monthly increase in production? Also eliminate the trend.
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