Exam Details
| Subject | research methodology | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | psychology | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | Mizoram University | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | 2018 | |
| City, State | mizoram, |
Question Paper
PSY/V/05 Student's Copy
2 0 1 8
Pre-CBCS
5th Semester
PSYCHOLOGY
FIFTH PAPER
Research Methodology
Revised
Full Marks 55
Time 2½ hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 20
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 5
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×5=5
1. refers to an invisible physical or psychological buffer zone or
boundary around a person.
Confidentiality
Informed consent
Privacy
Deception
/294 1 Contd.
2. A measure based upon the entire population is called
parameter
statistic
sampling
probability
3. provides a measure of the discrepancy between expected and
observed frequencies.
Chi-square test
U-test
Kruskal-Wallis test
t-test
4. Pearson's product-moment correlation is appropriate only when the
relationship between two variables is
curvilinear
linear
positive
negative
5. When an alternative hypothesis is non-directional, a results.
one-tailed test
two-tailed test
U-test
None of the above
PSY/V/05 2 Contd.
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write short notes on the following 3×5=15
1. Ethical dilemmas
2. Between-group design
3. Uses of parametric statistics
4. Correlation
5. Level of significance
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 35
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Discuss the ethics in psychological research. 7
OR
Describe any two methods of psychological research. 3½×2=7
2. Define sampling. Explain briefly the types of sampling.
OR
Define reliability. Explain the different types of reliability.
3. What are the assumptions underlying parametric and non-parametric
statistics? 3½+3½=7
OR
The table below represents the number of males and females who choose
each of the five possible answers to an item in an attitude scale
Strongly
approve Approve Indifferent Disapprove Strongly
disapprove Total
Males 30 35 15 30 15 125
Females 15 20 10 20 20 85
Do these data indicate a significant sex difference in attitude towards this
question? Test the independence (null) hypothesis. 7
PSY/V/05 3 Contd.
4. What is correlation? Describe briefly the types of correlation.
OR
Seven students made the following scores on two seminar presentations,
X and Y
Students A B C D E F G
Scores on X 6 5 7 9 7 8 8
Scores on Y 7 8 6 9 6 5 8
Compute the correlation between the two sets of scores using productmoment
method and interpret the result.
5. What is hypothesis testing? Explain the errors in hypothesis testing.
OR
Consider Exam Anxiety test given to three groups of students in Class
classified as high achievers, average achievers and low achievers. The
scores obtained on the test are given below
Students High achievers Average achievers Low achievers
1 15 19 14
2 14 20 12
3 11 19 12
4 12 18 15
5 14 16 13
6 12 19 12
7 11 20 11
Give null hypothesis.
Compute an F-test ×05).
State your conclusion.
2 0 1 8
Pre-CBCS
5th Semester
PSYCHOLOGY
FIFTH PAPER
Research Methodology
Revised
Full Marks 55
Time 2½ hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 20
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 5
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×5=5
1. refers to an invisible physical or psychological buffer zone or
boundary around a person.
Confidentiality
Informed consent
Privacy
Deception
/294 1 Contd.
2. A measure based upon the entire population is called
parameter
statistic
sampling
probability
3. provides a measure of the discrepancy between expected and
observed frequencies.
Chi-square test
U-test
Kruskal-Wallis test
t-test
4. Pearson's product-moment correlation is appropriate only when the
relationship between two variables is
curvilinear
linear
positive
negative
5. When an alternative hypothesis is non-directional, a results.
one-tailed test
two-tailed test
U-test
None of the above
PSY/V/05 2 Contd.
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write short notes on the following 3×5=15
1. Ethical dilemmas
2. Between-group design
3. Uses of parametric statistics
4. Correlation
5. Level of significance
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 35
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Discuss the ethics in psychological research. 7
OR
Describe any two methods of psychological research. 3½×2=7
2. Define sampling. Explain briefly the types of sampling.
OR
Define reliability. Explain the different types of reliability.
3. What are the assumptions underlying parametric and non-parametric
statistics? 3½+3½=7
OR
The table below represents the number of males and females who choose
each of the five possible answers to an item in an attitude scale
Strongly
approve Approve Indifferent Disapprove Strongly
disapprove Total
Males 30 35 15 30 15 125
Females 15 20 10 20 20 85
Do these data indicate a significant sex difference in attitude towards this
question? Test the independence (null) hypothesis. 7
PSY/V/05 3 Contd.
4. What is correlation? Describe briefly the types of correlation.
OR
Seven students made the following scores on two seminar presentations,
X and Y
Students A B C D E F G
Scores on X 6 5 7 9 7 8 8
Scores on Y 7 8 6 9 6 5 8
Compute the correlation between the two sets of scores using productmoment
method and interpret the result.
5. What is hypothesis testing? Explain the errors in hypothesis testing.
OR
Consider Exam Anxiety test given to three groups of students in Class
classified as high achievers, average achievers and low achievers. The
scores obtained on the test are given below
Students High achievers Average achievers Low achievers
1 15 19 14
2 14 20 12
3 11 19 12
4 12 18 15
5 14 16 13
6 12 19 12
7 11 20 11
Give null hypothesis.
Compute an F-test ×05).
State your conclusion.
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