MP-302/202(New)
December Examination 2016
Master of Business Administration II Year Examination
Research Methodology
Paper MP-302/202(New)
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 80
Note: The question paper is divided into three sections B and C. Write answers as per given instructions.
Section A 8 × 2 16
(Very Short Answer Type Questions)
Note: Answer all questions. As per the nature of the question delimit your answer in one word, one sentence or maximum upto 30 words. Each question carries 2 marks.
Write the name of two major categories of Research.
Define Research Methodology.
Define Hypothesis.
What is Emprical Relation between mean, median and mode?
Define Skew.
Define Standard Deviation
What do you mean by Sample?
(viii) What is a Report?
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Section B 4 × 8 32
(Short Answer Type Questions)
Note: Answer any four questions. Each answer should not
exceed 200 words. Each question carries 8 marks.
Write qualities of a good researcher.
Describe main types of descriptive research.
Write characteristics and advantages of case study.
Differentiate between ordinal and interval scales citing suitable
examples.
Differentiate between primary and secondary data with some
examples.
Write ten essential ingredients for a successful focus group.
The marks obtained by 8 students in Commerce and Economics
are given in the following table:
Marks in Commerce 52 54 67 82 98 90 69 76
Marks in Economics 11 7 23 36 56 37 12 25
Calculate the Rank correlation coefficient.
Describe the concept of point estimation and interval estimation
with the help of suitable example.
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Section C 2 × 16 32
(Long Answer Type Questions)
Note: Answer any two questions. You have to delimit your each
answer maximum upto 500 words. Each question carries
16 marks.
10) Describe various probability sampling methods with suitable
example of management.
11) The following information is obtained concerning an
investigation of 50 ordinary shops of small size:
Shops in
Towns
Shops in
Villages Total
Run by men 17 18 35
Run by women 3 12 15
20 30 50
Can it be inferred that shops run by women are relatively more
in villages then in town. (x2
table 3.841 at 1 d.f.)
12) The data shows the percentage marks of 40 students in the
form of a table.
33 41 17 83 63 54 92 60 06 24 00 09 21 29 43 46
60 70 71 72 81 27 86 25 64 32 68 38 92 11 88 87
51 88 56 89 59 82 44 88
Average these data as a frequency distribution of 10
classes of equal width.
Present the frequency distribution as Histogram.
13) What is qualitative research? Describe the same with
comparison to quantitative research.