M.S.W. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2016
Second Semester
SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH AND SOCIAL STATISTICS
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 2 20)
Answer all questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Define social work research.
2. List few requisites for a good scientific method.
3. Write the meaning for hypothesis.
4. Write in few lines about case study.
5. What do you mean primary data?
6. Write in your own words about dependent variable.
7. What do you mean sample?
8. Write in few lines about editing.
9. Write the meaning for correlation.
10. Write the chi-square formula.
Sub. Code
452202
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Part B 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
All questions carry equal marks.
11. Examine the basis of scientific method.
Or
Write a note on epistemology.
12. How will you formulate a research problem?
Or
Write the importance of research design.
13. Briefly write the merits and demerits of secondary
data.
Or
Write a note on qualitative data.
14. Examine the principles of sampling.
Or
How will you present the data through diagrams?
15. Write the use and applications of ANOVA.
Or
The following figures show the distribution of digits
in number chosen at random from a telephone
directory.
Digits 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Frequency 1107 997 966 1075 933 1107 972 964 853 1026 10000
The expected frequency for each digit is 1000,
calculate the X2 .
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Part C 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
16. Depict the characteristics and purpose of research.
17. Explain the types of research.
18. Examine the types, merits and demerits of observation.
19. Explain the classification, tabulation and frequency
distribution.
20. Narrate the importance, functions and limitations of
statistics.