Question Paper Name: 5326 Educational Research 30th June 2019 Shift 1
Subject Name: Educational Research
Creation Date: 2019-06-30 13:01:40
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Which of the following does not refer to non-scientific method of acquiring knowledge?
- Authority.
- Personal experience.
- Tenacity.
- Logical positivism.
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Alternative approaches to positivism as scientific method do not include:
- Intuition.
- Phenomenology.
- Symbolic interactionism.
- Ethnomethodology.
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which of the following does not define research in education?
- Collection and analysis of data.
- Logical relationship between the researcher and the research sample.
- Systematic process of investigation.
- Development of organized body of scientific knowledge.
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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Which of the following thinker is not associated with positivism?
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- Newton.
- Habermas.
- Comte.
- Mill.
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Constructivism or Interpretivism paradigm in educational research does not involve:
- Reductionism in data analysis and interpretation.
- Analysis of individual experiences.
- Group negotiation of meaning.
- Social and historical interpretation of meaning.
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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Which of the following does not define the pragmatist paradigm in research?
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- Cause-effect relationship in data.
- Freedom of using various research methods.
- Pluralistic approach to data collection and analysis.
- Focus on research problem, rather than on research method.
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which of the following does not indicate qualitative research approach?
- Individual experience in making sense of reality.
- Investigation of personal constructs.
- Holistic interpretation of reality.
- Focus on generalization of research findings.
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1.1
2.2
3.3
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4.4
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Which of the following is not a research literature to be consulted by the researcher?
- Research articles published in refereed journals.
- Dissertation abstracts.
- Literature search engines.
- Encyclopedia of research.
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1.1
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2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which of the following should not be included in the title of the research topic?
- Effects of variables.
- Relationships of variables.
- Research instruments.
- Research approach adopted in the study.
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which of the following is not appropriate to be included in the 'statement of the research problem'?
- Researcher's own definition of the variables included in the study.
- The intended objectives of the study.
- The theoretical backup for such a research problem.
- The context to which the research study relates to.
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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Which of the following may not form part of considerations by the researcher while finalizing the research topic?
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- Significance.
- Research rivalry.
- Feasibility.
- Time and money to be spent on this research.
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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A primary data collection method that involves tracking behavior over a period of time is called:
- browsing.
- observation.
- sampling.
- testing.
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1.1
2.2
3.3
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4.4
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Which one of these is NOT normally associated with qualitative data?
- Words.
- Images.
- Narrative
- Narrative
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1.1
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2.2
3.3
4.4
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Open-ended questions provide primarily ________ data.
- Confirmatory data
- Qualitative data
- Predictive data
- None of the above
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which of the following is true concerning observation?
- It takes less time than self-report approaches
- It costs less money than self-report approaches
- It is often not possible to determine exactly why the people behave as they do
- All of the above
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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Which of the following principles is not applicable in constructing a questionnaire?
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- Do not use "leading" or "loaded" questions
- Avoid double-barreled questions
- Avoid double negatives
- Avoid using multiple items to measure a single construct
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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The process of establishing the authenticity or genuineness of remains or documents is known as..
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- External criticism
- Internal criticism
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1.1
2.2
3.3
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4.4
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A researcher is interested in studying approaches to teaching writing in schools during the 1800s. She discovers a grammar book, but there is no author or copyright date in the book. She examines the typeface in the book as well as the writing style. After investigating further, she finds a reference to the book from a teacher's diary from the 1800s. The diary also mentions an author's name. After further searching around she is able to identify the author of the book. The investigator was engaged in what process?
- Sourcing
- Axial coding
- Presenting
- Positive criticism
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1.1
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2.2
3.3
4.4
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In historical research, data synthesis usually does not include
- Defining and interpreting key words, phrases and terms
- Chronologically ordering events
- Maintaining a distinction between intent and consequences
- Inferring causation based on simple correlation
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Oral testimony can be based on, except
- Interviews with people
- Stories and tales
- Diaries
- Folk Songs
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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The following is not a step in the process of historical research?
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- Identifying a research topic and formulation of the research problem or question
- Data collection and/or literature review
- Data synthesis
- Making up your mind as to what must be correct
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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The experimental variable is
- Independent variable
- Dependent variable
- Extraneous variable
- Both a & c
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Solomon four group design comes under
- Pre-experimental design
- True-experimental design
- Quasi experimental design
- None of the above
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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Which is not a parametric test?
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- ANOVA
- x²- test
- t-test
- ANCOVA
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which of the following tests is based on the assumption of normality of data?
- x²-test
- t-test
- Sign test
- Median test
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1.1
2.2
3.3
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4.4
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Which test is statistically most powerful in detecting the differences between two groups?
- t-test
- U-test
- Sign test
- Median test
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1.1
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2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which t-test is used to compare the difference between two independent samples?
- One-sample t-test
- Two-sample t-test
- Paired sample t-test
- F-test
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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How many groups are required minimum ANOVA for statistical analysis?
- 4
- 5
- 3
- 2
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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Which t-test is used to test the differences between paired observations with one sample on the same test?
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- Two-sample t-test
- One-sample t-test
- Independent samples t-test
- F-test
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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For one group pre-test-post-test experimental design which t-test should be used for data analysis?
- Two-sample test
- F-test
- Paired-sample t-test
- Independent samples t-test
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1.1
2.2
3.3
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4.4
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In randomized Solomon three group design which of the following statistic will be the most appropriate to test the differences among three-group
- One-sample t- test
- Two-sample t-test
- Independent sample t-test
- ANOVA
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1.1
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2.2
3.3
4.4
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For calculating t-test the difference between the means of the two groups is divided by-
- Standard deviation
- Standard error of the mean difference
- Variance
- Mean Deviation
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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What is true about a covariate?
- It is correlated with the independent variable
- It is correlated with the dependent variable
- It is less important control variable
- It is controlled at the start of the intervention
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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Which of the following tests which test is a distribution free test?
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- t-test
- ANOVA
- ANCOVA
- Median test
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Among the following tests which test is called Mann-Whitney test?
- U-test
- t-test
- F-test
- H-test
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1.1
2.2
3.3
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4.4
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In X2 test of goodness of fit how many samples are taken into consideration?
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
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1.1
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2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which test is alternative to independent samples t-test when the parametric assumptions are not used?
- U-test
- Sign test
- Wilcoxon sign test
- McNamara test
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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What is true about Wilcoxon sign test?
- It considers only magnitude of the differences between repeated measures.
- It considers only direction of the differences between repeated measures.
- It uses minimum three samples.
- It uses both direction and magnitude of the differences between repeated measures.
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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Among the following pairs of tests which are considered as alternative to independent samples t-test when its assumptions are not met?
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- Sign test and Wilcoxon sign test
- Median test and U-test
- X2 test and U-test
- McNamara test and F-test
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which type of variables as McNamara
- Nominal
- Ratio
- Ordinal
- dichotomous
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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Which of the following is not the characteristic of Moderator in FGD
- Raise controversy
- Ask broad questions
- Generate maximum amount of discussion
- Keep harmony in the group
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1.1
2.2
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3.3
4.4
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Which type of questions should not be asked by the moderator?
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- Probe questions
- Follow up questions
- Controversial questions
- Problem linked questions
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1.1
2.2
3.3
4.4
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The following may not be kept in mind while selecting the participants?
- Gender
- Research issues
- Getting consent of the participants
- Encouraging dominating participants
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1.1
2.2
3.3
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4.4
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Use of good audio video recorder is most desired in FGD because, it will help the researcher to:
- Record activities and interactions during discussion
- Make use of the same for settling scores with community
- Using the material for other than research purposes
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