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Question Paper Name : Ph.D in Management 4th Oct 202

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Subject Name : Ph.D in Management

Creation Date : 2020-10-04 13:31:35

Duration : 180

Number of Questions : 100

Total Marks : 100

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Ph.D in Management

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Group Minimum Duration : 150

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Group Marks : 100

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SECTION A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Section Id : 928627110

Section Number : 1

Section type : Online

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Mandatory or Optional : Mandatory

Number of Questions : 50

Number of Questions to be attempted : 50

Section Marks : 50

Mark As Answered Required? : Yes

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Question Number : 1 Question Id : 9286276128 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M

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Which of the following methods is used in content analysis?

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Classifying

Counting

Recording

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Classifying, Counting and Recording

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (content analysis) ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

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?, ? ? ?

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A correlation coefficient in Meta analysis is used to calculate

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The standard deviation

The sample size

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The variability in individual scores

The effect size

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? ? ?, ? ? (correlation coefficient) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Options:

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? ? ?

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The purpose of clearly stated aim is to

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contribute and justify the research being carried out.

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know in detail how research will be done and justify why research is being

know how the research will be done and what conclusions are expected.

know what the research intends to contribute and how the research will be

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Options:

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Out of the following which is the best way to test a hypothesis according to the hypothetico-deductive method ?

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By rejecting the hypothesis.

By finding evidence which supports the hypothesis.

By repeating a study looking for consistency in outcomes.

By looking for instances where the hypothesis fails.

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? ? ? ?-? ? ? (Hypothetico-deductive) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ? ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Why is it important to distinguish between the two major sorts of research design ?

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Cause and effect is more likely to be implied from the between-subjects design.

Because the within-subjects design requires fewer participants and therefore the results are less significant.

They use different methods of analysis or statistical tests.

The within-subjects design is more likely to find differences in your study.

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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An independent variable means

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A variable which is only used in the control condition.

A variable which serves as the aim of an experiment.

A variable which shows us the effect or the manipulation.

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A variable being manipulated or varied in some way.

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? ? (independent variable) ? ? ?

Options:

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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What does a Random assignment involve ?

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The researcher selecting a typical population or group of people.

Using a sample of people that the researcher does not know about.

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Haphazard choice of assigning participants to a study.

Use of a random procedure so that each possible outcome has an equal chance of being selected.

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? (?) ? ? ? ? ?

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Options:

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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What is meant by "Statistically Significant" and the statistical level is set at 0.05?

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The extent to which the difference found is simply by chance.

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That 95% of the time the study will give same results.

That a difference found is likely to occur by chance, 5 or fewer times out of 100, suggests that the difference is due to chance and so does not represent a real difference between the groups or conditions.

That a difference found is likely to occur by chance, 5 or fewer times out of 100, suggests that the difference is quite universal and unlikely to be due to chance, so represents a real difference between the groups or conditions.

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? "? ? ? ?" ? ? ? ? 0.05 ? ? ? - ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

95% ? ? ?-? ? ? ?

? 100 ? ? 5 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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? 100 ? ? 5 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Which one is not an example of a subject variable ?

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Sex

Religion

Race

Income

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? ? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

?

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?

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Predicting the outcome of the research is called

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Options:

Research Question

Research Hypothesis

Research Designs

Research Objective

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? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

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? ?

? ?

? ?

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The concept of 'variables' has

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always been used in Geography

been derived from Physics

been derived from Biology

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been derived from Statistics

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'?' ? ? ?

Options:

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? ? ?

?-? ? ?

? ? ?

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Out of the following, choose the similar ones:

Options:

Nominal and Ratio data

Nominal, Ratio and Interval data

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Ordinal, Interval and Ratio data

Nominal, Ordinal and Ratio data

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? ? ? ? ? ? :

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Options:

? ? ? ?

?, ? ? ? ?

?, ? ? ? ?

?, ? ? ? ?

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Which one of the following shows the proportion of variance shared between

Options:

Attenuation

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Standard error

Correlation

Coefficient of determination

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? ? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? ? (?) ? ? ? ?

Options:

? (?)

? ?

?

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? ? ? ?

Question Number : 14 Question Id : 9286276141 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question

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What would be the first stage of a literature search?

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Ask the faculty for some articles.

Do a literature search online.

Read introductory textbooks.

Order some inter-library loans.

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? ? ? ? ? ?-? ? ?

Options:

? ? ? ? ? ? (? ?) ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ? ?

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? ?-? ? ?

? ?-? ? ? ? ? ?

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What is a measure of the quality of a journal ?

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Options:

The impact factor

The OPAC factor

The influence factor

The intake factor

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? ? ? (?) ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

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OPAC ?

? ?

? ?

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If the instrument measures what it is designed to measure, then we can say that the instrument is

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Valid

Reliable

Useful

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Practical

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

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?

?

?

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A major ethical drawback of offering financial incentive for participation is

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that people who are wealthy are less likely to participate.

that it can be forceful.

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that it can be expensive.

that people who are not so wealthy are less likely to participate.

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Options:

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ?

? ? ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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A correlation coefficient of 1.00 indicates

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Imperfect validity

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Imperfect reliability

Perfect reliability

Perfect validity

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1.00 ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

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? ?

? ?

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? ?

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What is the difference between the mean of a researcher's sample and the mean of the population of the sample known as ?

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Sample error

Confidence interval

Standard deviation

Significance level

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

? ?

? ?

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? ?

? ?

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What kind of coding do these multiple choice questions produce?

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Pre-coded

Researcher imposed coding

Qualitative coding

Coding emerging from the data

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

?-?

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? ? ? ? ?

? ?

? ? ? ?

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Why is a coding manual used?

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To provide a method by which the researcher interrogates the data to decide which categories the data fits.

To simply instruct the coder how to enter data.

To detail how coding decisions are to be made, what categories are, how categories are defined and sometimes give examples of the sorts of data that fit into each.

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To detail the structure of the questionnaire, how data should be collected, what is expected to emerge and how missing data should be entered.

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ?

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Highest level of measurement is

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Ratio

Ordinal

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Nominal

Interval

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? ? ? ? ?

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Options:

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At what figure is the confidence interval set?

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5%

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100%

55%

95%

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

5%

100%

55%

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95%

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Choose the correct alternative:

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The sampling error becomes progressively larger, the larger the sample size.

The sampling error becomes progressively smaller, the larger the sample size.

The sampling error is unrelated to sample size.

The sampling error becomes progressively larger, the smaller the sample size.

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Options:

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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What will the researcher consider in producing an interview guide of interviewing a group offenders ? Choose the incorrect one.

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Structuring the interview guide in a sensible order.

Modifying the interview guide as issues are highlighted and more interviews

Not just incorporating questions which relate to theory but basic demographic questions too.

Using the same language for all the participants.

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?-? ? ? ?

Options:

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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