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1. Osman, research assistant at the University of Cape Coast, intends to collect data for his research work. The following are the guidelines he should consider in constructing a good questionnaire for the research.
I. Avoid leading questions
II. Avoid double-barrelled questions
III. Use simple and clear language
IV. Use unwarranted assumptions
2. A sampling procedure contains the rules that specify how a researcher calculates its sample size. The sampling procedure comes in the following steps.
I. identify research objectives
II. Define the population
III. Disregard the sampling frame
IV. Determine the sample
3. The type of observation that takes place if the research observes the behaviour of a group of respondents after an external force is introduced or removed.
4. In writing a good literature review, the researcher must bear three things in mind.
I. Conceptual framework
II. Conceptual review
III. Empirical review
IV. Theoretical review
5. Which of the following is not a software suitable for secondary data analysis?
6. Richard, an MBA Distance student, has been tasked to write a research proposal to his supervisor. Which of the following is not an element he should consider when writing the proposal?
7. A test of a statistical hypothesis where the region of rejection is on both sides of the sampling distribution is known as .....
8. This type of data collection method is used when the researcher intends to contact the members of the sample for personal questioning and oral information is obtained from the respondents instead of writing the responses on a sheet of paper.
9. The type of decision error that occurs when the researcher rejects a null hypothesis when it is true is known as....
10. There are several reasons for analysing data except to ...
11. Validity is the degree to which the measurement processes measure the variable it claims to measure.
12. In academic research, the ........ are not there to gain extra marks. They are provided to add information to the main text and also to maintain a complete record of relevant information.
13. Operationalisation is associated with taking the hypothetical construct and refining it by giving it a theoretical definition.
14. Sampling is the rule that specify how a researcher calculates its sample size.
15. The type of test conducted to ascertain whether there is a significant difference between expected values and the observed values in one or more categories is known as ....
16. This is a type of probability sampling where the researcher selects every nth member after randomly selecting the first through nth element as the starting point.
17. This type of validity is identified by the strong relationship between the scores obtained from two different methods of measuring the same construct.
18. Interview is the common data collection instrument in research for obtaining primary data for a quantitative study.
19. In writing research report, the ....... section contains a brief description of the study's rationale, the methods used, its results, discussion and recommendations sections.
20. All the following are some types of non-probability sampling methods except
