Research Methods In Business Sem II Exams Ucc CoDE 2018/2019 Past Questions & Answers

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1. The method of research specifically aimed at solving a currently experienced
problem is referred to as

2. Which referencing style or format has been adopted by the University of Cape
Coast and other universities in Ghana?

3. According to Malhotra and Birks (2000), this design is a most frequently used
descriptive design in marketing research which involves the collection of
information from any given sample of population elements only once.

4. Mr. Ansah wants to conduct a business research to specifically examine the effect
of sustainable procurement practices on performance of the Nestle Ghana
Limited. What type of business research is suitable for this study?

5. Ricop Kay Enterprise intends to acquire and use ICT in its research activities. All
the following are some advantages the company would enjoy for acquiring and
using the ICT except

6. 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

7. According to Sekaran and Bougie (2009), a classification of research that is based on collecting objective numerical data and uses statistical models to analyse and explain data collected is known as

8. Ethics relate to the moral choices affecting decisions, standards and behaviour.
All the following are some major elements of ethics except

9. A formal, logical explanation of some events that includes predictions of how things relate to one another is referred to as a/an

10. Measures of central tendency are statistical values around which the whole data cluster. The most notable measures of central tendency include

I. mean
II. median
III. mode
IV. standard deviation

11. According to Jekayinfa (2007), the following are some characteristics of a good questionnaire except

12. Type I error is a decision error which occurs when the researcher fails to reject a
null hypothesis that is false.

13. The region of acceptance is a range of values. If the test statistic falls within the
region of acceptance, the null hypothesis is rejected.

14. This is a source of material or device from which a sample is drawn. It
operationally defines the target population from which the sample is drawn and to
which data will be generalised.

15. With this type of scale, the variable has the identity, magnitude and equal interval
of characteristics.

16. The careful definition of the concepts to be measured based on theories and the
views of other researchers is known as

17. Experiments are used to test for a causal relationship. It tests whether or not some events cause another. According to Hair, Babin, Money and Samoeul (2003). researchers look for four conditions including time, covariance, ........and.......

I. conceptual support
II. nonspurious relationship
III. spurious association
IV. theoretical support

18. Case study idea is basically used to investigate a case, under the microscope so to
speak, to allow researchers to review the steps that were taken and better
understood by mechanics of how a business might be affected by a variety of
factors.

19. There are several reasons for analysing data except to

20. Exploratory research focuses on collecting either primary or secondary data and
using inferential analytical tools including correlation and regression to analyse it

Answer ANY TWO (2) Questions from this section.

QUESTION 1
a. With the aid of illustration, define a business research [4 marks]
b. State six (6) uses of business research to the contemporary manager [6 marks]
c. Discuss four (4) characteristics of a quality research [10 marks]

 

QUESTION 2
a. With the aid of illustration, explain the relevance of the following in research:
i. Theory
ii. Referencing
iii. Concepts
iv. Sampling
v. Conceptual framework
[15 marks]
b. State five (5) sources of information for literature review
[5 marks]

 

QUESTION 3
a. Discuss three (3) sources of obtaining primary data for a qualitative research [6 marks]
b. State three (3) advantages and disadvantages each of the use of ICT in the
research process [6 marks]
c. State four (4) sources each of obtaining internal and external data [8 marks]

 

QUESTION 4
a. Discuss three (3) types of methods under probability sampling suitable for a quantitative research [6 marks]
b. Discuss three (3) types of methods under non-probability sampling suitable for a qualitative research [6 marks]
c. State three (3) reasons for analysing data [3 marks]
d. State five (5) sources of software packages used in analysing data [5 marks]

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