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Survey Methods in Social Investigation

The document provides a sample test paper for a Bachelor of Arts degree. It includes 15 short answer questions and 11 long answer questions covering key concepts in social research methods. The short answer questions differentiate between various research concepts like null and research hypotheses, census and sampling methods, observation techniques, and data tabulation. The long answer questions require explanations of primary and secondary data, social surveys, hypothesis development and testing, data averages and distributions, sampling techniques, and multivariate data presentation.

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Survey Methods in Social Investigation

The document provides a sample test paper for a Bachelor of Arts degree. It includes 15 short answer questions and 11 long answer questions covering key concepts in social research methods. The short answer questions differentiate between various research concepts like null and research hypotheses, census and sampling methods, observation techniques, and data tabulation. The long answer questions require explanations of primary and secondary data, social surveys, hypothesis development and testing, data averages and distributions, sampling techniques, and multivariate data presentation.

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Model Test Paper 2012 B.A.

II (Paper I) Survey Methods in Social Investigation


Short answer type questions:

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Differentiate between Null Hypothesis and research Hypothesis? Differentiate between directional and non-directional hypothesis? Differentiate between Census and sampling methods Differentiate between Random stratified and quota sampling Frame a univariate and bivariate tables using hypothetical data? Discuss the sources of hypothesis? Differentiate between social survey and social research? Differentiate between questionnaire and schedule? Differentiate between participant and non participant observation? Discuss in brief various types of sampling. What are the characteristics of probability sampling. What are the characteristics of non-probability sampling, What is tabulation and what are its objectives What do you mean by case study method? Discuss in brief? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of tabulation?

Long answer type questions. Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 What is primary data? Explain the sources of secondary data? What do you mean by social survey? Differentiate between social survey and social research? What is social research? How is sociological research scientific in nature? What are the various types and sources of hypothesis? Describe. Write an essay on the utility of averages in social research. What is hypothesis? What are its functions in social research? Give five examples of hypothesis? Delineate characteristics of good average. Calculate mean, mode of the given data and write what type of distribution is this? 7,5,4,6,1,3,3,2,4,2,3,4,6,5,4,5 Discuss the conditions in which probability type sample can be used. Also explain the process of selecting sample units in a systematic sample. What is multivariate table? What are important considerations for framing a multivariate table? Frame one multivariate table using any one of the variables given below: Sex, faculty, year if study (class), their interest in academic, co-curricular and extracurricular activities Compare and contract three measures of central tendencies- the mean, media and mode.

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