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STA630 Mid Term Past Paper 2

This document contains a midterm exam for a statistics course. It includes multiple choice questions testing concepts like scales of measurement, research validity, research methods, sampling, and survey design. It also includes short answer questions asking students to discuss topics like observational research, qualitative data analysis, experimental research designs, and ethical issues in field research.

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STA630 Mid Term

Mr. Latif is measuring students' attitudes on a controversial topic. Which of the


following would you recommend he use to control for the potential problem of
students feeling the need to respond with socially acceptable responses?
► Ensure construct validity
► Allow anonymous responses
► Ensure reliability
► Ensure confidentiality
Which of the following scales can measure the Temperature?
► Nominal scale
► Ordinal scale
► Interval scale
► All of the given options
Following are the properties of nominal scale, except;
► Least powerful
► Suggest no order
► Provide categorical information
► Provide magnitude of object
Which of the following is NOT the implication of Ordinal scale?
► Characteristics of nominal scale
► Rank the object
► Does not provide magnitude of object
► Provide rate

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Which of the following statements is correct about validity and reliability?


► When internal validity is high, external validity is low
► When internal validity is high, there is no change in external validity
► When internal validity is high, external validity is also high
► All of the given options
When you are confident that the experimental manipulation produced the
changes you measured in the dependent variable, your study probably has good
________ validity.
► Internal
► External
► Causal
► Construct
Mr. Ali has conducted an extensive review of the literature and has deductively
reasoned a hypothesis about his problem on the basis of this review. Which
type of a research plan is Mr. Ali likely proposing?
► Qualitative
► Ethical
► Both quantitative and qualitative
► Quantitative
Which of the following is a legitimate purpose of a research plan?
► It forces you to think through every aspect of a study.
► It provides detailed procedures to guide the conduct of the study.

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► It provides clear roadmap of the study.


► Writing a plan facilitates the evaluation of it.
In the statement ‘Smoke badly destroys health of people’ what is the unit of
analysis?
► Transportation
► Individuals
► Pollutants
► Drugs
While studying supervisor-subordinate relationship in an organization, what is
the unit of analysis?
► Individual
► Dyad
► Employer-employee
► Organization
Which of the following types of survey research is often used for program
evaluation or accreditation purposes?
► Developmental surveys
► Followup studies
► Public opinion polls
► No survey research is appropriate
Which of the following is NOT an example of a problem with using survey
research to investigate behaviour?

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► Respondents tend to answer by giving the most socially desirable answer.


► Respondents may inadvertently omit key terms in the question.
► Respondents may not give an honest reply to what they see as a
threatening question.
► Respondents may be unwilling to reveal information as they believe they
are likely to be identified.
What should the researcher do if they have achieved a low response rate?
► Copy responses and paste them again.
► Abandon the research project entirely.
► Recognize and accept the possible limitations of a low response rate.
► Fill in some more questionnaires themselves.
Which of the following statements is correct about questionnaire?
► A questionnaire should run to at least twenty pages.
► The questions should have no spaces between them so that the whole
questionnaire looks small.
► Only questionnaires that are A3 size achieve high response rates.
► Clear presentation is more important than overall size.
Critical decision area in questionnaire construction is which of the following?
► Question content
► Question wording
► Response strategy
► All of the given options

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The most critical area of an article to read is;


► Introduction
► Abstract
► Results section
► Limitations
Which of the following is/are advantage(s) of the self-completed questionnaire?
► Inability to confirm who completed the questionnaire
► Its unsuitability for some kinds of respondents
► Inability to ask many questions that are not directly relevant to the
respondent
► Easy to justify the answer
Time consumed in mall intercept interview is representing which of the
following type?
► High
► Moderate
► Low
► Nill
Which of the following similarity is found in Qualitative research and Survey
research?
► Examine topics primarily from the participants' perspectives.
► They are guided by predetermined variables to study.
► They are descriptive research methods.

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► Have large sample sizes.


Which of the following represent a good qualitative problem statement?
► Defines the independent and dependent variables.
► conveys a sense of emerging design.
► Specifies a research hypothesis to be tested.
► Specifies the relationship between variables that the researcher expects
Which of the following makes research questions very crucial?
► Guide your decisions about what data to collect and from where.
► Help you decide which research area interests you.
► Ensure that your findings have external validity.
► Prevent you from thinking

Questions:

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 5 )


Write a note on any three varieties of non reactive observations.

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 5 )


Defend the use of the term inductive to describe qualitative data analysis and
interpretation.

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 5 )

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Briefly discuss the Solomon s Four Group Design in experimental research with
the help of example?

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 5 )


Involvement with deviants is the Ethical dilemma of field Research how would
explain (Marks 3) Page 140

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