Research Aptitude - MCQs with answers - Part 1

1.The main purpose of research in education is to _________

a) Help in the personal growth of an individual

b) Help the candidate become an eminent educationist
c) Increase job prospects of an individual
d) Increase social status of an individual

2._______ refers to inferring about the whole population based on the

observations made on a small part.

a) Deductive inference
b) Inductive inference
c) Pseudo-inference
d) Objective inference

3.Sampling is advantageous as it ________

a) Helps in capital-saving
b) Saves time
c) Increases accuracy
d) Both (a) and (b)

Sampling is the method of drawing a certain number of the individuals from a

particular set.

4.Random sampling is helpful as it is __________.

a) An economical method of data collection

b) Free from personal biases
c) Reasonably accurate
d) All the above
In random sampling, each member of the set has equal chance of selection.

5.Tippit table refers to ____________

a) Table of random digits

b) Table used in sampling methods
c) Table used in statistical investigations
d) All the above
This table was first published by L.H.C Tippett in 1927.
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6.Type-I Error occurs if ___________________
a) the null hypothesis is rejected even though it is true
b) the null hypothesis is accepted even though it is false
c) both the null hypothesis as well as alternative hypothesis are rejected
d) None of the above
Type-I Error is also known as an error of the first kind.

7._________ is a preferred sampling method for the population with finite size.

a) Area sampling
b) Cluster sampling
c) Purposive sampling
d) Systematic sampling
Random selection is done in systematic sampling.

8.Research and Development become the index of development of country.

Which of the following reasons are true with regards to this statement?
a) Because R&D reflect the true economic and social conditions prevailing in a country
b) Because R&D targets the human development
c) Because R&D can improve the standard of living of the people in a country
d) All the above

9.The data of research is ______

a) Qualitative only
b) Quantitative only
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Qualitative data deals with descriptive data and quantitative data deals with numbers.

10.The longitudinal approach of research deals with _________.

a) Horizontal researches
b) Long-term researches
c) Short-term researches
d) None of the above
Longitudinal studies are often targeted at the same people.

Research Aptitude - MCQs with Answers - Part 2

1.Dramaturgical interviewing is carried out through ________

a) Case study
b) Debating
c) Role playing
d) Sampling

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ANSWER: c) Role playing

2.The word 'Anusandhan' implies _________

a) Attaining an aim
b) Goal Orientation
c) Following an aim
d) Praying to achieve an aim

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ANSWER: c) Following an aim

3.Survey research studies _________

a) Circumstances
b) Events
c) Populations
d) Processes

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ANSWER: c) Populations

Questionnaires and interviews are the types of surveys.

4.Evaluation research is concerned with ___________

a) How well are we doing?

b) What are we doing?
c) Why are we doing?
d) None of the above

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ANSWER: a) How well are we doing?

Evaluation research make sure whether the objectives are met or not.

5.Action research is a type of _______

a) Applied research
b) Quantity research
c) Survey research
d) Population research

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ANSWER: a) Applied research

Applied research is used to solve practical problems.

6.Hypothesis relates ________

a) Constant to variables
b) Constant to constant
c) Variables to constant
d) Variables to variables
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ANSWER: d) Variables to variables

Variables are required for further data processing.

7.In the purposive method of sampling design, items are selected according to
___________

a) Law of certainty
b) Law of probability
c) Personal judgement
d) None of the above

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ANSWER: c) Personal judgement

Purposive sampling is a type of non-probability sampling technique.

8.Primary data for the research process be collected through _______.

a) Experiment
b) Survey
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above

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ANSWER: c) Both (a) and (b)

Original data is collected through primary research.

9.A researcher wants to study the relationship of family size to income. He

classifies his population into different income slabs and then takes a random
sample from each slab in order. Which technique of sampling is he working with?

a) Cluster sampling
b) Random sampling
c) Stratified random sampling
d) Systematic sampling

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ANSWER: c) Stratified random sampling

In stratified random sampling technique, the population is divided into small groups.

10.A research problem is not feasible if __________________

a) It consists of independent and dependent variables

b) It has utility and relevance
c) It is new and adds something to knowledge
d) It is researchable

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ANSWER: a) It consists of independent and dependent variables

Independent variable stands alone and dependent variable depends on other factors.

11.Determining the relationship between two or more variables occurs in

_____________.

a) Correlational research
b) Action research
c) Naturalistic observation
d) Survey research

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ANSWER: a) Correlational research

When the variables go in the same direction then it is known as positive correlation
and when the variables go in different directions it is known as negative correlation.

12.Participant observation is the process of immersing yourself in the study of

______

a) Outcomes
b) Methods
c) People
d) Options

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ANSWER: c) People
Different types of participant observations are non-participatory, passive
participation, moderate participation, active participation, and complete participation.

13.'Ethnography' describes _______

a) Culture
b) Way of life
c) Progeny
d) Both (a) and (b)

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ANSWER: d) Both (a) and (b)

It is the study of culture and people.