Spring 2010 (Jan-June)

Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 3

MB0034– Research Methodology - 3 Credits
(Book ID:B0800)
Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks)
Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.
1. What do you mean by research? Explain its significance in social and business sciences.
2. What is meant by research problem? And what are the characteristics of a good research problem?
3. What is hypothesis? Examine the procedures for testing hypothesis
4. Write an essay on the need for research design and explain the principles of experimental designs.
5. Distinguish between primary and secondary of data collection. Explain the features, uses,
advantages and limitations of secondary data. Which is the best way of collecting the data for
research”Primary or secondary”. Support your answer.
6. Describe interview method of collecting data. State the conditions under which it is considered most
suitable. You have been assigned to conduct a survey on the reading habits of the house wives in
the middle class family. Design a suitable questionnaire consisting of 20 questions you propose to
use in the survey.

Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 4

MB0034– Research Methodology - 3 Credits
(Book ID:B0800)
Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks)
Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.
1. Write a short notes on the following:
(a) Null Hypothesis
(b) What is exploratory research?
(b) What is Random Sampling?
(c) Rank Order Correlation
2. Elaborate the format of a research report touching briefly on the mechanics of writing.
3. Discuss the importance of case study method.
4. Give the importance of frequency tables and discuss the principles of table construction, frequency
distribution and class intervals determination
5. Write a short notes on the following:
(a) Type I error and type II error.
(b) One tailed and two tailed test
(c) Selecting the significance level
6. Explain Karl Pearson Co-efficient of correlation. Calculate Karl Pearson coefficient for the following
data:
X (height-cm) 174 175 176 177 178 182 183 186 189 193
Y (weight-kg) 61 65 67 68 72 74 80 87 92 95