June, 2013
Ms-95 : Research Methodology For Management Decisions
SECTION – A
1. Explain the difference between exploratory research and conclusive research. Also, discuss the approaches used in both of them.
2. Discuss the main aspects of a questionnaire. What is an indicator of the effectiveness of a questionnaire to collect data ? Give example of two nominal and two ordinal variables that can be put in a questionnaire.
3. Explain Thurstone's Equal-Appearing Interval Scale. Clearly mention steps involved, advantages and limitations.
4. What are "Dependency" techniques and "Interdependency" techniques ? Classify multivariate techniques into these categories and briefly discuss any one technique.
5. What is the purpose of the methodology section of the research report ? What is included in this section ? Why is this section given high importance ?
6. Write short note on any two of the following :
(a) Exogeneous variables
(b) Partitions of total variation in one - way ANOVA
(c) Quota Sampling
(d) Steps in Item Analysis
SECTION-B
7. Use the sign test to see if there is a difference between the number of days required to collect an account receivable before and after a new collection policy. Use the 0.05 significance level.
|
Before |
33 |
36 |
41 |
32 |
39 |
47 |
34 |
29 |
32 |
34 |
40 |
42 |
33 |
36 |
27 |
|
After |
35 |
29 |
38 |
34 |
37 |
47 |
36 |
32 |
30 |
34 |
41 |
38 |
37 |
35 |
28 |
