Practice Assignment 1 Course Name – Business Research Methods (MBA206) Choose the correct alternative from the following 1. The literature review that the researcher writes becomes the 2. Conceptual framework for the b. Theoretical framework for the research research project project c. Methodological framework for d. Analytical framework for the research the research project project The four frameworks approach to the research project is an approach whereby a. a. The researcher uses one of four 3. b. Where the researcher carries out four frameworks to help design the research projects research project c. The first framework, the d. Four methodologies are used in the conceptual framework, shapes, research project supports and directs the other three frameworks A case study research methodology is useful in a. Studies that involve very large 4. b. The study of a bounded entity, such as a populations business, or a class, or a club, or an event c. Studies that involve large d. Statistical analysis populations spread over large geographic areas The first question a researcher asks themselves when they start a research project is a. Why do I have to do this? c. What am I going to do? 5. A proposal is also known as a a. Work plan c. Draft plan 6. b. Prospectus d. All of these The purpose of the research proposal is a. To generate monetary sources for the organization c. To discuss the research efforts of 7. b. Who can I get to help me with this? d. When am I going to be finished with this? b. To present management question to be researched and its importance d. None of these others who have worked on related management question The well conceptualized research statement/question contains all of a. The key concepts in the research b. Literature to be used in the research project c. The data gathering methods to be used in the research project project d. Data gathered for the research project 8. One of the most critical steps in any research project is the process of a. Engaging with the research 9. supervisor c. Engaging as many research participants as possible Surveys tend to be a. Qualitative research projects, or 10. largely qualitative research projects c. Quantitative research projects, or largely quantitative research projects A primary source is also called a. An original source c. An unusual source 11. big sheet of paper c. To establish that the data has observation c. Close observation and distant observation Observation studies produce a. Quantitative data c. Quantitative or qualitative data 16. d. Image-based research projects, or largely image-based research projects b. A secondary source d. An unexpected source b. Reference details d. Valid data b. To establish where the data came from and whether or not this is a reputable source d. Convert the data into primary source data d. A primary source The main kinds of observation used in data gathering are a. Near observation and distant 15. feminist research projects the right appeal for the research project A secondary source is something written about a primary source, a secondary source often builds on a. An unusual source b. A cryptic source c. A secondary source 14. b. Feminist research projects, or largely When using data from a secondary source the first thing to do is a. To write all of the data out on a 13. size possible d. Limiting its scope Secondary sources do not provide a. Original information or evidence c. Useful data 12. b. Growing the research project to the largest b. Participant observation, non-participant observation (or simple observation) and covert observation d. Researcher observation and nonresearcher observation b. Qualitative data d. No data Participant observation is a data gathering method in which a. The research participants 17. participate in the action being the action being observed observed c. The researcher participates in d. No one participates in the action being the action being observed observed The decision to use observation in any study is taken in response to a. The wishes of the researcher c. The data requirements of the 18. b. The research supervisor participates in research project and the location of that data For a research project to be rigorous it must a. Be difficult to carry out and complete c. Very big and very complex b. The wishes of the research supervisor d. The wishes of the participants in the research b. Adhere to the scientific principles of research d. Designed by the research supervisor rather than the researcher 19. In a pilot study a. The researcher tests the design 20. of the research project, usually the data gathering method(s) to be used in the research project, before carrying out the research c. The research project is designed but it is not carried out In focus groups and in group interviews a. The researcher is the focus of 21. attention c. The group dynamic is used to help generate the required data Bias in research is b. The research supervisor carries out the research d. The student researcher learns how to carry out research b. The group is the focus of attention d. The group dynamic is often beyond the control of the researcher a. Anything that compromises or 22. b. The way researchers tend to favour contaminates the research or particular areas of research the data c. The way researchers tend to d. The way researchers tend to favour favour particular methodologies particular methods of research in research In qualitative research interviews are usually conducted a. In research laboratories c. Using a loosely designed 23. b. In a structured and systematic manner d. In a haphazard manner interview schedule Semi-structured interview and focus group schedules allow a. The researcher the opportunity to express themselves relatively freely with regard to the b. Participants the opportunity to express themselves relatively freely with regard to the phenomenon under investigation 24. phenomenon under investigation c. The research supervisor the opportunity to express themselves relatively freely with regard to the phenomenon under investigation Interviewee verification is an aid to a. Reviewing the literature c. Developing the analytical framework 25. opportunity to express themselves relatively freely with regard to the phenomenon under investigation b. Developing the methodological framework d. Establishing the validity of the data gathered, and consequently it is an aid to establishing the validity of the research Questionnaires are used primarily to gather a. Quantitative data c. Quantitative and qualitative 26. d. Gatekeepers in the research the b. Qualitative data d. Secondary data data Questionnaires can also be used to gather: a. Quantitative data c. Quantitative and qualitative data b. Qualitative data d. Secondary data