UGC NET Paper 1 — Research
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Given below are two statements Statement I: Reliability refers to whether a test measures what it says it measures. Statement II: Validity refers to whether a test consistently yie...
Scientists should put aside, their personal beliefs and biases and see the world as it "really" is. Which one of the following philosophical positions supports the above statement?
During research when we avoid speculative and metaphysical approaches and instead concentrate on studying observable facts, it is called:
Independent verification of a research effort is known as
Scientific research has the ultimate goal of explaining any phenomenon by (A) Conditional laws (B) Laws of uniqueness
The positivist researchers consider reality as
Identify the features of empirico-inductive paradigm or research (a) Research is concerned with the process rather than simply with outcomes or products (b) Based on logical positi...
Identify the features of empirico-inductive paradigm of research A. Research is concerned with the process rather than simply with outcomes or products B. Based on logical positivi...
Identify the characteristic features of 'Hypothetico-deductive research' paradigm: A. Researcher is detached from the study to avoid bias B. Researcher becomes immersed in the rese...
Analytic Induction is a method of A. Systematic interpretation of events B. Generating hypothesis C. Testing hypothesis D. Freestyle interpretation E. Testing null hypothesis only...
A scientific approach in social science research should take into account A. Metaphysical elements B. Spurious relations C. The factor of co-variation D. Time order E. The possibil...
Given below are two statements Statement I: Only phenomena and hence knowledge confirmed by the senses cannot genuinely be warranted as knowledge. Statement II: Science must (and p...
Given below are two statements Statement I: Social scientists belonging to the verstehen tradition do not accept the idea of predicting human behavior in mechanistic terms. Stateme...
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Scientific research is systematic, controlled, empirical and critical investigation of hypothetical propositions. Statement II: Populat...
Match List I with List II List I Contexts A. Context of discovery B. Inductive reasoning C. Abductive reasoning D. Context of justification List II Examples I. From the particular...
Match List I with List II List I Concept A. Isomorphism B. Triangulation C. Principle of Parsimony D. Parameter List II Description I. Use of both qualitative and quantitative meth...
Match List I with List II List I A. Empiricism B. Indicator C. Deduction D. Abduction
Reason R: The quality of most of the research papers published by scholars from India is not very good. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer fro...
Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R: Assertion A: Doing Inter-disciplinary research is more challenging than that i...
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Women research scholars find it difficult to cope with the dual responsibilities of research activities and family responsibilities. St...