UGC NET Paper 1 — Research
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When you try to predict the value of an outcome variable from one or more variables, you are likely to be using: A. the Pearson product-moment correlation B. bivariate regression C...
If a research project is set up so that everybody in the population of interest has an equal chance of being included in the sample, the research involves:
If a research project is set up so that everybody in the population of interest has an equal chance of being in the sample, the research involves :
Match the List-I with List-II LIST I (Type of Variables) A. Nominal B. Ordinal C. Interval D. Ratio LIST II (Example) I. Anger level II. Crop yield III. Type of forest IV. Temperat...
Which of the following statement is correct about null hypothesis? 1. The null hypothesis relates to a statistical method of interpreting conclusions about sample characteristics t...
Identify the characteristics of open ended questions in survey research: A. The questions suggest certain kinds of answer to the respondents. B. They are useful for exploring new a...
An example of participant or subject variable can be
A prediction of relationships involving theoretical constructs is known as:
Different from being a normal distribution, if a curve is skewed on the right side, we call it
When a researcher divides the entire population in sections, it is called as
A researcher wants the research question to be
Which of the following can be an example of a participant or subject variable?
A conceptual hypothesis is drawn from the implications of a
Identify the threats to the internal validity of an investigation : (A) History (B) Instrumentation (C) Maturation Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
The post-test only control group design avoids:
Which among the following is concerned with the question of whether social scientific findings are applicable to people's everyday natural social setting ?
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Non-parametric tests are not easy to use and are rather slow i.e. they require labourious computations. Statement II: Non-parametric te...
Mean of the means of sampling distributions of a finite population is
नीचे दो कथन दिए गए हैं: कथन - I : गैर-प्राचलिक परीक्षणों का प्रयोग सरल नहीं होता है और अपेक्षाकृत धीमी प्रक्रिया हैं। अर्थात् उनकी परिगणना में अधिक श्रम की आवश्यकता होती है। कथन -...
A research design in which either the investigator or the participant is not aware of the treatment a participant is receiving, refers to:
The main types of validity encountered in research design and methodology are A. Internal B. External C. Construct D. Statistical conclusion Choose the correct answer from the opti...
When a sampled individual is observed over a pre-determined period of time in structured observation, it is called
Given below are two statements: Statement (I): Spearman's rho (p) is generally employed to measure the strength and direction of relationship between two ordinal variables. Stateme...
Given below are two statements: Statement (I): Pearson's coefficient of correlation 'r' is a very useful measure of the strength and direction of the relationship between two nomin...
Questions constructed in such a manner that suggest an expected answer are identified as:
Correlation coefficients (r) along with their respective p-values are given. Identify the two most significant correlation coefficients from the following: A. r=0.77, p=0.25 B. r=-...
If the dress of a person does not reflect or predict his voting behaviour, the assumption is of
वह अनुसंधान अभिकल्प जिसमें या तो अनुसंधानकर्ता को या प्रतिभागी को प्रतिभागी के साथ हो रहे व्यवहार के बारे में जानकारी नहीं होती है, वह क्या कहलाता है?
नीचे दो कथन दिए गए हैं : कथन (I) : पियरसन का सहसंबंध गुणांक 'r' दो नामिक चरों के बीच के संबंध की शक्ति व दिशा का अत्यधिक उपयोगी मापक है। कथन (II) : पियरसन का सहसंबंध गुणांक 'r' हमे...
शोध अभिकल्प और पद्धति में वैधता के मुख्य प्रकार है: A. आंतरिक B. बाह्य C. निर्मिति D. सांख्यिक निष्कर्ष नीचे दिए गए विकल्पों में से सही उत्तर चुनें:
For testing difference in means of two independent samples with n₁ and n₂, the number of items in the two samples, respectively, the t-statistic is computed with the following degr...
Identify non-probability samples from the following: (A) Simple random sample (B) Quota sample (C) Systematic sample (D) Snowball sample Choose the correct answer from the options...
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Sampling where each member of the population can not be chosen more than once is called 'sampling with replacement'. Statement II: Samp...
Which of the following are the disadvantages of online research? A. Online research is expensive. B. Samples can be small and skewed. C. There can be an excessive turnover of commu...
Which of the following test statistics is useful for conducting Analysis of Variance?
Identify the sampling issues that are problematic in online surveys : (A) Many people use more than one internet service provider. (B) Every person has only one (unique) email addr...
Which of the following refers to a method of sampling in which a core group of participants who are initially sampled for a research study recruit or recommend other potential part...
Which of the following are categories of participants in research? A. Good participants B. Negative participants C. Faithful participants D. Apprehensive participants E. Traditiona...
Which of the following are advantages of web-based research? A. It saves time. B. The participant can engage in the task at his/her convenience. C. The data collection is automatic...
Identify the correct order of following steps in a research process: A. Review of Literature B. Formulation of Hypothesis C. Defining the Research Problem D. Collection of data E....
Suppose a researcher created a list of the names of everybody in a population of interest and selected every 10th name in order to get a list of participants comprising the sample....
Which of the following are categories of participants in a research study? A. Good participants B. Negative participants C. Trustworthy participants D. Apprehensive participants E....
Which of the following types of variables cannot be ranked in an ordinal manner?
Which of the following are advantages of the web-based research? A. It saves time for the researcher B. The web is open for participants all the day C. Data collection is accurate...
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Snowball sampling is a type of random sampling. Statement II: Snowball sampling is helpful in situations where participants are related...
Identify the non-probability samples from the following: (A) Simple random sample (B) Quota sample (C) Systematic sample (D) Snowball sample Choose the correct answer from the opti...
Given below are two statements: Statement-I: For open-ended questions, respondents can produce their own answers without any restriction of length. Statement-II: The memory phenome...
Given below are two statements: Statement I: t-tests can be used to test mean differences between two groups. Statement II: ANOVA cannot compare the difference between group means....
Given below are two statements: Statement I: In systematic sampling, an individual can directly select units from the sampling frame without the option for a table of random number...
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Operational definitions are used to get the meaning of abstract concepts. Statement II: Operational definitions do not define how a var...