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UGC NET Paper 1Research

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2022 Q1

Statement I: Non-probability samples use available respondents and do not follow a specific selection method. Statement II: It is a fact that non-probability samples accurately ref...

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2022 Q1

What are the similarities between qualitative and quantitative research?

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2022 Q1

Which of the following are NOT involved in scientific research?

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2022 Q4

Use of uncritical language

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2022 Q5

Which of the following scales of measurement is synonymous to ranking or grading?

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2022 Q6

When a research study is conducted to know about an unknown area and collect information, it is known as

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2022 Q6

A measurement based on properties of time, like minutes of a radio conversation is identified as

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2022 Q6

One of the aims of qualitative data analysis is to

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2022 Q6

C. A large number of people can be empanelled. D. This makes it easy to collect data from the respondents. E. Data collection over Internet can be rapid. Choose the correct answer...

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2022 Q6

The type of research in which the researcher gains familiarity with a phenomenon or to achieve new insights into it, is known as:

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2022 Q6

Match List I with List II List I (Research Methodology) (A) Source criticism (B) Positivism (C) Interpretivism (D) Post- Positivism List II (Approaches/Beliefs) (I) The observer is...

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2022 Q6

The probability of rejecting a null hypothesis when an alternative is true, is called

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2022 Q6

The research approach of hermeneutics is concerned with

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2022 Q6

If a survey is conducted telephonically, which among the following statements is true?

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2022 Q6

The domain of application in thematic analysis is

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2022 Q6

The advantages of longitudinal research on the internet are A. The internet panels are representative of the entire population. B. Everyone has access to Internet.

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2022 Q6

Coding paradigm is extensively used in

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2022 Q6

Population census can be an example of

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2022 Q6

Interpretivism is an epistemology which contrasts

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2022 Q6

Which of the following is an area of application in thematic analysis?

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2022 Q6

Given below are two statements: Statement (I): If there are few extreme scores in the distribution, mode will be the most appropriate measure of central tendency. Statement (II): M...

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2022 Q6

What is the full form of 'MLA' as a referencing style?

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2022 Q6

Match List-I with List-II List-I (Research Work Method) (A) Source Criticism (B) Positivism (C) Interpretivism (D) Post-Positivism Choose the correct answer from the options given...

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2022 Q6

Auto-ethnography is an approach that analyses

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2022 Q6

An empirical counterpart of a concept is called

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2022 Q6

Which of the following are true in the case of participatory observation method? A. The apparently obvious incidents can be overlooked. B. It is a good method to study the daily op...

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2022 Q6

Both qualitative and quantitative research are concerned with

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2022 Q6

Responses to open-ended questions are

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2022 Q6

शोध का वह प्रकार जिसमें शोधकर्ता किसी परिघटना की जानकारी प्राप्त करता है अथवा इसमें नयी अंतर्दृष्टि प्राप्त करना चाहता है, कहलाता है:

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2022 Q6

Which one of the following is not used for checking plagiarism?

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2022 Q7

Which one of the following is a tool of grounded theory?

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2022 Q7

Virtual ethnography is located in a/an

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2022 Q7

When a researcher is interested only in general indications, not in data collection for statistical tests, he may opt for

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2022 Q7

A true zero point is the feature of

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2022 Q7

Match List I with List II List I Research forms (A) Qualitative Research (B) Quantitative Research (C) Triangulation (D) Metaanalysis List II Description (I) File drawer problem (I...

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2022 Q7

Match List I with List II List I Ethical concepts in research A. Deontological B. Teleological C. Relativist Theory D. Theory of Virtue List II Characteristics I. What makes people...

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2022 Q7

The internal validity factor in research is related to the issue of

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2022 Q7

The analytic - induction strategy is a method of

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2022 Q7

Given below are two statements Statement I: For a small number of samples, the sampling distribution of means is approximately, a normal distribution. Statement II: In case the pop...

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2022 Q7

In research, middle range theories operate in a

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2022 Q7

If a reasearcher has to compare the means across three groups quantitatively, which among the following will be the most appropriate statistical technique for this purpose

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2022 Q7

Given below are two statements Statement I: If a hypothesis is accepted when it should be rejected, then type I error is made. Statement II: If a hypothesis is rejected when it sho...

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2022 Q7

In participant observation, the researcher has to act as a

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2022 Q7

The procedure of assigning numbers to various degrees of opinion, attitude and other concepts, is called as:

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2022 Q7

The snowball sampling method can be employed in

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2022 Q7

Which of the following represent the Quantitative Research methodology? (A) One to One Interview (B) Survey research (C) Focus groups (D) Correlation research (E) Descriptive resea...

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2022 Q7

The ratio level of measurement has

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2022 Q7

Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Qualitative research is guided by positivistic epistemolog...

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2022 Q8

Which of the following are similarity elements in both qualitative and quantitative research? (A) Answering research questions. (B) Preference to macro data. (C) Do not suffer from...

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2022 Q8

Which of the following are included in the positivist paradigm of research?

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