Research Aptitude - MCQs with answers - Part 1
1.The main purpose of research in education is to _________a) Help in the personal growth of an individual
b) Help the candidate become an eminent educationist
c) Increase job prospects of an individual
d) Increase social status of an individual
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Help the candidate become an eminent educationist
a) Deductive inference
b) Inductive inference
c) Pseudo-inference
d) Objective inference
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Inductive inference
a) Helps in capital-saving
b) Saves time
c) Increases accuracy
d) Both (a) and (b)
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Both (a) and (b)
Sampling is the method of drawing a certain number of the individuals from a particular set.
a) An economical method of data collection
b) Free from personal biases
c) Reasonably accurate
d) All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) All the above
In random sampling, each member of the set has equal chance of selection.
a) Table of random digits
b) Table used in sampling methods
c) Table used in statistical investigations
d) All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) All the above
This table was first published by L.H.C Tippett in 1927.
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6.Type-I Error occurs if ___________________a) the null hypothesis is rejected even though it is true
b) the null hypothesis is accepted even though it is false
c) both the null hypothesis as well as alternative hypothesis are rejected
d) None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) the null hypothesis is rejected even though it is true
Type-I Error is also known as an error of the first kind.
a) Area sampling
b) Cluster sampling
c) Purposive sampling
d) Systematic sampling
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Systematic sampling
Random selection is done in systematic sampling.
a) Because R&D reflect the true economic and social conditions prevailing in a country
b) Because R&D targets the human development
c) Because R&D can improve the standard of living of the people in a country
d) All the above
View Answer / Hide Answer9.The data of research is ______a) Qualitative only
b) Quantitative only
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Neither (a) nor (b)
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Both (a) and (b)
Qualitative data deals with descriptive data and quantitative data deals with numbers.
a) Horizontal researches
b) Long-term researches
c) Short-term researches
d) None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Long-term researches
Longitudinal studies are often targeted at the same people.
