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Research Methodology (Saturday Class) Question Paper
Research Methodology (Saturday Class)
Course:Bachelor Of Commerce
Institution: Kca University question papers
Exam Year:2010
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2009/2010
SECOND YEAR STAGE 2 EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
CMS 203 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (SATURDAY CLASS)
DATE: APRIL 2010 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question ONE and Any other TWO Questions
QUESTION ONE
a) Distinguish between Basic research and Applied research. (4 Marks)
b) State and explain three characteristics of scientific research (6 Marks)
c) You are to conduct a research whose objective is“ To identify the social- economic status of
small scale business women in rural areas in Kenya”.
Required
i) State three objectives of the study (3 Marks)
ii) Outline the significance of the study (3 Marks)
iii) The type of a research design to be used (3 Marks)
iv) The population of interest for the study (2 Marks)
v) Sampling Method (2 Marks)
vi) Data collection Method (2 Marks)
d) State the Factors to be taken into consideration when determining sample size
(3 Marks)
e)What is plagiarism (3 Marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) Discuss what literature review is and outline how to conduct a comprehensive literature review
(12 Marks)
b) Outline the importance of research ( 4 Marks)
c) Outline the factors that should be taken into account when choosing a research design.
(4 Marks)
QUESTION THREE
The following are the numbers of passengers who used an airline for the past 80 days. You are the
operations manager and you are supposed to make decisions concerning daily operations of the firm.
Using the grouped data approach,
68, 72, 54,79, 45, 83, 47, 78, 51,93,51,74,66, 84, 72, 84, 73, 81, 84, 97, 59, 63,96, 57,
85, 34, 38, 79, 91, 102, 43, 67, 66, 75, 79, 82, 93, 94, 101, 87, 79, 69, 76, 94, 71, 97,
35, 83, 36, 69, 74, 31, 64, 72, 48, 91, 94, 67, 58, 49, 23, 24, 29, 26, 65, 62, 34, 33, 34,
44, 43, 57, 88, 66, 45, 55, 104, 105, 90,33.
Required
(a) Construct a frequency distribution table. (8 Marks)
(b) calculate and interpret:
i) The Mean (4 Marks)
iii) The Median (4 Marks)
iv) The Standard deviation (4 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR
(a) Timothy wants to collect data using the questionnaire approach. Adivise him on the prosand cons
of the said method. (10 Marks)
(b) Discuss why some researchers do not like using the case study approach .(4 Marks)
(c) Write brief notes on the following data analysis techniques:
i) Correlation analysis (2 Marks)
ii) Regression analysis (4 Marks).
QUESTION FIVE
a) state four reasons for sampling while carrying out research work. (4 Marks)
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b) Outline four circumstances under which a non-probability sample would
be preferred to a simple random sample. (4 Marks)
c) Describe how a multi-stage sample of households could be carried out using divisions,
locations, sub-locations and villages. (8 Marks)
d) state two advantages and two disadvantages of systematic sampling. (4 Marks)
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