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Research Methodology Question Paper

Research Methodology

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kca University question papers

Exam Year:2010

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2009/2010
FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
COMMERCE
CMS 203: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (SUNDAY CLASS)
DATE: AUGUST 2010 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
QUESTION ONE
a) You are required to conduct a research on “ Impact of reward management on employee
performance”.
i. Write the background of the study (5 Marks )
ii. Write the statement of the problem (5 Marks)
iii. Three objectives of the study (3 Marks)
iv. An appropriate research design of the study (2 Marks)
b) Differentiate between Research methods and research methodology (4 Marks)
c) State and Explain Three Characteristics of Scientific Research (6 Marks)
d) Explain the Scope of a literature review (2 Marks )
e) Differentiate between Pearson’s moment correlation coefficient and
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (3 Marks)
QUESTION TWO
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 disadvantages of systematic sampling (4 Marks)
QUESTION THREE
a) State and explain five sources of research ideas to a prospective researcher ( 5 Marks )
b) A study of high-crime locations in Nairobi was conducted. The number of crimes in each of eight
sample areas during a one year period was recorded. The number of crimes before and after the
community policing program was inaugurated are indicated in the table below:
Number of crimes by area
A B C D E F G H
Before the program 14 7 4 5 17 12 8 9
After the program 2 7 3 6 8 13 3 5
Using appropriate Method, test at the 1% level of significance to determine if there has been a
decrease in the number of crimes since the program was inaugurated. (15 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR
Write brief notes on the following research issues:
i) Purposive sampling (4 Marks)
ii) Convenience Sampling (4 Marks)
iii) Snowball Sampling (4 Marks)
iv) Quota Sampling (4 Marks)
v) Systematic Sampling (4 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a) State three merits and three demerits of direct personal interviews (6 Marks)
b) Outline the importance of literature review in research (4 Marks)
c) Differentiate between a one tail hypothesis and two tail hypothesis and give an example of each
(5 Marks)
d) State Three Causes of random error in research (3 Marks)
e) What is a parsimonious model (2 Marks)

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