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Comp 328:Research Methods In Computer August 2009 Question Paper

Comp 328:Research Methods In Computer August 2009

Course:Bachelor Of Computer Science

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2008/2009 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR SCIENCE IN COMPUTER
SCIENCE
COURSE CODE: COMP 328

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer Question ONE and any other TWO questions

QUESTION ONE [30MKS]
a. According to the advanced learners Dictionary Research is defined as…..? [2mks]
b. Highlight the objectives of conducting research [4mks]
c. State and explain FIVE data collecting methods [10mks]
d. Differentiate between probability sampling and deliberate sampling [4mks]
e. Abanti is a researcher and he wants to study the reading habit of kabarak university
students. He has divided the students according to the school they belong to. Business
school-5000 students, Education-2000, and Science-3000.He have assigned each school
a standard deviation of 15, 18, and 5 respectively. He only wants to study a sample of 84
students. Using the disproportionate sampling design calculates how this sample of 84
would be allocated to the three schools [10mks]

QUESTION TWO [20MKS]
a. Describe the characteristics of good research [5mks]
b. Name the problems facing researchers in Kenya [5mks]
c. State and explain the research process [10mks]

QUESTION THREE [20MKS]
a. Identify the research measurement scales [4mks]
b. Describe the following
i. Two-Tailed test [5mks]
ii. Null hypothesis [2mks]
iii. Type 1 error [3mks]
c. Explain the following research processing operation
i. Editing [2mks]
ii. Coding [2mks]
iii. Tabulation [2mks]

QUESTION FOUR [20MKS]
a. Describe the advantages of the following research development phases
i. Feasibility [2mks]
ii. Analysis [2mks]
iii. Design [2mks]
iv. Maintenance [2mks]
v. Documentation [2mks]
b. Explain how the following measurements are used in research data analysis
i. Mean [3mks]
ii. Standard deviation [3mks]
iii. Chi-Square [4mks]

QUESTION FIVE [20MKS]
a. Highlight the significance of multivariate techniques [4mks]
b. Describe Factor Analysis and give its merits and demerits in research [4mks]
c. Describe briefly the layout of a research proposal [8mks]
d. The School of Science at Kabarak is running undergraduate in five courses with equal
number of students. The total number of absentees in these five courses is 75. Test the
hypothesis that these courses are alike in absenteeism if the actual absentees in each are as
follows [4mks]
Information Technology = 19
Computer Science = 18
Physics = 15
Environment = 12
Chemistry = 11

Comp 328:Research Methods In Computer August 2009 Question Paper

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