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Bmit 320 :Research Methods December 2008 Question Paper

Bmit 320 :Research Methods December 2008

Course:Bachelor Of Business Management And Information Technology

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KABARAK UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATIONS
2008/2009 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
COURSE CODE: BMIT 320

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer Question ONE and any other FIVE questions.
2. Question ONE carries 20 marks and all others carry 10 marks
each.

QUESTION ONE (20 MARKS)
a) Outline the differences between a research proposal and a project proposal.
b) In a chronological manner, outline and briefly comment on the components of a
research proposal.
c) What are the qualities of a good research proposal?

QUESTION TWO (10 MARKS)
a) Define research, research methods and research methodology.
b) Discuss the properties of a scientific research?
c) Explain the purpose of research

QUESTION THREE (10 MARKS)
a) Using suitable examples differentiate between qualitative and quantitative
research methods.
b) What will be the advantages to a researcher if he/she chooses to use both
qualitative and quantitative methods?

QUESTION FOUR (10 MARKS)
a) What is literature review and why is it important in research?
b) State the sources of literature review and their importance.
QUESTION FIVE (10 MARKS)
a) Define a research design.
b) In social sciences we have four types of research designs namely: observation,
descriptive, exploratory and experimental. Explain each one of them indicating
the situation when each is relevant in research.

QUESTION SIX (10 MARKS)
a) Define statistics.
b) Explain the functions of descriptive statistics in data analysis.
c) Define sampling and explain the two broad categories of sampling techniques.

QUESTION SEVEN (10 MARKS)
Explain the following statistical summary measures used in data analysis and in each case
give the relevant statistics.
a) Measures of central tendency
b) Measures of dispersion
c) Measures of correlation
d) Measures of association.

QUESTION EIGHT (10 MARKS)
a) What is a questionnaire?
b) Explain the three basic criteria that a good formulation of a questionnaire should
uphold.
c) Differentiate between reliability and validity as used in research.

Bmit 320 :Research Methods December 2008 Question Paper

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