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Diploma Course In Managemant Section I Question Paper

Diploma Course In Managemant Section I

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Institution: Kenya Institute Of Management (Kim) question papers

Exam Year:2011

A man and a woman sat in the upper level of a packed athletic stadium watching a big game of what wa to be a winning season for an up coming division 1 mens collegiate basketball team.Although it was difficult to distinguish them from the other enthusiastic and boisterous spectators,they were researchers engaged in a study of the home team-the socialization and education of male college athletes .Attending games was a minor part of their research work.
They also hung out with and interviewed players ,staff,media personnel and professors.In addition,they collected press reports and other written material related to the team and players.They gained access to the locker room,the dormitories and where players spent their time,they followed several groups of players through their college years and beyond,the researchers maintained detailed written notes of what they observed and heard and conducted tape recorded interviews which they transcribed.
Required
1a)Identify the research plagiarism used,describe its characteristics.(12 marks)
b)Explain the methods of data collection used by the researchers.(8 marks)
c)Discuss the advantages of using the instruments of (b)above.(8 marks)
2a)Illustrate how you would test test the validity of an instrument.(10 marks)
b)Compare and contrast stratified and quota sampling techniques.(8 marks)
3a)Discuss five problems encountered in the implementation of research recommendations.(10 marks)
b)Outline methods of dissemination of research findings.(8 marks)
4a)Examine organization information that one must include in a funding proposal.(10 marks)
b)Analyze four threats to external validity.(8 marks )
5a)Show the difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.(4 marks)
b)Give three characteristics of measurements as used in research.(4 marks)
c)Discuss key steps in data processing and analysis(10 marks)
6a)Describe a research report and what it entails.(12 marks)
b)Define the terms:
i.Discrete variable.(3 marks)
ii.Continuous vaiable(3 marks)
7a)Examine six advantages of interviews.(12 marks)
b)Show the difference between a statement of the problem and a research question.(6 marks)
8a)Outline the steps in the introduction part of the research proposal.(6 marks)
b)Analyze some criteria that a statement of a research problem should seek to fulfill.(12 marks)

Diploma Course In Managemant Section I Question Paper

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