Rationalism is the application of:

• A) Logic and arguments
• B)
• C)
• D)

_______ means the verbal prompts made by fieldworker when the respondent must be motivated to communicate

• A) In house training
• B) Probing
• C) Recording the responses
• D) Verbal communication

There is no relationship between job satisfaction and the employees' turnover rate is an example of which of the following hypothesis:

• A) Null hypothesis
• B)
• C)
• D)

All of the following are weaknesses of telephone interviewing EXCEPT:

• A) Absence of Face-to-Face Contact
• B) Absence of visual medium
• C) Response Rate is lower than for Personal Interviews
• D) Call backs are difficult

"The extensive use of chocolate causes pimples". The given hypothesis is a (an):

• A) Explanatory hypothesis
• B)
• C)
• D)

Causal research answers which of the following types of question:

• A) Where
• B) Why
• C) Who
• D) What

Statistical generalizability refers to:

• A) How the result is useful for broader group
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which of the following is an example of a dilemma that might face feminist business researchers conducting qualitative interviews with women?

• A) What data to use when publishing findings?
• B) What role to adopt when interviewing male managers?
• C) How to overcome the issue of false consciousness?
• D) How many female employees should be interviewed for a representative sample?

While conducting a literature review, the researcher engages in:

• A) An evaluation of the literature
• B)
• C)
• D)

If the problem statement is focused on how to augment knowledge sharing behavior of knowledge workers, the unit of analysis would be:

• A) Organization
• B) Individual
• C) Group
• D) Group of organizations

All of the following options are the characteristics of a good hypothesis, EXCEPT:

• A) Indistinct
• B)
• C)
• D)

Call backs are used as a major means to reduce____________

• A) Response bias
• B) Non-response error
• C) Negative responses
• D) Response rate

The more successful new product in the market the higher will be the stock market price. Here success of new product is ________ and stock market price is ________.

• A) Independent, dependent
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which of the following can be referred as a Reputational sampling?

• A) Snowball Sampling
• B) Purposive Sampling
• C) Quota Sampling
• D) Convenience Sampling

It is a statement about the concepts that may be judged as true or false if it refers to observable phenomena.

• A) Proposition
• B)
• C)
• D)

A process of changing data from their original form to a format that is more suitable to perform a data analysis is called as______________

• A) Information transformation
• B) Information creation
• C) Data transformation
• D) Data creation

Which of the following option is NOT the role of theory?

• A) Theory as memorization
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which of the following is pivotal in capturing accurate variables researcher wants to study?

• A) Identifying the area of research
• B) Selection of respondents
• C) Question design and development
• D) Selection of sampling techniques

What is the most basic skill required by any researcher?

• A) The ability to generate ideas for research projects
• B)
• C)
• D)

If the research questions are concerned with finding out who, what, where, when, or how much, then the study is _______________.

• A) Exploratory study.
• B) Descriptive study.
• C) An explanatory study.
• D) Qualitative study.