Research Methodology MCQs

This document provides a multiple choice quiz with answers on research methods. It covers topics like the definition of research, qualities of researchers.

Efforts of researcher to remove the effect of irrelevant/extraneous variable is

A. Manipulation
B. Replication
C. Control
D. Randomization
Correct answer is: C. Control
NA

Arriving at specific conclusions based on generalization is called

A. Deductive reasoning
B. Inductive reasoning
C. Data analysis
D. Hypothesis
Correct answer is: A. Deductive reasoning
NA

The use of at least one independent variable is called

A. Manipulation
B. Replication
C. Control
D. Randomization
Correct answer is: A. Manipulation
NA

Knowledge is gained by reason not by experience in

A. Scientific method
B. Tradition
C. Sense perception
D. Rationality
Correct answer is: D. Rationality
NA

To conduct a number of small experiments rather than one large experiment is

A. Manipulation
B. Replication
C. Control
D. Randomization
Correct answer is: B. Replication
NA

Systematic, controlled and critical investigation of hypothetical proposition is called

A. Scientific method
B. Tradition
C. Sense perception
D. Rationality
Correct answer is: A. Scientific method
NA

The process in which every member of a population has equal chances of selection is called

A. Manipulation
B. Replication
C. Control
D. Randomization
Correct answer is: D. Randomization
NA

Textbooks and encyclopaedias are examples of

A. Primary sources
B. Secondary Sources
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
Correct answer is: B. Secondary Sources
NA

If the results are due to only manipulated independent variable, it is called

A. Internal Validity
B. External Validity
C. Maturation
D. History
Correct answer is: A. Internal Validity
NA

Which type of criticism is concerned with accuracy or worth of the content?

A. Internal
B. External
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
Correct answer is: A. Internal
NA
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