PREVIOUS PAPER MCOM FIRST YEAR SECOND SEM RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES

• PREVIOUS PAPER
  MCOM FIRST YEAR SECOND SEM
  RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
  

• SECTION A

1. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR SOURCES OF COLLECTION OF SECONDARY DATA? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER IN THE LIGHT OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF SECONDARY DATA?
2. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY QUESTIONNAIRE? WHAT ARE THE DECISION PARAMETER A RESEARCHER SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN THE SEQUENCING THE QUESTIONS?
3. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SAMPLING DESIGN? ENUMERATE THE  VARIOUS METHODS OF SAMPLING AND DESCRIBE THREE OF THEM MENTIONING THE SITUATIONS WHERE EACH ONE IS TO BE USED.
4. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY RESEARCH? DISCUSS SIGNIFICANCE AND  PROCESS OF CONDUCTING RESEARCH?

• SECTION B

1. A PLACEMENT COMPANY HAS CONDUCTED A WRITTEN TEST TO RECRUIT PEOPLE IN A SOFTWARE COMPANY. ASSUME THAT THE TEST MARKETS ARE NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED WITH MEAN 120 AND STANDARD DEVIATION 50. CALCULATE THE FOLLOWING:_

a)       PROBABILITY OF RANDOMLY OBTAINING SCORE GREATER THAN 200 IN TEST

b)       PROBABILITY OF RANDOMLY OBTAINING A SCORE THAT IS 180 OR LESS

c)        PROBABILITY OF RANDOMLY OBTAINING A SCORE LESS THAN 80

d)       PROBABILITY OF RANDOMLY SELECTING A SCORE BETWEEN 70 AND 170 FOR THE EXAM

e)       PROBABILITY OF RANDOMLY OBTAINING A SCORE 80-110

2. A STUDY CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN HUMOR CONTENT IN BRITAIN AND AMERICAN TRADE MAGAZINES ADVERTISEMENT. IN AN INDEPENDENT RANDOM SAMPLE OF 270 AMERICAN TRADE MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENTS.56  WERE HUMOROUS. AN INDEPENDENT RANDOM SAMPLE OF 203 BRITISH TRADE MAGAZINES CONTAINED 52 HUMOROUS ADS. DO THESE DATA PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS DIFFERENCE IN THE PROPORTIONS OF HUMOROUS ADS IN BRITAIN VS/AMERICAN TRADE MAGAZINE.

3.       WRITE NOTE ON THE FOLLOWING:_

a)       KRUSKAL WALLIS H TEST

b)       WALD WOLFOWIZ TEST

4. EXPLAIN THE FORMAT OF A RESEARCH REPORT TAKING A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE

• SECTION C SHORT QUESTIONS

a)       DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PARAMETRIC AND NON PARAMETRIC TESTS

b)       DISCUSS THE CONDITIONS OF BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

c)        WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY INTERVIEW METHOD

d)       DEFINE SIZE OF THE SAMPLE GIVING APPROPRIATE EXAMPLE

e)       WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY COMPUTER ASSISTED INFORMATION

f)        STATE THE PROPERTIES OF NON PARAMETRIC TESTS

g)       DISCUSS THE PROPERTIES OF NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

h)       WHAT PRECAUTIONS ONE SHOULD TAKE BEFORE USING SECONDARY DATA

i)         EXPLAIN WALD WOLFOWITZ TEST