1. Participant observation is a part of:

2. Which one of the following is not a type of experimental method ?

3. Generalised conclusion on the basis of a sample is technically known as:

4. A researcher is interested in studying the prospects of a particular political party in an urban area. What tool should he prefer for the study ?

5. A questionnaire that offers no scope for any respondent's own view is called

6. A researcher attempts to evaluate the effect of method of feeding on anxiety – proneness of children. Which method of research would be appropriate for this ?

7. In which of the following research methods. an empiricoinductive paradigm is employed?
(A) Ethnograpic Probe (B) Case study method
(C) Ex post facto method (D) Narrative method
(E) Experimental method Select your answer from the options given below :

8. Which one of the following is the main feature of qualitative research?

9. Which one of the following is a research tool ?

10. When the researcher does not know the identity of the experimental and placebo groups, the study is termed as

11. A researcher intends to explore the effect of possible factors for the organization of effective mid-day meal interventions. Which research method will be most appropriate for this study?

12. A university teacher intends to study the relationship between level of aspiration and achievement of rural children. Which design of research will be most appropriate in the context?

13. Through which research method, the manipulation of an independent variable and its effect on dependent variable is examined with reference to a hypothesis under controlled conditions?

14. Which among the following is NOT related to qualitative research?

15. Case studies are:

16. There are two sets given below, Set-I consists of methods of research and Set-II indicates their procedural characteristics. Match the two sets and choose your answer from the codes given below : Set – I Set – II (Research method) (Procedural Characteristics)
A. Experimental method i. Interventions to ameliorate a given situation
B. Expost facto method ii. Explaining patterns of behaviour in terms of meanings and their representations which people share.
C. Descriptive method iii. Manipulating an independent variable in controlled conditions and measuring its effect on dependent variable.
D. Symbolic interactionism iv. Depending on primary and secondary sources of data.
E. Action research v. Obtaining information concerning the current status of phenomena. vi. Observing the effect on dependent variable and making probes into factors/variables which explain it. vii. Exegetic analysis. Codes : A B C D E

17. Which of the following is not a Method of Research?

18. Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?

19. One of the aims of the scientific method in research is to:

20. Which of the following statements is not true in the context of participatory research ?

21. The experimental study is based on:

22. The term 'phenomenology' is associated with the process of

23. The research stream of immediate application is

24. The process not needed in experimental research is:

25. The easiest attitudinal scale which is a summated rating scale is the