Business and Office Management (Level II)

Program: Electronic Business (Level II)

Health Admin Assistant (Level II)

Module title: Research Methods & Statistics

Module code: BRR331

Instructor: Mr. Atallah Abu Ouda

First Hour exam – semester I - Academic

Exam:
year 2018-2019

Instructions:

1. Test contains Five questions.

2. This exam contributes 15% of the total mark of the
subject.
3. Students are requested to solve all questions to achieve
a full mark of 100.
4. English language should be used when answering all
questions.

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Final mark: …………………………/100

Date: 08/10/2018 Day: Monday

Time: 8:30 – 09:20 Duration: 50 minutes

Question 1 20
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Write TRUE sign if the statement is correct, FALSE sign if it is
incorrect, and correct the false ones:

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)1 The first step in designing any research study is reviewing the existing literature
in that topic area.
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)2 An effective way to avoid confusion in formulating research questions is by
using operational definitions.
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)3 The observation is often described as an attempt by the researcher to explain
the phenomenon of interest.
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)4 Accuracy refers to whether the measurement is consistent.
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)5 Going beyond the data is a cardinal sin that researchers must be careful to
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)6 Replication essentially means conducting the same research study a second
time with the same group of participants.
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)7 Prediction-based research often stems from previously conducted descriptive
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)8 It is important that researchers make only those conclusions that can be
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)9 The researchers translate the research idea into an answerable question after
forming the hypotheses.
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)10 Observations of the world around us often give rise to the questions that
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Question 2 15
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Define the following:

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Question 3 [18
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Compare between the following:

1) Quantitave Research and Qualitiave Research

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2) Null and Alternate Hypotheses
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3) Independent and Dependent Variables

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Question 4 [17
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In research studies involving groups of study participants, the decision
regarding whether to use a directional or a nondirectional hypothesis is based
on whether the researcher has some idea about how the groups being studied
will differ. Explain the Directional and Non-Directional Hypotheses.
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Question 5 [30
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Researchers choose the topics that they intent to study in a variety of
ways, and their decisions are necessarily influenced by several factors.
Explain the five ways:
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