LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL LAB. TECHNOLOGY
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2012
ML 2953 – METHODOLOGY OF MEDICAL LABORATORY RESEARCH
Date : 21-04-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 9:00 – 12:00
SECTION A
Answer ALL the Questions: (10 ×2 = 20 Marks)
- Define research.
- List down the characteristics of good hypothesis.
- Define impact factor.
- Expand ICMR and CSIR
- What is thrust area in research?
- What is plagiarism?
- What is patenting?
- What are the advantages of data arrays over raw data?
- Find the mean of the following data : 48, 52, 60, 57 and 62
- Calculate the median : 26, 13, 7, 15, 11, 19 and 22
SECTION B
Answer any FOUR of the following: (4 ×10 = 40 Marks)
- Describe the electronic tools used in research.
- Write notes on different types of research.
- Give short notes on citation index.
- Explain the different steps in the formulation of research objective.
- Elaborate different kinds of research programme in India and abroad.
- The body weights collected from a population are 66.1, 77.1, 74.6, 61.8 and 71.5
Calculate the standard deviation.
SECTION C
Answer any TWO of the following: (2 ×20= 40 Marks)
- Describe research project proposal
- Discuss research process with a neat flow chart.
- Ethics in research-Explain.
- The following is the data of health researchers who reported an inverse relationship between CNS malformations and hardness of related water supplies. Calculate coefficient of correlation.
| CNS malformation rate | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Water Hardness (ppm) | 120 | 130 | 90 | 150 | 160 | 100 | 140 | 80 | 200 |
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