LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL LAB. TECHNOLOGY
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2011
ML 2953 – METHODOLOGY OF MEDICAL LABORATORY RESEARCH
Date : 12-04-2011 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
Section A
Answer ALL the questions (10×2 = 20 Marks)
- What is a peer reviewed journal?
- What is the need for review of literature?
- List down the criteria essential for impact factor.
- What are review volumes?
- Define patenting.
- What is thrust area?
- What is plagarism?
- Categorise the reagents in a laboratory?
- Calculate the arithmetic mean from the following data
| No of students | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Marks | 38 | 40 | 85 | 55 | 88 | 54 | 100 | 85 | 77 | 53
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- Find out the median of the following data
10 18 15 13 54 19 17
Section B
Answer any FOUR of the following (10×4 = 40 Marks)
- Elaborate the electronic tools for collection of literature.
- Give an account of the different kinds of research programme in India and abroad.
- What are the issues related to ethics in research?
- Calculate standard deviation of the following data
| X | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | ||
| F | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
- Calculate the coefficient of correlation between x and y from the following data:
| x | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| y | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
- What are the guidelines to write results and discussion?
Section C
Answer any TWO of the following (20×2 = 40 Marks)
- What is research? Discuss the different types of research.
- How to write a paper for a scientific journal? Explain
- Explain research process with a neat flowchart.
- Discuss in detail good laboratory practices.