LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

CO 45

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

SO 4802 – QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

 

 

 

Date : 16/04/2008            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

SECTION-A

(10 X 2 = 20 Marks)

Answer ALL the questions in 30 words each

1. Mention any two characteristics of quantitative research.
2. What is replicatory research?
3. When does a researcher resort to snowball sampling?
4. Define sampling.
5. Elucidate the types of questionnaire.
6. State the purpose of pre-testing.
7. What is content analysis?
8. Write a short note on statistical significance.
9. Spell out the sequence to be followed in a bibliography for a journal article.
10. Point out the features of a review of a reported empirical study.

 

SECTION-B

(5 X 8 = 40 Marks)

Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each

11. What is ‘appendix’? What could be its content?
12. Illustrate the features of a multivariate table.
13. Bring out the limitations of interview as a method of data collection.
14. How would you select your respondents through a systematic random sampling method?
15. Highlight the four fundamental scaling principles used in measurement.
16. Explain the concepts of validity and reliability.
17. Explain the qualities of probability sampling.

 

SECTION-C

(2 X 20 = 40 Marks)

Answer any TWO questions in 1200 words each

18. Discuss the phases and steps in quantitative research.
19. Describe the steps in constructing a questionnaire.
20. What is data processing? How is it done?
21. Discuss the structure of a research thesis.

 

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