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)

 

1. Define research.
2. List down the characteristics of good hypothesis.
3. Define impact factor.
4. Expand ICMR and CSIR
5. What is thrust area in research?
6. What is plagiarism?
7. What is patenting?
8. What are the advantages of data arrays over raw data?
9. Find the mean of the following data : 48, 52, 60, 57 and 62
10. Calculate the median : 26, 13, 7, 15, 11, 19 and 22

 

 

SECTION B

Answer any FOUR of the following:                                                                           (4 ×10 = 40 Marks)

 

11. Describe the electronic tools used in research.
12. Write notes on different types of research.
13. Give short notes on citation index.
14. Explain the different steps in the formulation of research objective.
15. Elaborate different kinds of research programme in India and abroad.
16. 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)

 

17. Describe research project proposal
18. Discuss research process with a neat flow chart.
19. Ethics in research-Explain.
20. 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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