MS-95

Management Programme

ASSIGNMENT SECOND SEMESTER 2012

MS-95: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS

School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI 110 068

ASSIGNMENT Course Code Course Title Assignment Code Coverage : : : : MS - 95 Research Methodology for Management Decisions MS-95/TMA/SEM - II /2012 All Blocks

Note: Answer all the questions and send them to the Coordinator of the Study Centre you are attached with.

1. Explain the meaning of Analysis of Variance. Describe briefly the techniques of analysis of variance for two-way classifications. 2. Define and classify secondary data. Also discuss the process of evaluating the secondary data. 3. What is the meaning of measurement in research? What difference does it make if we measure in terms of a nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio scale? 4. The customers arriving at the booking counter of a Road traffic Corporation sex-wise are expected to follow a random sequence. The position in respect of 30 passengers on a day was as follows: MMFFFMFFMMFFFFMMMFFMMFMMMFFFMM Comment whether the arrival pattern is random. 5. Write shot notes on a) Components of a Research Problem. b) Thurstone Scale c) Multivariate Analysis