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MASTER OF COMMERCE
Term-End Examination
CO
C') June, 2012

MCO-03 : RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Answer any five questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

1. Briefly explain the different methods of research 20

with suitable examples of their applicability in
various areas of Business Research.

2. (a) Discuss the precautions you would take

while using the secondary data in your
research and also merits and limitations of
secondary data. 10+10
(b) Explain the issues involved in selection of
an appropriate scaling technique for
research study.

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3. (a) Depict the following data graphically and
present your brief analysis. 15+5
Year : 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Sales
31 58 42 65 80 96 98
(Rs. in lakh) :
Cost of sales
42 50 48 55 75 80 73
(Rs. in lakh) :
(b) What do you understand by Editing of
Data ?

4. (a) Discuss the various components of a 10

research design.
(b) What is Time Series Analysis ? What is its 10
Utility in Business Research ?

5. (a) What is the difference between random 5, 10

sampling and non-random sampling ?
When Quota sampling method is superior
over other non-random sampling
methods ?
(b) Find out the sample size, when N=1,000 5
and you wish a 95% confidence level and
-± 5% precision level (d = 0.05 and z = 1.96).

6. (a) The incomes of a group of 5,000 persons

were found to be normally distributed with
mean = Rs. 900 and S.D. = Rs. 75. What was
the highest income among the poorest
in 2002 ? (Area order standard normal
curve from z = 0 to z =1.75 is 0.46) 10+10

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 (b) Describe the essential features of a research
report.

7. (a) A coin is tossed 950 times and heads appear

500 times. Does the result support the
hypothesis that the coin is unbiased ? 10+10
(Select x = 0.01) (Apply Z test for
population)
(b) What precautions would you take while
interpreting the data ?

8. Write short notes on any four of the following :

(a) Interval Scale 5, 5, 5, 5
(b) Pre-testing the questionnaire
(c) Inductive and deductive logic
(d) Selection of a research problem
(e) Correlation
(f) Probability distribution

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