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Bmgt 320: Research Methods Question Paper

Bmgt 320: Research Methods

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2013

KABARAK
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMERCE

BMGT 320/ECON 322/BMIT 320: RESEARCH METHODS
DAY: WEDNESDAY

DATE: 11/12/2013
TIME: 2.00 – 4.00 P.M.

STREAM: Y3S2
INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions.
2. Question ONE is compulsory and carries 30 marks
3. All other questions carry 20 marks each.
4. Ensure your hand writing is neat and legible
QUESTION ONE
From a student’s proposal, the main research problem is to analyze the attitudes of professional
employees toward certain aspects of management policy and to evaluate the relationship between
these attitudes and the responsibility of management to articulate such policy for its employees.
The student further articulates that the data needed for this study are employee responses to
questions concerning salary increases and merit pay. The data will be secured by accurately
tabulating all of the responses of employees. From the responses of the questions, a table will be
constructed similar to the one below:
Attitude
Frequency
Percentage

Totals

The table indicates employee attitudes, frequency and the percentage of these attitudes of the
total attitude response to each question. A graph will then be constructed to show which attitudes

received the greatest number of reactions and which had the least number of reactions. The
median and mean will also be found for the total group as a basis for comparison.
From the proposal above:
a) What is the possible title for the proposal?

(2 Marks)
b) Which are the variables? Give reasons for your answer.

(3 Marks)
c) What does the researcher really intend to do?

(4 Marks)
d) Will the student really interpret the data from the analysis in (c)? Explain your answer.

(3 Marks)
e) Will the student derive meaning from the interpretation of data? Give reasons for your
answer.

(3 Marks)
f) What can the student do to interpret the data?

(3 Marks)
g) Suppose the student operationalized the variables, briefly explain the tools that he/she can
use.

(6 Marks)
h) State one hypothesis

(2 Marks)
i) Which analysis tool can the student use in testing the hypothesis? Explain your answer.

(4 Marks)
Question Two
Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative research in terms of:
a) Purpose

(5 Marks)
b) Process

(5 Marks)
c) Data collection

(5 Marks)
d) Data analysis

(5 Marks)
Question Three
a) Briefly describe FIVE characteristics of research.

(10 Marks)
b) Appropriate research proposals/projects don’t fall out of trees and hit you on the head. You
must be sufficiently knowledgeable about your topic of interest to know what projects or
proposals might make important contributions to the field. Explain FIVE strategies that are
often helpful for novice and expert researcher in identifying the problem.
(10 Marks)

Question Four
a) Explain EIGHT guidelines for writing a solid, clear and cohesive review of related literature.

(12 Marks)
b) Briefly explain in what way one can improve the response rate for a postal/mail
questionnaire.

(8 Marks)

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