THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA VADODARA

Ph. D. ENTRANCE TEST (PET) – 13th SEPTEMBER 2015 Roll. No.

Signature of Invigilator

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FACULTY OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SCIENCES (04)

(in figures as in Hall Ticket) Roll No. __________________ __________________________ (in words)

Maximum Marks: 100

Time: 12.00 noon to 3.00 P.M. (180 Minutes)

Instruction for the Candidate: 1. Write your Roll Number in the space provided on the top of this page. 2. This paper consists of Fifty (50) multiple choice type questions. Each Question carries two (2) marks. 3. Each question has four alternative responses marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). The answer should be a capital letter for the selected option. The answer letter should entirely be contained within the corresponding square. Correct Method

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4. Your responses to the items for this paper are to be indicated on the ICR Answer Sheet only. 5. Read instructions given inside carefully. 6. Extra page is attached at the end of the Booklet for rough work. 7. You should return the ICR Answer Sheet to the Invigilator at the end of examination and should not carry it with you outside the examination hall. 8. There shall be NO NEGATIVE MARKING. 9. Use of programmable calculator is not allowed. Any electronic equipments/ mobile phone etc. are not allowed in the premise of the examination hall. If found, candidate is liable to be expelled from the examination centre. 10. Candidates are allowed to carry Question booklet with them after the examination is over.

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Faculty of Family and Community Sciences (04) Note : This paper contains FIFTY(50) multiple-choice questions. Each Question carries two (2) marks. 01) Two basic research approaches are A) Inferential & Experimental B) Experimental & Simulation C) Quantitative & Qualitative D) Subjective & Objective 02) Testing hypothesis relates to A) Inferential statistics B) Descriptive statistics C) Data preparation D) Data analysis

08) Uniting various qualitative methods quantitative methods can be called as. A) Coalesce B) Triangulation C) Bipartite D) Impassive

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09) Multistage sampling is a A) Probability sampling B) Non-Probability sampling

10) What is a research design? 03) Is it possible to apply projective techniques for A) A framework for every stage of the collection exploratory investigation? and analysis of data A) Yes B) A way of conducting research that is not B) No grounded in theory C) The choice between using qualitative or 04) The split half method is used as a test of quantitative methods A) Stability D) The style in which you present your research B) Internal reliability findings, e.g. a graph C) Inter observer consistency D) External Validity 11) If a study is "reliable", this means that: A) The measures devised for concepts are stable 05) Which method can be applicable for collecting on different occasions qualitative data? B) It was conducted by a reputable researcher A) Artifacts (Visual) who can be trusted B) People C) The findings can be generalized to other social C) Media products ( Textual, Visual and sensory) settings D) All of these D) The methods are stated clearly enough for the research to be replicated 06) Which of the following is non-probability sampling? 12) "Internal validity" refers to: A) Snowball A) Whether or not the findings are relevant to the B) Random participants' everyday lives C) Cluster B) Whether or not there is really a causal D) Stratified relationship between two variables C) The degree to which the researcher feels that 07) Which of the following are associated with this was a worthwhile project behavioral observation? D) How accurately the measurements represent A) Non-verbal analysis underlying concepts B) Linguistic analysis C) Spatial analysis D) All of these

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13) In an experimental design, the dependent variable 18) It is helpful to use a multi-stage cluster sample is: when: A) The one that is manipulated in order to observe A) The population is widely dispersed any effects on the other geographically B) A measure of the extent to which personal B) You have limited time and money available for values affect research travelling C) An ambiguous concept whose meaning C) You want to use a probability sample in order depends on how it is defined to generalise the results D) The one that is not manipulated and in which D) All of the above any changes are observed 19) The standard error is a statistical measure of: 14) Survey research is cross-sectional and therefore: A) The normal distribution of scores around the A) High in replicability but low in internal sample mean validity B) The extent to which a sample mean is likely to B) High in internal validity but low in reliability differ from the population mean C) High in ecological validity but low in external C) The clustering of scores at each end of a validity survey scale D) None of the above D) The degree to which a sample has been accurately stratified 15) A deductive theory is one that: A) Allows theory to emerge out of the data 20) In which of the following respects is a theory B) Involves testing an explicitly defined ‘NOT’ different from a belief? hypothesis A) Antecedent consequent relationships C) Allows for findings to feed back into the stock B) Acceptability of knowledge C) Demonstrability D) Uses qualitative methods whenever possible D) Verifiability 16) The difference between measures and indicators is 21) Research ethics and review committees are that: A) Composed of senior level professionals A) Measures are unambiguous quantities, whereas B) Only formalities indicators are devised from common sense C) Necessary for protection of the rights of understandings human subjects / participants B) Indicators have a more direct relationship to D) Not easy to convince the underlying concept than measures C) Measures are intuitively devised and then 22) A set of exact procedures that represent particular applied as if they were direct indicators of a variables is called a(n) concept A) abstract definition D) Indicators are unambiguous quantities, B) case study whereas measures are subjective and value C) operational definition laden D) defining characteristic 17) A simple random sample is one in which: 23) A good researcher lays his/her hands on A) From a random starting point, every nth unit A) a specific area and tries to understand it in from the sampling frame is selected minute details B) A non-probability strategy is used, making the B) any area as long as manpower and funding are results difficult to generalize available in plenty C) The researcher has a certain quota of C) Several areas and tries to understand them at respondents to fill for various social groups fundamental level D) Every unit of the population has an equal D) All the above chance of being selected Faculty of Family and Community Sciences - 04

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24) Important experimental informal designs are A) Before and after without control design B) After only with control design C) Before and after with control design D) All the above three

32) To make a prediction about the dependent variable based on its covariance with all the chosen independent variables A) A canonical analysis is done B) Percentages are found C) A multiple regression analysis is done 25) For Item analysis approach the scale developed are D) Mean is calculated A) Arbitrary scales B) Adhoc scales 33) When the numbers of units in different strata vary C) Summated scales to a large extent the following sampling technique D) None of the above three is usedA) simple random sampling 26) A reliable instrument need not be B) stratified sampling with equal allocation A) A valid instrument C) stratified sampling with proportionate B) A reliable instrument allocation C) An economical instrument D) quota sampling D) All the above three 34) The unique feature of systematic sampling is that 27) Secondary data are A) units are chosen at fixed intervals A) Collected through field work B) units are divided into strata and chosen B) Collected and presented by others in past randomly C) collected through laboratory tests C) units are chosen according to the purpose of D) To be collected in future the study D) all units of a particular section are chosen 28) Ergonomics research on indoor environment can be conducted effectively through 35) When all the units in selected sub groups of a A) Simulated laboratory experiments population are chosen as sample, the technique B) Description research used is called C) Discussion method A) stratified sampling D) Formative research B) cluster sampling C) quota sampling 29) Multivariate analysis of variance in an extension of D) purposive sampling A) Regression analysis B) Two way ANOVA 36) The probability is C) Measures of skewness A) the ratio of favourable cases and possible ones D) Class intervals B) the total of favourable and possible ones C) total of all possible combination 30) Ethnographic research deals with D) none of the above A) Watching closely the human behavior B) Providing graphical representation 37) Randomness can reduce the bias to a great extent C) Conducting laboratory experiments because D) Telephonic interviews A) it selects unit based on their characteristics B) it gives equal opportunity for each unit to be 31) Under multistage sampling the first stage is included in the sample A) To arrive at the selected respondents C) it gives proportional opportunity for different B) To select large primary sampling unit types of units to be included C) To compile secondary data D) it gives opportunity for all variations of a D) To analyze the data particular trait under investigation

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38) One determinant of the sample size is A) convenience of selection B) easy accessibility C) standard deviation of population D) mean of the population

45) How can you tell if your research questions are really good? A) If they guide your literature search B) If they are linked together to help you construct a coherent argument C) If they force you to narrow the scope of your 39) Which of the following is not a type of nonresearch probability sampling? D) All of the above A) Snowball sampling 46) A systematic literature review is: B) Stratified random sampling A) One which starts in your own library, then C) Quota sampling goes to on-line databases and, finally, to the D) Convenience sampling internet. B) A replicable, scientific and transparent process 40) The following data collection technique is low cost C) One which gives equal attention to the even when the universe is large and widely spread principal contributors to the area geographically D) A responsible, professional process of timeA) Questionnaire management for research B) Observation C) Interview 47) Which method is most commonly associated with D) Case study method a lack of informed consent? A) In-depth interviewing 41) Before using secondary data one must see that they B) Qualitative content analysis possess the following characteristics C) Covert observation A) Adequacy of data D) Structured interviewing B) Reliability and validity C) Availability of precision 48) What effect does increasing the sample size have D) Objective of inquiry upon the sampling error? A) It reduces the sampling error 42) The following data are those which are collected B) It increases the sampling error afresh for the first time and are original C) It has no effect on the sampling error A) Primary D) None of the above B) Secondary C) Tertiary D) Surveys

49) The value of pretesting a questionnaire is that it helps you to: 43) The following is one of the techniques of data A) Test out your questions on some of the people collection who will be in the final sample A) Primary Source B) Identify and amend any problems in the B) Secondary source question wording, order and format C) Personal Interview C) Find out what a trained pilot would think of D) Audit the subject matter D) All of the above 44) The following method enables us to understand fully the behavior pattern of the concerned unit 50) Library research is a A) Surveys A) Type of a research B) Experiment B) Method of a research C) Questionnaire C) Technique of a research D) Case study D) Tool for a research

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