STA630 Current Spring 2012 Final Term VU Paper [July 2012] Virtual University of Pakistan

Q#1:
Executive summary is the crucial part of amjad’s research report which he is writing these days. You need to mention the major part under which executive summary lies? in your opinion, what must be the requisites of this crucial part of amjad’s research report.

Q #2:
A research has defined political emergency for his research as “government dilation that may suspend some normal functions of the executive, legislative and judicial powers”. He is using secondary data, agencies reports and official documents for his research. He found that in some documents political emergency is defined as governmental declaration that may alert citizens to change their normal behaviors, or order government agencies to implement emergency plans. Which type of threat is this for his research explains your answer.

Q# 3:
Mowday defines employee commitment as “A relative strength of an individual identification with an involvement in particular organization”
You as a researcher are conducting research on the level of commitment in employees of your organization. Identify at least three indicators of employee commitment and provide an operational definition of your research.
Q# 4:
How would you differentiate between multiple regression analysis and replication pattern?

Q# 5:
which is the biggest drawback of historical comparative research?
Q #6:
when will you prefer using simple random sampling?

STA630 Current Spring 2012 Final Term VU Paper [July 2012] Virtual University of Pakistan

Total Questions = 64
MCQ’s = 56
3 Marks question = 4
5 Marks question = 4
Almost 90% of the mcq’s were new and only 10% were from past paper…subjective portion was also new questions and only 1 question was from past paper..
Subjective question was as follows…
1. What are some unique features of historical comparative research which distinguish it from other forms research? 3 marks.
2. Azeem was conducting a study/research in a mental institution. The mental institution got his signatures on a non disclosure document, according to that
he would not disclose any information related to the institution to any outsider. During his research, he discovered that the patients were mistreated and
abused by the staff. He had two choices: to leave the study and call for investigation or to keep quite and continue with the study for several months,
publish the findings afterwards and then VUsolutions advocate an end to abuse.
What type of ethical dilemma it is; confidentiality or deception? Justify your opinion. 3 marks
3. Define varieties of non- reactivates of observation.3 marks
4. – Explain case control studies in focus group discussion ? 3 Marks
4 questions having 5 marks:
1. Differentiate deception and confidentiality of field research?
2. What is independent variable and give the experimental example of it.
3. Data is given and we have to make the null hypotheses or alternative hypothesis.
4. Researcher uses the quotations in text while writing literature review during research. You are asked to explain the method to use quotation in text
following APA style.

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