Date:7/09/11 Submission Date: 14/09/11 MCA II RMT Assignment III

1) What is the meaning of measurement in research? What different does it make whether we

measure in terms of a nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio scale? Explain with examples.
2) Are you in agreement with following statements? If so give reasons:

a) Validity is more critical to measurement than reliability.

b) Stability and equivalence aspects of reliability essentially mean the same thing. c) Content validity is the more difficult type of validity to determine.

d) Reliability measurement is necessarily a valid measurement.

3) Point out the possible sources of error in measurement. Describe the tests of sound

measurement. 4) Are the following nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio data? Explain your answers a) Temperatures measured on Kelvin Scale b) Military ranks
c) Social Security numbers.

d) Number of passengers on buses from Pune to Mumbai.

5) Describe the different methods of scale construction. Explain bases of scale classification 6) Scaling describes the procedures by which numbers are assigned to various degrees of

opinion, attitude and other concepts. Discuss 7) Processing of data implies editing, coding, classification and tabulation. Describe in brief these four operations pointing out the significance of each in context of research study.
8) Why tabulation is considered essential in a research study? Give characteristics of good table.

9) a) How the problem of DK responses should be dealt with by a researcher? b) What points one should observe while using percentage in research study? 10) Write a note on different types of analysis of data pointing out significance of each.

11) How will you differentiate between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. 12) What do you mean by field editing and central editing. 13) Write a brief note on the task of interpretation in the context of research methodology. 14) Interpretation is a fundamental component of research process. Explain. 15) Interpretation is an art of drawing inferences, depending upon the skill of the researcher. Elucidate the given statement explaining the technique of interpretation. 16) It is only through interpretation the researcher can expose the relations and the processes that underlie his findings. Explain. 17) Explain the significance of a research report and narrate the various steps involved in writing such a report. 18) Describe in brief the layout of a research report covering all relevant points. 19) Write short note on Documentation in the context of a research report. 20) Write short on on: a) techniques of writing report. b) characteristics of a good research report. c) Bibliography and its importance in context of research report. d) Rewriting and polishing of report. 21) Report Writing is more an art that hinges upon practice and experience. Discuss