IGNOU MCO-03 December 2016 Previous Year Question Paper

Q1.What is 'Research Design ? Discuss various 5+15 factors to be taken into account while choosing a research design in respect of your research study.

Q2.Explain the criteria for formulating workable hypothesis.

Q3.What are the different types of hypothesis ? Formulate three hypothesis relating to your research study ?

Q4.(a) Discuss the various types of statistical tables with illustrations. Explain the requisites of a good statistical table. 10+10

(b) Discuss the utility of the graphic method of presenting the statistical data. What points should be taken into account in construction of graphs ?

Q5.Explain the uses of Index Numbers in analysing the research data. Discuss the major issues in construction of Index Numbers.

Q6.(a) A famous shoe company produces 8,000 shoes daily. From a sample of 800 pairs, 3% are found to be of poor quality. Find the limits for the number of substandard pair of shoes that can be expected when the confidence level is 95%. 10+10

(b) A random sample of 26 items taken from a normal population has the mean as 145.8 and S.D. as 15.62. At 1% level of significance, test the hypothesis that the population mean is 150. (w:/to/ ?_ 2.787).

Q8.(a) Explain the logical method of generalization. 10+10

(b) What are the different stages in preparing a research report ? Discuss.

Q9.Write a short notes on any four of the following :

(a) Subjective Probability 5+5+5+5

(b) Yates correction

(c) Coding and Editing of data

(d) Time series

(e) Judgement sampling

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