IGNOU MCO-03 December 2017 Previous Year Question Paper

Q1.Explain the significance of research in various 20 functional areas of business.

Q2.(a) What are the sources of research problems ? 10, 4, 6

(b) What are the points to be considered while selecting a research problem ? Explain the proceis of problem formulation.

Q3.(a) What are the various sources of secondary data ? Discuss the precautions to be taken while using secondary data. 10, 10

(b) Explain the various Scaling Techniques of Attitude Measurement. Give examples.

Q4.Discuss the different stages in preparation of research report. What are the characteristics of a good report ? 10,

Q5.(a) What do you mean by statistical fallacy ? What dangers and fallacies are associated with the use of statistics ? 10, 10

(b) Discuss the difficulties faced by a researcher in business research.

Q6.The following data relate to the profit earned by a company from 2008 to 2013 : 12, 4, 4 Year : 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Profit (Z in '000) : 10 12 15 16 18 19

(a) Find a straight line trend by the method of least squares to the data and tabulate trend values and comment.

(b) Estimate the profit for the year 2016.

(c) What is the monthly increase on the earning of profit ?

Q7.(a) Examine the usefulness of index numbers for analysing the data. Discuss various issues that arise in the construction of an index number. 10, 10

(b) In a sample of 800 parts manufactured by a company, number of defective parts was found to be 60. The company, however, claims that only 7% of the product is defective. Apply Z-test to verify whether the manufacture's claim is tenable. (a = 0.05; w : Zo 1.645 right-tailed test)

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(b) Addition Rule for Mutually Exclusive Events

(c) Chi-Square test for goodness of fit

(d) Survey method of research

(e) Research design

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