MPC-005 Important Topics for Exams from Previous Years Papers
All these topicss are from IGNOU's Previous Years Question Papers. These are those topics which were mostly repeated in exams.
- Case study
- Quasi Experimental Research – concept, advantage, disadvantage, types of design
- Discourse Analysis – concept, assumptions, approaches, steps
- Method of calculating/estimating reliability
- Correlational Research Design – concept, types, advantages, disadvantages
- Compare the causal comparative research design to correlational research design and experimental research design
- Types of between group single factor design
- Ethnographic Research – concept, steps, assumptions
- Hypothesis – meaning, significance, types
- Expost Facto Research – concept, characteristics, steps, difference with Experimental research
- Comparison of qualitative and quantitative research
- Qualitative Research – Meaning, types, theories
- Validity – types and threats
- Sampling – methods of non probability and probability
- Constructs
- Survey research – types, steps, instruments used
- Content Analysis
- Grounded Theory – steps, types, relevance, implications, types of coding, basic goals
- Variables – types, active and attribute
- Factorial Research Design – concept, types of interaction & effects, types
- Quality and criteria of good research
- Steps involved in preparing a qualitative research report
Important Questions
- Describe case study as a research method.
- Discuss the meaning and types of Quasi Experimental research design.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of quasi-experimental design.
- Discuss the assumptions, approaches and steps of Discourse Analysis.
- Describe the different methods of estimating reliability.
- Discuss the similarities and differences of causal comparative and correlational research design.
- Discuss the types of between group (single factor) research design.
- Describe the assumptions and steps of Ethnographic research.
- Explain the different types of hypothesis. Discuss the errors that might take place while testing hypothesis.
- Differentiate between Experimental and Ex-post Facto research.
- Describe the concept, characteristics and steps of Ex-post facto research.
- Any three difference between qualitative and quantitative research design.
- Discuss the different types of validity. Discuss the various threats to internal validity.
- Write short note on: Constructs
- Discuss the steps involved in conducting survey research. Explain the different instruments used for survey research. Explain the types of Survey Research.
- Write short note on: Content Analysis
- Discuss grounded theory as an approach in qualitative research.
- Discuss the steps, types, relevance and implications of grounded theory.
- Explain the various types of variables.
- Define factorial design. Explain 2 x 2 factorial design with an example.
- Discuss the main and interaction effects in a factorial design.
- What are the objectives, criteria and qualities of a good research design ?
- Outline the steps of preparing a report of the qualitative research data.
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