1. Who defined “Research as a systematized effort to gain new knowledge”?
Correct : B. redman and mory
2. What is research design?
Correct : D. all of the above
3. Which is not a scientific step identified by Nicholas Walliman?
Correct : D. procedure of analysis
4. The term “Habitualisation” coined by …………………………….?
Correct : A. peter berger and thomas luckman
5. Which study design give more preference to solution-driven research rather than testing
theories?
Correct : B. action research design
6. Which Condition is not necessary for determining causality?
Correct : A. contextual analysis of situation
7. Why do you need to review the existing literature?
Correct : D. to find out existing knowledge about the topic
8. Which branch of philosophy discuss the nature of being and its existence?
Correct : A. ontology
9. What is the first stage of a systematic review?
Correct : D. define the purpose and scope of the review
10. Which of the following is a method that is commonly used in qualitative research?
Correct : B. ethnography
11. Which of the following is not a criticism of qualitative research?
Correct : B. not difficult to replicate
12. “Foundations of behavioural science” written by …………………?
Correct : C. fred n kerlinger
13. “The discovery of grounded theory” written by
Correct : A. barney g glazer and anselm l strauss
14. What is meant by grounded theory?
Correct : A. generating theory from the data
15. Which term is used to refer an abstract symbol representing an object, a property of object
or a certain phenomenon?
Correct : C. concept
16. Which of the following is not an element in “trustworthiness” criteria for assessing
qualitative research?
Correct : D. validity
17. Social research method help the researcher;
Correct : D. all of the above
18. Qualitative research method include all of the following, excluding;
Correct : B. structured observation
19. …………………. Is the study of “what there is”?
Correct : C. ontology
20. Which branch of knowledge relates to the existence of single reality which can be
studied?
Correct : A. objectivist ontology
21. The ………………….. thought emphasize that social entities exists in reality external to
social actors?
Correct : B. objectivist ontology
22. ……………….thought beliefs that reality is constructed with in the human mind?
Correct : A. relativist ontology
23. The doctrine …………… emphasizing that social phenomena are created from the
perceptions and actions of social actors?
Correct : C. subjectivism
24. The term epistemology derived from …………………….?
Correct : D. greek
25. The term Epistemology derived from the ………………………. Words?
Correct : A. episteme and logos
26. Who developed the deductive strategy?
Correct : A. karl popper
27. Stanley distinguished reflexivity into two; Descriptive reflexivity and ………………….?
Correct : B. analytical reflexivity
28. The word “episteme” means ……………………?
Correct : A. knowledge
29. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy, which is concerned with …………………….?
Correct : B. knowledge
30. ………………………… is the branch of philosophy, which study the nature, methods
and limits of human knowledge?
Correct : C. epistemology
31. ………………………. Emphasizing that reality exists outside of the individual mind?
Correct : A. objectivist epistemology
32. Which is not a classification of continuous variable?
Correct : C. predicator variable
33. The thought ………………………. Point out that truth or meaning arises in and out of
our engagement with the realities in our world?
Correct : A. constructionist epistemology
34. The practice of formulate generalization from a specific case. It known as …………….?
Correct : D. induction
35. The doctrine ………………………… concerned with that reality can be communicated
in a range of symbol and language framework?
Correct : D. subjectivist epistemology
36. Who said that “interpretisvism is an epistemology that it is necessary for the researcher to
understand difference between human in our role as social actors”?
Correct : B. saunders
37. The branch of philosophy which deals with “study of interpretation”
Correct : C. hermeneutics
38. ……………………….. is to use acquire first hand and in-depth knowledge from people?
Correct : C. oral history
39. The philosophical approach begin with the deciphering scriptural writing?
Correct : B. hermeneutics
40. Hermeneutics is the study of …………………….?
Correct : A. interpretation
41. Find out the philosopher is related to hermeneutics tradition?
Correct : A. friedrich schleiermacher
42. The terms hermeneutics re-enactment and reproductive enactment proposed by ………?
Correct : D. wilhelm dilthey
43. “Hermeneutic research method is referred to as hermeneutics reconstruction or basic
hermeneutics” this concept put forwarded by ……………………….?
Correct : A. carl ottto apple and jurgen habermas
44. “Truth and method” written by ……………………….?
Correct : D. hans george gadamer
45. Which philosophical branch argue that understanding is the interpretative act of
integrating particular thins such as language, signs and events into a meaningful whole?
Correct : A. hermeneutics
46. “Being and time” written by ……………..?
Correct : C. martin heidegger
47. The term “science” is derived from ………………………… language?
Correct : B. latin
48. “Science” derived from ……………………….?
Correct : D. scientia
49. The word “scientia” means ……………………….?
Correct : A. knowledge
50. Basic science also known as ………………………?
Correct : C. pure science
51. Which of the following is not a feature of ethnographic methods?
Correct : D. not an open ended approach
52. …………………. is referred to as theory building research?
Correct : A. inductive research
53. Which is not a form of triangulation proposed by Norman Denzin?
Correct : D. contextual triangulation
54. The variable that is the effect or is the result or outcome of another variable, it is
called………………?
Correct : B. dependent variable
55. Before planning to do a social research, we need to ………………………..?
Correct : C. thorough reading of literature on the topic
56. ……………………… involve a set of predetermined questions and highly standardized
techniques of recording?
Correct : A. structured interview
57. Scientific data relies on ……………………………?
Correct : A. objectivity
58. To convert concept in to variables, researchers need to identify ……………… of that
concepts with a set of criteria?
Correct : D. indicators
59. The method used by researcher to solve and discover new facts?
Correct : D. scientific methods
60. The researcher engage into solve research problem through ………………?
Correct : B. scientific method
61. “The researcher asks the primary informants to identify another potential subject who also
meet the criteria of the research”. This statement is related to………………………?
Correct : C. snowball sampling
62. It is a part of scientific method that provide different steps in research process. It is
known as ……………………..?
Correct : A. research design
63. ……………………… is a best known software used to genealogy?
Correct : A. ancestral quest
64. Which is not a coding technique proposed by Strauss and Corbin to analyzing text data?
Correct : D. conceptual coding
65. What is the first step in scientific method, identified by Nicholas walliman?
Correct : A. identification or clarification of problems
66. “The social construction of reality” written by …………………………?
Correct : B. peter berger and thomas luckman
67. According to Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman, culture is the result of human activity
and interaction. They called this process as ……………………..?
Correct : A. habitualisation
68. Which is an incorrect statement regarding a good hypothesis?
Correct : B. no need to relate existing body of knowledge
69. Pick out the correct statement regarding sampling?
Correct : D. all of the above
70. Nonprobability Sampling techniques is also known as ……………………………..?
Correct : C. purposive method
71. Which term used by Alfred Schutz to characterize the distinct dimension of reality?
Correct : C. social world
72. Independent variable that are not related to the purpose of the study, but may affect the
dependent variable are termed as an ………………………..?
Correct : B. extraneous variable
73. “A modern dictionary of sociology” written by?
Correct : A. theordorson and theodorson
74. Which type of induction involves from samples and generalizations are usually derived
through analysis of data?
Correct : B. enumerative induction
75. Which of the following is not a phases to test a hypothesis?
Correct : D. concept formation
76. Which conditions is not related to inductive reasoning?
Correct : C. should not have large number of observation statements
77. The type of induction is a research logic used to gather evidence, interpret and coordinate
the presentation of research results?
Correct : A. analytic induction
78. Empirically verifiable observation is called …………………………….?
Correct : A. facts
79. “Designing social research” written by?
Correct : C. norman blaikie
80. The principle not based on inductive strategy?
Correct : D. generalization
81. Which statement is true regarding hypothesis?
Correct : D. all of the above
82. The form of reasoning in which conclusions drawn from general, minor and precise
premises is known as ……………………….?
Correct : B. syllogism
83. Systematic sampling is a subtype of ……………………..
Correct : B. random sampling
84. The term syllogism derived from “syllogism”. Which means that ………………………?
Correct : A. inference or conclusion
85. The genealogical data changed over to graphs or diagrams. Which is known as ……….?
Correct : C. pedigree
86. The term used by Karl Popper to overcome the deficiencies of positivism and the
inductive strategy?
Correct : D. falsificationism
87. According to Popper, deductive strategy begins with ………………………….?
Correct : A. forward a tentative idea conjecture a hypothesis or set of hypothesis
88. ……… play a significant role in social science. It help us to eliminate subjectivity?
Correct : B. objectivity
89. Which philosophers introduced the term objectivity?
Correct : A. duns scotus and william
90. ………… is a method that utilize various techniques in the investigation of the same
phenomenon to expand study reliability?
Correct : B. triangulation
91. The problem not related to objectivity in social research?
Correct : C. subject matter of social science is not complex
92. The ………………… means that conclusions are drawn from facts without any personal
prejudices and biases?
Correct : A. objectivity
93. ……………. Allows the researcher to more self-aware and self-criticism?
Correct : D. reflexivity
94. ……………………. Method is frequently used in social survey
Correct : C. cluster sampling
95. ……………………. Was primarily used by Glaser and Strauss to study status passage?
Correct : B. meta synthesis
96. ……………………. Is a system of generalized statements or propositions about
phenomena?
Correct : A. theory
97. Which statements and propositions not related to the theory?
Correct : D. none of the above
98. ………………… type of triangulation is characterized as the utilization of multiple
observers the same study?
Correct : C. investigator triangulation
99. …………………. Provide a conceptual framework to a study?
Correct : A. theory
100. Knowledge of different disciplines are used to study a given problem, it is known as …….?