Types of Research
What type of research aims to increase knowledge without an immediate practical application?
Basic/Pure Research
A researcher selects every 10th student from an alphabetical list. Which sampling method is used?
Systematic Sampling
Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion is called what?
Deductive Reasoning
A study examines whether financial literacy affects investment decisions. Which variable is manipulated or treated as the predictor?
Financial literacy
The overall interpretation or inference drawn by the researcher based on the findings.
Conclusion
Which type of research describes the characteristics of a population or phenomenon?
Descriptive Research
A college has 60% female and 40% male students. The researcher ensures the sample has the same proportions. Which sampling method is this?
Stratified Sampling
A researcher interviews 30 students, identifies common patterns and develops a theory from those observations. Which approach is this?
Inductive Approach
Financial literacy improves investment knowledge, which then improves investment decisions. What role does investment knowledge play?
Mediating variable
A result or observation obtained from the analysis of collected data.
Findings
What type of research focuses on discovering new ideas or gaining insights into a poorly understood problem?
Exploratory Research
Selecting participants because they possess specific characteristics required for the study is called what?
Purposive Sampling
“All B.Com students who attend financial literacy workshops improve their financial knowledge. Ravi attended a financial literacy workshop. Therefore, Ravi improved his financial knowledge.” What reasoning is illustrated?
Deductive Reasoning
The relationship between financial literacy and investment behaviour is stronger among students with high income. What could income represent?
Moderating variable
A researcher predicts that financial literacy has no significant effect on investment behaviour. Which hypothesis is this?
Null hypothesis
A study examines the relationship between students' attendance and their examination scores without manipulating either variable. What type of research is this?
Correlational Research
In which sampling method are naturally occurring groups, such as classes or departments, selected instead of individual students?
Cluster Sampling
Observation → Pattern → Generalization → Theory. Which approach?
Inductive
A respondent's choice of Commerce, Science or Arts is what type of variable?
Categorical variable
A researcher wants to understand how parents collectively perceive advertisements aimed at children. Which qualitative method could allow participants to discuss and react to each other's opinions?
Focus Group Discussion (FGD)
A researcher studies the same group of B.Com students from first year to final year. What type of research design is this?
Longitudinal Research
A researcher has a complete list of 5,000 students and randomly selects 300 students without dividing them into groups or imposing any quotas. What type of sampling is this?
Unrestricted sampling (simple random sampling)
A researcher uses an established theory to predict students' intention to use AI tools and tests those predictions. What is the logic?
Deductive
A researcher changes the amount of financial education students receive and measures their investment knowledge afterward. Identify the independent and dependent variables.
Independent: Financial education;
Dependent: Investment knowledge
Four major sources from which research problems can be identified?