NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
14/ 16 AHMADU BELOW WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
MARCH 2014 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: BHM 744 COURSE UNIT: 2
COURSE TITLE: Research Methodology
TIME ALLOWED: 2HOURS
Instructions: 1. Attempt question Number one (1) and any other two (2).
2. Question number 1 is compulsory and carries 30 marks, while the other
questions carry 20 marks each
3. Present all your points in coherent and orderly manner
1a) What will be your the required sample size if you wish to be 99 percent confident, with a
fairly small sampling error of 2.5 percent in estimating the true proportion. There are no
prior information about the true proportion, p, so that, for a conservative estimate,
p = 0.50 (15 marks)
b) Data collection is an activity requiring statistical inquiry. Use this statement to discuss
the stages of statistical inquiry (15 marks)
2a) Define research proposal to bring out its objectives (15 marks)
b) Discuss the structure of your research proposal to your project supervisor (15 marks)
3) What is a research design? Discuss fully if components (20 marks)
4a) The simplest methods of measuring relationships existing between economic variables
are correlation analysis and regression analysis. How do you understand the terms
Correlation and Rank Correlation Coefficient (10 marks)
b) Explain themajor Sources of data and the methods of data collection (10 marks)
5a) What characteristics distinguish a good research questionnaire from a poorly constructed
questionnaire (10 marks)
b) How do you understand the termunstructured questionnaire? Explain the rules guiding its
construction (10 marks)
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