Research Methodology (ECOM3202)
Faculty of Economics and Management Science (FEMS)
Semester: Second Semester
Level: 300
Year: 2018
Section A; COST ANALYSIS
EXERCISE 1; 25 mks
1- What is research?
2- What are the characteristics of a good theory?
3- Enumerate the essential parts of a research paper
4- State briefly the purpose of the null hypothesis
5- Give three measures of strength of association
6- Distinguish between primary and secondary data
7- Explain how scientific problems can be solved using a theory
EXERCISE 2: (10MKS)
James a level 300 student in the department of management at FEMS wants to write his
research report on the following topic: motivation and employees’ productivity in MFI: case
study of FEMS credit union-Bamenda. Help James to:
1) Give the main research question [1 line]
2) Give the main objective and two specific objectives. [4 lines]
EXERCISE 3: (20 MKS)
Read the following passage which represents the research question and answer the questions
that follow:
The main research question of the study is: what are the factors that influence the adoption of
mobile money by households in the Bamenda Municipality? The specific research questions
are:
• What is the effect of income level on the adoption of mobile money?
• What is the effect of educational level on the adoption of mobile money?
• What are the challenges faced by users of mobile money?
REQUIRED:
a- Select a suitable title for this study
b- In not more than five lines, state the problematic captured by the identified topic
c- Identify the research objectives that are likely to constitute the problem statement of
this study.
d- Develop two hypotheses for this study
e- What method(s) of gathering data will you use for this study and why?
f- What are the likely problems to be faced this researcher when gathering data (3only)
g- Establish the techniques of data analysis and presentation that could be used to carry
out this study
h- State three relevance of reviewing literature in this study
i- As a researcher, give three ethical issues to consider when collecting data
EXERCISE 4 (15 mks)
a) Under what circumstances will a stratified random sampling design be considered
appropriate? How would you select such a sample? Explain by means of example
b) What is the meaning of APA as a referencing style?
c) Why should we incorporate a list of reference in our research project? (3 only)
d) Give a hypothetical referencing list of one text book and one journal article. NB: the
authors name to use for the text books is Che Cletus Ngwa, while for the articles is:
Sirri Emelda Awah)
THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
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Semester Exam Course: Research Methodology: ECON304
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