Research Methodology (ECON3204)
Faculty of Economics and Management Science (FEMS)
Semester: Second Semester
Level: 300
Year: 2018
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES DEPARTMENT: ALL
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2017/2018 ACADEMIC YEAR
Course Code & Title: Research Methodology (ECON 304)
Credit Value: 5
Status: C
Course Lecturer: Dr. Jumho/Dr. Dobdinga
Time: 7:30 - 10:30
Date: 12/07/2018
Instruction: Answer ALL questions
Exercise 1: (25 marks)
1. What is research?
2. What are the characteristics of a good theory?
3. Enumerate the essential parts of a research report.
4. State briefly the purposes of the null hypothesis.
5. Give three measures of strength of association.
6. Distinguish between primary and secondary data.
7. Explain how a scientific problem can be solved by the use of data.
Exercise 2: (10 marks)
James, a level 300 student in the Department of Management at FEMS wants to write his
research
report on the
following topic: "Motivation and employee’s productivity in MFI: case study of FEMS Credit Union-Bamenda”.
Help James to:
1. Give the main research question; [01 line]
2. Give the main objective and two specific objectives. [04 lines]
Exercise 3: (20 marks)
Read the following passage which represents the research questions of a study and answer the questions that follow:
The main research question of this 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 by this researcher when gathering data (3 only).
g) Establish the techniques of data analyses 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.
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Exercise 4 (15 marks)
a)
Under what circumstances will a stratified random sampling design be considered appropriate? How
would you select such a sample? Explain by means of an example.
b)
What is the meaning of APA as a referencing style?
a)
Why should we incorporate a list of reference in our research project (3 only)
b)
Give a hypothetical referencing list of one text book and one journal article. (NB: The author’s name
to use for the text books is: Che Cletus Ngwa, while that for the articles is: Sirri Emelda Awah)
Good luck!
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