Top 350+ Solved Business Research Methods (BRM) MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In case the population has a normal distribution, then the sampling distribution of the mean
a. Has a mean equal to the population mean
b. Has normal distribution
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Q. In which of the following sample designs, maps rather than lists or registers are used as the sampling frame?
a. Simple random sample
b. Cluster sample
c. Area Sample
d. none of these
Q. Suppose that a population with N = 200 has µ = 30. What is the mean of the samplingdistribution of the mean for sample of size 40?
a. Not possible to determine as this information is inadequate
b. 40
c. 25
d. 30
Q. A sample study is a study of
a. Whole population
b. Only representative items
c. 51 items
d. None of these
Q. Among the following methods which is not a probability sampling method?
a. Systematic sampling
b. Stratified sampling
c. Cluster sampling
d. Quota sampling
Q. Among the following methods which is not the non-probability sampling method?
a. Convenient sampling
b. Quota sampling
c. Judgement sampling
d. Systematic sampling
Q. Which of the following is the example of random sampling techniques?
a. Taking the name of every person in a telephone book
b. Generating a list of numbers by picking numbers out of a hat and matching these numbers to names in the telephone book
c. Taking every tenth or twentieth name from a list of everybody in the telephone book
d. All of the above
Q. Pat Robertson is running for parliament in the General Election. She needs to know the intended choices of the voters and will undertake a survey. All the voters on the Electoral Register in her constituency would be the study’s
a. Sample
b. Dependent variable
c. Population
d. Independent variable
Q. What are the types of Random or probability sampling?
a. Area sampling and Judgemental sampling
b. Stratified sampling and Area sampling
c. Judgemental sampling and Quota sampling
d. Sequential sampling
Q. When there is a significant difference between the statistic and parametric values, it means that
a. Sample statistic is representative is representative of the population parameter
b. Static value is used to approximate parameter
c. The difference is real
d. None of the above
Q. The process of selecting a number of participants for a study in such a way that they represent the larger group from which they were selected is known as
a. Research Design
b. Sampling
c. Data collection
d. Random assignment
Q. If the standard error of the population is reduced by 50 per cent, the sample size becomes
a. Double
b. Increase 6 times
c. Increase 4 times
d. None of the above
Q. Which type of sampling Mr. Weber use to draw a sample that is not biased?
a. Non-probability
b. Concurrent
c. Random
d. None of the above
Q. Which of the following is not likely to be used to stratify a sample for a study investigating theuse of a computerised algebra program?
a. Gender
b. Ethnicity
c. Socio-economic status
d. Number of siblings in the home