Top 150+ Solved Methodology of Research in Political Science MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Attributes of objects, events, or things which can be measured are called
a. qualitative measure
b. data
c. variables
d. none of the above
Q. Which of the following can best be described as a categorical variable?
a. age
b. annual income
c. grade point average
d. religion
Q. The experimental studies are based on
a. the manipulation of the variables
b. conceptual parameters
c. replication of research
d. survey of literature
Q. ,Fact is “empirically verifiable observation” --- is defined by
a. good and hatt
b. emory
c. p.v.young
d. clave
Q. We use factorial analysis
a. to know the relationship between two variables
b. to test the hypothesis
c. to know the difference between two variables
d. to know the difference among many
Q. Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of premises?
a. rationalism
b. deductive reasoning
c. inductive reasoning
d. probabilistic
Q. This variable depends upon what is done to it by the independent variable.
a. extraneous
b. dependent
c. manipulated
d. all of the above
Q. Extraneous variables are essentially
a. independent variables
b. dependent variables
c. independent or dependent
d. neither independent nor dependent
Q. The variable manipulated by the researcher in an experiment is called the
a. response variable
b. independent variable
c. dependent variable
d. extraneous variable.
Q. Which of the following would not be an appropriate synonym for the dependent variable?
a. outcome variable
b. response variable
c. effected variable
d. experimental variable
Q. An example of quantitative variable is the
a. date of birth
b. highest educational qualification
c. time taken to complete a task
d. postal code
Q. The type of sampling where each person in population has equal chance of being selected is
a. probability sampling
b. non-probability sampling
c. judgement sampling
d. none of the above
Q. When a research problem is related to heterogeneous population, the most suitable method is
a. cluster sampling
b. stratified sampling
c. convenient sampling
d. lottery method
Q. Which one is called as non-probability sampling?
a. cluster sampling
b. quota sampling
c. systematic sampling
d. stratified random sampling
Q. A researcher selects a probability sample of 100 out of the total population. It is called
a. a quota sample
b. a simple random sample
c. a stratified random sample
d. a systematic sample