ICDEOL M Ed 1st Year Question Papers Research - Vijay Heer

M.Ed.
EXAMINATION
METHODOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
The candidate shall limit their answers precisely within the answer- book (40
Pages) issued to them and no supplementary / continuation sheet will be issued.
Note: Attempt five questions in all. Select one question from each and Question
No. 1 which is compulsory .All questions carry equal marks.
Que. 1 Write short note on the following :a) Longitudinal Research
b) Case Study
c) Characteristics of goo Research Tools
d) Data Analysis
e) Histogram.
SECTION-I
Que.2 Define nature, scope of Educational Research Paradigms and their
implications for educational research.
Que.3 Define Development Research with its merits and demerits.
Section II
Que.4 Define Sampling and differenciate between Probability Sampling and
Non- Probability Sampling Technique.
Que.5 What do you mean by Questionnare ? Explain its kinds by giving

examples.
SECTION-III
Que.6 Explain all types of Data in Qualitative Research.
Que.7 Explain Frequency distribution by taking any data of 100 students.
SECTION-IV
Que.8 The correlation between a general intelligence test and school
achievement in a group of children from 8 to 14 years old in 80. The
correlation between the general intelligence test and age in the same group is
70 and the correlation between school achievement and age is 60.What is the
correlation between general intelligence and school achievement in children
of the same age ? Comment upon your results.
Que. 9 Calculate the F- Ratio from the following Data:
A: 4 6 7 8
B: 7
5 8 4
C: 3
6 7
M.Ed. EXAMINATION
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
1. Answer the following questions in about 200 words each:a) Scientific Inquiry
b) Action Research
c) Factors affecting validity of Research
d) Data Collection
e) Chi- square.
BSECTION-I
Que. 2 What do you mean by Education Research ? Explain each steps of
Research.
Que. 3 Explain the meaning of Hypotheses, Directional and Non-Directional
Hypotheses.
SECTION-II
Que.4 Define a good sample, kinds of Non- Probability Sampling Techniques.
Que.5 Explain the writing of Research Report.
SECTION-III
Que.6 Difference between Quantitative and Qualitative Research.

Que.7 What do you mean by Scale of Measurement ? Give merits and demerits of
each scale.
SECTION-IV
Que. 8 Calculate mean and S.D. from the following Data:C.I.
90 85 80
75
70 65
60 55 50 45 40
94 89 84
79
74 69
64
11 9
59 54
49 44
7 5
Que.9 What are the Characteristics of Normal Probability Curve (NPC) with 3
values.
M.Ed. EXAMINATION
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
Que. 1 Write short note on the following :a) Difference between Fundamental , Applied and Action Research.
b) Confidence Limits.
c) Non-Probability Sampling Techniques
d) Primary and Secondary sources of Literature.
e) Validation of a tool.
SECTION-II
Que. 2 What do you understand by Interdisciplinary Research ? Use examples
from philosophical, psychological and sociological literature.
Que. 3 (i) What do you understand by Experimental Research ? Discuss the
characteristics and features.
(ii) Explain various threats to internal and external validity in Experimental
Research.
SECTION-III
Que.4 (a) Describe the characteristics of a good sample.
(b) What are Attitude Scales ? Highlight their importance in Educational

Research.
Que.5 (a) Differentiate between Qualitative and Quantitative Research.
(b) Describe tables of Random Numbers, their types and use.
SECTION-IV
Que.6 (a) Describe concept of Validity and Type of Validity.
(b) How can review of literature help in Identification of problem ?
Que. 7 (a) What are the criteria of good research proposal ?
(b) How will you disseminate your research ? Discuss methods.
SECTION-V
Que. 8 (a) What are the assumptions of Parametric Test ?
(b) Find out Correlation through Product moment method for the following data:
Test X
15
18
22
17
19
20
16
21
Test Y
40
42
50
45
43
46
41
41
M.Ed. EXAMINATION
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
UNIT-I
Que. 1 Write short note on the following :a) Scientific Enquiry.
b) Inter-disciplinary approach in Educational Research.
c) Action Research
d) Sociometric techniques of Data Collection
e) Encoding Data.
UNIT-II
Que. 2 (a) Discuss the nature and purpose of Educational Research.
(b) Differentiate Fundamental, Applied and Action Research.
Que. 3 Differentiate between Positivist and Non- Positivist paradigms and their
implications for Educational Research.
UNIT-III
Que. 4 (a) Discuss the concept and types of Probability Sampling Techniques.
(b) What are the kinds of sampling errors are usually faced by researcher ?
Que.5 Select a topic of your choice and prepare a research report using
hypothetical data.
UNIT-IV
Que.6 What are the focus of Qualitative Research ? With the help of hypothetical
data, discuss analysis of observation based data.
Que.7 (a) Describe use of Histogram and Ogive in results presentation.
(b) How will you process Analysis and Interview based data ?
UNIT-V
Que.8 (a) Describe scales of measurement with suitable examples.
(b) Describe characteristics of Normal Probability Curve.
Que.9 (a) What are the assumptions of Parametric tests ?
(b) Calculate the value of Correlation from the following data using appropriate
technique:Performance Scores
Students with slim body
Students with Fat Body
Total
26-30
21-25
12
16-20
11-15
6-10
1-5
Total
16
19
35
M.Ed. EXAMINATION
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
Que. 1 Write short note in 200 words on the following :a) Case- study
b) Use of questionnaire
c) Scales of Measurement
d) Properties of Normal Distribution
SECTION-I
Que. 2 Describe new emerging trends in Research. How would you apply interdisciplinary approach to improve the quality of work ?
Que. 3 What are the different sources of a Research problem ? Discuss various
kinds of objectives which are kept in mind while developing research proposal.
SECTION-II
Que. 4 What are the characteristics of a good sample ? How will you reduce the
sampling errors ?
Que. 5 What are Rating Scales ? Describe its types , merits and limitations.
SECTION-III
Que. 6 How will you differentiate between Qualitative and Quantitative Research
? What are the main constraints of Qualitative research in Indian context ?
Que. 7 How analysis of Observation based data is done ? Explain the way you will
use the results of observation technique in any research.
SECTION-IV
Que.8 Calculate P30, P 73 P.R. of 92 and 116 for the following data:Scores
150-159
140-149
130-139
12
120-129
28
110-119
21
100-109
16
90-99
80-89
Que.9 If a study of abstract reasoning as sample of 98 Ninth Grade Boys and a

sample of 110 Ninth grade girls scored as shown below on a test of abstract
reasoning:Sex
Mean
Girls
110
36.17
12.35
Boys
98
31.58
8.43
Assuming that our samples are random , would further testing of similar group of
boys and girls give virtually the same result ?
M.Ed. EXAMINATION
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
Que. 1 Answer the following questions in about 200 words :a) Purpose of Scientific Inquiry
b) Non-probability Sampling technique
c) Application of Smoothed frequency curve
d) Confidence limits.
SECTION-I
Que. 2 Describe the difference between Positivist and Non- Positivist paradigms
of Educational Research. Explain their implications in modern context.
Que.3 What do you understand by Research problem ? What are the different
types of sources which are to be used while evolving a research problem ?
SECTION-II
Que. 4 How would you ensure desirability, reliability and validity of a research
tool ? Describe the use of observation in research.
Que.5 Select a topic of your choice and develop a brief Research Report on that
topic.
SECTION-III
Que. 6 How does Qualitative Research differ from Quantitative Research ?
Describe the chief considerations which we have to take while conducting
qualitative research.
Que.7 How would you analyse interview based data while conducting research ?
Illustrate with exmaples.
SECTION-IV
Que. 8 What do you mean by Correlation ? Calculate the value of Rankdifference correlation coefficient for the data given below and interpret your
results:X
50
56
62
50
61
85
63
50
61
67
62
50
20
23
21
37
19
23
30
18
20
23
23
Que. 9 Give a distribution of cases with a mean of 12 and a

Assuming the normality, evaluate the following:i)
What percentage of cases fall between 8 and 16.
ii)
What percentage of cases lie above 17.
iii)
What percentage of cases fall above 7 ?
of 4.5
M.Ed. EXAMINATION
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
Que.1 : Answer the following questions in about 200 words each:a) Longitudinal Research
b) Case Study
c) Characteristics of good Research Tools.
d) Data Analysis.
e) Histogram
SECTION-I
Que. 2 Define nature, scope of Educational Research Paradigms and their
implications for Educational Research.
Que. 3 Define development research with its research demerits.
SECTION-II
Que. 4 Define Sampling and Differenciate between Probability and NonProbability Sampling Technique.
Que. 5 What do you meany by Questionnare ? Explain its kinds by giving
examples.
SECTION-III
Que. 6 Explain all types of data in Qualitative Research.
Que.7 Explain Frequency distribution by taking any data of 100 students.
SECTION-IV
Que. 8 The correlation between a general intelligence test and school
achievement test in a group of children from age 8 to 14 years old is 80. The
correlation between general intelligence test and age in the same group is 70 and
the correlation between school achievement and age is 60. What is the
correlation between general intelligence and school achievement in children of
the same age ? Comment upon your results.
Que. 9 Calculate the F- ratio from the following data:A:
B:
C:
3
6 7
5 4
M.Ed. EXAMINATION
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
Que. 1 Write short note on the following :A. Differentiate between Fundamental, Applied and Action Research.
B. Confidence limits.
C. Validation of a tool.
D. Non-Probability Sampling Techniques.
E. Primary and Secondary source of Literature.
UNIT-II
Que. 2 What do you understand by Interdisciplinary Research ? Use some
examples from Philosophical, Psychological and Sociological Literature.
Que. 3 (a) What do you understand by Experimental Research ? Discuss its
characteristic features.
(b) Explain various threats to Internal and External validity in Experimental
Research.
UNIT-III
Que. 4 (a) Describe the characteristic of a good sample.
(b) What are the Attitude Scales ? Highlight their importance in Educational
Research.
Que. 5 (a) Differentiate between Qualitative and Quantitative Research.
(b) Describe tables of Random numbers, their types and use.
UNIT-IV
Que. 6 (a) Describe the concept of Validity and types of Validity.
(b) How can review of Literature help in identification of problem ?
Que. 7 (a) What are the criteria of Good Research Proposal ?
(b) How will you disseminate your research ? Discuss methods.
UNIT-V
Que. 8 (a) What are the assumptions of Parametric Test ?
(b) Find out the correlation through Product moment method for the following
data:TEST X : 15
18
22 17
TEST Y : 40
42
50 45
19
20
16
21
43 46
41
41

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M.Ed.

Que.5 What do you mean by Questionnare ? Explain its kinds by giving

Que.6 Difference between Quantitative and Qualitative Research.

(b) What are Attitude Scales ? Highlight their importance in Educational

Students with slim body

Students with Fat Body

Que.9 If a study of abstract reasoning as sample of 98 Ninth Grade Boys and a

Que. 9 Give a distribution of cases with a mean of 12 and a

What percentage of cases fall between 8 and 16.

What percentage of cases lie above 17.

What percentage of cases fall above 7 ?

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