questions and answers
Research Methodology
HMPYC80
4 July 2022
Note that the multiple-choice options may be shuffled and differ from the list in this tutorial letter!
Question 01
Which of one of the following statements is NOT true about C-studies? C-studies research do NOT ...
a) aim to explore or describe without statistical testing and typically use non-random or purposive
sampling (NR).
Question 02
Which one of the following relates to experimental designs?
c) Quasi-experimental designs.
Question 03
Which one of the following statements does NOT relate to experiments in social science research?
b) A retrospective case study design is used whereby data is actively collected in the present.
Question 04
The cross-sectional survey design …
c) is enacted as a carefully designed method for sampling the population of the study, so that the
sample represents or targets specific groups of relevance in that population.
Question 05
Threats to external validity include the following: