Management Programme
ASSIGNMENT
FIRST SEMESTER
2018
MS - 95: Research Methodology for Management Decisions
School of Management Studies
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
MS-95
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-95
Course Title : Research Methodology for Management Decisions
Assignment No. : MS-95/TMA /SEM-I/2018
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2018 to the
coordinator of your study center.
1. How would you distinguish between a management decision problem and a management
research problem? Do all decision problems require research? Explain and illustrate with
examples.
2. ‘Majority of the researches make use of primary sources of data and secondary data sources do
not really contribute to a scientific enquiry.’ Do you agree/ disagree with this statement. Explain.
3. Explain an itemized rating scale. What are the various issues involved in constructing an
itemized rating scale?
4. A researcher conducts a survey to find out whether the inhabitants of a metro town are in favour
of capital punishment (F) or against it (A). The sequence of responses to the question asked is
given below. Use the run test at α = 0.05 to test whether the responses are random.
F F A F F F A A A A A F F A
A A F F A A A A A A F F A A
A A A A F F F A A A F A F F
F F A A A A F F F A A A F F
5. Explain the following concepts.
(a) Null and alternative hypothesis
(b) One and two-tailed test
(c) Type I and type II error
(d) Level of significance
(e) Power of test