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You have been invited to be interviewed as the new adjunct lecturer for Introduction to Academic Research at Caribbean Movement University (CMU).

The interview panel asks you to answer the following five (5) questions to test your familiarity with research proposals.

1. When writing your research proposal, the problem statement should include all of the following EXCEPT:

a. A clear statement that the problem exists

b. Evidence of an existing trend that has led to the problem

c. Evidence of the research methodology that supports the problem

d. Evidence that supports the existence of the problem

2. When selecting your topic for your research proposal, various considerations include all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Relevance of the study

b. Social interest

c. Time constraints

d. Personal interest

3. When justifying the importance of the research problem, justification should be based on all of the following EXCEPT:

a. What research participants have found

b. What other researchers have found

c. Personal or workplace experiences

d. Experiences that others have had in the workplace

4. When reviewing other journal studies, to locate the research problem, you will check for all of the following EXCEPT:

a. What controversy leads to the need for a study?

b. What is the issue or problem?

c. What controversy leads to the solution of the problem?

d. What concern is being addressed behind the study?

5. Which of the following BEST describes a research problem?

a. The major intent or objective of the study

b. An educational issue or problem in the study

c. those that the researcher would like answered

d. The broad subject matter being addressed in a study

SECTION E

6. Research is defined as the systematic process of __________________________________

a. All of the responses

b. Asking questions and sharing information with participants to get a better understanding of something of interest to them.

c. Increasing our understanding of a phenomenon of interest by collecting and sharing information

d. Collecting and analysing information in order to increase our understanding of a phenomenon of interest

7. We sample for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

a. Complete coverage of the population is possible

b. Complete coverage of the population may not be possible

c. It is more economical

d. It is less demanding in terms of labour requirements

8. The sampling process is influenced by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

a. Objectives of the study

b. Sampling efficiency

c. Researcher preference

d. Sampling proficiency

9. Probability sampling includes all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Systematic random sampling

b.Stratified random sampling

c. Purposive random sampling

d. Cluster random sampling

10. The sampling frame is defined as:

a. The list of the sample in relation to the size of the population

b. The list of units of the population

c. The list from which the sample is actually selected

d. The list of members of the population