National Open University Exam Past Question EDU 323 October/November 2014

                                                    

                                                 National Open University of Nigeria

                                              14-16 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island Lagos 

                                                                     School of education

                                                          October/November 2014 Examination 

                  ^{COURSE CODE: EDU 323}

                  ^{COURSE TITTLE: BASIC RESEARCH IN EDUCATION}

                  ^{TIME ALLOWED:2HRS}

                   ^{Instructions: ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND ANY OTHER 2}

^{1. ai. Explain four component of research design                                8marks}

    ^{aii. Various research tools are available for the use by educational researchers, questionnaire is considered to be most common.}

^{Discus the three main factors that are necessary for constructing a good questionnaire                                6marks}

^{aiii. List 6 characteristics of good questionnaires                              6marks}  

^{b. calculate the correlation coefficient of 10 ODL scores student in educational statistics (EDS) and basic research methods (BRM) using spearman rank order} 

EDS	51	44	70	32	65	67	19	71	45	80
BRM	49	41	45	31	50	61	11	64	21	75

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                       ^8MARKS

^{2.a. in order to carry out a result-oriented research it is essential to take necessary steps discus 8 steps you would take in research process}

                                                                                                                                                                        ^16marks

^{b list four limitation of scientific process                                             4marks}

^{3.a. research project starts from identification of problems, discus 8 sources from where you can discover such problems}

^{b. list 4 criteria of how the problem of investigation should be suitable to the peculiarities of the research} 

                                                                                                                                                                   ^4marks

^{4.a. list 8 component of preliminary pages of a research report                   8 marks}

^{b. describe 6 features of research methodology that should be included in your research report                   12marks}



                    

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