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IGNOU MST-23 (January 2026 – December 2026) Assignment Questions
1(a) State whether the following statements are true or false and also give the reason in support of your answer.
(i) Research is a systematic and objective process of finding answers to scientific problems.
(ii) A hypothesis is always proved to be true at the end of a research study.
(iii) Exploratory research is conducted when little or no prior information is available about the problem.
(iv) Plagiarism refers to using someone else’s work without proper acknowledgment.
(v) In qualitative research, numerical analysis plays a dominant role.
2 (a) Discuss in detail the research process. Explain each step involved in the research process with suitable examples.
(b) What is research design? Explain the various types of research designs—exploratory, descriptive, diagnostic, and experimental—with their merits and limitations.
3 (a) Explain Sampling design. Discuss the probability and non-probability sampling methods, highlighting their advantages, disadvantages, and suitability.
(b) What is a hypothesis? Explain the types of hypotheses. Describe the procedure for hypothesis testing in detail.
4 (a) Discuss the methods of data collection. Explain primary and secondary data, their sources, advantages, and limitations.
(b) Discuss research ethics. Explain issues related to plagiarism, informed consent, confidentiality, and ethical responsibility of researchers.
5 (a) What is a research report? Explain the types of research reports and discuss the principles of effective report writing.
(b) Differentiate between the following:
(i) Quantitative and Qualitative research
(ii) Applied and Basic research
(iii) Descriptive and Experimental research.
IGNOU MST-23 (January 2025 – December 2025) Assignment Questions
1(a) State whether the following statements are true or false and also give the reason in support of your answer.
(i) A blueprint of research work is called research design.
(ii) The method of research involves in manipulating one variable to establish causation with another variable is known as Experimental research.
(iii) An example of qualitative research is Grounded theory research.
(iv) When researchers use designs that call for multiple groups, the most commonly employed test is F-test.
(v) The term “research methodology” refers to the theoretical paradigms for data collection, analysis and interpretation.
2 (a) Briefly explain various types of research approaches.
(b) What are the conference proceedings and how do they differ from journal articles?
3 (a) What do you understand by a survey? Discuss differences between a census and survey.
(b) What are non-parametric methods of statistical analysis? What are the advantage and disadvantage.
4 (a) What are arbitrary scales of measurement? Discuss some situations where these scales are used.
(b) Discuss the main components of research paper which are used in presentation in Conferences/seminar.
5 (a) How does academic writing showcase critical thinking, systemic analysis and effective communications.
(b) Define plagiarism and explain the types of plagiarism with suitable examples.
