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Assignments

1. Choose a research study from your field of interest. Refer the analysis part of that
study and interpret the key findings and implications of the study.

2. Take the attendance list of students in your class and collect data on marks obtained
by them for particular subject. Compare the relationship between their attendance
and marks obtained. Determine the type of analysis suitable for this study.
3. Differentiate between parametric and non-parametric tests, and also state where
each is applied for inferences.

4. How is data analysis helpful for interpreting the results? Elucidate.

Self- Assessment Questions

1. What is descriptive statistics?

2. What is interpretation?

3. Elucidate inferential statistics.
4. What are the different types of descriptive statistics?

5. Differentiate univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis.
6. What are the various techniques of interpretation?

7. What is non-parametric test?

References

1. Tandon, B.C; (1979). Research Methodology in Social Sciences. Chaitanya Pub-
lishing House.
2. Chawla, D; and Sondhi, N., (2016). Research Methodology: Concepts and Cases.
Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

158 SGOU - SLM -MCom Research Methodology