Gujarat University 2007 B.A TA-06 Sociology -VI (Research Methods and Statistical Analysis in Sociology) - Question Paper

TA-06

Sociology Paper-VI

Seat No. :

(Research Methods and Statistical Analysis in Sociology)

Time : three Hours] [Max. Marks : 70
Instructions : (1) Figures on the right indicate marks. (2) Simple calculator can be used.

1. Write in detail about meaning, characteristics and uses of hypothesis in (14)
Social Research.

OR

1. Describe the meaning of Social Research and its major steps. (14)

2.
discuss the meaning, utility and limitations of interview method.
(14)
OR

2. Explain the meaning of observation. Write uses and limitations of (14)
Participant observation with illustration.

3.
discuss :
(A) Uses of Questionnaire method. (7)
(B) Characteristics of a good sampling. (7)

OR

3. Explain :

(A) Importance of social survey. (7)

(B) Characteristics of science. (7)

4.
(A)
define place
and importance
of the
statistics
in social Research.
(7)
(B) subsequent are the marks in Sociology of 40 students. Prepare a simple (7)
and cummulative frequency distribution table having the class interval of
8 and a class of 17-24.
69, 50, 13, 41, 29, 8, 25, 34, 41, 14,
29, 20, 55, 26, 50, 11, 23, 52, 17, 41,
47, 26, 63, 31, 55, 36, 27, 41, 65, 39,
22, 45, 14, 35, 46, 39, 51, 24, 32, 27.

OR



4. (A) discuss the meaning and nature of statistics. (7)

(B) obtain out the median of the subsequent data. (7)

Class Frequency
0-19
20-39
40-59
60-79
80-99
100-119
120-139
140-159
160-179
180-199 1 3
1 9
2 3
2 0
1 4
1 6
1 4
1 2
0 8
11

5. (A) Types of scales of of measurement. (7)
(B) Find out the mode from the following data. (7)
Class Ferquency
0-200
200-400
400-600
600-800
800-1000
1000-1200
1200-1400
1400-1600
1600-1800
1800-2000 1 4
2 2
3 4
5 2
4 7
3 2
2 0
1 0
0 9
1 0

OR

5. (A) Target group and report research. (7)
(B) Find out standard deviation from the following data. (7)

Class Frequency
1-500
500-1000
1000-1500
1500-2000
2000-2500
2500-3000 1 5
1 8
3 5
3 2
1 6
9

Earning:   Approval pending.