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251. The survey in which the same people are interviewed two or more times is known as:
A. Trend study
B. Panel study
C. Cross-sectional study
D. Descriptive study
252. The interview where the emphasis will be upon a given experience and its effect is known as:
A. Classical
B. Non-directive
C. Directive
D. Focused
253. Observation is probably the oldest method used by man in:
A. Social investigation
B. Scientific investigation
C. Technical investigation
D. Community investigation
254. Citizens attitude towards Public Library” was a survey conducted by:
A. Carlos Seymour
B. J .L. Schofield
C. Charles Evans
D. Marilee White
255. A method of exploring and analyzing the life of a social unit be it a person, family, an institution, cultural group or even an entire community is known as:
A. Case study
B. Evaluation
C. Survey
D. Observation
256. The author of “Performance Measures for Public Libraries” is:
A. LA
B. SLA
C. ALA
D. ILA
257. An evaluation study on Delhi University Library was conducted by:
A. George S. Bonn
B. Carl M. White
C. Peter Lazar
D. L. Carnovysky
258. An objective analysis of the appearance of words, phrases concepts, themes, characters, etc., is known as:
A. Text analysis
B. Theme analysis
C. Content analysis
D. Subject analysis
259. The system in which every occurrence of a given attribute is recorded is known as:
A. Frequency system
B. Intensity system
C. Appearance system
D. Time-space system
260. The inquiries into printed tools of librarianship books, journals, indexes, etc. is generally referred to as:
A. Bibliographical
B. Library Research
C. Book research
D. Documentary research
261. Bradford’s Law of Scattering has been further examined by:
A. B.C. Vickery
B. D.J. Foskett
C. D.W. Lang ridge
D. J. Mills
262. A complete list of all sampling units from which a sample is selected is called:
A. Sample unit
B. Sample universe
C. Sampling frame
D. Sample population
263. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is known as:
A. Sampling error
B. Standard error
C. Sampling fraction
D. Sampling unit
264. The variables which are measurable and objectively verifiable are known:
A. Quantitative
B. Qualitative
C. Collective
D. Numerical
265. The value of the variable having maximum frequency is known are:
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Range
266. The statistical technique which measures the association between two nominal variables or between nominal and ordinal variables is known as:
A. Correlation coefficient
B. Contingency measure
C. Chi-square
D. Simple regression
267. The proofreading of data to catch and correct errors and inconsistent codes is known as:
A. Data Editing
B. Data cleaning
C. Data mining
D. Data coding
268. SPSS software for statistical analysis is meant for:
A. Management
B. Psychology
C. Humanities
D. Social sciences
269. MS Excel is one of the most powerful software for electronics:
A. Files
B. Database
C. Spreadsheets
D. Websites
270. Harvard Graphics (HG) is an application program developed by:
A. Microsoft
B. Intel
C. Bell labs
D. Software publishing corporation
271. The horizontal axis m a graph is called:
A. X axis
B. Y axis
C. Z axis
D. A axis
272. The method of depicting the data through geometrical figures is known as:
A. Cryptogram
B. Hexagram
C. Histogram
D. Genogram
273. The author of the book How to get a Ph.D. is:
A. M. Meyer
B. E.M. Philips
C. R.A. Day
D. G. Watson
274. Measuring the productivity of an author based on a number of publications led to the emergence of:
A. Bradford Law
B. Zipf Law
C. Brookes Law
D. Lotka Law
275. The analysis of information productivity patterns is known as:
A. Bibliometrics
B. Informatics
C. Bookiometrics
D. Librametrics
276. The general theory of ‘Cumulative Advantage Process’ was expounded by:
A. S.C. Bradford
B. E. Garfield
C. F. Machlup
D. Derek De Solla Price
277. The first attempt to analyze the relationship between the cited and citing documents was made in 1972 by:
A. Gross
B. E. Garfield
C. Kessler
D. L. Egghe
So, these are the MCQs 201-277 for Library Research & Statistical Methods.
MCQs of Library Research & Statistical Methods
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