Maharashtra SET (MH-SET) 2020 Solved Library & Information Science Questions with Explanations (91-100)

Maharashtra SET (MH-SET) 2020 Solved Library & Information Science Questions with Explanations (91-100)

91. The phrase 'focus group' is associated with __.

(A) Questionnaire
(B) Sampling
(C) Interviews
(D) Observation

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Answer: (C) Interviews
Notes: Focus group is a qualitative data collection method using an interview with a small group of people, all at one time, to explore ideas on a particular topic. The goal of a focus group is to uncover additional information through participants' exchange of ideas.

92. APA style manual is developed by __.

(A) American Psychological Association
(B) American Paramedical Association
(C) American Physicists Association
(D) American Physiological Association

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Answer: (A) American Psychological Association

93. Which of the following criteria are considered for calculating 'Impact factor'?

(a) Number of citations received to articles published in a specific journal
(b) Number of articles published in the specific journal
(c) Number of subscriptions to a specific journal
(d) Number of articles downloaded from a specific journal

(A) (a), and (c) are correct
(B) (a), and (d) are correct
(C) (a), and (b) are correct
(D) (b), and (d) are correct

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Answer: (C)

94. Match the following

(a) X and Y-axis - (i) Degree of freedom
(b) Mode - (ii) Difference between highest and lowest values
(c) Chi-square - (iii) Bar chart
(d) Range - (iv) Central tendency

(A) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
(B) (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
(C) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
(D) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

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Answer: (C)

95. Hypothesis is __.

(a) Statement of the problem
(b) Statement of guess about research result
(c) Statement of conclusion of research
(d) Statement to be tested

(A) (a) and (b) are correct
(B) (b) and (d) are correct
(C) (c) and (d) are correct
(D) (a) and (d) are correct

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Answer: (B)

96. What is the mode of the following set of scores ?

10, 15, 10, 18, 6, 18, 15, 8, 15

(A) 15
(B) 18
(C) 6
(D) 10

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Answer: (A) 15
Notes: In statistics, the mode in a list of numbers refers to the integers that occur most frequently.

97. Which of the following terms best describes non-probability sampling ?

(A) Subjective
(B) Objective
(C) Random
(D) Systematic

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Answer: (A) Subjective

98. Assertion (A): Literature review helps in understanding past trends in research. Reason (R): Literature review synthesizes past research.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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Answer: (A)

99. Assertion (A): There is no correlation between H-index of a researcher and the number of citations received by the articles of that researcher. Reason (R): H-index never decreases.

(A) (A) is true but (R) is false
(B) (A) is false but (R) is true
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false

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Answer: (B)

100. Assertion (A): The response to postal questionnaire survey is very slow. Reason (R): ‘Survey Monkey’ the online survey tool is used to get speedy response.

(A) (A) is true but (R) is false
(B) (A) is false but (R) is true
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false

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Answer: (C)