Attempt all the problems.

Section-A

problem1) describe the various types of Research Designs. Describe the purpose of each of the research designs.

problem2) A company providing services in BPO sector is seeing a considerable amount of attrition among its employees. Company is interested in reducing level of attrition as a cost of recruiting new employees is adding to the burden of its overall cost. Discuss management problem and what can be the different research problems that the firm is likely to look at.

problem3) Describe the need for a Focus group Technique in collecting qualitative information. How does it differ from Depth Interview?

problem4)a) Differentiate Primary and Secondary Data.

b) describe the various ways in which primary data could be collected. Discuss the merits and demerits of each way.

SECTION-B

Case Study

Real estate boom seen in the past few years has suddenly come crashing and yet prices of mid size flats for the middle class has gone up considerably. This is the confusing situation that while demand for houses is low yet the prices are high. One of the real estate companies is interested understanding what factors will help it to grow in the market. Company has been following high level of ethical practices like providing legal land rights, using material of the correct quality, and timely possession of the premises to its customers. Though, the price offered by company is only slightly higher than those of their competitors. They also feel that this type of business is more in the nature of word of mouth and thus have not resorted to advertising in any great level though low of advertising is being adopted.

Case problems:

problem1) Develop a set of research problems for the problems that the company is facing?

problem2) Develop a appropriate sampling plan for conducting research to answer the above problems.