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MEC 109 MAEC Ignou Solved Assignment 2024

Course : MA Economics
Session 2024
Submission date : 1. By 31st October 2023, for the students willing to appear in December 2023 term end examination. 2. By 30thApril 2024, for the students willing to appear in June 2024 term end examination.

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1. ‘The inductive strategy begins with the collection of data from which generalization is made’- In the
light of this statement formulate a research proposal indicating the various steps involved in research
process.
2. Distinguish between Cluster sampling and Multi-stage sampling. In order to find out the incidence of
Malnutrition among rural households in a given distinct, how would you collect the data by multi-stage
sampling? Illustrate.

MEC 109 MAEC Ignou Solved Assignment 2024

SECTION B
Answer the following questions in about 400 words each. The word limits do not apply in case of
numerical questions. Each question carries 12 marks.
3. Suppose you want to study the behavior of sales of automobiles over a number of years and someone
suggests you to try the following models:
yt= B0 + B1 t
yt= à0 + à1 t + à2 t2
Where yt = sales at time t and t = time. The first model postulates that sales is a linear function of time,
whereas the second model states that it is a quadratic function of time.
(a) Discuss the properties of these two models.
(b) How would you decide which model is appropriate between these two models?
(c) In what situation will the Quadric Model be useful.
4. Try to obtain data on automobile sales from any company in India over the past 20 years and examine
which of the two models (Linear and Quadric) fits the data better?

MEC 109 MAEC Ignou Solved Assignment 2024

5. What is Canonical Correlation Analysis? State the similarity and difference between multiple regression
and canonical correlation.
6. What is action research? What are the advantages of strategy of action research over conventional
research? Illustrate.
7. Write a short note on the following:
i. Traditional Method and Structural Equation Modeling.
ii. Input-output table
iii. Data generation
iv. Paradigm