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BSNS 112 MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAM
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BSNS 112 MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAM
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BSNS112An understanding of business research methods is important because:
a. Business research is laden with terminology and jargon specific language.
b. Business research draws on complex research designs.
c. It is imperative to understand frontline staff needs.
d. It helps you to avoid the common pitfalls of research methods, it helps you to
critically read others' research and it helps you to better understand your own topics
of interest. - ANSWER d. It helps you to avoid the common pitfalls of research
methods, it helps you to critically read others' research and it helps you to better
understand your own topics of interest.
What implications do values have on research?
a. They set the price of the research is worth to be sold for.
b. They influence the number of researchers to be involved in the study.
c. The value of the dataset to other researchers.
d. They influence the ethical decisions of the researcher. - ANSWER d. They
influence the ethical decisions of the researcher.
How important are ethical issues to your project?
a. They are somewhat important and can be considered at the final stages of the
project
b. They are important to my project but are not something I need to consider until I
have finished collecting my data.
c. They are very important at many stages of the research process. They have
implications for what and who can be researched and for how research can be
conducted.
d. They are of little importance to the topic I plan to study. - ANSWER c. They are
very important at many stages of the research process. They have implications for
what and who can be researched and for how research can be conducted.
Having no research questions or poorly formulated research questions will lead to
poor research because
a. I will only consider epistemological queries
b. Marks are allocated for having a research question and without them my project
will be penalised.
c. I won't know what data analysis method to use.
d. The research is likely to be unfocused and I am likely to be unsure what data to
collect. - ANSWER d. The research is likely to be unfocused and I am likely to be
unsure what data to collect.
What is data collection?
a. Collecting the research question and objectives together
b. Gathering the information (data) which will help you address your research
question
c. Reviewing the literature review
, d. Outlining how you will gather the information for your research question -
ANSWER b. Gathering the information (data) which will help you address your
research question
A good qualitative problem statement:
a. Defines the independent and dependent variables
b. Conveys a sense of emerging design
c. Specified a research hypothesis to be tested
d. Specified the relationship between variables that the researcher expects to find -
ANSWER b. Conveys a sense of emerging design
The statement of purpose in a research study should:
a. Identify the design of the study
b. Identify the intent or objective of the study
c. Specify the type of people to be used in the study
d. Describe the study - ANSWER b. Identify the intent or objective of the study
A qualitative research question:
a. Asks a question about some process or phenomenon to be explored
b. Is generally an open-ended question
c. Both a and b are correct
d. None of the above - ANSWER c. Both a and b are correct
It is essential that you evaluate the quality of internet resources because information
obtained via the internet ranges from very poor to very good.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER a. True
One step that is not included in planning a research study is:
a. Identifying a researchable problem
b. A review of current research
c. Statement of the research question
d. Conducting a meta-analysis of the research
e. Developing a research plan - ANSWER d. Conducting a meta-analysis of the
research
Sources of researchable problems can include:
a. Researchers' own experiences as educators
b. Practical issues that require solutions
c. Theory and past research
d. All of the above - ANSWER d. All of the above
A review of the literature prior to formulating research questions allows the
researcher to do which of the following?
a. To become familiar with prior research on the phenomenon of interest
b. To identify potential methodological problems in the research area
c. To develop a list of pertinent problems relative to the phenomenon of interest
d. All of the above - ANSWER d. All of the above
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