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Quantitative Methods Exam 1 questionswell answered to pass
What are the five steps of the research process - correct answer ✔✔1. Clarifying the research question
2. proposing research
3. data collection
4. data analysis and interpretation
5. reporting the results
What do you do when clarifying the research question? 3 points - correct answer ✔✔1. change a
management dilema into a research question
2. research the question and formulate it into a specific hypothesis
3. give it an operational definition
operational definition - correct answer ✔✔an operational definition basically describes the idea that you
are examining in a very specific manner
What 6 things do you need to consider when proposing the research? - correct answer ✔✔1. purpose
2. methods
3. timing
4. budget
5. delivery
6. legal contract
What 2 things does the budget tell you? - correct answer ✔✔1. it gives percents and factors
2. assigns a cost to each part/task of the research
Definition of Primary research - correct answer ✔✔research that you conduct yourself
, secondary research - correct answer ✔✔research that someone else conducted, collected in the past on
your topic
What 5 things do you need to consider when designing your research? - correct answer ✔✔1. what
instruments might you need?
2. will you need to train personnel?
3. will you pay participants?
4. do you need to seek approval?
5. what special equipment/ software will you need?
what 4 things do you need to consider about data collection? - correct answer ✔✔1. it needs to be
submitted according to ethical standards
2. is it concrete and/or abstract?
3. is your data pertinent to your research question?
4. make sure your data fits with the hypothesis and actually answers your question
4 things to consider during data analysis and interpretation - correct answer ✔✔1. check for accuracy
and outliers
2. develop summaries
3. look for patterns
4. apply statistical techniques
What should reporting the results do? - correct answer ✔✔it should inform a management decision
4 things to avoid during the research process - correct answer ✔✔1. ill-defined problem
2. unsearchable questions
3 . politically motivated research
4 .data that doesn't apply to the research question and unnecessary research
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