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What is Research
Research is a systematic inquiry aimed at providing information
People think they already know a lot about these topics and do
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Answering questions, such as:
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tools, and techniques forms the basis for most managerial and
business research texts and courses in research; its methods
are what set it apart from other ways of acquiring knowledge.
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Where is managerial and business research done?
Who does managerial and business research?
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Case Studies
Case studies involve in depth, contextual analyses
Action Research
The researcher begins with a problem that is already identified
Induction
Induction is a process where we observe certain phenomena and on
Deduction
Deduction is the process by which we arrive at a reasoned
reasoning:
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Concepts
It is a generally accepted collection of meanings or
Constructs
An abstraction like personality is much more difficult to
Variables
It is used as synonym for construct or the property being
studied.
A variable is a symbol of an event, art, characteristics, trait or
variables.
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Similarly, the term, criterion variable is used as
Moderators
A moderator is a variable that alters the direction or strength
Mediators
A mediator variable explains the relationship between a
Cont
The variable is the characteristic, trait, or attribute that, in the
Descriptive Hypotheses
Both of the above hypotheses are examples of descriptive
hypotheses.
They state the existence, size, form, or distribution of some
Descriptive Hypothesis
Relational Hypothesis
These are statements that describe a relationship between two
Correlation Hypotheses
Correlation hypotheses state that the variables occur together
Causal Hypotheses
With explanatory (causal) hypotheses, there is an implication that
be the sole reason for the existence of or change in the DV. Here
are 2 examples of explanatory hypotheses:
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It identifies facts that are relevant and those that are not.
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Models
The term model is used in business research and other fields of
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