RES351 Questions

RES/351 Business Research

Chapter 3-9 Please provide 50-100 word answers for each question

1. Explain how each of the 5 evaluation factors for a secondary source influences its management decision making value. Purpose, Scope, Authority, Audience and Format.

2. Define the distinctions between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources in a secondary search and provide example.

3. What problems of secondary data quality must researchers face? How can they deal with  them?

4. Explain the difference between a research question and a hypothesis. Using your current or previous place of employment as a starting point, provide one or more research question and then develop two appropriate hypotheses.

5. Distinguish between the following and provide example: Exploratory and Formal Studies.

6. Distinguish between the following and provide example: Experimental and Ex Post Facto Research Designs.

7. Distinguish between the following and provide example: Internal Validity and External Validity.

8. Distinguish between the following and provide example: Pre-experimental design and Quasi-experimental design.