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Chapter 1. What is meant by “business research”? Choose one statement, which is WRONG
A
Academic research on topics related to questions relevant to business and management
B
Business research might be motivated by changes in organizations and societies
C
Business research includes studies that draw on the social sciences, such as sociology and economics
D
Business research does not include studies that draw on anthropology and psychology
D
Business research does not include studies that draw on anthropology and psychology
Chapter 1. Regarding relevance to practice, Gummesson (2000) states that both academic researches and management consultants (being two groups of knowledge workers) place the same emphasis on theory and practice.
T
True
F
False
FALSE
Chapter 1. What is evidence-based management? Choose all the statements that correctly describe the evidence-based management.
A
Practitioner expertise and judgement is an important source of information
B
Evidence from the local context is important
C
Perspectives of those who may be affected by a particular decision shall be taken into consideration
D
Systematic review of literature is not very important for evidence-based management
A
B
C
Chapter 1. Having no research questions or poorly formulated research questions in your study might be compensated by a well designed questionnaire and superior skills to interview respondents.
True or false?
False
Chapter 1. Elements that are common to the most forms of business research include: (1) conducting a literature review; (2) concepts and theories; (3) research question; (4) data collecting; (5) data analysis; (6) writing up the research findings.
True or false?
True
Chapter 1. Which of the following are reasons to conduct business research? Please select all that apply.
A
There may be a gap or inconsistency in the literature
B
Because they have a good feeling about some aspect of business management
C
A societal event may bring the issue to the forefront of academic studies
D
When an aspect of business or management is inadequately understood
A
There may be a gap or inconsistency in the literature
C
A societal event may bring the issue to the forefront of academic studies
D
When an aspect of business or management is inadequately understood
Chapter 1. The topics of business research are deeply influenced by the theoretical position adopted by the researcher
True or false?
True
Chapter 1. Which of the following is a reason to conduct a literature review? Please select all that apply.
A
To solve a business problem
B
To understand what is known about a topic
C
To understand what methods have been applied to a topic
D
To investigate clashes of evidence
B
To understand what is known about a topic
C
To understand what methods have been applied to a topic
D
To investigate clashes of evidence
Chapter 1. Concepts are labels we give to aspects of the social world that have common features
True or false?
True
Chapter 1. Which of the following is not a feature of
a research question?
A
It guides your literature search
B
It will guide decisions about which research design to employ
C
It will determine your research findings
D
It will guide your decisions about what data to collect and from whom
C
It will determine your research findings
Chapter 1. A representative sample is a sample that:
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Represents the views of a specific group of people
B
Represents a wider population
C
Tends to be smaller in nature
D
Is more democratic in its aims and objectives
B
Represents a wider population
Chapter 1. Which of the following is not a feature of data analysis?
A
Transcription
B
Coding
C
Data reduction
D
Programming
D) Programming
Explanation:
Transcription enables the researcher to upload the transcripts into a computer software program. Coding is a process whereby the data are broken down into component parts which are then given labels. The analyst searches for re-occurrences of sequences of coded text within and across cases and for links between different codes. The data analysis stage is fundamentally about data reduction—that is, reducing the large corpus of information gathered in order to make sense of it. Unless the researcher reduces the data collected—for example, in the case of quantitative data by producing tables or aver- ages and in the case of qualitative data by grouping textual material into categories such as themes—it is more or less impossible to interpret the material.
Chapter 1. Big data can only be collected via the internet
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True
F
False
False
Explanation:
“Big data” refers to the vast quantities of digital information generated, stored and circulated, including via the internet. However the internet is not the sole source.
Chapter 1. Which of the following are features of writing up a research project? Please select all that apply:
A
Editorial
B
Literature review
C
Research Method
D
Results
B
Literature review
C
Research Method
D
Results
Chapter 1. Business research is a process where the findings can be predicted with reasonable certainly before data is collected.
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True
F
False
False
Explanation:
Business research is often a lot less smooth than accounts of the process you read in books such as this. In reality, research is full of false starts, blind alleys, mistakes, and enforced changes.
Chapter 2. Theory is absolutely central to the conduct of business research.
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True
F
False
True
Chapter 2. Which of the following two statements characterise the term “empiricism”? Please select all that apply.
A
It suggests that only knowledge gained through experience and the senses is acceptable.
B
That only quantitative evidence is appropriate to business research.
C
The accumulation of facts is a legitimate goal in its own right.
D
Business research must be relevant to practicing managers.
A
It suggests that only knowledge gained through experience and the senses is acceptable.
C
The accumulation of facts is a legitimate goal in its own right.
Chapter 2. In deductive research, theory is something that develops after the collection and analysis of data.
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True
F
False
False
Explanation:
Deductive research is done in order to answer questions posed by theoretical puzzles. But an alternative position is to view theory as something that develops after collection and analysis of data. There is a second factor in considering the relationship between theory and research—whether we are referring to deductive or inductive theory.
Chapter 2. In inductive research, theory is the outcome of research.
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True
F
False
True
Explanation:
With an inductive stance, theory is the outcome of research.
Chapter 2. The term ontology concerns an understanding of what the following is:
A
Methods
B
Empiricism
C
Reality
D
Science
C
Reality
Chapter 2. The term epistemology concerns how we can know:
A
Knowledge
B
Reality
C
Research
D
Science
B
Reality
Chapter 2. Objectivism implies that we socially construct our own interpretation of external facts.
T
True
F
False
F
False
Chapter 2. Constructionism challenges the suggestion that social categories such as organisation and culture are objective phenomena.
T
True
F
False
True
Explanation:
Constructionism challenges the suggestion that categories such as
organization and culture are pre-given and therefore confront social actors as
external realities that they have no role in fashioning.
Chapter 2. Postmodernists are sceptical that it is possible to arrive at a definitive version of reality.
T
True
F
False
Correct Answer:
True
Explanation:
Postmodernists are deeply suspicious of the idea that it is possible to arrive at a definitive version of reality.
