BUS 642 (ASH)

Question 1

BUS 642 Complete Class

Answer 1

BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific Thinking

BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Making Research Decisions

BUS 642 Week 1 Exercises

BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics in Business Research

BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 2 Design of Research

BUS 642 Week 2 Exercises
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Question 2

BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific Thinking

Answer 2

Develop a hypothesis for a problem at a local business (for example: high employee turnover). Determine if your hypothesis has adequacy for its purpose, is testable and better than its rivals. Then, use the Checklist for Developing a Strong Hypothesis on page 64 as it relates to your hypothesis. Discuss your results. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings.
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Question 3

BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Making Research Decisions

Answer 3

Based on the analysis of the last six months’ sales, your boss notices that sales of beef products are declining in your chain’s restaurants. As beef entrée sales decline, so do profits. Fearing beef sales have declined due to several newspaper stories reporting E.coli contamination discovered at area grocery stores, he suggests a survey of area restaurants to see if the situation is pervasive (page 94, number 5).
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Question 4

BUS 642 Week 1 Exercises

Answer 4

Complete the Following Exercises

Complete Discussion Questions 1, 2, and 5 on page 22. Complete Making Research Decisions Question 6, page 76
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Question 5

BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics in Business Research

Answer 5

Read the interview with Elizabeth Buchanan on virtual research ethics: Readings in virtual research ethics:

Issues and controversies . (2004, January-June). Information Technology Newsletter, 15(1), 22-25.].

You can find this article through the Ashford Online Library.

Write a summary of this interview and add your thoughts on how this affects the business research process.

Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings.
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Question 6

BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 2 Design of Research

Answer 6

Read Snapshot: Tracking Search Patterns on page 37. Find more details of this study since the text’s Snapshot was printed and discuss the study including any updates.

Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings.
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Question 7

BUS 642 Week 2 Exercises

Answer 7

Complete the following exercises:

In your text book Complete Making Research Decisions 1, page 50 In text answer Terms in Review, 1-5, page 155 Complete Making Research Decisions, 7, page 388
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Question 8

BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 1 Measurement Scales

Answer 8

Contemplate Snapshot:

Measuring Respect on page 301 of your text. Discuss the information presented and the critical measures taken in order to present an appropriate measurement scale.

Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings.
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Question 9

BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 2 Clarifying the Research Questions

Answer 9

Review the Research Questions on page 120 and then decide:

Do these questions in the research proposal lead one towards a tangible end result defined by either higher service quality; higher levels of customer satisfaction; better product; or monetary savings?
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Question 10

BUS 642 Week 3 Exercises

Answer 10

Complete the following exercises:

In your text book Complete Making Research Decisions, 5, page 315. Complete Terms in Review, 1- 3, page 123. On companion website Read the case study, State Farm: Dangerous Intersections.
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Question 11

BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 1 Survey Methods

Answer 11

Discuss the following questions then respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of self-administered interviewing, face-to-face interviewing, and telephone interviewing. What is necessary for the success of each of these three methods? How do these survey methods compare?
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Question 12

BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 2 Observational Studies

Answer 12

Read and discuss Bringing Research to Life on page 187 of your text. Develop investigative questions that could have been used to guide Jason and Sara’s

mechanical observation study. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings

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Question 13

BUS 642 Week 4 Exercises

Answer 13

Complete the following exercises:

In your text book Complete Terms in Review, 1-4, on page 204. On companion website Read Case Study: Ramada Demonstrates its Personal Best. Answer questions 1-3
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Question 14

BUS 642 Week 5 DQ 1 Data Preparation and Description

Answer 14

Poll a small sample of class members, work associates, or friends and ask them to answer the following in a paragraph or two: "What are your career aspirations for the next five years?" Use one of the four basic units of content analysis to analyze their responses. Describe your findings as frequencies for the unit of analysis selected. 
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Question 15

BUS 642 Week 5 Exercises

Answer 15

Complete the following exercises:

In your text book Complete Making Research Decisions, 2, page 450 Complete From Concept to Practice, 7, page 450 On companion website Read Case Study: Inquiring Minds Want to Know- NOW. Answer questions 1-9
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Question 16

BUS 642 Week 6 DQ 1 Measures of Association

Answer 16

Answer Making Research Decisions 5 on page 524 of your text. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings

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Question 17

BUS 642 Week 6 DQ 2 Presenting Results

Answer 17

Conduct a search of websites that provide Internet presentations. Select one and critique its content, visuals, and the presenter’s skills.
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Question 18

BUS 642 Week 6 Final Project

Answer 18

A Final Project Paper is due in Week Six. The Final Project will contribute 35% to the course grade.

Focus of the Final Project:

The final project should be eight pages in length and include a reference of all resources used. At least three sources should be from scholarly journals, e.g. Journal of Management, Journal of Marketing, or Harvard Business Review. This paper will be a research project that tests a hypothesis chosen by the student that can relate to the place of current employment or previous employment but may not include or involve human subjects directly.
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