Chapter 1 Multiple choice questions

. What is distinctive about "Mode 2" knowledge production?

It proceeds in a linear fashion building on existing knowledge.

It is driven primarily by an academic agenda.

It involves academics, policy makers and practitioners in problem solving.

It places limited emphasis on the practical dissemination of knowledge.

. An understanding of business research methods is important because:

business research is laden with terminology and jargon specific language.

business research draws on complex research designs.

it is imperative to understanding frontline staff needs.

it helps you to avoid the common pitfalls of research methods, it helps you to critically read others' research, and it helps you to better understand your own topics of interest.

. What implications do values have on research?

They set the price the research is worth to be sold for.

They influence the number of researchers to be involved in the study.

The value of the dataset to other researchers.

They influence the ethical decisions of the researcher.

. What is distinctive about 'Mode 1' knowledge?

The knowledge originates from the newspapers.

The knowledge originates from what might interest students.

The knowledge is driven by the academic agenda.

The knowledge is driven by the funding sources.

. How important are ethical issues to your project?

They are somewhat important and can be considered at the final stages of the project.

They are important to my project but are not something I need to consider until I have finished collecting my data.

They are very important at many stages of the research process. They have implications for what and who can be researched and for how research can be conducted.

They are of little importance to the topic I plan to study.

. Denscombe outlines 6 types of research questions. Which of the following is a type of research question?

Interesting

Unique

Uninteresting

Empowerment

. What sources of information contribute to evidence-based management?

Practitioner expertise and judgment; evidence from the local context; critical evaluation of the best available research evidence; perspectives of those who may be affected by a particular decision (Briner et al. 2009: 19).

Websites, business newspapers and feedback from management

Practitioner expertise and judgment; websites, business newspapers and feedback from customers

This book and the library

. A literature review is an important part of the research process because

it is a summary of what literature is available on your topic

it allows you identify and read key books and articles by some of the main figures who have written in the field.

my supervisor likes to create more reading for me.

I like to visit the library and read generally around my topic.

. Having no research questions or poorly formulated research questions will lead to poor research because:

I will only consider epistemological queries

Marks are allocated for having a research question and without them my project will be penalised.

I won't know what data analysis method to use.

The research is likely to be unfocused and I am likely to be unsure what data to collect.

. What is data collection?

Collecting the research question and objectives together

Gathering the information (data) which will help you address your research question

Reviewing the literature review

Outlining how you will gather the information for your research question

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