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Chapter 1 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 1 Multiple choice questions
The nature and process of business research
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What is distinctive about "Mode 2" knowledge production?
It proceeds in a linear fashion building on existing knowledge.
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It is driven primarily by an academic agenda.
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It involves academics, policy makers and practitioners in problem solving.
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It places limited emphasis on the practical dissemination of knowledge.
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An understanding of business research methods is important because:
business research is laden with terminology and jargon specific language.
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business research draws on complex research designs.
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it is imperative to understanding frontline staff needs.
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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.
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What implications do values have on research?
They set the price the research is worth to be sold for.
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They influence the number of researchers to be involved in the study.
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The value of the dataset to other researchers.
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They influence the ethical decisions of the researcher.
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What is distinctive about 'Mode 1' knowledge?
The knowledge originates from the newspapers.
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The knowledge originates from what might interest students.
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The knowledge is driven by the academic agenda.
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The knowledge is driven by the funding sources.
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How important are ethical issues to your project?
They are somewhat important and can be considered at the final stages of the project.
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They are important to my project but are not something I need to consider until I have finished collecting my data.
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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.
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They are of little importance to the topic I plan to study.
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Denscombe outlines 6 types of research questions. Which of the following is a type of research question?
Interesting
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Unique
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Uninteresting
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Empowerment
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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).
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Websites, business newspapers and feedback from management
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Practitioner expertise and judgment; websites, business newspapers and feedback from customers
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This book and the library
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A literature review is an important part of the research process because
it is a summary of what literature is available on your topic
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it allows you identify and read key books and articles by some of the main figures who have written in the field.
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my supervisor likes to create more reading for me.
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I like to visit the library and read generally around my topic.
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Having no research questions or poorly formulated research questions will lead to poor research because:
I will only consider epistemological queries
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Marks are allocated for having a research question and without them my project will be penalised.
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I won't know what data analysis method to use.
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The research is likely to be unfocused and I am likely to be unsure what data to collect.
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What is data collection?
Collecting the research question and objectives together
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Gathering the information (data) which will help you address your research question
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Reviewing the literature review
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Outlining how you will gather the information for your research question
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