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Chapter 01 - The nature and process of business research
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Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 01
01) 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. A societal event may bring the issue to the fore
c. When an aspect of business or management is inadequately understood
d. Because businesses themselves have mandated the topic for research
Title: Chapter 01 Question 02
02) The topics of business research are deeply influenced by the theoretical position adopted by the researcher.
a. True
b. False
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 03
03) Which of the following is a source of information that contributes to evidence-based management? Please select all that apply.
- practitioner expertise and judgement;
- 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).
a. Practitioner expertise and judgement
b. Perspectives of those who may be affected by a particular decision
c. Discussions on social media
d. Evidence from the local context
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 04
04) Which of the following is a reason to conduct a literature review? Please select all that apply.
- what is already known about the topic;
- what concepts and theories have been applied to it;
- what research methods have been applied in studying it;
- what controversies exist about the topic and about how it is studied;
- what clashes of evidence (if any) exist;
- who the key contributors to research on the topic are.
a. To understand what is known about a topic
b. To solve a business problem
c. To understand what methods have been applied to a topic
d. To investigate clashes of evidence
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 05
05) Concepts are labels we give to aspects of the social world that have common features.
a. True
b. False
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 06
06) Which of the following is not a feature of a research question?
• guide your literature search;
• guide your decisions about the kind of research design to employ;
• guide your decisions about what data to collect and from whom;
• guide your analysis of data;
• guide your writing-up of data;
• stop you going on in unnecessary directions; and
• provide your readers with a clear sense of what your research is about.
a. It guides your literature search
b. It will determine your research findings
c. It will guide decisions about which research design to employ
d. It will guide your decisions about what data to collect and from whom
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 07
07) A representative sample is a sample that:
a. 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
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 08
08) Which of the following is not a feature of data analysis?
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.
a. Transcription
b. Coding
c. Data reduction
d. Programming
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 01 Question 09
09) Primary research means that it is the ________ who collects the data and does the analysis
Feedback: Data analysis can also refer to interpretation of secondary data. Primary analysis means that the researcher who collected the data conducts the analysis, as was the case with Greguletz et al. (2018).
Section reference: 1.4 The Process of Business Research
a. Researcher
b. Somebody else
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 10
10) Big data can only be collected via the internet.
a. True
b. False
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 11
11) How does big data differ from survey data?
a. It is more valid
b. It is more reliable
c. It is more predictable
d. It combines data from multiple sources
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 01 Question 12
12) Which of the following are features of writing up a research project? Please select all that apply:
- Introduction. The research area and its significance are outlined. The research questions will also probably be introduced.
- Literature review. What is already known about the research area is examined critically. This section often relates to theoretical concepts that are the focus of the research, as shown in Table 1.1.
- Research methods. The research methods (sampling, methods of data collection, methods of data analysis) are presented and justified.
- Results. The findings are presented.
- Discussion. The findings are discussed in relation to the literature and the research questions.
- Conclusion. The significance of the research is reinforced.
a. Literature review
b Research method
c. Editorial
d. Results
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 13
13) Business research is a process where the findings can be predicted with reasonable certainly before data is collected.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 14
14) Well conducted academic research rarely contains false starts, blind alleys, mistakes or enforced changes
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 01 Question 15
15) In business research, the core aspects of the production of certain “findings” tend to be omitted from the written account
a. True
b. False