BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 1 Measurement Scales ( Updated)

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1. Measurement Scales. Find a scholarly research study from the Ashford University Library that uses measurement scales for data collection (such as in a survey). Explain the measurement scales that the study used, and evaluate them. Did you think the researchers made good decisions about the scales? Why or why not? Cite the study in APA format.
   Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. 

BUS 642 Week 3 Assignment Research Project - Week Three

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Research Project – Week Three. Before you complete your week three assignment, please read your instructor’s comments about your week two assignment, as well as this week’s lecture. Be sure to include any suggested changes in your project going forward.

In a three- to four- page paper (not including the title and reference pages), provide the following:

a. A revised version of your introduction, research question, background research, hypothesis, research design, and sampling plan. These revisions must be based on your instructor’s feedback if your instructorprovided additional comments about these sections in week two. 

2. A discussion of the types of secondary data you could use to test your hypothesis, and why this data would be useful. If secondary data would not be appropriate, please explain why.
3. The possible measurement and measurement scales you could use in a survey for testing your hypothesis. If a survey with measurement scales would not be appropriate, please explain why.
4. An APA-formatted reference list

Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. 

BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Design

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1. Research Design. Google’s business model includes state-of-the art research. Pick a research study that Google’s researchers have done from their list of Research Areas & Publications. What do you think about this research? Find details about related research to support your argument. Cite the studies in APA format.
   Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. 

BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics in Internet Research

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1. Ethics in Internet Research. Read the journal article: The Ethics of Internet Research and this week’s lecture. In your own words, provide a summary of the article and add your own thoughts on how the Internet can affect the research process, including, but not limited to, ethics concerns.
   Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. 

BUS 642 Week 2 Assignment Research Project - Week Two

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Research Project – Week Two. Before you complete your week two assignment, please read your instructor’s comments about your week one assignment, as well as this week’s lecture. Be sure to include any suggested changes in your project going forward.

In a three- to four- page paper (not including the title and reference pages), provide the following:

1. A revised version of your introduction, research question, background research, and hypothesis. These
   revisions must be based on your instructor’s feedback.
2. An APA-formatted reference list.
3. A discussion of any ethical concerns you might encounter while doing your research.
4. Some preliminary thoughts about your research design. (This will change over the next few weeks, but
   it’s useful to think about this early).
5. Ideas about how you might approach sampling data for your research. 
6. Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. 

BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Scholarly Research

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1. Scholarly Research. Using the Ashford University Library, find a scholarly business research article on a topic you may want to write about for your final paper.

Sample topics include, but are not limited to:

•   Manufacturing Quality/Cost Improvement
•   Service Quality Improvement
•   Systems Design
•   Accounts Receivable/Billing/AR Aging
•   Marketing/Advertising Issues
•   Sales of Goods
•   Investments
•   Product Safety 
• Workplace Safety
  Labor Pools
  HR matters of broad concern Population Studies

  Use the
  sources
  business research.

  Library Research Tips Tutorial to help you complete this assignment. The tutorial covers what scholarly are and how to find them, generating and using keywords, and searching in the best library databases for

  Read the scholarly article all the way through before you post. In your post, provide the following:

  •   The citation in APA format (points will be deducted if APA formatting is incorrect).
  •   The article’s research question.
  •   The article’s hypothesis.
  •   A brief description, in your own words, about how the article answered the research question and tested the hypothesis.
  •   Your evaluation of how well the study answered the question and tested the hypothesis. 
  • • Respond to at least two of your classmates' posts. 

BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific Thinking

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1. Scientific Thinking. Reference this week’s lecture to develop a research question and a hypothesis for a hypothetical business problem of your choice. Explain the management dilemma, or the business problem that the research would attempt to solve. Your research question must relate to the business reason for the research. For example, “Why have sales of used cars been declining at a rate of 5% per month since July 2012 at Smith Motors?” is a research question because you can investigate it with research.
   A hypothesis must state an “educated guess” about why you think something is happening; think about cause and effect. For example, “Sales are declining at Smith Motors due to road construction around our dealership” is a hypothesis because it offers a possible cause for the problem. “Sales are declining at Smith Motors” is NOT a hypothesis because it doesn’t offer a possible cause for the problem.
   Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.