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• BUS 642 Entire Course (Ash Course)

• BUS 642 All Exercises (Ash Course)

• BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific Thinking (Ash
  Course)
• BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Making Research Decisions
  (Ash Course)
• BUS 642 Week 1 Exercises (Ash Course)
• BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics in Business Research
  (Ash Course)
• BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 2 Design of Research (Ash
  Course)
• BUS 642 Week 2 Exercises (Ash Course)
• BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 1 Measurement Scales (Ash
  Course)

• BUS 642 All Exercises (Ash Course)

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• BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific Thinking

• BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Making Research Decisions

• Business - General Business
• Scientific ThinkingDevelop 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

• Making Research Decisions
• 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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• BUS 642 Week 1 Exercises

• BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics in Business Research

• Week One Exercises
• Complete the Following Exercises
• Complete Discussion Questions 1, 2, and 5 on page
  22. Complete Making Research Decisions Question
  6, page 76.

• Ethics in Business ResearchRead 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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• BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 2 Design of Research

• BUS 642 Week 2 Exercises

• Design of ResearchRead 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.    

• Week Two Exercises
• 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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• BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 1 Measurement Scales

• BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 2 Clarifying the Research
  Questions

• Measurement ScalesContemplate 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.    

• Clarifying the Research Questions
• 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? Respond to at least two of
  your fellow students' posts

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• BUS 642 Week 3 Exercises

• BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 1 Survey Methods

• Week Three Exercises 
• 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.
  Answer questions 1 through 5. (This case can be
  downloaded from the text book web site,
  http//highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073373702/s
  tudent_view0/cases.html

• Survey Methods
• 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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• BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 2 Observational Studies

• BUS 642 Week 4 Exercises

• Observational StudiesRead 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.    

• Week Four Exercises
• 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 (This case can be downloaded
  from the text book web site, http//highered.mcgra
  w-hill.com/sites/0073401757/student_view0/cases.ht
  ml)

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• BUS 642 Week 5 DQ 1 Data Preparation and
  Description

• BUS 642 Week 5 Exercises

• Data Preparation and Description
• 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. Respond to at least two of your fellow
  students' postings.

• Week Five Exercises
• 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 (This case can be downloaded
  from the text book web site, http//highered.mcgra
  w-hill.com/sites/0073373702/student_view0/cases.ht
  ml

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• BUS 642 Week 6 DQ 1 Measures of Association

• BUS 642 Week 6 DQ 2 Presenting Results

• Measures of AssociationAnswer Making Research
  Decisions 5 on page 524 of your text. Respond to
  at least two of your fellow students' postings.  
   

• Presenting ResultsConduct a search of websites
  that provide Internet presentations. Select one
  and critique its content, visuals, and the
  presenter's skills. Make sure to include the URL
  in your Discussion Forum. Respond to at least two
  of your fellow students' postings.

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• BUS 642 Week 6 Final Project

• Final Project
• 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

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