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BUS 642 Entire Course

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• 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 Week 3 DQ 2 Clarifying the Research
  Questions (Ash Course)
• BUS 642 Week 3 Exercises (Ash Course)
• BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 1 Survey Methods (Ash Course)
• BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 2 Observational Studies (Ash
  Course) 
• BUS 642 Week 4 Exercises (Ash Course)

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BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific Thinking

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• 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 as
  it relates to your hypothesis.  Discuss your
  results.  Respond to at least two of your fellow
  students' postings.  

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BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Making Research Decisions

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• 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). 
• What do you think of this research suggestion?
  How, if at all, could you improve on your boss's
  formulation of the research question?
• Respond to at least two of your fellow students'
  postings.

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BUS 642 Week 1 Exercises

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

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BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics in Business Research

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• Read 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

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• Read 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.    

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BUS 642 Week 2 Exercises

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• 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

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• Contemplate 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.

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BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 2 Clarifying the Research
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• 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

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• 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)
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BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 1 Survey Methods

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• 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

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• Observational Studies
• Read 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

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BUS 642 Week 4 Exercises

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• 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

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• 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.

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BUS 642 Week 5 Exercises

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• 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

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

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BUS 642 Week 6 DQ 2 Presenting Results

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• Presenting Results
• Conduct 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

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• 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 that tests a
  hypothesis chosen by the student that can relate
  to the place of current employment or previous
  employment but may not include or involve human
  subjects directly.

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