RES351 Questions
RES/351 Business Research
Chapter 3-9 Please provide 50-100 word answers for each question
1. Explain how each of the 5 evaluation factors for a secondary source influences its management decision making value. Purpose, Scope, Authority, Audience and Format.
2. Define the distinctions between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources in a secondary search and provide example.
3. What problems of secondary data quality must researchers face? How can they deal with them?
4. Explain the difference between a research question and a hypothesis. Using your current or previous place of employment as a starting point, provide one or more
research question and then develop two appropriate hypotheses.
5. Distinguish between the following and provide example: Exploratory and Formal Studies.
6. Distinguish between the following and provide example: Experimental and Ex Post Facto Research Designs.
7. Distinguish between the following and provide example: Internal Validity and External Validity.
8. Distinguish between the following and provide example: Pre-experimental design and Quasi-experimental design.
