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Chapter Three THE RESEARCH PROCESS. Research Process. Development of Research questions Research Proposal Data Collection Data Analysis Research Report. The Management-Research Question Hierarchy. 6. Management Decision. 5. Measurement Questions. 4. Investigative Questions. 3.
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Research Process • Development of Research questions • Research Proposal • Data Collection • Data Analysis • Research Report
The Management-ResearchQuestion Hierarchy 6 Management Decision 5 Measurement Questions 4 Investigative Questions 3 Management Questions 2 Research Questions 1 Management Dilemma
Working with the Hierarchy • Management Dilemma • The symptom of an actual problem • Not difficult to identify a dilemma, however choosing one to focus on may be difficult Management Question Categories • Choice of purposes or objective • Generation and evaluation of solutions • Troubleshooting or control situation
Working with the Hierarchy • Research Questions • Hypothesis of choice that best states the objectives of the research study • Fine-tuning the research questions is necessary • Examine concepts and constructs • Break research questions into specific second-and-third-level questions • Verify hypotheses with quality tests • Determine what evidence answers the various questions and hypothesis • Set the scope of your study
Working with the Hierarchy • Investigative Questions • Questions the researcher must answer to satisfactorily arrive at a conclusion about the research question
Working with the Hierarchy • Measurement Questions • The questions we actually ask or extract from respondents or data
Research Process Problems • The Favored Technique Syndrome • Company Database Strip-Mining • Unresearchable Questions • Ill-Defined Management Problems • Politically Motivated Research
Designing the Study • Research Design • Select a research design from the large variety of methods, techniques, procedures,and protocols. • Sampling Design • Estimating population values • Testing statistical hypotheses
Resource Allocation & Budgets: Cost • Guides to plan a budget • Project planning • Data gathering • Analysis, interpretation, and reporting • Types of budgeting • Rule-of-thumb • Departmental or functional area • Task
Evaluation Methods :Benefit • Ex Post Facto Evaluation • Prior or Interim Evaluation • Option Analysis (Cost-benefit analysis) • Several alternatives • Decision Theory • Selection according to a chosen decision rule.
Contents of a Research Proposal • Statement of the research question • Brief description of research methodology • Pilot Testing • Data collection • Data preparation • Data analysis and interpretation • Research reporting
Data Collection • Characterized by • abstractness • verifiability • elusiveness • closeness to the phenomenon • Types • Secondary data • Primary data
Final Steps in Research • Data analysis • Reporting the results • Executive summary • Overview of the research (or main body of research) • Implementation strategies for the recommendations • Technical appendix