Since research is best learned by doing, this book emphasizes a hands-on, do-it yourself approach. The readers have many opportunities to see how business researches affect and support management decision. The book used a case study approach for all the chapters with interactive videos. The book gave emphasis to quantitative data analysis using a software program, IBM SPSS 20.0. The data analysis chapters illustrate in detail each step in running the software programs. The software programs files are provided for all data sets: outputs, demonstration movies, and screen captures are on the Website. This book provides students most extensive help available to learn quantitative data analysis using SPSS. Thus, the authors prepared this textbook and all the additional materials to help the students to understand the functional principles of business research and how to apply them in real-life situations.
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Karen Moore completed a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management at Lancaster University, UK, in 2005. Her final-year research project came about as the result of her third-year company placement, when she worked in a ...
In order to be able to use Pearson's r, the relationship between the two variables must be broadly linear – that is, when plotted on a scatter diagram, the values of the two variables approximate to a straight line (even though they may ...
Because most social scientists have a reasonable understanding of the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (next chapter), ... 2 Click on 'gender' and then the arrow button beside Row[s]: which transfers it into the Rows box.
In order to be able to use Pearson's r, the relationship between the two variables must be broadly linear—that is, when plotted on a scatter diagram, the values of the two variables approximate to a straight line (even though they may ...
During the last decade, more and more of our students have transformed to visual-from verbal-learners. Visual learners need pictures, diagrams, and graphs to clarify and reinforce what the text relates.
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Business Research Methods
The text provides a broad overview of a range of contemporary business research methods, from critical interpretive perspectives through questionnaire survey methods and observation, to experimental methodologies, whilst striking a balance ...
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