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BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific Thinking ASHFORD
BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Making Research
Decisions ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 1 Exercises
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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific
Thinking For more course tutorials
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Business Scientific Thinking Develop 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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Making Research
Decisions For more course tutorials
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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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 1 Exercises For more course
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Exercises 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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics in Business
Research For more course tutorials
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Research 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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 2 Design of
Research For more course tutorials
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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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 2 Exercises For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 1 Measurement
Scales For more course tutorials
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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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 2 Clarifying the
Research Questions For more course tutorials
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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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 3 Exercises For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 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.co
m/sites/0073373702/student_view0/cases.html)
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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 1 Survey Methods For
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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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 2 Observational
Studies For more course tutorials
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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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 4 Exercises For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 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.mcgraw-hill.com/sit
es/0073401757/student_view0/cases.html)
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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 5 DQ 1 Data Preparation and
Description For more course tutorials
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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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 5 Exercises For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 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.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/00
73373702/student_view0/cases.html)
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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 6 DQ 1 Measures of
Association For more course tutorials
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Research Decisions 5 on page 524 of your text.
Respond to at least two of your fellow students'
postings.
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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 6 DQ 2 Presenting
Results For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com 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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ASHFORD BUS 642 Week 6 Final Project For more
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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
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BUS 642 Entire Course (2 Sets) For more course
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Tutorial Contains 2 Sets of Assignments for All
Weeks, Check Details Below BUS 642 Week 1
Assignment Research Project (2 Papers) BUS 642
Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific Thinking BUS 642 Week 1 DQ
2 Scholarly Research
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BUS 642 Week 1 Assignment Research Project (2
Papers) For more course tutorials
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contains 2 Different Projects Research Project
Week One. Each weeks assignment in this class
will lead up to the final research project in
Week Six. Before you work on Week Ones
assignment, preview the Research Project" in
Week Six so you understand the final outcome of
this project. Also read this weeks lecture. If
you are having a difficult time choosing your
topic, please contact your instructor before the
assignment is due for assistance.
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BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific Thinking For more
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Scientific Thinking. Reference this weeks
lecture to develop a research question and a
hypothesis for a hypothetical business problem of
your choice. Explain the management dilemma, or
the business problem that the research would
attempt to solve. Your research question must
relate to the business reason for the research.
For example, Why have sales of used cars been
declining at a rate of 5 per month since July
2012 at Smith Motors? is a research question
because you can investigate it with research.
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BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Scholarly Research For more
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Scholarly Research. Using the Library, find a
scholarly business research article on a topic
you may want to write about for your final
paper. Sample topics include, but are not limited
to Manufacturing Quality/Cost Improvement
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BUS 642 Week 2 Assignment Research Project (2
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contains 2 Different Projects Research Project
Week Two. Before you complete your week two
assignment, please read your instructors
comments about your week one assignment, as well
as this weeks lecture. Be sure to include any
suggested changes in your project going forward.
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BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics in Internet
Research For more course tutorials
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Research. Read the journal article The Ethics of
Internet Research and this weeks lecture. In
your own words, provide a summary of the article
and add your own thoughts on how the Internet can
affect the research process, including, but not
limited to, ethics concerns. Respond to at least
two of your classmates posts.
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BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Design For more
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Research Design. Googles business model
includes state-of-the art research. Pick a
research study that Googles researchers have
done from their list of Research Areas
Publications.
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BUS 642 Week 3 Assignment Research Project (2
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contains 2 Different Projects Research Project
Week Three. Before you complete your week three
assignment, please read your instructors
comments about your week two assignment, as well
as this weeks lecture. Be sure to include any
suggested changes in your project going
forward. In a three- to four- page paper (not
including the title and reference pages), provide
the following a. A revised version of your
introduction, research question, background
research, hypothesis, research design, and
sampling plan.
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BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 1 Measurement Scales (
Updated) For more course tutorials
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Scales. Find a scholarly research study from the
Library that uses measurement scales for data
collection (such as in a survey). Explain the
measurement scales that the study used, and
evaluate them. Did you think the researchers made
good decisions about the scales? Why or why
not? Cite the study in APA format.
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BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 2 Survey and Interview
Methods For more course tutorials
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Methods. Find a scholarly research study from the
Library that uses surveys or interviews for data
collection. Also read this weeks lecture before
submitting your post. Cite the paper in APA
format. In your post
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BUS 642 Week 4 Assignment Research Project (2
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contains 2 Different Projects Research Project
Week Four. Before you complete your week four
assignment, please read your instructors
comments about your week three assignment, as
well as this weeks lecture. Be sure to include
any suggested changes in your project going
forward.
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BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 1 Qualitative Analysis For more
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Qualitative Analysis. Using one of the Data
Access Tools from the United States Census
Bureau, choose some interesting census data and
perform a qualitative analysis on it in order to
answer a question you want to answer with the
data. Do not just copy and paste or summarize the
data that you find. Use an appropriate
qualitative analysis technique and provide your
thought process behind the technique you chose
(e.g., why did you choose it?), as well as the
results of your analysis. Use this weeks lecture
to aid your analysis.
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BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 2 Observational Studies For
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Observational Studies. Observe some people doing
something for about 15 minutes. You could do it
almost anywhere in a store, at work, or even at
home if you live with other people! Before you
begin, think about a question you want to answer,
such as Where do customers go after they enter
this store? or How do people act when they are
in their offices?
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BUS 642 Week 5 Assignment Research Project (2
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contains 2 Different Projects Research Project
Week Five. Before you complete your week five
assignment, please read your instructors
comments about your week four assignment, as well
as this weeks lecture. Be sure to include any
suggested changes in your project going forward.
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BUS 642 Week 5 DQ Statistical Analysis For more
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Statistical Analysis. Using one of the Data
Access Tools from the United States Census
Bureau, choose some interesting census data and
perform a statistical analysis on it in order to
answer a question you want to answer with the
data. Do not just copy and paste or summarize the
data that you find. Use an appropriate
statistical tool and provide your thought process
behind the tool you chose as as well as the
results of your statistical analysis. Use this
weeks lecture to aid your analysis. Cite the
data source that you chose in APA format.
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BUS 642 Week 6 Assignment Research Project (2
Papers) For more course tutorials
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contains 2 Different Projects The final version
of your research project should be 10-12
double-spaced pages (not including the title
page, reference page, tables, appendices, etc.).
The paper will be an original business research
project that tests a hypothesis of your choice.
The research can relate to your place of
current/previous employment or other contexts of
interest. Sample topics could include, but are
not limited to Manufacturing Quality/Cost
Improvement
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BUS 642 Week 6 DQ Presenting Results For more
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Presenting Results. Find a presentation of
interest on TED and critique its content,
visuals, and the presenters skills (if
applicable). Use this weeks lecture to aid your
analysis. Provide a citation to the presentation
in APA format. Respond to at least two of your
classmates posts.
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