Professional Documents
Culture Documents
qnt565homework.com
QNT 565
Study
QNT 565
QNT 565
QNT 565
Part I
QNT 565
QNT 565
Week 1 DQ 1
What is the difference between a research question and a
hypothesis? Provide an example of a research question and then
provide the null and alternate hypothesis for that example.
Week 1 DQ 1
What is the difference between a research question and a
hypothesis? Provide an example of a research question and then
provide the null and alternate hypothesis for that example.
Week 2 DQ 1
What ethical risks are involved in observation research? Explain
the risks associated with the use of unobstructive measures? Can
you provide an example?
Week 2 DQ 2
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of survey research to
those of observation. Under what circumstances could you make a
case for using observation research? Can you make
generalizations about individuals from observations? Why or why
not? Can you give specific examples?
Week 2 DQ 3
How does data in qualitative research differ from data in
quantitative research? Describe a business situation and a
research question. Identify which research design is the most
appropriate to investigate the situation and why. Is the research
design quantitative or qualitative?
Week 3 DQ 1
As part of its bankruptcy restructuring, on June 3, 2009 General
Motors (GM) launched a new ad campaign that revealed glimmers
of a streamlined GM: fewer brands (Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet, and
GMC) and fewer models within each brand.
Week 3 DQ 2
Provide a simple definition of a nonprobability sampling and
provide an example of each type of nonprobability sampling.
Week 3 DQ 3
Jake and 10 other consumers were invited to participate in a focus
group to discuss their experience with using the iPhone. Develop a
set of questions the focus group moderator might ask to gain a
better understanding of their experience. What strategies do you
use in writing the questions to ensure you get reliable and valid
responses from the interviewees?
Week 4 DQ 1
Based on your readings in the text, how do you feel that
descriptive statistics, probability concepts, and normal distribution
concepts can be used by managers to make better business
decisions? How does your organization use these statistics
concepts as it conducts business research and makes decisions?
Week 4 DQ 2
If we have student scores of 4.0, 3.7, 3.7, 3.7, 1.0 the average
would be 3.2 while the median and the mode would both be 3.7. Is
one of them really in the middle? How dispersed is this list? That
is, how much do the scores vary from the middle?
Week 4 DQ 3
Describe a situation in which a correlation analysis or regression
analysis could contribute to a better decision. The situation can be
from your work, of general interest, or one you experienced in
your private life.
Week 5 DQ 1
How does a researcher determine what statistical test to conduct?
What is the purpose of a statistical hypothesis?
Week 5 DQ 2
What is a significance level? How does a researcher choose a
significance level?
Week 5 DQ 3
Describe a research situation in which inferential statistical
analysis can be used. Explain what method should be used and
why. Please first pose the problem verbally, and then using
statistical formalism (hypothesis testing, regression, or whatever
the proper choice is). You need not carry the calculations.