Business Research Methods
1. Distinguish between the following:
A. Exploratory and formal studies
B. Experimental and ex post facto research designs
C. Descriptive and casual studies
2. Establishing causality is different, whether conclusions have been derived inductively or deductively.
a. Explain and elaborate on the implications of this statement.
b. Why is ascribing causality more difficult when conclusions have been reached through induction?
c. Correlation does not imply causation; illustrate this point with examples from business.
3. Using yourself as the subject, give an example of each of the following asymmetrical relationship:
a. Stimulus-response
b. Property-disposition
c. Disposition behavior
d. Property behavior
4. Why not use more control variables rather that depend on randomization as the means of controlling extraneous variables?
Your large firm is about to change to a customer centered organization structure, in which employees who have rarely had customer contact will now likely significantly influence customer satisfaction and retention. As part of the transition, your supervisor wants an accurate evaluation of the morale of the firm's large number of computer technicians. What type of sample would you draw if it was to be an unrestricted sample?