ASSIGNMENT
This assessment task will be testing your individual responses to the questions contained in this document that will able you to demonstrate your knowledge and application skills of that knowledge as well as your communication skills.
Learning objectives
Learning objective 1: Demonstrate an understanding of applied a research problems in financial and management accounting, and
prepare strategies for their solution
Learning objective 2: Demonstrate an understanding of applied research methods
Learning objective 3: Collect and analyse accounting research data using applied research methods
Learning objective 4: Designing applied accounting research methods Please use the following guidelines to submit your answers
Requirement
There are six (6) questions on page 2 of this document. Each question has multiple requirements. All requirements for these six (6) questions must be answered with a total word limit of 1,250 words for your answers.
Task
1. The terms qualitative and quantitative are used to describe research approaches, designs and methods.
a. Discuss the difference of purpose and usefulness of the qualitative verses quantitative.
b. Compare and discuss the approaches to analysing data used in qualitative and quantitative studies.
c. Explain with examples whether or not you think these two approaches are mutually exclusive.
2. There is a claim that qualitative methods are not well-suited for testing hypotheses. Discuss this claim providing examples to support your discussion about whether you believe the claim is true or false.
3. Describe how one can enhance the potential validity (internal and external) of a qualitative research project throughout the research process; that is, in a creating a research design;
b. analysing your data;
c. writing up your findings.
4. Provide a brief description of the following sampling methods and include an for each method where it might be used:
a. Simple random sample;
b. Stratified random sample;
c. Systematic sampling.
5. The content of a research report may be drawn from primary or secondary sources.
a. Explain what is meant by these sources.
b. Provide an example for primary source.
c. Provide an example for secondary source.
6. A company has sales of $200 million and a 15 percent gross profit margin (before taxes). Cost of materials is 60 percent of income from sales. The materials manager believes that $20 million can be saved through improved purchasing policies. A research project will be conducted in order to develop a new improved purchasing policy.
a. Suggest a research approach to use for this investigation and explain why you believe the approach is appropriate.
b. Write a brief proposal and purpose statement.