DEVELOPING RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
Assignment Overview
Based on your general research direction, please pick one recent (last 5 years) paper from either one of these top journals. The paper should differ from the ones you picked in Case 3, and should have hypotheses in it.
Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Finance, MIS Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Marketing, or Journal of Consumer Research.
Case Assignment
Write a paper which addresses the following issues with regard to the paper you picked:
1. What is the research topic of the paper? Why is it important?
2. What is/are the research question/s? note that these can be implied or explicitly stated in the papers you have chosen.
3. How the hypotheses (if any) are related to the research question?
4. Discuss and criticize the authors' approaches for hypothesis development using criteria explicated in the reading materials for this week.
5. What methodologies and software package(s) were used for testing the hypotheses?
6. Think of a variable which the authors did not discuss and can influence their outcome variable (DV). Develop a hypothesis for this effect, and justify your hypothesis
7. Conclude your report with a paragraph or so evaluating the entire exercise in terms of what you have learned and your reflections on the topic.
Please organize your paper in a scholarly way. Add section titles when necessary. Explain your logic and when appropriate, use external sources and use proper citations.
The paper is usually between 5 and 12 pages long. ( 9 pg)
Attachment:- Selecting Research Direction.rar