The Scope of Business Research
Business as Usual
Scientific Inquiry
Misc.
This is the End
100

Combines Research of organizational systems with the dynamics of organizational change. 

Action Research 

100

Incorporates observations, pilot studies, and experience surveys.

Exploring

100

A system for originating and developing knowledge. 

The Scientific Method

100

This variable is rank ordered.

Ordinal Variable

100

This is anything that can vary. 

Variable

200

Attempt to discover answers to the question of who, what, when, and where.

Descriptive Studies 

200

Participation is one of the characteristics of this research. 

Action. 

200

This testing of hypotheses means that we make observations and propositions based on sensory experience and/or derived from such experience by methods including mathematics and statistics. 

Empirical 

200

This is a form of reasoning that claims to be conclusive.

Deduction

200

This variable influences the strength of the relationship between the IV and DV variables and is characterized statistically as an interaction. 

Moderating

300

A systematic and objective process that provides information to solve problem and guide business decisions. 

Business Research

300

This is considered a belief system. 

Paradigm

300

His contribution to formulating the scientific method is better characterized as understanding the process of inquiry, but he liked to refer to it as the "scientific method". 

John Dewey

300

This draws a conclusion from specific facts or pieces of evidence. 

Induction 

300

These hypotheses are statements that describe the relationship between two or more variables. 

Relational 

400

T/F A reporting project does need to be complex for it to be useful. 

False

400

The conception of the world that shapes one's view of knowing. 

Worldview

400

This was the amount of arguments discussed in the chapter. 

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400

This helps to reduce the danger of miscommunication. 

Dictionary 

400

This hypotheses typically state the existence, size, form, or distribution of some variable. 

Descriptive

500

Business Research is important to study because it...

Fast-Tracks your career

500

The 8 defining criteria for evaluating research. 

Ethical Issues, Purpose, Design, Procedures, Data and Instrumentation, Findings, Qualifications of the Researcher, and Outcomes. 

500

The four types of arguments discussed to make sound conclusions. 

Deduction, Induction, Abduction, and Toulmin Model

500

These are the primary components in the Toulmin Model.

Data, Warrant, Claim, Qualifier, Backing, and Rebuttal 

500

This makes a statement about concepts that is judged true or false. 

Proposition 

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