TY - BOOK AU - Schindler, Pamela S., TI - Business research methods / SN - 9789813158580 [newsprint] PY - 2019/// CY - New York, NY : PB - McGraw-Hill Education, KW - Industrial management KW - Research KW - Business research N1 - Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.; Contents: Part I Building the foundation for research -- 1. Research Foundations and Fundamentals -- 2. The Research Process: An Overview -- 3. Stage 1: Clarify the Research Question -- Part II The design of business research -- 4. Stage 2: Research Design, An Overview -- 5. Stage 2: Sampling Design -- 6. Stage 2: Data Collection Design: Qualitative Research -- 7. Stage 2: Data Collection Design : Observation Research -- 8. Stage 2: Data Collection Design -- 9. Stage 2: Data Collection Design : Experiments -- Part III Measurement -- 10. Stage 3: Measurement Foundations -- 11. Stage 3: Measurement Questions
12. Stage 3: Measurement Instruments -- 13. Stage 3: Collect, Prepare, and Examine Data -- Part IV Collect, prepare and examine the data -- 13. Stage 3: Collect, Prepare, and Examine Data -- Part V Analyze and interpret data --14. Stage 4: Hypothesis Testing -- 15. Stage 4: Measures of Association -- Part VI Stage 5: report the research --16. Stage 5: Research Reports : Supported Insights and Recommendations -- Part VII Research project overview -- 17. An Integrated Example; Adult N2 - "Offering a presentation of fundamental research concepts and practical applications, this text focuses on managerial decisions, emphasizing the need for sound reasoning, problem identification and formulation, and testing." --Provided by the publisher ER -