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The above steps outline a simple and
effective strategy for a research
process. Depending on your topic and
your familiarity with the resources,
you may need to rearrange or recycle
these steps. Adapt this outline to your
needs.
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 Access and
Research Ethics
 Research Strategy
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 Research Strategy
Two
 Hypotheses
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Data Collection
Literature Research
Literature Review
Management
Models
 Publishing your
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Research Methods Workshops
Introduction to
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Research Process
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Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts
or principles; laborious or continued search
after truth; as researches of human wisdom.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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 Business Statistics on the Web
 Research Methods Knowledge
Base
 Research Process
 The Purpose of Business and Management
Research
 The Purpose of Academic vs.
Applied Research
 The Research Sequence
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 Research Workshop
Choosing a
Topic
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State your topic as a question.
For example, if you are interested
in finding out about use of
alcoholic beverages by college
students, you might pose the
question, "What effect does use of
alcoholic beverages have on the
health of college students?"
Identify the main concepts or
keywords in your question.
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Resources
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 Attributes of a Good Research Topic
 Generating Research Topics
 Knowledge Management,
Organizational Learning,
and Learning Organizations
 Research Topics
 Management Models
Research
Question
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From Topic to Research
Question
 A good research topic asks
a clear, concise question.
 Asking a research question
helps you keep a tight focus
on your topic.
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 Finding Information in Texts
 Literature Review
 Purposes of the Literature Review
 Research Idea and Derived Questions
 Research Design
Research
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 Exploratory Research
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 Mind Mapping Process
 How to Mind Map
 Research on the Basis of Earlier
Theory
 Hypotheses
 Hypothesis-based Study
 Deduction and Induction
 Positivism & Phenomenology
 Concepts
 Conceptualising
An hypothesis is a specific statement of
prediction. It describes in concrete (rather than
theoretical) terms what you expect will happen in
your study.
 Concept Mapping
 Registering Facts
 Research Outline
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Research
Methods
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 Data Types
 Qualitative Data Collection
 Quantitative Analysis 1 and 2
 The Questionnaire and its Design
 Sampling
 Business Analysis
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 Issues of Data Collection
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 Qualitative Data Techniques
 Case Study Methodology
 Characteristics of Depth Interviews
 Characteristics of Focus Group
Interviews
 Observation
 Quantitative Analysis, Business
Statistics
 Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research
Research Proposal
and Dissertation
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 Writing Research Proposal and
Reports
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Model of the chapters of a thesis
 APA Style
 Research Proposal
 Reporting
 A Typical Dissertation Structure
 Project Submission and Assessment
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