Discuss two factors that contribute to the article being a well written piece of research

Question 1 Briefly explain the worldview that is linked with quantitative research. (5 marks)

Question 2 Briefly explain the worldview that is linked with qualitative research. (5 marks)

Question 3 Draft your own business research question that could be addressed in a quantitative study. (5 marks)

Question 4 Draft your own business research question that could be addressed in a qualitative study. (5 marks)

Question 5 Read the article by Bobek et al. (2017) and answer the following questions:

a. Explain whether this study’s approach is quantitative or qualitative and provide two pieces of information from the article to justify your reasoning. (5 marks)

b. What is the research design?

c. Is the hypothesis written in the null or alternative format, explain your answer? (3 marks) d. Is the hypothesis directional or nondirectional, explain your answer? (3 marks)

e. What argument do the authors provide to explain their expected hypothesis? (4 marks)

f. What is the population from which participants were drawn? (4 marks)

g. What are the main variables in the study and how have they been operationalised? (5 marks)

h. Discuss two factors that contribute to the article being a well written piece of research. (6 marks)

Question 6

Read the article by Bartlett et al. (2016) and answer the following questions:

a. What type of research design has been used? (2 marks)

b. This study uses a 2 x 6 plan, who makes up the six groups? (2 marks)

c. Briefly explain the intervention that has been applied to one group and not the other group. (4 marks)

d. A manipulation test has been done in this study, explain the purpose of a manipulation test. (4 marks)

e. Define the term control variable. (4 marks)

f. What control variables have been identified in the study? (4 marks)

g. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of using students in this study.

Question 7

a. Distinguish between content and construct validity. (6 marks)

b. What is the purpose of a variable in a quantitative study? (3 marks)

c. What is the difference between a mediating and moderating variable? (6 marks

Question 8

Correct the following references so that they comply with Harvard referencing.