BUS 642 Entire CourseTo Purchase this Tutorial Copy And Paste Below Link In Your Browser http://www.homeworkwarehouse.com/downloads/bus-642-entire-course/For Any Information or Any Class Which you Did not find on Our Website, Just Hit US Email On below addressVisit : www.homeworkwarehouse.com Email Us : Homeworkwarehouse@gmail.com BUS 642 Entire CourseBUS 642 Week 1 DQ 1 Scientific ThinkingDevelop a hypothesis for a problem at a local business (for example: high employee turnover). Determine if your hypothesis has adequacy for its purpose, is testable and better than its rivals. Then, use the Checklist for Developing a Strong Hypothesis on page 64 as it relates to your hypothesis. Discuss your results. Respond to at least two of your fellow students postings.BUS 642 Week 1 DQ 2 Making Research DecisionsBased on the analysis of the last six months sales, your boss notices that sales of beef products are declining in your chains restaurants. As beef entre sales decline, so do profits. Fearing beef sales have declined due to several newspaper stories reporting E.coli contamination discovered at area grocery stores, he suggests a survey of area restaurants to see if the situation is pervasive (page 94, number 5).a. What do you think of this research suggestion?b. How, if at all, could you improve on your bosss formulation of the research question?BUS 642 Week 1 ExercisesComplete the following exercises:a. Complete Discussion Questions 1, 2, and 5 on page 22.b. Complete Making Research Decisions Question 6, page 76.BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics in Business ResearchRead the interview with Elizabeth Buchanan on virtual research ethics [Readings in virtual research: Issues and controversies. (2004, January-June). Information Technology Newsletter, 15(1), 22-25.]. You can find this article through the Ashford Online Library. Write a summary of this interview and add your thoughts on how this affects the business research process. Respond to at least two of your fellow students postings.BUS 642 Week 2 DQ 2 Design of ResearchRead Snapshot: Tracking Search Patterns on page 37. Find more details of this study since the texts Snapshot was printed and discuss the study including any updates. Respond to at least two of your fellow students postings.BUS 642 Week 2 ExercisesComplete the following exercises:In your text book Complete Making Research Decisions 1, page 50 In text answer Terms in Review, 1-5, page 155 Complete Making Research Decisions, 7, page 388BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 1 Measurement ScalesContemplate Snapshot: Measuring Respect on page 301 of your text. Discuss the information presented and the critical measures taken in order to validate the relevance of respect in business practice. Respond to at least two of your fellow students postings.BUS 642 Week 3 DQ 2 Clarifying the Research QuestionsRead Close-Up, pages 118-121. Discuss your answers to the Research questions on page 120. Respond to at least two of your fellow students postings.BUS 642 Week 3 ExercisesComplete the following exercises:In your text book Complete Making Research Decisions, 5, page 315. Complete Terms in Review, 1- 3, page 123.On companion website Read the case study, State Farm: Dangerous Intersections. Answer questions 1 through 5. (This case can be downloaded from the textbook website, http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073373702/student_view0/cases.html)BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 1 Survey MethodsDiscuss the following questions then respond to at least two of your fellow students postings.a. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face interviewing. What is necessary for the success of this method?b. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of telephone interviewing. What is necessary for the success of this method?c. How do these survey methods compare?BUS 642 Week 4 DQ 2 Observational StudiesRead and discuss Bringing Research to Life on page 187 of your text. Develop investigative questions that could have been used to guide Jason and Saras mechanical observation study. Respond to at least two of your fellow students postings.BUS 642 Week 4 ExercisesComplete the following exercises:In text book Complete Terms in Review, 1-4, on page 204.On companion website Read Case Study: Ramada Demonstrates its Personal Best. Answer questions 1-3 (This case can be downloaded from the textbook web site, http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073373702/student_view0/cases.htmlBUS 642 Week 5 DQ 1 Data Preparation and DescriptionPoll a small sample of class members, work associates, or friends and ask them to answer the following in a paragraph or two: What are your career aspirations for the next five years? Use one of the four basic units of content analysis to analyze their responses. Describe your findings as frequencies for the unit of analysis selected. Respond to at least two of your fellow students postings.BUS 642 Week 5 ExercisesComplete the following exercises:In text book Complete Making Research Decisions 2, page 450 Complete From Concept to Practice 7, page 450On companion website Read Case Study: Inquiring Minds Want to Know- NOW. Answer questions 1-9 (This case can be downloaded from the text book web site, http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073373702/student_view0/cases.html)BUS 642 Week 6 DQ 1 Measures of AssociationAnswer Making Research Decisions 5 on page 524 of your text. Respond to at least two of your fellow students postingsBUS 642 Week 6 DQ 2 Presenting ResultsConduct a search of websites that provide Internet presentations. Select one and critique its content, visuals, and the presenters skills. Make sure to include the URL in your Discussion Forum. Respond to at least two of your fellow students postings.BUS 642 Week 6 Final Project The final project should be eight pages in length and include a reference of all resources used. At least three sources should be from scholarly journals, e.g. Journal of Management, Journal of Marketing, or Harvard Business Review. This paper will be a research project that tests a hypothesis chosen by the student that can relate to the place of current employment or previous employment but may not include or involve human subjects directly.Sample general topics could include: Manufacturing Quality/Cost Improvement Service Quality Improvement Systems Design Accounts Receivable/Billing/AR Aging Marketing/Advertising Issues Sales of Goods Investments Product Safety Workplace Safety Labor Pools HR matters of broad concern Population Studies Others approved by course instructorThe hypothesis should be a possible cause and effect relationship regarding a process, underlying assumption, or plan that is important to the business. It should not be too broad. The hypothesis must be approved by the instructor by the end of the third week of class. The research process of planning, data sampling, collection and data evaluation should be described. The type of study should be defined and justified. Collect a small representative data sample. Fifteen is the recommended sample size. The data can be collected from observations, surveys, or historical records. The data results should be summarized and displayed and a brief analysis should be included. Use appropriate descriptive or inferential statistics.