Deck 6: Elements of Research Design

Question 1

Important tools of grounded theory are theoretical sampling,coding,and constant comparison.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What cannot be the purpose of a causal study?

A)Understanding the dependent variable.
B)Predicting the dependent variable.
C)Making sure that all relevant variables are included in the study.
D)Explaining the variance in the dependent variable.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A researcher wants to determine the cause-effect relationship between price discounts and sales.A field experiment would be an appropriate way to test this relationship.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The type of investigation is an element of research design.

Question 5

If a bank manager wants to analyze the relationship between interest rates and bank deposit patterns of clients,a 'field study' is the most suitable method of investigation.

Question 6

The idea behind triangulation is that one can be more confident in a result if the use of different methods or sources leads to the same results.

Question 7

Which type of study is most suitable when there is little to no insight in a certain problem or when there is no information available on how similar problems or research issues have been solved in the past?

A)Exploratory study.
B)Descriptive study.
C)Causal study.
D)Experiments.

Question 8

Correlational study done in organizations are called field studies.

Question 9

The central research question determines the unit of analysis of an investigation to a large extent.

Question 10

Case studies focus on collecting information about a specific,object event or activity,such as a particular business unit or organization.

Question 11

Action research is a systematic set of procedures to develop an inductively derived theory from the data.

Question 12

A director of Burger King wants to have an overview of the profits made in the last five years in the Netherlands,Germany and the Czech Republic.To get this,the profits of all individual franchise-establishments have to be aggregated.The 'unit of analysis' in this case is the individual franchise-establishment.

Question 13

Grounded theory is the planned watching,recording,analysis,and interpretation of behavior,actions,or events.

Question 14

Experiments are usually associated with inductive research.

Question 15

Surveys are used in exploratory,descriptive,and in causal research to collect data about people,events,or situations.

Question 16

The unit of analysis refers to the aggregation level of the data collected.

Question 17

The study setting is an element of research design.

Question 18

A study in which data are gathered at more than one point in time is called …

A)A cross-sectional study.
B)A longitudinal study.
C)An experimental study.
D)A randomized study.