CSU MBA5652 Full Course Latest 2019 March Question # 00599384 Subject: Education Due on: 03/12/2019 Posted On: 03/12/2019 04:56 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.9/5

Unit I
Journal

How did the information in this unit change your thinking
about business research? In what ways was this information familiar, and in
what ways was it foreign? Discuss ways these ideas could be applied to
questions or dilemmas you are facing at your current employment, at your own
business venture, or within your personal life.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No
references or citations are necessary.

Unit II
Journal

Think of some challenges you have faced in your current or
previous employment. Summarize the problem, develop a research question, and
state the null and alternative hypotheses that could be used to solve this
problem. Explain whether the hypotheses are concerned with relationships
between variables or differences between groups.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No
references or citations are necessary.

Unit III
Journal

Select a current issue within your workplace, social
organization, or home, and briefly describe a workable research design to help
solve that problem.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No
references or citations are necessary.

Unit IV
Journal

Consider your work environment, domain of interest, or the
world around you, and discuss when it might be more

appropriate to use the mean, median, or mode for measures of
central tendency.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No
references or citations are necessary.

Unit V
Journal

Think of a dependent variable within your work environment,
domain of interest, or everyday life that would be valuable to predict using
multiple regression. What are some independent variables that you would include
in the analysis when your intuition tells you they may be related to the
dependent variable?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No
references or citations are necessary.

Unit VI
Journal

Reflect on some of the ways ANOVA could be used to compare
means within your work environment or domain of interest.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No
references or citations are necessary.

Unit VII Journal

As a researcher, how might you mitigate the risk of harm to
human participants? Under what circumstances do you feel the benefits of a
research study outweigh the potential risk or harm to human participants?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No
references or citations are necessary.

Unit VIII Journal

Which aspects of research methods did you find most
applicable to your life? Name one or two issues that you would be interested in
studying using research methods.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No
references or citations are necessary.

Unit I
Literature Review

Within this course you will submit parts of a research paper
in each unit that will come together in Unit VII as the complete project. Click
here to review the Course Project Guidance document, which outlines all of the
work you will submit for the course and provides a template for the final
paper. Reviewing the document will provide insight and mental preparation for
the scope of the course since the assignments will build upon one another. It
also introduces the scenario you will utilize for every assignment in this
course. Click here to review the Sun Coast Remediation Data Files document.
This document will be the source of data for your project. Please review these
documents because you will need the information throughout the course. Note:
The template provided is for the Unit VII Research Paper; you will submit parts
of this paper in each unit. See the templates in each unit assignment.

For the Unit I assignment, you will use what you learned
about research methodologies, primary and secondary sources, and reviewing
literature to develop a literature review. This literature review will become
part of the final course project due in Unit VII. Please click here to access
and utilize a template for this assignment.

Review articles in the CSU Online Library databases and
other credible resources to locate six peer-reviewed, scholarly articles that
relate to the Sun Coast business problems identified in the Course Project
Guidance document. The articles you use should help inform your knowledge about
the issues you are trying to solve for Sun Coast. The articles should also be
quantitative research articles from primary and secondary sources. Try
including words like correlation, regression, t test, and ANOVA in your keyword
search criteria.

The article discussion should include the qualifications of
the authors, purpose of the studies, research methodologies and designs used,
results from the studies, and explanations of how the articles relate to Sun
Coast’s problem. Ensure that you also describe how you believe the research
made a positive organizational impact.

The title and reference pages do not count toward the page
requirement for this assignment. This assignment should be a minimum of two
pages in length, follow APA-style formatting and guidelines, and use references
and citations as necessary.

Refer to the Course Project Guidance document for insight.
For assistance in creating your literature review, reach out to the Writing
Center.

Unit II
Scholarly Activity

For this assignment, you will define the research objectives
and develop the research questions and hypotheses to set the stage for the Sun
Coast Remediation research project.

You will utilize this template to complete the Unit II
assignment.

Be sure to include the following sections in your
submission, and remember to use APA-formatted section headings and subheadings.

Introduction

Research problems

Research objectives: Refer to the Introduction and Statement
of Problems sections provided in the Unit II Assignment Template to make
explicit statements as to the objectives of this study. For example, “One
objective of this research study is to determine the direction (either positive
or negative) and the strength of relationships between ABC Company’s various
consumer promotions and sales revenue. This objective is intended to determine
which promotions may be more effective and strategically important.” Research
objectives should be discussed for each problem identified. Research questions
and hypotheses: Provide research questions and null and alternative hypotheses
that align with the research objectives and problems. For example:

RQ1: What is the relationship between Promotion 1 and sales
revenue?

Ho1 (null hypothesis): There is no statistically significant
correlation between Promotion 1 (independent variable) and sales revenue
(dependent variable).

Ha1 (alternative hypothesis): There is a statistically
significant correlation between Promotion 1 and sales revenue.

RQ2: What is the relationship between Promotion 2 and sales
revenue?

Ho2: There is no statistically significant correlation
between Promotion 2 and sales revenue.

Ha1: There is a statistically significant correlation
between Promotion 2 and sales revenue.

RQ3: Are there differences in return on investment (ROI)
between the various promotions?

Ho3: There are no statistically significant differences in
ROI between Promotion 1 and Promotion 2.

Ha3: There are statistically significant differences in ROI
between Promotion 1 and Promotion 2.

The title and reference pages do not count toward the page
requirement for this assignment. This assignment should be a minimum of two
pages in length, follow APA-style formatting and guidelines, and use references
and citations as necessary.

Unit III
Scholarly Activity

Research Design

Research design refers to the specific type of study that
you will conduct. Research design is normally consistent with one’s
philosophical worldview and the methodological approach the researcher chooses.
In this case, you are using a quantitative methodology. As we have discussed in
this course, quantitative research designs can be experimental and
non-experimental. You will be using a non-experimental design that can include
descriptive statistics, correlational or causal-comparative research methods.

Research methods refer to specific procedures selected based
on the chosen design. This is where you will provide detail on how you
collected and analyzed your data. For quantitative methodologies, research
methods can be quite detailed and require that attention be paid to
recruitment, sampling, sampling frame, sample size, surveys, pilot tests,
observations, data collection, data analysis, statistical procedures, data
interpretation, coding, validity, reliability, generalizability, reporting,
etc.

For this assignment, you will develop the research design
for the Sun Coast project, utilizing this template to complete your assignment.

Your Unit III research design submission should include the
below elements.

Research Methodology: Describe and justify the choice of
research methodology and why it was most suitable to solve the problems. Be
sure to compare and contrast this choice with the design that was not selected.

Research Design: Explain whether the research design is
exploratory, causal, or descriptive. Provide the rationale for the choice.

Research Methods: Review the research questions and
hypotheses you developed in Unit II, and then decide on the most appropriate
research methods to test your hypotheses. They might include a combination of
experimentation, descriptive statistics, correlation, and casual-comparative
methods. Be sure to specify which method will be used to test which research
question and hypotheses, and explain why that method was most appropriate.

Data Collection Methods: Specify how the data were most
likely collected to test the hypotheses. Data collection methods include, but
are not limited to, survey, observation, and records analysis. Be sure to
specify which data collection method was used to collect the data needed for
each research question and hypothesis. Please note that one data collection
method could capture the data for several research questions and hypotheses.

Sampling Design: Briefly describe the type of sampling design
that was most likely used for the data that were collected. Choices include,
but are not limited to, random sample, convenience sample, etc. Explain your
rationale for your sampling design selection(s).

Data Analysis Procedures: Specify which statistical
procedures will be used to test each of your hypotheses from among correlation,
regression, t test, and ANOVA. Explain why each procedure was the most
appropriate choice.

The title and reference pages do not count toward the page
requirement for this assignment. This assignment should be no less than two
pages in length, follow APA-style formatting and guidelines, and use references
and citations as necessary.

Unit IV
Scholarly Activity

Descriptive Statistics Analysis

Describe the Sun Coast data using the descriptive statistics
tools discussed in the unit lesson. Establish whether assumptions are met to
use parametric statistical procedures. Repeat the tasks below for each tab in
the Sun Coast research study data set. Utilize the Unit IV Scholarly Activity
template here.

You will utilize Microsoft Excel ToolPak. The links to the
ToolPak are here in the Course Project Guidance document.

Here are some of the items you will cover.

Produce a frequency distribution table and histogram.

Generate descriptive statistics table, including measures of
central tendency (mean, median, and mode), kurtosis, and skewness.

Describe the dependent variable measurement scale as
nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.

Analyze, evaluate, and discuss the above descriptive
statistics in relation to assumptions required for parametric testing.

Confirm whether the assumptions are met or are not met.

The title and reference pages do not count toward the page
requirement for this assignment. This assignment should be no less than five
pages in length, follow APA-style formatting and guidelines, and use references
and citations as necessary.

Unit V
Scholarly Activity

Correlation and Regression Analysis Using Sun Coast Data Set

Using the Sun Coast data set, perform a correlation
analysis, simple regression analysis, and multiple regression analysis, and
interpret the results.

Please follow the Unit V Scholarly Activity template here to
complete your assignment.

You will utilize Microsoft Excel ToolPak for this
assignment.

Example:

Correlation Analysis

Restate the hypotheses.

Provide data output results from Excel Toolpak.

Interpret the correlation analysis results

Simple Regression Analysis

Restate the hypotheses.

Provide data output results from Excel Toolpak.

Interpret the simple regression analysis results

Multiple Regression Analysis

Restate the hypotheses.

Provide data output results from Excel Toolpak.

Interpret the multiple regression analysis results.

The title and reference pages do not count toward the page
requirement for this assignment. This assignment should be no less than two
pages in length, follow APA-style formatting and guidelines, and use references
and citations as necessary.

Unit VI
Scholarly Activity

Using t Test and ANOVA With Sun Coast Remediation Data Set

Using the Sun Coast Remediation data set, perform an
independent samples t Test, dependent samples t Test, and ANOVA, and interpret
the results.

You will utilize Microsoft Excel Toolpak for this
assignment.

Example:

Independent Sample t Test

Restate the hypotheses.

Provide data output results from Excel Toolpak.

Interpret the t Test results

Dependent Sample t Test

Restate the hypotheses.

Provide data output results from Excel Toolpak.

Interpret the t Test results

ANOVA

Restate the hypotheses.

Provide data output results from Excel Toolpak.

Interpret the ANOVA results.

Please follow the Unit VI Scholarly Activity template here
to complete your assignment.

The title and reference pages do not count toward the page
requirement for this assignment. This assignment should be no less than two
pages in length, follow APA-style formatting and guidelines, and use references
and citations as necessary.

Unit VII
Research Paper

Final Project

Now that you have completed the first six assignments, it is
time to complete your research project for the course. Include the following
sections in your submission.

Title Page

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction

Statement of the Problems

Literature Review

Research Objectives

Research Questions and Hypotheses

Research Methodology, Design, and Methods

Research Methodology

Research Design

Research Methods

Data Collection Methods

Sampling Design

Data Analysis Procedures

Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics and Assumption Testing

Data Analysis: Hypothesis Testing

Findings

Recommendations

References

Please follow the Unit VII project template here to complete
your assignment.

Please refer to the Course Project Guidance document here
for help.

The title and reference pages do not count toward the page
requirement for this assignment. This assignment should be no less than three
pages in length, follow APA-style formatting and guidelines, and use references
and citations as necessary.

Unit VIII
PowerPoint Presentation

Create a PowerPoint presentation for the Sun Coast
Remediation research project to communicate the findings and suggest
recommendations. Please use the following format:

MBA 5652, Research Methods 5

Slide 1: Include a title slide.

Slide 2: Organize the agenda.

Slide 3: Introduce the project.

Statement of the Problems

Research Objectives

Slide 4: Describe information gathered from the literature
review.

Slide 5: Include research methodology, design, and methods.

Research Methodology

Research Design

Research Methods

Data collection

Slide 6: Include research questions and hypotheses

Slides 7 and 8: Explain your data analysis.

Slides 9 and 10: Explain your findings.

Slide 11: Explain recommendations including an explanation
of how research-based decision-making can directly affect organizational
practices.

Slide 12 and 13: Reflect on your experience throughout the
course. Provide some of the things you learned and some of the course’s
takeaways that you can apply to your current or future job. Slide 14: Include
references for your sources.

Your PowerPoint must be a minimum of fourteen slides in
length (including the title slide and a reference slide).

You are required to narrate your presentation. Utilize the
note section to write out your transcript per slide. Ensure the presentation
you create is your own authentic work. Ensure that you follow APA guidelines
and cite any resources you use. For assistance with adding narration to your
presentation, click here for an instructional document.