Prompt
Explain how you will carry out your research. Remember that your business problem should be able to be addressed using action research.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
Research Design:
1. Explain the research design and methods you will use, justifying why they are appropriate for your research study.
2. Describe the key variables from primary and/or secondary data sources that you will use to analyze your research problem.
3. Explain the key dependent and independent variables. In other words, how would the independent variables predict, explain, or prove the dependent variable?
4. Explain the key ethical considerations for using these data sources, including how they meet legal and professional standards.
Prompt
After you have collected your data, analyze it using descriptive and inferential statistics. Based on your research and analysis, develop recommendations to address the research problem.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
Data Analysis:
1. Accurately analyze the data using the appropriate descriptive statistics.
2. Construct appropriate tables or graphs to accurately display the results of the data analysis. Include explanations of the meaning of the information presented.
3. Accurately analyze the data using the appropriate inferential statistics. Be sure to include the output.
4. Explain the meaning of the results of your data analysis in practical terms (e.g., what were the results? What results were expected? What results were unexpected? What results were unsettling?).
5. Discuss the ethics of analyzing data to ensure it is fair, objective, and scholarly. What safeguards did you put in place to ensure the integrity of the study?
Conclusions and Recommendations for Action:
1. Summarize your research findings succinctly for stakeholders.
2. Explain how the research problem can be addressed by incorporating the results from your literature review and data analysis. In other words, what do you now know about your research problem that you did not know or understand before?
3. Based on the conclusion, make recommendations to address the research problem that are actionable, feasible, and realistic.
4. Recommend appropriate strategies for handling any potential questions and concerns of stakeholders.
5. Based on your study, make appropriate recommendations for additional research that would improve the organization’s effectiveness.