business research methods

True or false Q

Student Number: Section: 2 Question Answer: TOR FOuestion 19 20 21 IT/E 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 30 31 32 33 14 35 36 Ga Q 1. Ethics in business research refers to a code of conduct or expected societal norm of behavior while conducting research. 2. Ethical conduct applies to the researchers who undertake the research, but not to the respondents who provide them with the necessary data. 3. Knowledge gained by the findings of basic research cannot be applied by organizations to solve their own problems. 4. A manager observes that higher prices lead to more sales. The results of a focus group point out that consumers use price as an indicator for quality. This is an example of deductive research. 5. Deduction is the process of drawing conclusions based on an interpretation of the results of data- analysis. 6. For a constructionist, science and scientific research is seen as the way to get at the truth 7. Positivists believe that the world (as we know it!) is mentally constructed 8. Different researchers have different ideas about the nature of knowledge or on how we come to know, 9. The quality of a literature review depends on a careful selection of data sources 10. The field of interest of a research is unrelated to the problem and symptoms