| Offered By: |
School of Accounting & Business Info Systems |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
Business |
| Offered in: |
First Semester, 2009, Second Semester, 2009, First Semester, 2010, and Second Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
This course reviews how researchers identify and investigate research problems. A broad range of research related topics are explored, including the nature and methods of inquiry; research ethics propriety; problem identification and hypothesis formulation; experimental and quasi-experimental design; conduct and analysis of sample surveys; and archival analysis. |
| Learning Outcomes: |
Questions you should be better able to answer at the end of the semester include: - What makes a research topic "important"?
- What is the role of theory in research?
- How do you identify theory relevant to an important research question?
- How do you develop a testable research question from an important topic?
- What makes research "valid" or "invalid"?
- What are the various threats to research validity?
- How can you control for threats to validity?
- What assists in making research "reliable" or "unreliable"?
- What research method types are available to undertake research?
- How do you choose among alternative research methods types?
- What is research design and why is it so important to research?
- How do you choose between alternative possible research designs?
- What are the key elements in statistical inference that are important?
- Why does research often use data to test a theory?
- What are the elements of a quality research proposal?
- What types of statistics are often used in research and why?
- How do you write a research paper, report or article?
- What are the major ethical dilemmas that a researcher faces?
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| Indicative Assessment: |
Critiques of published articles (2 critiques) 20% ABIS Research Seminar Series critique 10% Research proposal (preparatory) 15% Research design assignment 1 10% Research design assignment 2 10% Research proposal (final) 35% TOTAL 100%
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| Workload: |
3 hours per week plus private study time. The School of Accounting and Business Information Systems holds a seminar series, usually on Fridays. These seminars are part of the research learning process and it is expected that you will attend all scheduled seminars. |
| Course Classification(s): |
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| Areas of Interest: |
Commerce |
| Eligibility: |
At least an average of 65% (or equivalent) in the final two years of an Australian undergraduate degree. |
| Prescribed Texts: |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8013 |
| Preliminary Reading: |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8013 |
| Indicative Reading List: |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8013 |
| Programs: |
Master of Accounting and Master of Commerce |
| Other Information: |
For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8013 |
| Academic Contact: |
See http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=BUSN8013 |
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