College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 3
Deadline: 11/04/2020 @ 23:59

Course Name: Accounting research

Student’s Name:
and practice
Course Code: ACCT 403 Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 2 CRN:
Academic Year: 1441 H
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr Maysoon Khoja
Students’ Grade: /5 Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

 The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via
allocated folder.
 Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
 Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be
reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover
page.
 Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
 Late submission will NOT be accepted.
 Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students
or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No
exceptions.
 All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced)
font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered
plagiarism).
 Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Assignment Questions (10Marks)

Question 1. (3 Marks)
Explain interview methods and the areas of concern in conducting them. Give
example for each method.
The process of interview is collection of information from the interviewee through
different mediums, the process of interview is used to get the view point of
individuals about a particular subject.
Methods of interview
This is a face to face interactions between two individual to facilitate direct
communication and they could know one another. The communication is necessary
so that the required essential information is attained.
Telephone interview
This type of interview is carried out through telephone. When an individual calls
and get information about given topic, the interviews make use of computers and
telephone.
Focus Groups
This is unstructured interview where there is a moderator to take control of the
conversation between a small group of individuals.
In-depth Interview
This is where the respondent have the liberty of giving their views within the
topics. In this case the discussion is unbound.
Projective techniques
This type of interview involves the presentations that have unstructured objects,
the presentations must be ambiguous or the respondents could be tasked to
interpreted the same.
Areas of concern for Interviews
It is easy to allow interviews to have inconsistencies, when interviews are
scheduled in a bad day, or there is bias on the interviewers then interview is bound
to be biased. A scoring system will help reduce this problem, every candidate
should also be given same treatment throughout the interview system.
Human are naturally biased, during interview, therefore, common traits could be
sought after in an interviews. The bias may include sabotaging own favoritism
hence an individual should not be given jobs because they are liked by the panel
but because they are competent enough.
On the part of the candidates there may be lack of preparation, the candidate may
not know the kind of preparation that they are expected to have, which makes it
impossible to make an informed and fair decision.
 ● Question 2. (2 Marks)
Q2. What are the characteristics of a good sample?
A sample is a smaller and manageable representation of a larger group. Samples are used in
testing when the population is large for the test to include the possible members of the
observation. Sample should therefore represent the whole population. A good sample should be:
Goal oriented: A goal oriented sample should have orientation to the research objective.
Accurate and representative of the population: A sample should be therefore accurately
representing the universe
Proportional: The sample data should be proportional; it should represent the universe properly.
IT should give the statistical stability and provide reliable data
Economical: The cost of survey should be achieved with minimum effort and cost
Practical: the sample design should be simple design and should be capable of being
understood.
Question 3. (3 Marks)

Q3. APA and MLA are the two common styles of writing your research work.
Explore from website the two methods and explain why it is important to
maintain these formats.
APA

APA format was created by American Psychological association and is applied mainly in
research papers to ensure that the sources are correctly cited. APA has a consistent formatting
such as title page, abstract, methods, literature review, results and conclusion.

The two writing styles gives a writer credibility because of the association with the publications.

MLA

This is the Modern Language Association; it is also called a handbook of research writers. It
dictates the format and the styles of the papers used in the research. In addition to the guidelines
provided by APA, MLA has guidelines for footnotes and endnotes.

The two formatting options are for student and colleges and it is almost impossible not to follow
a given formation option. The professor might need it to meet a given standard. The two formats
have been used widely and is very popular among the academic institutions.

Advantages of using Standardized formatting

 They make reading easier for the audience

 They need a given set of formatting and organization in an assignment
Question 4. (2 Marks)
Q4. Explain why the publication in a Refereed journal articles is more
difficult than Professional journal articles.

A referred journal is used in quality control. Every journal that has been published
is closely checked by a panel who are experts in the field, therefore they must go
through scrutiny before they are released for further consumption. The reviewers
make proper use of the contribution of the paper.

On the other hand, a refereed journal has guidelines for the paper to be published
and has a more rigorous review process than the professional peer reviewed
journals. The process of review and submission takes months apart, therefore it is
more difficult to publish a refereed journal than a peer reviewed journal.

References
Defining MLA and APA. (n.d.). Muskegon Community College | Of Course You Can.

https://www.muskegoncc.edu/library/information-literacy-modules/module-v-preparing-to-use-

information-ethically/defining-mla-and-apa/

Sample, characteristics of a good sample. (2019, November 14). theintactone.com.

https://theintactone.com/2019/03/04/brm-u4-topic-3-sample-characteristics-of-a-good-sample/

Smita Nitin Ganatra. (2019, November 16). What is refereed/non refereed journal? ResearchGate.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_refereed_non_refereed_journal