BUSN20016: RESEARCH IN BUSINESS

Assessment 2:
Research Exercise Guidelines

Delwar Akbar & Ann Mitsis

School of Business and Law
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Assessment 2 Guidelines

• Weighting: 30%.

• Time for completing the exercise: 100 minutes.

• Test is to be completed in Week 9.

– The link on Moodle opens at 9am (AEDT) on Monday and closes at
5pm (AEDT) on Friday.

• Where to write your answers:

– As indicated on the Moodle site.

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Assessment 2 Guidelines Continued…

• You MUST use either a university computer or a personal computer with

secured internet connection.

• You need to complete this task in one go.

• You cannot exit and re-enter the site.

• After 100 minutes it will automatically log you out.

• Distance students you MUST check your internet connection before

starting the test.

• On-Campus students it is recommended that you use a university

computer lab on your respective campus.

• Computer problems are not grounds for special consideration or a

re-test.

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Research Exercise Format

• You will be presented with two type of case studies.

– One will be quantitative and the other will be qualitative.

• Each case study will provide you with a brief description of the case
study.

• At the conclusion of each case study description there will be one

question to answer

• You must complete all 30 questions.

• Each question is worth 1 marks.

• See the practice test in the Week 7 tab on Moodle for sample questions.

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Preparing for the Test

• Key Chapters:

– Chapter 7: Interviews;

– Chapter 9: Administering Questionnaires;

– Chapter 12: Measurement: Scaling, Reliability and Validity;

– Chapter 13: Sampling;

– Chapter 14: Quantitative Data Analysis;

– Chapter 15: Quantitative Data Analysis: Hypothesis Testing; and

– Chapter 16: Qualitative Data Analysis.

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Important Hints

1. Read the case studies and questions carefully. DO NOT RUSH!

2. Answer every question.
3. When answering each question DO NOT USE ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING:
– Hyphens ( – );
– Commas ( , );
– Full stops ( . ); or
– Any other punctuation mark or symbols in your answer.
– ONLY WRITE TEXT (e.g. name) or NUMBER (e.g. 100) and NOT BOTH
TOGETHER!
– ALL TEXT should BE WRITTEN IN lower case. Avoid CAPITAL LETTERS!
– ALL FIGURES MUST BE IN ROUND NUMBERS (e.g. 81 not 81.3).

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How Assessment 2 is Marked

1. Your score will be automatically assessed by the Quiz system

followed by a manual correction.
2. The unit coordinator will do the manual correction for all students.
If you have a question regarding an answer you need to email the
unit coordinator within 48 hours of completing the quiz with the
following information:
–Your full name;
–Your student number;
–Your tutor’s name; and
–The question and answer.

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End of Assessment 2:
Research Exercise Guidelines

Email: d.akbar@cqu.edu.au