BA 595 Applied Business Research Online Course Syllabus .
BA 595Applied Business ResearchOnline Course Syllabus: Fall 2016INSTRUCTOR red CommunicationResponse TimeShonda A. Gibson, Ph.DStudent Access and Success, Suite 118appointment only903-886-5743Shonda.Gibson@tamuc.edu *Email48 hours*Subject line for all email correspondence should include BA 595, or you risk losing the message to junk mail COURSE INFORMATIONTextbook Required:Zikmund, W., Babin, B., Carr, J., & Griffin, M. (2012). Business research methods, Cengage Learning. 9th EdTextbook SuggestedPerrin, R. (2011). Pocket guide to APA style. Cengage Learning. 4th EditionCourse DescriptionA course to investigate the techniques of the research process as applied to business and economics.Experience is gained in defining research problems, designing a research project, and in collecting,analyzing, recording, and interpreting data. Also, an analysis of pertinent research literature in businessand economics is conducted.Learning Outcomes Students will demonstrate the ability to use appropriate secondary data to solve business problems. Students will develop a research plan including a problem statement, hypotheses, related literature, andmethodology. Students will understand the scientific method of research.COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADINGAcademic Honesty PolicyTopic Summary/Approval FormAPA TutorialAnnotated ReferencesWriting Center - Evidence10 CH Quizzes @ 10 points eachPaper #1Paper #2 (Prospectus)Mid-Term ExamFinal ExamTotal Points10 points100 points100 points100 points100 points100 points100 points300 points200 points200 points1,310 points1
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Week1Date8/29 to9/04Proposed Course OutlineReading AssignmentAcademic HonestySyllabusPolicy9/0429/05 to9/11CH 139/12 to9/18CH 3 CH 3 Quiz9/1849/19 to9/25APA TutorialWriting center evidenceCH 4Annotated ReferencesCH 4 Quiz9/2556789101112131415169/26 to10/0210/03 to10/0910/10 to10/1610/17 to10/2310/24 to10/3010/31 to11/0611/07 to11/1311/14 to11/2011/21 to11/2711/28 to12/0412/05 to12/1112/12 to12/16Topic Approval FormCH 1 QuizDue9/11CH 6 CH 6 Quiz10/02CH 8 CH 8 Quiz10/09Paper 1Mid-Term Exam10/1610/21 to 10/24CH 9 CH 9 Quiz10/30CH 10 CH 10 Quiz11/06CH 13 CH 13 Quiz11/13CH 15 CH 15 Quiz11/20Thanksgiving11/27CH 16 CH 16 Quiz12/04Prospectus12/11Final Exam12/12 to 12/168
Texas A&M University-Commerce College of Business Academic Dishonesty PolicyAll students are required to digitally sign the Academic Honesty Policy that is loaded into the eCollegecourse. Students must follow the directions in the eCollege course on appropriate submission of this firstassignment. A copy follows here:9
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ASSIGNMENT DIRECTIONS AND GRADING RUBRICSFULL DIRECTIONS ON EACH ASSIGNMENT ARE INCLUDED IN THE ECOLLEGE COURSE!Mid-Term ExamYou will have a timed mid-term exam. Once you log in, you must finish the exam. The exam will notbe reset for any reason. Do not log in to take the exam until you are fully prepared to sit down andcommit to the time period allowed.Final ExamYou will have a timed final exam at the end of this course. Once you log in, you must finish theexam. The exam will not be reset for any reason. Do not log in to take the exam until you are fullyprepared to sit down and commit to the time period allowed.Topic Approval FormFill out the form titled: Topic Approval in eCollege. I have set this up as an exam where you will beprompted to enter answers to the following questions. You may type your answers in word andcopy them into the eCollege exam to ensure appropriate formatting.1. Proposed Topic.2. What is the problem/issue of interest?3. What are the variables that could be studied? For example, the relationship between sales andexpenses, or hours studying and grades earned, etc.4. What is your hypothesis(es)?5. Offer at least one APA citation and short summary of a peer-reviewed journal article that willbe helpful in investigating this topic.APA Summary and Annotated References:You are required to review the following APA Tutorial and utilize the information presented tocreate an APA title page and annotated reference htm I highly recommend that you keep this linkhandy and refer to it often.Create an Annotated Reference list that coincides with your research topic. This assignment willrequire you to create an APA reference entry and a summary of the resource for each item you findhelpful in researching your topic. You need to provide at least 10 references for your topic.Each summary must be at least ½ page. You will have at least 5 pages of content for thisassignment. Your references should consist mostly of journal articles, but you should include atleast one book and one book chapter in your list if possible. Articles must come from peerreviewed journals only - NOT from a popular magazine or website. Page 225 of the 6th EditionAPA manual gives a detailed explanation of what a peer reviewed journal is. Chapter 6 page 180 ofthe 6th Edition APA Manual provides detailed instructions on how to format references andChapter 7 provides you with examples.You are required to utilize the Writing Center at Texas A&M University-Commerce as a firstreviewer of this assignment. You are NOT allowed to turn it in to me before it has beenreviewed by the writing lab. You can visit the lab in person, or use the online option. Allinformation about the writing lab is available here: www.tamuc.edu/writingcenterPaper 1Prepare a short research paper on a business/economics topic of your choice (MINIMUM OF 4pages of CONTENT) – fully following the APA guidelines and format. A substantial part of yourgrade on Paper 1 will be formatting and following the APA guide. The objective of this paper is foryou to learn to use the APA Manual. Use Times New Roman typeface, with 12-point font, anddouble-spacing. You are to assume this is a publishable paper and follow all APA guidelines as such.11
Use direct quotes sparingly - See APA guidelines. For this paper - if you use five consecutive wordsfrom a source, you MUST use a “direct quotation” and APA citation. Rearranging and changing a fewwords in a sentence is not appropriate. You must cite sources, even if you do not directly quotethem. If you use a source, you must cite and give credit where credit is due. You are not allowedto directly quote more than one full sentence from any single source.You must use subheadings in your paper (see APA guidelines). You MUST use peer-reviewed(scholarly journals) for your references. Blogs, Newspapers, Television, Wikipedia, and thegeneral internet are NOT scholarly journals. (See instruction in doc sharing.).For every resource cited, you must include it in the reference list. For every item in the referencelist, that source must be cited in the paper. At a minimum, the following must be included: APA Title Page Abstract CHAPTER 1: IntroductionInclude subheadings for each of the following elements (at minimum): Background: What led you investigate this issue/problem? Why are you interested in this? Problem Statement: What is the problem under investigation? Be VERY specific! When we talkabout a "problem" in research, it does necessarily mean that something is "wrong". For example,you can have a "problem” where you are investigating the attitudes and opinions of a responsegroup. Purpose of Study: Why is the study important? What is the significance of the study? Who cares,and why do they (or should they) care? Study Hypothesis (es): a prediction, or an "educated guess"- about the results of your study.Based on past research, what do you expect to find? CHAPTER 2: Titled "Review of Related Literature". A literature review is where you "review"published material that relates to your issue/problem – this information should be coming fromyour annotated reference paper Conclusion ReferencesPaper 2 (PROSPECTUS):Select a research issue/problem (it can be the same topic as paper 1), prepare and turn in aprospectus (a plan to do research) indicating the background of the problem, the problemstatement, the purpose of the study, the hypothesis (es), the methodology to be employed in thestudy, and a review of the literature (this can be paper 1, as long as you use the same topic)pertaining to the problem. You are expected to develop the materials that would be used in thestudy (a survey, questionnaire, etc.), a data set, and graphs/charts. In a Prospectus--a plan to doresearch—we do everything except collect data. (See instruction in doc sharing). However, you areexpected to use your knowledge and imagination in creating a data set, analysis, and charts/graphsto express the results of the data. APA Title Page Abstract CHAPTER 1: Include subheadings for each of the following elements (at minimum): Background: What led you investigate this issue/problem? Why are you interested in this? Problem Statement: What is the problem under investigation? Be VERY specific! When we talkabout a "problem" in research, it does necessarily mean that something is "wrong". For example, youcan have a "problem” where you are investigating the attitudes and opinions of a response group. Purpose of Study: Why is the study important? What is the significance of the study? Who cares, andwhy do they (or should they) care? Study Hypothesis (es): a prediction, or an "educated guess"- about the results of your study. Basedon past research, what do you expect to find? CHAPTER 2: Titled "Review of Related Literature". A literature review is where you "review"published material that relates to your issue/problem. IF YOU CHOOSE THE SAME TOPIC(PROBLEM) YOU USED FOR PAPER 1, YOU MAY USE THIS PAPER FOR YOUR REVIEW OF12
LITERATURE. HOWEVER, if you choose a different topic for your Prospectus you must do a newreview of literature that relates to your new topic area. CHAPTER 3: Titled “Methodology”. In this chapter you will tell the reader very specifically HOWyou are going to investigate the problem that was stated in Chapter 1. You must give very detailedinformation in this chapter. For example, describe the proposed sample (this must be a realisticsample how will you obtain names, addresses, etc. of your sample group? How will you contact them?What will you ask them, or ask them to do? What materials will you use?). You cannot state that you aregoing to survey people in Dallas. In other words, describe in detail the procedures and steps that will beused to gather the data. Chapter 4: Titled “Findings”. Since you are not going to actually collect data, you will not have anytrue data analysis or findings. However, I would like for you to use your knowledge and imagination inthis chapter. Use knowledge to describe how you would anticipate managing and analyzing the data (e.g.,I will code the data like this I will analyze these data with an ANOVA using SPSS). Explain yourrationale for the proposed management and analysis. Finally, use your imagination and create a data setthat you would envision collecting, and produce at least two graphics that clearly describe the data. Chapter 5: Titled “Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations”. In this chapter you will need todo summarize the paper, and use the generated data to make conclusions and recommendations. In theSummary you will need to re-state much of what you already stated earlier in the paper (problemstatement, methodology, etc.).Each chapter should begin on a new page, a reference page must be included, and theappendix should contain a copy of the materials (IRB form, questionnaires, survey, data set, etc.).PAPERS WILL BE GRADED ON CONTENT, ORGANIZATION, AND FORMAT.13
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Business research methods, Cengage Learning. 9th Ed Textbook Suggested Perrin, R. (2011). Pocket guide to APA style. Cengage Learning. 4th Edition Course Description A course to investigate the techniques of the research proce
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