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  1. A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Social Media Reviews on Brand

    me motivated and keen to study the research problem more. Thank you to my graduate advisor Cathy Levkulic. Your help was very crucial for a smooth Masters experience. Thank you, Dr. Michael Goodman for all your support during the two years of my Master's degree. I would also like to take the opportunity to appreciate all my professors.

  2. PDF The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Business Owners: National Bureau of

    Employer business applications as measured by the U.S. Census weekly Business Formation Statistics fell in the five weeks from mid-March to md-April by over 27 percent relative to theprevious year (Wilmoth 2020). Estimates from the U.S. Census Small Business Pulse Survey indicate that roughly 50 percent of businesses report having a large

  3. (PDF) Quantitative Research Methods for Business Study

    quantitative research m ethods for business study. This course includes 2 parts and 6 sessions. - In Part I, we present the foundation of quantitative research methodology in business research. In ...

  4. PDF The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Outcomes and Expectations

    Abstract To explore the impact of COVID on small businesses, we conducted a survey of more than 5,800 small businesses between March 28 and April 4, 2020. Several themes emerged. First, mass layoffs and closures had already occurred - just a few weeks into the crisis.

  5. PDF An Introduction to Business Research

    Put another way, in the honeycomb, the six main elements - namely: (1) research philosophy; (2) research approach; (3) research strategy; (4) research design; (5) data collection and (6) data analysis techniques - come together to form research methodology. This structure is characteristic of the main headings you will find in a methodology ...

  6. PDF Quantitative Research Methods

    Quantitative . Research Methods. T. his chapter focuses on research designs commonly used when conducting . quantitative research studies. The general purpose of quantitative research is to investigate a particular topic or activity through the measurement of variables in quantifiable terms. Quantitative approaches to conducting educational ...

  7. PDF Quantitative Research: A Successful Investigation in Natural and ...

    need to quantify data. Since then quantitative research has dominated the western cultural as the research method to create new knowledge. This method was originally developed in the natural sciences to study natural phenomena [Williams, 2007]. In quantitative research, a variable is a factor that can be controlled or changed in an

  8. PDF Research Methods in Business Studies

    collection for quantitative research, multiple regression, and additional methods of quantitative analysis. In addition, cases and examples have been updated throughout, increasing the applicability of these research methods across various situations. Pervez Ghauri is Professor of International Business at the University of Birmingham.

  9. PDF Introduction to quantitative research

    Mixed-methods research is a flexible approach, where the research design is determined by what we want to find out rather than by any predetermined epistemological position. In mixed-methods research, qualitative or quantitative components can predominate, or both can have equal status. 1.4. Units and variables.

  10. (Pdf) the Influence of Quantitative Research in Business & Information

    The purpose of this study is to examine quantitative methodology in the context of Business & Information Technology research. The study provides an overview of the evolution of methods, paradigms ...

  11. PDF Introduction to Quantitative Research

    Controlled collection and analysis of information in order to understand a phenomenon. Originates with a question, a problem, a puzzling fact. Requires both theory and data. Previous theory helps us form an understanding of the data we see (no blank slate). Data lets us tests our hypotheses.

  12. (Pdf) Quantitative Research Methods in Online Business Education: a

    For example, hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) techniques have been seen in various discipline-based business research to date (Morgeson & Hofmann, 1999) but have received limited use in online business education research. Given the number of multi-course studies in our review, there is the potential for unexplained nesting effects.

  13. PDF Introduction to quantitative research

    Quantitative research is 'Explaining phenomena by collecting numeri-cal data that are analysed using mathematically based methods (in particular statistics).'. Let's go through this definition step by step. The first element is explain-ing phenomena. This is a key element of all research, be it quantitative or qualitative.

  14. (PDF) Quantitative Analysis: the guide for beginners

    quantitative (numbers) and qualitative (words or images) data. The combination of. quantitative and qualitative research methods is called mixed methods. For example, first, numerical data are ...

  15. What Is Quantitative Research?

    Revised on June 22, 2023. Quantitative research is the process of collecting and analyzing numerical data. It can be used to find patterns and averages, make predictions, test causal relationships, and generalize results to wider populations. Quantitative research is the opposite of qualitative research, which involves collecting and analyzing ...

  16. PDF A Sample Quantitative Thesis Proposal

    NOTE: This proposal is included in the ancillary materials of Research Design with permission of the author. Hayes, M. M. (2007). Design and analysis of the student strengths index (SSI) for nontraditional graduate students. Unpublished master's thesis. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. with the task of deciding who to admit into graduate ...

  17. PDF The Dignity for All Students Act: a Quantitative Study of One Upstate

    friends on social media. Earlier research conducted by Gross (2004) reflects similar results. In his survey of 261 students in grades 7-10, he found that students spend an average of 40 minutes texting per day. Likewise, research by Kowalski and Limber (2007) reflected comparable results of 3,767

  18. A Practical Guide to Writing Quantitative and Qualitative Research

    INTRODUCTION. Scientific research is usually initiated by posing evidenced-based research questions which are then explicitly restated as hypotheses.1,2 The hypotheses provide directions to guide the study, solutions, explanations, and expected results.3,4 Both research questions and hypotheses are essentially formulated based on conventional theories and real-world processes, which allow the ...

  19. (PDF) Quantitative Methods For Business Management

    The quantitative solutions are obtained mainly from the application of different parts of mathematics. As an example, in [7], the solutions to a set of problems for business management are ...

  20. PDF A Quantitative Study of Course Grades and Retention Comparing Online

    sample. A two-factor ANOVA was used to answer the first research question: Is there is a statistically significant difference between students' grades in online classes and traditional face-to-face classes? Results showed no significant difference between the grades of online and face-to-face students. Chi-square analysis was used for Research

  21. Quantitative Research

    31+ Quantitative Research Examples. Quantitative research demands focus and precision from the researcher. If you need a guide in doing your research, here are 10+ Quantitative research examples you can use. 1. Free Quantitative Research Flowchart Example. Details. File Format. MS Word. Google Docs.

  22. A Qualitative Study of the Growth Strategies of Mature Small Businesses

    research methodology is an in-depth, subjective research approach from the perspectives of individuals in a natural context (Houghton, Casey, Shaw & Murphy, 2013; Yilmaz, 2013). A quantitative or mixed research methodology was not suitable for this study. Quantitative research methodology involves an objective, numerical analysis from a

  23. (PDF) Quantitative Research Designs

    The designs. in this chapter are survey design, descriptive design, correlational design, ex-. perimental design, and causal-comparative design. As we address each research. design, we will learn ...

  24. Significance of the Study: Quantitative Research

    Significance of the Study: Quantitative Research on the Impact of Remote Work on Employee Productivity in the Tech Industry. 1. Introduction: The rapid shift to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered workplace dynamics, particularly in the tech industry. This quantitative research paper explores the impact of remote work on employee productivity through statistical ...