Assignment 1(Introduction to Research)

Level: Bachelor Stream: BBS Year: fourth

Subject: Business Research Methods

Very short answer questions:

1. What is research?
2. Describe any two features of research?
3. State the types of research.
4. Write briefly about basic research.
5. What is action research?
6. Write any two differences between fundamental and applied research.
7. Write the process of scientific research.
8. State the hall mark of scientific research.
9. What is qualitative research?
10. What is quantitative research?
11. State the tools used in qualitative.
12. What are assumptions of qualitative research?
13. What are the assumptions of quantitative research?
14. State any two differences between qualitative and quantitative research.
15. What is management research?
16. State the role of research in managerial decision making.
17. What is ethical issue in research?
18. State any four ethical issues related to managerial research.
19. Explain any two difficulties that hinder to apply scientific thinking in management
research.
20. What are the features of scientific research?
21. Define case study research paradigm?
22. Define ethnographic research paradigm?
23. Define phenomenological research paradigm?
24. What is grounded theory research paradigm?
25. What is historical research?
26. What is positivism?
27. What is interpretivism?
28. Write any four objectives of management research?
29. Write any four objectives of scientific research?
30. Write any four objectives of qualitative and quantitative research?
Short Answer Questions:
1. Define research. Explain the features of research.
2. Define scientific research? Show the differences between basic and applied research.
3. Discuss various types of research.
4. What is scientific research? Discuss the process of scientific research.

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5. What are the difficulties, a researcher, face while applying scientific methods in social
science research? Explain.
6. What is the value of research in decision making?
7. Discuss the ethical issues in management research.
8. Discuss ethical issues in research that relate to the client, research staff, and research
participant.
9. What is qualitative research? Describe in details the assumptions made by the qualitative
research.
10. Mention the strength of qualitative research?
11. Explain the approaches used in the research.
12. Explain the importance of research for business managers.
13. Describe the steps involved in the research process.
14. Explain the assumptions of qualitative research?
15. Mention the value of management research in business decision making.
Analytical questions:
1. What is scientific research? Describe its nature and do you think scientific method apply in
social science research?
2. Give your arguments comparing both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Which
method is more suitable for conducting research in business management? Describe.
3. Explain the paradigms of research and as a student of management suggest which paradigm
of research is more appropriate to conduct research in business issues.
4. What is qualitative research? Describes the methods of qualitative research.
5. Show the strength of qualitative research and explain how you can create trust on the
finding of qualitative research.