TY - BOOK AU - Cooper, Donald R AU - Cooper, Donald R AU - Schindler, Pamela S AU - Sharma J K TI - Business Research Methods SN - 9789353161194 U1 - 658.0072 COO PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi PB - :Mcgraw Hill Publication KW - Management KW - Industrial management -- KW - Management -- Research KW - Measurement KW - Measurement Tools N1 - System requirements: PV w/Pentium based processor; Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP; Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 as default browser, Microsoft Office or equivalent; Part I: Introduction to Business Research -- 1 Research in Business -- 2 Thinking Like a Researcher -- 3 The Research Process: an overview -- 4 Business Research Requests and Proposals -- Appendix 4a: Covering Kids RFP -- 5 Ethics in Business Research -- Part II: The Design of Research -- 6 Research Design: An Overview -- 7 Secondary Data Searches -- 8 Qualitative Research -- 9 Observation Studies -- 10 Surveys -- 11 Experiments and Test Markets -- Appendix 11a: Complex Experimental Designs -- Part III: The Sources and Collection of Data -- 12 Measurement -- 13 Measurement Scales -- 14 Questionnaires and Instruments -- Appendix 14a: Crafting Effective Measurement Questions -- Appendix 14b: Pretesting Options and Discoveries -- 15 Sampling Concepts -- Appendix 15a: Determining Sample Size -- Part IV: Analysis and Presentation of Data -- 16 Data Preparation and Analysis -- Appendix 16a: Describing Data Statistically -- 17 Exploring, Displaying, and Examining Data -- 18 Hypothesis Testing -- 19 Measures of Association -- 20 Multivariate Analysis: An Overview -- 21 Presenting Insights and Findings: Written and Oral Reports -- Case abstracts -- Appendices -- A Focus Group Discussion Guide -- B Nonparametric Significance Tests -- C Selected Statistical Tables N2 - Part I Introduction to Business Research 1 Research in Business 2 Thinking Like a Researcher 3 The Research Process 4 Business Research Requests and Proposals Appendix 4a: Covering Kids RFP 5 Ethics in Business Research part II The Design of Research 6 Research Design: An Overview 7 Secondary ER -