KB International Business and Technology Collage

Postgraduate Program
Business Research Methods course

Direction: Individual Assignment – I

 Assignment submission date is 16 , September 2022 G.C.

 No assignment will be accepted after the final date.
 Attempt at least 5 questions among 1-9 questions in your paper and question 11
 Submitted with hard copy!
1. Discuss the quantitative, qualitative and mixed research approaches
2. Explain the reliability and validity of measurements
3. Explain the nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio measurement scales
4. What is the structure of a typical research proposal look like?
5. What are the differences between basic and applied research.
6. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of qualitative and quantitative
research.
7. Explain the difference between stratified sampling and cluster sampling
methods.
8. Distinguish the difference between Cross-sectional data, time series and panel
data
9. Explain the significance of business research methods in managerial decision
making.
10. Assume you have submitted research topic entitled as “Factors affecting Corporate
Governance of Construction firms in Addis Ababa City”. Besides, assume as the
stylized facts of literatures, you found that board independence, board size, board
composition, internal audit and financial disclosure, among others, as determinants of
corporate governance.

a) State possible main objective and at least two specific objectives of your study
b) Develop a central(main) research question and at least two sub research questions
for your study
c) Develop at least two possible research hypotheses for your study
d) Suggest the research approach and/or paradigm of this study
e) Suggest the sampling design and methods of data collection of the study