Instructor: Yervant Nessimian

E-mail: Yervant.nessimian@hansoncollege.com

BUS1111 – Business Research Methods

Questions:
1- A project with little potential usefulness should still be executed.
True or False

2- ____________ will help the researcher to (eventually) define the management problem.
a. A first review of the literature.
b. Exploration and diagnosis.
c. Expert interviews.
d. Developing a research proposal.

3- In situations where there are no immediate problems such as a loss in market share,
dissatisfied personnel, or disgruntled consumers research is not needed.
True or False

4- A good research problem includes both a statement of the research objective(s) and the
research question(s).
True or False

5- . A problem statement is a clear, precise, and succinct statement of the specific issue that
a researcher wishes to investigate.
True or False

6- The statement of the research objective(s) should be brief, but nonetheless communicate
clearly the focus of the project.
True or False
 Instructor: Yervant Nessimian
E-mail: Yervant.nessimian@hansoncollege.com

Rubric:

Needs Improvement Competent Excellent

Use of Evidence to One piece of Two or more pieces of
No evidence is used to
Support Argument evidence is used to evidence are used to support
support an argument.
support an argument an argument.
Writing Response is generally
well organized and
Response is poorly
most of the argument Response is coherently
organized and difficult
is easy to follow. organized, and the logic is
to read. There are
There are only a few easy to follow. There are no
several spelling and/or
minor spelling or spelling or grammatical
grammatical errors.
grammatical errors. errors. Writing is clear,
Writing lacks clarity
Writing is mostly concise and persuasive.
and conciseness.
clear but may lack
conciseness.