BUSI 1450U Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Statistical Inference, Weighted Arithmetic Mean, Simple Random Sample
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Techniques for identifying objectives: develop a wish list. What is good or bad about each: consider problems and shortcomings. What might occur that you care about: identify goals, constraints and guidelines. What limitations are placed on you: consider different perspectives. At some time in the future, what would concern you: determine strategic objectives. What are your values that are absolutely fundamental: determine generic objectives. Exploratory research: preliminary research, conducted when very little is known about the problem being studied, may be a new or familiar problem but in need of clarification, examples are pilot studies or focus groups. These projects or interactive sessions can help in better formulating the research problems, fine-tuning the questions in survey instruments or defining other procedures for data gathering. Conclusive research: can be conducted when the research objectives are clear and the problems are clear, the(cid:396)e a(cid:396)e t(cid:449)o (cid:373)ai(cid:374) t(cid:455)pes , descriptive research used to describe the characteristics of a population.
