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_d18
020 _a9781138859920 (hardback)
050 0 0 _aHD30.4
_bESS
100 1 _aHair, Joseph F.
245 1 0 _aEssentials of business research methods /
250 _a3rd edition.
260 _aNew York
_bRoutledge
_c2016
300 _a494 pages
_bIllustrations
505 0 _aBusiness research for the twenty-first century -- Overview of the research process -- Ethics in business research -- Defining the research problem and reviewing the literature -- The nature and sources of secondary business data -- Conceptualization and research design -- Sampling approaches and considerations -- Methods of collecting primary data -- Measurement and scaling -- Questionnaire design -- Basic data analysis for qualitative research -- Basic data analysis for quantitative research -- Testing hypotheses in quantitative research -- Examining relationships using correlation and regression -- Other multivariate techniques -- Reporting and presenting research.
650 0 _aBusiness - Research
942 _cBK