Category: research

Please write a conclusion & Abstract. The conclusion ties together the whole text. It synthesizes the major results, presents the contribution of the work and opens new perspectives for the research issue. The thesis must include: – A front page -Aknowledgements – Table of contents (with page numbers) – Abstract: The abstract allows a comprehensive understanding of the thesis. It shouldn’t exceed one page – Introduction VIII – First part (theoretical) – Second part (empirical) – Conclusion – Glossary – Bibliography and web references – Appendices (specific page numbers) – Table of contents

 
talking about paradigm, different type of paradigm (the main three types)
This part of the essay must include discussions around epistemological understandings and associated judgements of the appropriateness of conducting research.
i want only the parts were you explain and introduce the scientific research, and the paradigm (interpretive, positivism, and critical) the main issues. also the meaning of epistemology and ontology.

Task Instructions
You are required to conduct primary and secondary research and collect relevant data to support your research issue or challenge, analyse the data and present the findings of your research.
Data Collection
Primary Research will include preparing and distributing a questionnaire or interviewing people with a prepared set of questions.You should conduct between 5and 20 interviews. Your survey should target a sample of between 30 and 50 people.

All primary research must be approved by your instructor before you commence your interviews, surveys, etc. You must get your teacher’s approval for the research interview questions.
You must also get your teacher’s approval for the research survey questions and the minimum number of surveys to be conducted.

Secondary Research will involve collecting additional data within the organisation and other online resources in support of your research topic.
Data Analysis
A major part of the grade for the final report will be based on the accuracy and relevance of your primary and secondary data collection. You will also be graded on how well you understand the data you collected and how you present that data in relation to your research objectives. Good graphs and charts are excellent ways to summarize data for your readers and to illustrate trends. However, you must also be able to explain your analysis in concise terms.

Whenever possible, relate these results to your knowledge of the business theory you are studying. You can discuss how your results compare with what you expected based on the

theory. It is not necessarily true that your results will always fit into the theory. If they do not, explain why you think that is so.

All the data you collect should be collated and presented in a relevant and attractive format and then analysed using the statistical methods that you have learned during the BAS programme.This is where you turn data (i.e. raw numbers and results from questionnaires, interviews and/or focus groups) into information on which a decision and recommendations are made. This section should include visual aids (graphs, charts, tables) intended to clarify, emphasize or summarize the report.The results of your analysis should be clearly explained.

Note:You also need to justify your choice of data collection methods, which methods you used and why they were relevant, and provide a full description of your methodology explaining exactly what you did.

The Data Collection and Research Analysis should be written in HCT report format and fully referenced using APA format. All charts, table or graphs should be clearly labeled. You should also submit the document to Safe Assign on Black Board Learn.

This task should be 2000 – 3000 words and should be completed by the end of Week 9.You will resubmit this task in Week 15 as part of the Final Research Paper (10%) and you are encouraged to make improvements based on feedback received.
See separate marking rubric

Overview
This assessment requires you to define and provide examples of descriptive and inferential statistics and reliability and validity in research. Using the template provided below, define and provide an example of each term.
Objectives
Differentiate between each terminology in your own words and provide an example of each term.
!! IMPORTANT !!
• Each term is to be defined in your own words. Be extremely careful with plagiarism. Absolutely no definition should be found to correlate exactly with another source.
• Provide a three to four sentence example of each term. Absolutely no less than three.

 

Task: The students will undertake a research essay that pursues in-depth, an aspect of the subject through sustained research, reflection and writing 2,750 words.

The students will have a choice of four essay topics, mostly Australian focused (see below). The 2,750 word count includes all discursive text, such as any textual discussion in footnotes, but not citation information in the bibliography or footnotes. Students may exceed the word limit by ten per cent without penalty.
Questions: You are required to choose one of the following questions for the essay. Please be aware that, since these essays are Australian-focused, you are strongly encouraged to use and work around Australian sources including books, academic journals and reliable scholarly websites:

Question 1 (Australia-focused)
Discuss the status of animals under Australian law or some aspect of Australian law. What is this status and how does it affect their treatment? In your essay consider the arguments for and against changing the status of animals and the implications that such changes would have for the treatment of animals.

Question 2 (Australia-focused)
In his work, Regulating Animal Welfare to Promote and Protect Improved Animal Welfare Outcomes under the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy, (delivered at the International Animal Welfare Conference, Gold Coast, 1 September 2008) Geoff Bloom argues at pages 30-40 that animal cruelty and animal welfare should be treated as separate issues. Explain Bloom’s approach and critically evaluate it using the treatment of farm animals in Australia as a case study.

Question 3 (Australia and US-focused)
What is the attitude of the law in Australia to claims in tort for emotional distress and loss of companionship with respect to companion animals? How does this compare with the approach taken by the courts in the USA? Has the USA jurisdiction developed a pattern or consistent doctrine in this area of the law?

Question 4 (Australia and US-focused)
This essay represents an area of research helpful to the Humane Society International. HSI’s Washington office is currently taking action in the US courts to stop the use of antibiotics being fed to farm animals due to public health and environmental (including endangered species) reasons. What is the potential for such a case in Australia? What may be the role of consumer law in achieving environmental outcomes?
Some personal guidelines for the preparation of research essays:

The purpose of a research essay: A research essay gives you the opportunity to show your research skills on your selected topic. You should display your ability to find, read, consider and analyse the researched materials, and express your reasoned views. A research essay is more than a mere narrative of the materials. Marks are awarded on the process of legal reasoning rather than the conclusion reached, although obvious errors in reasoning to that conclusion will lose marks. In other words, your arguments/views/analysis are important provided they are properly argued and supported. Fundamental to success is a properly organised and structured essay. A cogent structure can take several forms, but a suggested structure is set out below.
Organisation and Structure – A research essay has five broad parts:

1. Introduction: An introduction should be a succinct summary of the essay. Introductions should be 300-600 words in length. The marker should, after reading the introduction, have a clear understanding of the topic and a broad overview of the problems/issues and the student’s methodology used to address those problems/ issues.

2. Background: Depending on the topic, setting out relevant background may be necessary, for example, defining key terms or concepts, identifying and briefly discussing relevant law or industry practice or government policy, identifying and summarizing published materials in the area, etc.
Discuss what is significant, necessary and relevant to your analysis. Avoid irrelevancies.

3. Identify the problems/issues: Clearly set out and discuss the problems and issues identified. The use of subheadings for each distinct problem is useful.

4. Resolving the problems/issues; methodology: Having identified the problems/issues you should identify the methodology used to analyse/discuss/consider/resolve the problems/issues. In Parts 3 and 4 (the key components of any essay) an examiner will look for various features including: your arguments; identifying and critically discussing other published works in the area; identifying the significant and important problems/issues; consistency and logical development of argument; consideration of the concepts applicable to solving the problem; original research/ideas; how you use existing knowledge and relate that to new knowledge; the application of theoretical ideas to industry practice; critical evaluation of existing case law (where relevant); etc.

 
Identify three different peer-reviewed journal articles that have made a *direct* substantial contribution to our understanding of:

· The occurrence of this crime phenomenon

· The effectiveness of a crime control measure used to prevent (including detect) this crime phenomenon

· The ethical impact of a crime control measure used to prevent (including detect) this crime phenomenon

For each of them provide the APA reference, and write a paragraph introducing the research question that was addressed, and explaining why the results could have an impact on crime prevention practice.

*Note about the meaning of the term ‘direct contribution’: the invention of the computer made a substantial contribution to our understanding of the effectiveness of the TASER because performance of the required statistical tests involves using computers. However, this is a tangential contribution (not a direct one) and therefore papers about the invention of the computer would not be considered within the scope of the question.

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT – Scenario A
Over 3.1 million e-reader devices were sold in the run up to Christmas 2013. Sales in the UK were expected to grow even more in 2014. However, although E-books currently represent 6.1 % of the total book market in the UK, equivalent to £543m of the UK’s £8.9 billion book industry, sales appear to be declining.
In 2015 the market share was forecast to grow to 10%, with consumers expected to purchase 201.6 million e-books over the next three years but it only reached 9%. However, UK readers are spending more on paperbacks than e-books!
With consumer appetite for e-books decreasing, Waterstone’s – a multiple bookshop chain – is keen to better understand the reasons for this change and also what type of products and/or services (both online and offline) it should now make available.
[Source: Business Week 2011 adapt & Lynch / Gizmodo 2015]
Question:
Suppose you have been commissioned as a marketing research consultant to Waterstone’s to advise them how to focus their new product / service development plans: OUTLINE YOUR MARKETING RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

 

Develop a EBP question guided by the Question Development Tool Appendix B, and then using this question conduct a literature search to investigate the issue or problem. Gather a minimum of 5 research articles (2010-present) to address the practice question. Please upload the 5 articles. The assignment should be organized in the following 6 parts:

A. Title Page
B. Practice question(Question Development Tool Appendix B)2 pages
C. Develop and Implement a Search Strategy. Please work with a librarian to conduct a literature search. The literature search parameters should be saved and included.1 page
D. Appraise (determine quality) 5 articles using Research Evidence Appraisal Tool(Dearholt and Dang, 2012, pg 240).
E. Explanation of Reference Relevance to the practice question. For each article explain the relevance to the practice questions (3-4 sentences per article)
F. Reference list using APA format

For “D” It is anticipated article Appraisal and E (1 ½ pages per article)

Question Development Tool Appendix B (attached)
Research Evidence Appraisal Tool (attached, follow page 240, pag 238&239 are to guide you)

Details:

Using 800-1,000 words, discuss methods to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution and variables to be assessed when evaluating project outcomes.
Example: If you are proposing a new staffing matrix that is intended to reduce nurse turnover, improve nursing staff satisfaction, and positively impact overall delivery of care, you may decide the following methods and variables are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution:
Methods:
1. Survey of staff attitudes and contributors to job satisfaction and dissatisfaction before and after initiating change.
2. Obtain turnover rates before and after initiating change.
3. Compare patient discharge surveys before change and after initiation of change.
Variables:
1. Staff attitudes and perceptions.
2. Patient attitudes and perceptions.
3. Rate of nursing staff turnover.
Develop the tools necessary to educate project participants and to evaluate project outcomes (surveys, questionnaires, teaching materials, PowerPoint slides, etc.).
Refer to the “Topic 4: Checklist.”
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 
Research Topic Ideas: (provide UAE Company as case study) Fly Emirates

• Explain how various models of motivation techniques or mechanism can improve performance and job satisfaction
• Group and team behaviour / Network with others in groups or teams in ways that contribute to effective working relationship
• Discuss the influence of personality, attitudes, perceptions, and attributions on organizational behavior
• Assess how various models of management styles and motivation techniques are utilized in organizations to improve productivity, performance, and job satisfaction

The paper will have 5 sections:

Introduction
 Outlines purpose of the paper and present hypothesis of paper. Questions investigate the nature of the problem

Literature Review—reviews the theories, theorists, models, or principles that are connected to the topic of the paper.
Identifies the theoretical foundations

Analyses and Discussion.
 Local problem is required. Documentation is needed supporting the existence of and the nature of the local problem.
 Your analytical skills will clearly be of central importance to this section of your research.

Conclusion and Recommendation
 The most important section of your work.
 You will show a clear understanding of the nature and significance of your findings.
 Based upon your critical analysis of your findings you will be required to provide recommendations, that in your opinion, will help improve the field OB
Reference List
 Any special terms associated with the problem are defined and cited.
 Statements are specific, topical sentences are established for paragraphs and bridges are established between ideas
 Citations are included for the following: direct quotations, paraphrasing, facts, and references to research studies.