Research Jitters to Employer’s MCQs

Research Jitters to Employer’s MCQs

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1: Combines research of organizational systems with the dynamics of organizational change and reveals how an organizational system perceives the need for change, articulates the desired outcome, and collaboratively plans and implements how to achieve a future goal is known as _______.

A.   Action research

B.   Applied research

C.   Basic research

D.   Business research

2: _________ Has a problem-solving emphasis but contains the element of “understanding” before knowing what to do; the results of applied research in business are most relevant to managerial decision-making.

A.   Action research

B.   Applied research

C.   Basic research

D.   Business research

3: Examines issues of a theoretical nature to expand knowledge, theory and understanding but has a deferred impact on action, performance, or policy. It is known as ________.

A.   Action research

B.   Applied research

C.   Basic research

D.   Business research

4: ______ is a systematic and objective process that provides information to solve problems and guide business decisions.

A.   Action research

B.   Applied research

C.   Basic research

D.   Business research

5: Attempts to discover answers to the questions of who, what, when, and where; answer the question why is known as Descriptive study

A.   True

B.   False

6: Goes beyond a description of phenomena to explain how and why an event occurs, depending on the level of causal inference demanded and the degree of control exerted by the researcher is known as ?

A.   Explanatory study

B.   Descriptive study

C.   Exploratory study

D.   External validity

7: ________ is a preliminary or discovery-oriented study that is conducted to identify, diagnose, and explore a problem.

A.   Explanatory study

B.   Descriptive study

C.   Exploratory study

D.   External validity

8: ________ is a found causal relationship generalized across persons, places, and times; the validity of inferences about whether the cause-effect relationship generalizes to persons, settings, treatment variables, and measurement variables (see reference 20 in Chapter 8).

A.   Explanatory study

B.   Descriptive study

C.   Exploratory study

D.   External validity

9: Interpretivist is a view held by qualitative researchers who believe that people construct an image of reality based on their own preferences and prejudices and their interactions with others (see reference 73 in Chapter 1).

A.   True

B.   False

10: ____ is a set of assumptions or a belief system shared by members of a scientific community.

A.   Paradigm

B.   Positivist

C.   Practical research

D.   Pragmatism worldview

11: _______ is a view held by researchers that are preoccupied with the scientific method because it emphasizes the most objective methods to achieve the closest estimate of empirical reality.

A.   Paradigm

B.   Positivist

C.   Practical research

D.   Pragmatism worldview

12: Fits somewhere in the middle of the continuum between basic and applied research is known as _______

A.   Paradigm

B.   Positivist

C.   Practical research

D.   Pragmatism worldview

13: Sidesteps the contentious issues of truth and reality, accepts, philosophically, that there are singular and multiple realities that are open to empirical inquiry and orients itself toward solving practical problems in the “_____” (see reference 79 in Chapter 1).

A.   Ideal world

B.   Fairy land

C.   Fantastic world

D.   Real world

14: ______ is any method that produces predictions, regardless of its underlying mathematical approach.

A.   Predictive model

B.   Promotional model

C.   Parts Model

D.   None of these

15: _____ are the attempts to anticipate future performance before it occurs, usually with regression-based statistics and advanced modeling techniques.

A.   Predictive study

B.   Correlational Study

C.   Experimental Study

D.   None of these

16: Realism worldview is a view embraced by some researchers that is somewhat different to positivism in that “reality exists independent of the mind and that what a researcher’s senses show her or him is the truth, although the researcher is influenced by worldviews and their own experiences” (see reference 77 in Chapter 1).

A.   True

B.   Fasle

17: ________ Performs the most basic purpose of research: delving into an issue or topic “to provide an account of something” (see reference 15 in Chapter 1).

A.   Reporting study

B.   Realism worldview

C.   Predictive study

D.   Correlational Study

18: Strong inference consists of applying the following steps are _____.

A.   One

B.   Two

C.   Three

D.   Four

19: Worldview is a point of view,______, philosophy, or conception of the world that shapes one’s view of “knowing.”

A.   Certainty

B.   Mindset

C.   Proof

D.   Awful attitude

20: The Pew Research Center conducted its most recent study on the rising value of a college degree. On an average, how much more a year do college graduates working full time make than their peers with high school diplomas?

A.   $1,000

B.   $12,500

C.   $15,000

D.   $17,500

21: According to the Bloomberg research ranking of the top MBA programs, which skill is important in hiring MBAs?

A.   Analytic thinking

B.   Public speaking

C.   Quantitative skills

D.   Both analytic thinking and quantitative skills

22: Causal experimental and nonexperimental studies go beyond a description of phenomena to explain how and why an event occurs. Which primary purpose of business research does this fall under?

A.   Reporting

B.   Explaining

C.   Projecting

D.   Predicting

23: What type of business research is conducted to help forecast a business's ability to acquire and allocate resources to explore future opportunities?

A.   Predicting

B.   Explaining

C.   Exploring

D.   Reporting

24: Immediate real-world problems call for what type of research that provides solutions?

A.   Basic research

B.   Fundamental research

C.   Applied research

D.   Practical research

25: Business research allows entrepreneurs to base the viability of their business ideas on facts to determine whether there is a big enough market to support a prospective business and make it profitable. What criterion ensures that the structure of research is logically connected to the outcome of determining whether a market is profitable?

A.   Purpose

B.   Design

C.   Ethical issues

D.   Qualifications of the researcher

26: Which worldview argues that reality exists independent of the mind and uses both qualitative and quantitative design strategies?

A.   Empirical perspective worldview

B.   Positivist/post-positivist worldview

C.   Pragmatism worldview

D.   Realism worldview

27: Regardless of your research design choice in business research, your first step will be ______.

A.   Preparation

B.   Departure

C.   Exploring

D.   Creating