Chapter 1Introducing Business Research

The step-by-step process by which the research project is conducted and completed is known as:
1. The research process.
2. The process of describing research.
3. The process of developing research ideas.
4. The process of gathering data for a research project.
The literature review that the researcher writes becomes the:
1. Conceptual framework for the research project.
2. Theoretical framework for the research project.
3. Methodological framework for the research project.
4. Analytical framework for the research project.
Data collection methods are:
1. The means by which literature is sourced for a research project.
2. The means by which data is analysed for a research project.
3. The means by which data is gathered for a research project.
4. The means by which the researcher develops a theoretical framework.
Data is:
1. Literature gathered for a research project.
2. Information or evidence gathered for a research project.
3. Always difficult to source for a research project.
4. Always complex when used in a research project.
The four frameworks approach to the research project is an approach whereby:
1. The researcher uses one of four frameworks to help design the research project.
2. Where the researcher carries out four research projects.
3. The first framework, the conceptual framework, shapes, supports and directs the other three frameworks.
4. Four methodologies are used in the research project.
A key concept is:
1. A sub-section in the theoretical framework.
2. A source of data.
3. A key idea, a key word or a key phrase.
4. A means of gathering data.
Data analysis is:
1. A very complex process.
2. The analysis of data. Data is analysed, findings are produced, conclusions are drawn and recommendations are made.
3. The means by which data is gathered for a research project.
4. The final step in the research process.
The conceptual framework for the research project:
1. Contains all of the key concepts of the research project.
2. Contains the theoretical framework for the research project.
3. Contains the aim and objectives of the research.
4. Contains a description of the context for the research.
The conceptual framework is contained in:
1. The literature review.
2. The research methodology.
3. The analysis carried out for the research project.
4. The research statement/question.
As you begin your research project it is important to record your thoughts, ideas, inspirations, contacts, references and resources:
1. Using an electronic recording device.
2. In a research diary.
3. For posterity.
4. For your research supervisor.
You will be able to refer back to your research diary for:
1. For a record of the research project, and for inspiration and ideas. The research diary will save you a lot of time in the writing process.
2. Memories of your social life.
3. A record of your time at college.
4. Help with cramming for exams.
Social research is:
1. About statistical analysis.
2. About investigating some aspect of the social world.
3. Done by sociologists.
4. Always complex and difficult to understand.
Business research is:
1. About statistical analysis.
2. Always complex and difficult to understand.
3. About investigating some aspect of business.
4. Not really relevant.
Social research paradigms are:
1. Different perspectives taken by social scientists on the social world.
2. Irrelevant in business research.
3. Data gathering methods.
4. Different means of analysing data.
The methodological framework contains:
1. All of the key concepts in the research project.
2. All of the detail on how the research was conducted.
3. The literature review.
4. Detail on the background to the research.