Bad research leads to bad decision making for businesses
Which is more likely to lead to poor ethical decisions…misuse or misunderstanding of statistics, or improper definition or measurement of variables?
- Bad research leads to bad decision making for businesses. How could the following lead to bad outcomes for a company: (1) Bad sampling methodology, (2) Improper definition or measurement of variables, (3) Wrong statistical test.
- Which is more likely to lead to poor ethical decisions…misuse or misunderstanding of statistics, or improper definition or measurement of variables?
- Identify flaws in research methodology from a news article you come across on the TV, internet, or other news source this week. Post a link to the article or study.
- This week 7 major assignment is the article critique. After you have selected the article you want to write about (see list in module 7 assignments), Only one students may choose an article on the list, so get your choices in early. Then, check out this guide to writing a critique of a research article….
http://web.csulb.edu/~arezaei/ETEC551/critique-guide.htm (Links to an external site.)
Example of a critique. It’s not fantastic, but it shows you what you need to do in the critique section
https://www.westga.edu/~kielborn/studentexample.html (Links to an external site.)