Syllabus Participation
Participation
Participate in class discussion and Respond to weekly discussion questions. You must respond to each of the original discussion questions and weekly summary I post on or before the due date and participate on at least four days with at least two substantive posts on each of these days. Your responses to the discussion questions and weekly summary count toward participation,
All week
Individual
Week Two Practice Problems
Complete the following Week Two Practice Problems in MyStatLab®:
Ch. 4 of Statistics for Business and Economics
4.156, 4.164, 4.169, and 4.172
Ch. 5 of Statistics for Business and Economics
Monday Nov 26, 2012
Individual
Week Two Study Plan
Complete the Week Two Study Plan in MyStatLab®.
Monday Nov 26, 2012
Learning Team
Business Research Methods, Part I
Identify and analyze a research question that applies to your organization.
Prepare a 350- to 700-word milestone.
Choose an organization with which your team is familiar.
Develop a research question arising from an organizational dilemma. Make sure you define the problem.
Determine an appropriate research design. Describe its characteristics, such as independent and dependent variables, operational definitions, and so forth.
Identify a sample design to use for collecting data.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Monday Nov 26, 2012
Week Three: Research Methods and Business Decisions
Details
Points
Objectives
Apply concepts of probability to business decisions.
Reading
Read Ch. 3 of Statistics for Business and Economics.
Reading
Read Ch. 1 of Business Research Methods.
Reading
Read Ch. 2 of Business Research Methods.
Participation
Participate in class discussion and Respond to weekly discussion