------------------------------------------------- RES/351 Final Examination Study Guide

This study guide will prepare you for the Final Examination you will complete in Week 5. It contains practice questions, which are related to each week’s objectives. In addition, refer to each week’s readings and your student guide as study references for the Final Examination.
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Week One: Recognizing the Situation

Objective: Recognize a situation, problem, issue, or opportunity that needs addressing.

1. Consider the following example: "Retail sales increases in the 2005 holiday season were below projections. Sales were disappointing because consumers were not confident about economic growth." This is an example of _____. a. an inductive argument b. a deductive argument c. an empirical argument d. a factual argument

2. The acronym, RFP, stands for _____ and refers to the document used to invite research firms to propose ideas for addressing the research needs of the organization. a. request for proposal b. recency frequency population c. research firm proposal d. recognition of problem

Objective: Determine the significance, scope, magnitude and feasibility of finding a solution to the situation, problem, issue, or opportunity.

3. Consider the following statements: "Inner-city household interviewing is especially difficult and expensive. This survey involves substantial inner-city household interviewing. The interviewing in this survey will be especially difficult and expensive." This is an example of _____. a. an empirical argument b. an inductive argument c. an exposition d. a deductive argument

Objective: Identify ethical issues involved in business research.

4. In a restaurant complaint study, Dr. Jackson used deception to avoid