by kasi | Mar 17, 2017 | Advance Research Methods, Business Research
The process of data collection involves the development of an instrument, testing the relevance of the research instrument and identifying the method to be used for accessing the required data. These components have been discussed in the following section. Survey... by kasi | Mar 17, 2017 | Advance Research Methods
There are two approaches to reasoning which are evident in case of social and business research. These approaches have been identified as inductive and deductive reasoning, explained as follows: Inductive Reasoning Inductive reasoning is more concerned with gathering... by kasi | Mar 17, 2017 | Advance Research Methods
The selection of research approach helps the researcher to determine the subsequent components of the study. Therefore, the first phase in a research process is to identify the type of research approach that will be used to explore an area of interest. There are three... by kasi | Jun 1, 2011 | Advance Research Methods
Sharpe (1966) in order to evaluate the risk-adjusted performance of mutual funds introduced the measure known as reward-to-variability ratio (Currently Sharpe Ratio). With the help of this ratio he evaluated the return of 34 open-end mutual funds in the period... by kasi | Mar 13, 2011 | Advance Research Methods
Plagiarism is a special type of bribery in which the recognition for others’ work is taken. This bribe is done by copying others’ work and giving ones own name. Using any single sentence, paragraph, complete report from any source is considered as plagiarism except in... by kasi | Mar 9, 2011 | Advance Research Methods
Data collection refers to the gathering of set of observations about variables and it is the starting point of research methods. Basically, there are two types of data which are: primary data and secondary data. Primary data is received from first hand sources such...