TOPIC: Research and Case Analysis How to develop and design formal research. Apply it to a published research.

DESCRIPTION: A fully APA (5th ed.) formatted paper (6 pages) in which I analyze a recently published business research study selected from the academic literature. The analysis should be framed against each and every one of the steps presented in the Sekaran (2003) research process. The analysis itself should be a comparative assessment of how well the author (or authors) of the selected research have fulfilled (or not) each of the steps and sub-steps presented in figure 4.1 of the textbook. The focus of the analysis should be on the research process, not as much on the research content itself. Be careful not to paraphrase what the author(s) has already stated in the published research. Again the analysis should be on assessing the adherence to the research process. Look at not only each step (and sub steps) but also but also how each step serves as a “stepping stone†for the next step.The interrelationships among the steps are also relevant to the analysis. The specific published research selected should have between 15-25 pages in length, recently published (2001 or better) and contain the basic components of a formal research project (a literature review, statement of the problem, hypothesis or hypotheses, data collected and analyzed to test the stated hypothesis, etc.), preferably of a business related topic. The study can be quantitative, qualitative or mixed. Remember to include the source of the study as one of the citations in your fully APA formatted references section. Your work MUST include a reference list. All research should be cited in the body of the paper. Reports without citations are unacceptable. Your report should contain an abstract, a short introduction, and conclusion in addition to the body of the paper.
STYLE OF CITATION: APA
EDUCATION LEVEL: Master
TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES: 6