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Alignment Within Quantitative Studies

For independent scholars, determining alignment among the key components of the quantitative prospectus is an important task within the research process. Ensuring proper alignment among the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions/hypotheses can increase the propensity for your research to be a significant contribution to the scholarly conversation on your research topic. Also, assessing the alignment among these critical components in extant quantitative literature will provide the knowledge required to ensure proper alignment in your own professional research career.

To prepare for this Discussion, choose one of the three quantitative studies that you analyzed for your Assignment in Week 2, and consider how the key components of this study (problem statement, purpose statement, theoretical framework, research question(s), and hypotheses) did or did not align within the overall study.

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Post an assessment of your chosen quantitative study utilized in Week 2. Your

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Briefly describe the key components of your chosen article: problem statement, purpose statement, theoretical framework, research question(s), and hypotheses. (Note: You will attach a copy of this study to your Discussion post.) Analyze the alignment between these components, including areas of misalignment.

Explain the level of alignment between these specific components, including any areas that may be lacking. Recommend at least one change that could improve alignment within this study, including a rationale for your recommendation.

Address the content of your colleague’s analysis and evaluation of the topic, as well as the integration of the relevant resources. Address a question posed by your colleague for further Discussion. Link your colleague’s posting to other colleagues’ postings, or to other course materials and concepts, where appropriate and relevant.

Post an assessment of your chosen quantitative study utilized in Week 2. Your assessment should include the following:

Be sure to support your work with a minimum of two specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and at least one additional scholarly source.

Refer to the Week 5 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

By Day 5

Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:

Please note that, for each response, you must include a minimum of one appropriately cited scholarly reference.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what insights you gained as a result of reading the comments your colleagues made.

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3 days agoGergana Velkova

Question from students

Question: I am writing my Abstract. What might delay the approval from the CAO?

Response: Not using or following the Abstract template, plus:

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Incorrect grammar, punctuation, and spelling

Inadequate or missing implications for positive social change

An unclear or absent research problem, research question, or purpose of the study

No answer to the question “so what?” The student must indicate why the research is important and who will care that the issue was studied

A length of more than a single typed page

An unclear identification of participants, partner site, or general geographic location

Response: Not using or following the Abstract template, plus:

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2 days agoGergana Velkova

Hello Class,

I hope this finds you well! This is a friendly reminder that we have many resources to

help you understand alignment of key components. The components below are from

the DBA handbook. Be sure to review the assigned reading materials for this week,

available in the Resources area.

Best,

Dr Velkova

Hypothetical Example (Correlation Design)

Problem Statement

Organizations place great emphasis on retention because of the strategic value of intellectual capital and the costs of replacing valued employees (cite). Research in this domain is potentially valuable because turnover costs U.S. businesses billions of dollars per year (cite), and practices that promote retention can save even small companies millions of dollars annually (cite). The general business problem is that turnover intention has been shown to be among the best predictors of turnover (cite). The specific business problem is that some microelectronic business owners do not understand the relationship between job satisfaction, motivation, and employee turnover intentions.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of this quantitative correlation study is to examine the relationship between employee job satisfaction, employee motivation, and employee turnover intentions. The independent variables are employee job satisfaction and employee motivation. The dependent variable is employee turnover intention. The targeted population will consist of mid-level employees of microelectronic companies located in the southeast United States. The implications for positive social change include the potential to better understand the correlates of

employee turnover, thus increasing propensity for sustainability of the microelectronic industry.

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microelectronic industry.

Research Question

What is the relationship between employee job satisfaction, employee motivation, and employee turnover intentions?

Hypotheses

Null Hypothesis (H0): There is no statistically significant relationship between employee job satisfaction, employee motivation, and employee turnover intentions.

Alternative Hypothesis (H1): There is a statistically significant relationship between employee job satisfaction, employee motivation, and employee turnover intentions.

Quantitative Example

Burns (1978) developed the transformational leadership theory. Burns used the theory to offer an explanation for leadership based upon the premise that leaders are able to inspire followers to change expectations, perceptions, and motivations to work toward common goals. Burns identified the following key constructs underlying the theory (a) idealized attributes, (b) idealized behaviors, (c) intellectual stimulation, (d) inspirational motivation, and (e) individualized consideration. As applied to this study, the transformational leadership theory holds that I would expect the independent variables (transformational leadership constructs), measured by the Multifaceted Leadership Questionnaire, to predict employee turnover intention because (provide a rationale based upon the logic of the theory and extant literature). The following figure is a graphical depiction of the transformational leadership theory as it applies to examining turnover intentions.

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Aina and Verma (2019) stated problems with 21st century organizations are that they have a hard time creating employee satisfaction. The different generations within the organization have a different idea of what leadership styles should be. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between the leadership style of the senior managers and job satisfaction and commitment of the middle managers working within an organization. Aina and Verma (2019) used a quantitative correlational research study where they identified three research questions with their corresponding null and alternate hypotheses. Through the research, Aina and Verma (2019) were able to accept the alternate hypotheses.

The components Aina and Verma (2019) used for their quantitative research were clearly defined within the study such as the problem statement, purpose statement, research question, and hypotheses. One area I felt they did a good job in was identifying the independent and dependent variables. Job satisfaction and commitment to the organization are identified as the dependent variables because they are dependent on the leadership styles of the senior managers. The dependent factors are the response variables while the independent variables are what are thought to influence the dependent variables (Walden University Doctoral Capstone Resources, 2016a). Having the keywords referenced within the study-helped keep the research components in alignment (Walden University Doctoral Capstone Resources, 2016a).

One recommendation that could improve alignment within this study would be expanding on the theoretical framework. Aina and Verma (2019) touch upon the management and leadership theories that are in the literature, but do not go in depth. The theory used in this study was leadership styles, but the authors did not add the authors or date of the theoretical base of the framework. The theoretical framework helps the reader understand which perspective the researchers are looking through (Walden University Doctoral Capstone Resources, 2016b). Another recommendation is to include the nature of the study within the article. The nature of the study includes two purposes, describing and justifying the methodology and describing and justifying the design (Walden University Doctoral Capstone Resources, 2016a). Adding the nature of the design may provide more incite to the reader as to why that approach was taken versus other approaches within the research.

References: Aina, O. A., & Verma, K. K. (2019, February 11-14). Managing

21st century workforce. Paper presented at the 2019 Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium (Pan Pacific). doi: 10.23919/panpacific.2019.8696750

Walden University Doctoral Capstone Resources. (2016a). Doctoral study rubric and research handbook. Available from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/doctoralcapstoneresources/dba

Walden University Doctoral Capstone Resources. (2016b). DBA doctoral study prospectus guide. Available from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/doctoralcapstoneresources/dba

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