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Research Question FOR WEEK ONE

Background

During this week you will brainstorm a list of research questions you are interested in, which will help you work towards your Week 1 Assignment. You are working towards creating a list of at least 10 unique research questions that encompass a variety of topics and types of variables. Think about exploring relationships between variables, making predictions for one variable using one or more other variables, and determining differences between groups across one or two variables. In future weeks, you will pull questions from this list that might lend themselves to a particular statistical analysis, thus saving valuable time in not needing to brainstorm research ideas. During those weeks you will take the research question and create a mini-research proposal that will help you consider the application of a specific statistical analysis to that question.

Discussion Assignment Requirements

Initial Posting - To earn full participation points, include in your initial posting at least 5 potential research questions by Day 3. Have fun with these questions and choose topics you are truly interested in, whether they are leadership, training, sports, social media, politics, movies, or food. This will make the research design process much more enjoyable. If you need help coming up with ideas, ask your instructor for examples. Also, feel free to post more than 5 research questions as it would be useful to get feedback on as many questions as possible.

For each of the questions, provide the following:

· List the research question (be sure to phrase as a measurable question)

· Identify the variables presented in the question

· Provide an operational definition for each variable

· Describe each variable’s scale of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio) and characteristics (i.e., discrete vs. continuous, numerical vs. categorical, etc.)

Replies - Though you may respond to your peers multiple times during the week to provide support or feedback, students are required to respond substantively to at least two of their classmates’ postings by 

ANSWER FOR DISCUSSION WEEK 1

Research discussion

Research questions one: How does leadership style affect organizational performance?

In this research question, the independent variables are leadership style, while the dependent variable is organizational performance (Sukal, 2019). Leadership styles are techniques used by organizations to run their activities to achieve their objectives. Besides, organizational performance entails various achievements of an entity that are accrued from its business operations. An ordinal scale of measurement can be used in this case.

Research questions two: Effects of technology on students' performance?

In the case, technology is the independent variable while students' performance is the dependent variable. Technology in education is scientific knowledge used to improve the level of education (Sukal, 2019). Student performance refers to how students carry out their studies. An ordinal scale of measurement is appropriate to measure how technology affects students' performance.

Research questions Three: what are the effects of smoking on human health?

Smoking is the independent variable, while human health is the dependent variable. Smoking is the inhalation of tobacco products, while human health is the well-being of the human condition (Carruthers & Maggard, 2019). An ordinal scale of measurement is used in this case.

Research questions four: Effects of training on employee performance?

Training is the independent variable, while employee performance is the dependent variable (Carruthers & Maggard, 2019). Training involves equipping employees with the knowledge to perform their duties appropriately. Employee performance is the output that is accrued from different activities. An ordinal scale is used in this research question.

Research questions five: How does management styles affect employee performance?

Management styles are the independent variable, while employee performance is the dependent (Carruthers & Maggard, 2019). Management styles are techniques used by the management to run business activities while employee performance is output accrued from employees' actions. An ordinal scale is used in this research question.

References

Carruthers, M. W., Maggard, M. (2019). Smart Lab: A Statistics Primer. San Diego, CA: Bridge point Education, Inc.

Sukal, M. (2019). Research methods: Applying statistics in research. San Diego, CA: Bridge point Education, Inc.

PROFFESSOR RESPOND:

Interesting questions!

Please be sure to include operational definitions of your DVs - i.e. employee performance.  How would you measure it?  It might be helpful to review the operational definition announcement in the course.  Remember, we need to include enough detail about our methodology and variables so that anyone could replicate our work.