U5

In this assignment, you will articulate a business problem and identify  variables and quantitative statistical techniques to investigate the  issue.  

• Business Problem: Formulate a current business  problem using examples and descriptions drawn from scholarly literature  or a specific business organization.      
• Using your own ABRP or the example project, identify the business problem.
• State and briefly explain it.
• Explain the problem’s relationship to the research question.
• Research Question: Refine the business problem  into one or more research questions that require the use of inferential  statistics and allow for an exploratory investigation.      
• From the business problem, explain a research question that will require use of inferential statistics.
• With each question, address the relationships among variables and/or the difference among groups or conditions.
• Variables: Refine the research question into variables that are operational and measurable.      
• Identify the variables that are involved in that research question.
• Explain the significance and magnitude of the statistical relationships or differences.
• Data Collection Instruments: Explain how to evaluate the ability of the instruments or other data collection methods to quantify the variables.      
• Identify the instruments or other data collection methods that will be used to gather the data needed to measure your variables.
• Explain how these instruments and/or methods will be evaluated to assure their validity and reliability.