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The document provides instructions for a final exam for a Business Research Methods course. It includes two parts with short answer and case analysis questions. Part I contains 4 short answer questions about literature reviews, research types, data collection methods, and measurement scales. Part II includes two cases analyzing organizational commitment and comparing athlete and non-athlete mile times. Students are instructed to provide answers in the spaces given and submit following specific formatting and academic integrity guidelines.

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The document provides instructions for a final exam for a Business Research Methods course. It includes two parts with short answer and case analysis questions. Part I contains 4 short answer questions about literature reviews, research types, data collection methods, and measurement scales. Part II includes two cases analyzing organizational commitment and comparing athlete and non-athlete mile times. Students are instructed to provide answers in the spaces given and submit following specific formatting and academic integrity guidelines.

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Mary’s University
School of Postgraduate Studies, School of Business
Final Exam for the course “Business Research Methods” (MBA 541)
Full Name: ______________________________ ID No: __________________
Date of Exam: 30/01/2021
Time allowed: 4:30 Hrs (2:00 pm-6:30 pm)
Total marks (40%)
GENERAL INSTRUCTION:
 Write your name and ID No on the space provided above
 Make sure that the exam has two parts and six main questions.
 Provide your answer on the space provided.
 Save the file name of your answer sheet with your full name and ID. No. E.g.,
Ephrem Habtegebriel-SGS/0039/2012B
 Send your answer sheet in word format only.
 Direct copy from books, articles or other materials without paraphrasing will
disqualify your results.
 Any attempt to cheat or getting identical answer sheets will disqualify your results.

PART I: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (10 points):


1. As a matter of fact, a researcher is expected to review related studies before deciding on his/her
research title. Briefly define literature review and discuss the objective, and significance of
literature reviews. (3 points)
Answer:

2. Briefly explain the difference between exploratory, descriptive and exploratory research types. (3
points)
Answer:

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3. Briefly discuss at least four factors that should be taken into consideration by a researcher
while selecting an appropriate method for data collection. (2 points)
Answer:

4. Briefly discuss with examples the types of measurement scales. Moreover, discuss the difference
between reliability and validity of the measurement scales. (2 points)
Answer:

PART II: CASE ANALYSIS


Case #1 (22 points)
5. In today’s highly competitive business environment, competitive advantage is highly related to
possessing a committed and skilled workforce. Organizational commitment, which is the
employee’s long-term relationship and intention to stay in the workplace with a devoted effort to
reach the goals and objectives of the organization, is said to be influenced by different
organizational factors. This study is, therefore, aimed to test the effect of reward system,
empowerment, recognition, and information sharing on organizational commitment in Awash
Wines S.C. The researcher has gathered data via questionnaire from 205 respondents selected
randomly on a proportional basis from top, middle and low managerial levels. Try to give
answer to the following questions by using the underneath statistical tables generated via SPSS
(Statistical Package for Social Sciences)

Model Summaryb
Model R R Adjusted R Std. Error of the
Square Square estimate
1 .878 .812 .801 .791

a. Predictors: (Constant), fair reward, empowerment, recognition, information sharing, managerial support
b. Dependent Variable: Organizational commitment

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ANOVA
Sum of
Model Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
1 Regression 24.590 3 8.197 16.009 .000a
Residual 35.328 69 .512
Total 59.918 72
Predictors: (Constant), fair reward, empowerment, recognition, information sharing,
managerial support

Coefficientsa

Model Unstandardized Standardized


Coefficients Coefficients T Sig
B Std. Error Beta
(Constant) 1.604 .136 .634 .000
Fair reward .334 .017 .219 19.818 . 012
Empowerment .008 .026 .020 .298 .634
Recognition .417 .086 .335 4.849 .000
Information sharing .001 .005 .021 .315 .420
Managerial support .447 .071 .404 6.292 .000

Please give answer to the following questions based on the above case.

a) Suggest an appropriate research title for the above study (2 points)

Answer:

b) What is research design? What is the appropriate research design for the above study? (2 points)

Answer:

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c) Draw a research model that shows the relationship between the variables (3 points)

Answer:

d) Write down research hypotheses (relational hypotheses) for the above study. Please write only
alternative hypotheses. (5 points)

Answer:

e) What are the basic assumptions you should check before analyzing the regression table? (2 points)

Answer:

f) In the above case, what is the appropriate sampling technique? (2 points)

Answer:

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g) Briefly define R2 or coefficient of determination. Moreover, interpret the result of the above R 2 and
the regression table (4 points)

Answer:

h) Write the multiple regression equation and state which of the independent variables caused significant
effect on organizational commitment. (2 points)

Answer:

Case #2: (8 points)


6. Suppose you want to investigate if there is a statistically mean difference between athletes
and non-athletes in terms of mile time on a sample of 492 respondents. You are expected to
test whether the sample means for mile time among athletes and non-athletes in the sample
are statistically different or not. You can use an independent Samples t Test to compare the
mean mile time for athletes and non-athletes.

H0: µnon-athlete - µathlete = 0 ("the difference of the means is equal to zero")


H1: µnon-athlete - µathlete ≠ 0 ("the difference of the means is not equal to zero")

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Thus, based on the above statistical tables:

a) Discuss the basic assumptions of independent samples t-test. (2 points)

Answer:

b) Try to test the hypothesis and interpret the results showing all the necessary steps (6 points)

Answer:

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