TY - BOOK AU - Hair,Joseph F. AU - Mary,Celsi AU - Arthur,Money AU - Phillip,Samouel AU - Michael,Page TI - Essentials of business research methods SN - 9780765646132 (pbk.) AV - HD30.4 .H29 2016 U1 - 650.072/1 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Business KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Business research for the twenty-first century -- Overview of the research process -- Ethics in business research -- Defining the research problem and reviewing the literature -- The nature and sources of secondary business data -- Conceptualization and research design -- Sampling approaches and considerations -- Methods of collecting primary data -- Measurement and scaling -- Questionnaire design -- Basic data analysis for qualitative research -- Basic data analysis for quantitative research -- Testing hypotheses in quantitative research -- Examining relationships using correlation and regression -- Other multivariate techniques -- Reporting and presenting research ER -