eBook for Business Research Methods
Research Methods for Business: A Real-World Approach
Higher Education
Author(s): William G. Zikmund | Barry J. Babin | Jon C Carr | Mitch Griffin
ISBN: 9789353503260
9th Edition
Copyright: 2013
India Release: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 692
Trim Size: 279 x 216 mm
This best-selling text continues in its ninth edition to provide the most current and comprehensive coverage of business research. Its student-friendly design contains numerous examples illustrating real-world research in management, marketing, finance, accounting, and other business areas. BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS, 9E, is the ideal text for undergraduate and first year MBA courses in marketing, management, or quantitative studies.
Preface.
PART I: INTRODUCTION.
1. The Role of Business Research.
2. Information Systems and Knowledge Management.
3. Theory Building.
4. The Business Research Process: An Overview.
5. The Human Side of Business:
PART II: BEGINNING STAGES OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS.
6. Problem Definition: The Foundation of Business Research.
7. Qualitative Research Tools.
8. Secondary Data Research in a Digital Age.
PART III: RESEARCH METHODS FOR COLLECTING PRIMARY DATA.
9. Survey Research: An Overview.
10. Survey Research: Communicating with the Respondents.
11. Observation Methods.
12. Experimental Research.
PART IV: MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS.
13. Measurement and Scaling Concepts.
14. Attitude Measurement.
15. Questionnaire Design.
PART V: SAMPLING AND FIELDWORK.
16. Sampling Designs. and Procedures.
17. Determination of Sample Size: A Review of Statistical Theory.
18. Fieldwork.
PART VI: DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION.
19. Editing and Coding: Transforming Raw Data into Information.
20. Basic Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics.
21. Univariate Statistical Analysis.
22. Bivariate Statistical Analysis: Differences Between Two Variables.
23. Bivariate Statistical Analysis: Measures of Association.
24. Multivariate Statistical Analysis.
25. Communicating the Research Results: Research Report, Oral Presentation, and Follow-Up.
PART VII: COMPREHENSIVE CASES WITH COMPUTERIZED DATABASES.
Index.
William G. Zikmund, Oklahoma State University
William G. Zikmund, Ph.D., was a professor of marketing at Oklahoma State University until his death in 2002. He received his bachelor of science degree in marketing from the University of Colorado, a master of science degree from Southern Illinois University, and a Ph.D.
Barry J. Babin, Louisiana Tech University
Barry J. Babin has authored over 70 research publications in some of the most prestigious research periodicals, including the JOURNAL OF MARKETING, THE JOURNAL OF CONSUMER RESEARCH, THE JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH, THE JOURNAL OF RETAILING, PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, PSYCHOLOGY AND MARKETING, and THE JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE, among others. Babin is currently Max P. Watson, Jr., Professor of Business and chair of the department of marketing and analysis at Louisiana Tech University. He has won numerous honors for his research, including the Louis K. Brandt Faculty Research Award from the University of Southern Mississippi (on three occasions), the 1996 Society for Marketing Advances (SMA) Steven J. Shaw Award, the 1997 Omerre Deserres Award for Outstanding Contributions to Retail and Service Environment Research, and the Academy of Marketing Science’s Harold W. Berkman Distinguished Service Award. He is a former president of the Academy of Marketing Sciences and the Society of Marketing Advances, and he currently serves the marketing editor for the JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH. Babin’s research focuses on the effect of the service environment in creating value for employees and customers. His expertise is in building and understanding value that leads to long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with employees and customers. His primary teaching specialities involve consumers and service quality, marketing research, and creative problem solving. A frequent international lecturer, he has presented in Australia, South Korea, France, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Jon C. Carr, Texas Christian University
Jon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at TCU where he teaches courses in the area of New Ventures and Organizational Behavior. He previously taught at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has pulished articles in journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Management, and the Journal of Business Research.
Mitch Griffin, Bradley University
Mitch is an Associate Professor of Management at Bradley University. Mitch has previous teaching experience at Southern Illinois University, the University of Minnesota, and Louisiana State University. His current teaching interests include Principles of Marketing, Pricing and Product Strategies, Sales Management, Marketing Research, and Advanced Marketing Research. In recognition of his teaching, Dr. Griffin received the Foster College of Business Administration 1994 Midwest Grain Products Inc. Outstanding Teaching Award. His research has appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Retailing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Research, Journal Of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, and Advances in Consumer Research.