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More About This Title Research Methods for Business - A Skill BuildingApproach 5e
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Dr Roger Bougie lectures in Marketing and Business Research Methods at the Department of Marketing at Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
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About the authors xvii
Preface xix
Chapter 1 Introduction to research 1
Chapter 2 Scientific investigation 17
Chapter 3 The research process: the broad problem area and defining the problem statement 35
Chapter 4 The research process: theoretical framework and hypothesis development 67
Chapter 5 The research process: elements of research design 101
Chapter 6 Measurement of variables: operational definition 125
Chapter 7 Measurement: scaling, reliability, validity 139
Chapter 8 Data collection methods 179
Chapter 9 Experimental designs 225
Chapter 10 Sampling 261
Chapter 11 Quantitative data analysis 303
Chapter 12 Quantitative data analysis: hypothesis testing 335
Chapter 13 Qualitative data analysis 369
Chapter 14 The research report 389
A final note to students 423
Statistical tables 425
Glossary 435
Bibliography 449
Index 457
