Course Outline Quantitative Techniques Course Prescription
Course Outline Quantitative Techniques Course Prescription
Quantitative Techniques
Course Prescription
Students will become familiar with underlying theory and current best practice in quantitative
research through discussion and application of topics including measurement, design
(including survey design), and computer-based data analysis.
This course is designed for research students who want to conduct social science research in
organizations. Students who are interested in other quantitative research methods, for
instance, modeling, data mining, big data and econometrics, should consider taking other
courses, such as Economics etc.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course it is expected that the student will be able to:
1. understand the underlying theory in quantitative methods for social science research;
2. understand the current best practices in quantitative methods for social science
research;
3. evaluate critically other empirical research that adopt quantitative methods;
4. develop thorough procedures for conducting quantitative studies for social science
research; and
5. write testable hypotheses, methods and results sections of a quantitative research
paper.
Content Outline
Week 13,
To achieve the objectives of the course a variety of teaching approaches will be utilized
including lectures, class discussions, written assignments, and presentations. The class
typically meets for three hours a week. Students are expected to use at least six additional
hours each week reading and preparing for class. Active participation is essential, and
students will be expected to master material assigned in readings, presented in class lectures,
discussions, presentations, assignments and in their proposed research plans.
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Assessment
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Total 100%
Participation
Students are expected to have read all the reading materials before coming to the class. They
are also supposed to actively participate in the class discussions. Grades will be determined
by an evaluation of student performance by the instructor. The quality of contributions will
be monitored. It should be noted that students must contribute actively in discussions to
receive passing grades for participation. The active contribution will be assessed on quality,
not quantity. Active participation involves:
A major purpose of this class is to help you develop testable hypothesis, measurement, design
and analytical methods. In the submission, you’ll design an empirical investigation in which
you test conceptual or substantive hypotheses that interest you.
The submission must reflect what you have learnt from the class. The hypotheses can deal
with accounting, marketing, information systems, or management theories – whatever your
discipline is. The hypotheses must reflect that your study is a social science study, which
involves constructs such as attitudes, perceptions, values, personalities, behavioural
intentions and behaviors etc. Other non-behavioural constructs such as performance measures
can also be included. The hypotheses must be based on a careful, exhaustive review and
analysis of published literature. That analysis will also contain a comprehensive
methodological critique of existing literature using the principals we cover in class.
Following the Methods, your submission must contain an Analysis section as a substitute for
the typical Results section. In this section, you should carefully describe how you will
analyze the data from your research design in a way that clearly tests your hypotheses.
You will receive comments from me on the first draft of your submission. My evaluations of
your submission will largely follow the Academy of Management Journal’s Reviewer
Evaluation Form (http://amj.aom.org/site/misc/ReviewerEvaluationForm.pdf). Then you’ll
have about 5 weeks to revise and resubmit your submission. When you hand in your final
submission, you need to include a summary of changes you have made to your submission in
response to each of my comments. This process is simulating the journal paper submission
process that you will encounter in your future academic career.
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