Business research methods. / Boris Blumberg, Donald R. Cooper, Pamela S. Schindler. - 3rd European ed. - Maidenhead, England: McGraw-Hill, 2011. - xix, 503 p. : ill. ;

Includes index.

Contents: Essentials of research: The nature of business and management research -- The research process and proposal -- Literature review -- Ethics in business research -- Research methods: Quantitative and qualitative research -- Sampling strategies -- Survey research -- Secondary data and archival sources -- Case studies, qualitative interviews and focus groups -- Observation -- Content analysis and other qualitative approaches -- Experimentation -- Research instruments: Measurement and scales -- Fieldwork: questionnaires and responses -- Writing up and presenting research outcomes -- Statistical background: Data preparation and description -- Exploring, displaying and examining data -- Hypothesis testing -- Measures of association -- Multivariate analysis: an overview --


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