ACC8000 Research in Accounting Practice - University Of Southern Queensland

Question 1 a. Contrast the similarities and differences of positivism and constructionism in regard to their of viewpoints about measurement and the types of research questions that might be investigated. b. Provide an example of a business research question that would be investigated using a positivist view of the world. c. Provide an example of a business research question that might be investigated using a constructionist view of the world. Question 2 Suzy Jones, works in human resources for a firm. She has been asked to evaluate employees’ use of the online compulsory safety training. She wants to answer two questions: ? Why have some people not done the training? ? For people who have done the online training, what knowledge have they gained from the training? She draws up some questions shown below. Carefully review the questions and  make comments on how effective the questions are about gathering the required information for Suzy to evaluate the online training system. What problems do you see in the design of the questions that may cause employees not to provide information to make this a useful data gathering process.