PSY2040 : Strategic Management:Scenario - Management Assignment

Internal Code : MAS4185

Strategic Management Assignment

Scenario : The expectation I have is that you will have completed at least one and probably two statistics courses, so you should have the required knowledge and should be able to use it. The level of stats in the assignment is equivalent to that covered in Data Analysis / Research Methods A. In your statistics courses, you would have been introduced to the concept of variables, particularly independent variables (IV) and dependent variables (DV). Most experiments in psychology are primarily concerned with theoretical constructs and testing those theoretical constructs requires that theoretical variables are operationalised or made concrete in some manner, so that measurement may occur, and data may be collected. Psychological experiments test the operational variables and the results obtained using the operational variables are then used to infer something about the theoretical constructs. In the first part of each of the two scenarios, I want you to demonstrate your understanding of the linkage between theoretical variables and operational variables in a very explicit manner. I will ask you some questions about the methodology that force you to do this. Fundamentally, these assignments evaluate your thinking (cognition) around research – as well as continuing research skill-building (specifically, generating Figures and writing up experimental results. Although the assignments assess APA writing and Figure construction, they are essentially a thinking exercise – so be wary about making assumptions. 1.Answers to the methodology questions for each variable, 2 A Results section in correct APA style, and 3 A Discussion section, also in correct APA style. Questions :   1. What is the theoretical form of the variable? 2.What is the operationalised form of the variable? 3.Is this variable Independent, Dependent, or something else? 4.Is this variable Continuous or Categorical? 5.What are the hypotheses of the study in terms of the theoretical independent and dependent variables? 6.What are the hypotheses of the study in terms of the operational independent and dependent variables? 7.What statistical test is appropriate for each hypothesis?