Week 3 Assignment         

• Due   Sunday  September 9

Tool shop efficiency – Elements of Research Design

A foreman thinks that the low efficiency of the  machine tool operators is directly linked to the high level of fumes  emitted in the workshop. He would like to prove this to his supervisor  through a research study.

1. Would this be a causal or a correlational study? Why?

2. Is this an exploratory, descriptive, or hypothesis-testing (analytical or predictive) study? Why?

3. What kind of a study would this be: field study, lab experiment, or field experiment? Why?

4. What would be the unit of analysis? Why?

5. Would this be a cross-sectional or a longitudinal study? Why?

Your paper must follow these instructions:

1. The questions on concepts must show quality definitions of the  concepts, relating to previous researches using clear logic, and  supporting facts.
2. You must use citations with references to document information  obtained from sources. The key elements of research methodology,  business analytics, and concepts are found in the sources listed in this  syllabus (it is your duty to search for them, read, analyze, evaluate,  summarize, paraphrase in your answers, and cite the authors who wrote  the articles, books, term papers, memoirs, studies, etc. What it means  is that you will have not less than 5 references from the listed sources.
3. Grammatically correct paper, no typos, and must have obviously been proofread for logic.
4. The questions must be typed out as headings, followed by a write-up  in paragraph format, and a summary or conclusion at the end of the paper  as in the outline (Sample in Module Learning Resources).
5. The paper must be in APA format.