Syllabus Participation

Participation Participate in class discussion and Respond to weekly discussion questions. You must respond to each of the original discussion questions and weekly summary I post on or before the due date and participate on at least four days with at least two substantive posts on each of these days. Your responses to the discussion questions and weekly summary count toward participation, All week 30

Individual

Week Two Practice Problems Complete the following Week Two Practice Problems in MyStatLab®:

• Ch. 4 of Statistics for Business and Economics

o 4.156, 4.164, 4.169, and 4.172

• Ch. 5 of Statistics for Business and Economics

o 5.4, 5.8, 5.25, 5.37, 5.41, 5.50, 5.56, 5.75, 5.77, 5.79, and 5.83 Monday Nov 26, 2012 30

Individual

Week Two Study Plan Complete the Week Two Study Plan in MyStatLab®. Monday Nov 26, 2012 20

Learning Team

Business Research Methods, Part I Identify and analyze a research question that applies to your organization.

Prepare a 350- to 700-word milestone.

Choose an organization with which your team is familiar.

Develop a research question arising from an organizational dilemma. Make sure you define the problem.

Determine an appropriate research design. Describe its characteristics, such as independent and dependent variables, operational definitions, and so forth.

Identify a sample design to use for collecting data.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Monday Nov 26, 2012 80

Week Three: Research Methods and Business Decisions

Details Due Points

Objectives 3.1 Apply concepts of probability to business decisions.

Reading Read Ch. 3 of Statistics for Business and Economics.

Reading Read Ch. 1 of Business Research Methods.

Reading Read Ch. 2 of Business Research Methods.

Participation Participate in class discussion and Respond to weekly discussion