EDBA 9080: Quantitative Methods I
Syllabus for
Spring 2022
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Instructor: Dr. Satish
Nargundkar Office Hours: By
appointment |
E-Mail: snargundkar@gsu.edu Phone: (678) 644 6838 |
Residencies:
[Click here for detailed schedule]
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Jan 28: Jan 29: |
Friday Saturday |
9:00 AM –
1:00 PM 2:00 PM –
6:00 PM |
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Feb 25: Feb 26: |
Friday Saturday |
9:00 AM –
1:00 PM 2:00 PM –
6:00 PM |
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Mar 25: Mar 26: |
Friday Saturday |
9:00 AM –
1:00 PM 2:00 PM –
6:00 PM |
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Apr 22: Apr 23: |
Friday Saturday |
9:00 AM –
1:00 PM 2:00 PM –
6:00 PM |
Text: Burns, Robert B. and
Richard A. Burns (2014), Business Research Methods and Statistics Using SPSS,
London: Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4129-4530-1.
Prerequisites:
1.
Stat Prep Course offered by Dr. Ginger Lange. The EDBA Quantitative Methods sequence
(EDBA 9080, 9100, Quant Methods Workshop) requires a common, baseline knowledge
of statistical concepts. To ensure that everyone has successfully completed
this prerequisite, 25% of your EDBA 9080 grade will be determined by the final
grade in the Stat Prep course. If Stat Prep grade is too low, opportunity will
be given to improve that.
2.
Excel and SPSS installed on your laptops. The EDBA program office can instruct you on
downloading and installing SPSS software.
Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with a
command of the core concepts and tools needed to design, collect, evaluate and analyze quantitative data. The course will
cover empirical data collection methods, such as surveys, and sampling methods,
as well as various types of data and appropriate analysis techniques. This
would include univariate and bivariate statistics (i.e., chi-square, t- and
z-test, ANOVA, correlation, and regression). In addition, the course helps
students gain some proficiency in using Excel/SPSS to analyze and interpret
results. This syllabus is a general plan for the course, providing policies and
guidelines. As necessary, I may change the course requirements including adding
or dropping graded components.
Learning Objectives
Upon
successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
1.
Explain in your own
words an overview of quantitative analysis tools and their applications.
2.
Convert research
questions to hypotheses that are testable in a quantitative study. This
requires the ability to translate a concept or construct into measurable
variables.
3.
Demonstrate a
clear understanding of the basic statistical terminology, including population,
sample, sample size, dependent variable, independent variable, and observation.
4.
Evaluate the
strengths and weaknesses of various data collection methods. Choose and design
an appropriate method to collect data to test hypotheses.
5.
Design and
evaluate survey questions (e.g. identify different
types of questions; data scales; make decisions about appropriate question
content, wording, response format; and, question placement and sequence in your
instrument).
6.
Demonstrate an
understanding of sampling and of sampling techniques, including how to
determine sample size, sources of error associated with sampling (e.g.,
response bias).
7.
Choose
appropriate analysis methods to address the hypotheses.
8.
Interpret results
of hypothesis tests.
9.
Explain p-values,
Type I and Type II errors.
10. Perform Regression analysis and interpret results.
11. Correctly use SPSS to analyze data.
12. Translate quantitative results into readable
manuscripts
13. Identify and mitigate ethical challenges and various
biases in quantitative research
Grading/Evaluation:
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Course Average |
Grade |
Course Average |
Grade |
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Stat Prep
Course |
25% |
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94-96, 97+ |
A, A+ |
77-79 |
C+ |
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Assignments |
25% |
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90-93 |
A- |
73-76 |
C |
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Quizzes |
25% |
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87-89 |
B+ |
70-72 |
C- |
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Team Project |
25% |
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83-86 |
B |
60-69 |
D |
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Total |
100% |
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80-82 |
B- |
Less than 60 |
F |
Late
assignments will be penalized 10% for up to a week, after which they will not
be accepted.
The
team project will involve coming with a plan to answer a research question with
appropriate quantitative techniques. A literature review that leads to a
research question, discussion of how you would set up reasonable hypotheses,
conduct appropriate tests, and interpret the results and discuss implications
is expected.
Academic Honesty:
Students
are expected to recognize and uphold standards of intellectual and academic
integrity in all work. The university assumes as a basic and minimum standard
of conduct in academic matters that students be honest and that they submit for
credit only the products of their own efforts. See Appendix.
NOTE: All written assignments are automatically submitted to Turn-It-In, the iCollege
platform’s originality detection service. (See http://www.turnitin.com/.)
The
following are some instances of academic dishonesty:
•
Failing to
indicate full and accurate attribution to the correct author/creator. This
includes marginally altering material taken from another source and calling it
your own creation. Plagiarism includes material taken from internet sources.
Proper citation requires quote marks or other distinctive set off for the
material, followed directly by a reference to the source.
•
Cheating on
examinations,
•
Unauthorized
collaboration with others
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(“Incomplete”)
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• Have completed most of the major assignments of the
course (generally all but one); and
• Be
earning a passing grade in the course (aside from the assignments not
completed) in the judgment of the instructor.
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The
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GSU Policy on Academic Honesty
Students
are expected to recognize and uphold standards of intellectual and academic
integrity. The University assumes as a basic and minimum standard of conduct in
academic matters that students be honest and that they submit for credit only
the products of their own efforts. Both the ideals of scholarship and the need
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week of class to discuss any accommodations that need to be made.
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