research II

Task

BRM211 – Research Methods II
Mid Term Assignment – Develop Your Interview Questions and Survey Questions

Purpose of the Assignment: The assignment is designed to provide learners the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to develop effective and well-structured interview questions that will enable them to gather the required data qualitative and quantitative data for their research. The goal of this assignment is to monitor student learning and provide ongoing feedback.

There are two tasks:

Task A: Please develop and upload a well-structured interview that will enable you to gathering valuable data for your research. You should develop 9 to 12 questions that you feel will assist you to meet your Research Objectives and answer your Research Questions. It is suggested that you link your questions with your Research Objectives.

Task B: Please develop and upload a well-structured Survey / Questionnaire (12 – 15 questions) that will enable you to gathering valuable data for your research.

Deadline: Monday 15 March, 14:00 CEST Good Luck!

Formalities:

•   Wordcount: NA
•   Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.
•   Font: Arial 12,5 pts.
•   Text alignment: Justified.
•   The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.
  Submission: Week (7) – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Deadline: Monday 15 March, 14:00 CEST Weight: This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject.

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100

Good 80-89

Fair 70-79

Marginal fail 60-69

Knowledge & Understanding (20%)

Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts and uses vocabulary in an entirely appropriate manner.

Student demonstrates good understanding of the task and mentions some relevant concepts and demonstrates use of the relevant vocabulary.

Student understands the task and provides minimum theory and/or some use of vocabulary.

Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key concepts or uses minimum amount of relevant vocabulary.

Application (30%)

Student applies fully relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.

Student applies mostly relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.

Student applies some relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstanding may be evident.

Student applies little relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstands are evident.

Critical Thinking (30%)

Student critically assesses in excellent ways, developing outstanding questionnaires and interview questions

Student critically assesses in good ways, developing very good questionnaires and interview questions

Student provides some insights, developing satisfactory questionnaires and interview questions

Student makes little or none critical thinking insights, developing insufficient questionnaires and interview questions

Communication (20%)

Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the wordcount limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.

Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way. Does not reach or does exceed wordcount excessively and misspelling errors are evident.

COURSE CODE BRM221 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS II Task brief & rubrics

Task

BRM211 – Research Methods II

Mid Term Assignment – Develop Your Interview Questions and Survey Questions

Purpose of the Assignment: The assignment is designed to provide learners the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to develop effective and well-structured
interview questions that will enable them to gather the required data qualitative and quantitative data for their research. The goal of this assignment is to monitor
student learning and provide ongoing feedback.

There are two tasks:

Task A: Please develop and upload a well-structured interview that will enable you to gathering valuable data for your research. You should develop 9 to 12
questions that you feel will assist you to meet your Research Objectives and answer your Research Questions. It is suggested that you link your questions with
your Research Objectives.

Task B: Please develop and upload a well-structured Survey / Questionnaire (12 – 15 questions) that will enable you to gathering valuable data for your research.

Deadline: Monday 15 March, 14:00 CEST

Good Luck!

Formalities:

 Wordcount: NA

 Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.

 Font: Arial 12,5 pts.

 Text alignment: Justified.

 The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week (7) – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Deadline: Monday 15 March, 14:00 CEST

Weight: This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject.

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69

Knowledge &
Understanding

(20%)

Student demonstrates
excellent understanding of
key concepts and uses
vocabulary in an entirely
appropriate manner.

Student demonstrates
good understanding of the
task and mentions some
relevant concepts and
demonstrates use of the
relevant vocabulary.

Student understands the
task and provides minimum
theory and/or some use of
vocabulary.

Student understands the task
and attempts to answer the
question but does not
mention key concepts or uses
minimum amount of relevant
vocabulary.

Application (30%) Student applies fully
relevant knowledge from
the topics delivered in
class.

Student applies mostly
relevant knowledge from
the topics delivered in
class.

Student applies some
relevant knowledge from
the topics delivered in
class. Misunderstanding
may be evident.

Student applies little relevant
knowledge from the topics
delivered in class.
Misunderstands are evident.

Critical Thinking
(30%)

Student critically assesses
in excellent ways,
developing outstanding
questionnaires and
interview questions

Student critically assesses
in good ways, developing
very good questionnaires
and interview questions

Student provides some
insights, developing
satisfactory questionnaires
and interview questions

Student makes little or none
critical thinking insights,
developing insufficient
questionnaires and interview
questions

Communication
(20%)

Student communicates
their ideas extremely
clearly and concisely,
respecting word count,
grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates
their ideas clearly and
concisely, respecting word
count, grammar and
spellcheck

Student communicates
their ideas with some
clarity and concision. It
may be slightly over or
under the wordcount limit.
Some misspelling errors
may be evident.

Student communicates their
ideas in a somewhat unclear
and unconcise way. Does not
reach or does exceed
wordcount excessively and
misspelling errors are
evident.