Topic: Business Analysis

Statistics is used every day, but is often ignored due to intimidation. Nonetheless, the ability to understand and interpret

data is needed to be effective in the workplace and in research. This assignment provides the opportunity for you to

reacquaint yourself with how statistics is used to present information in research.
Each student will be asked to find a recent (past year) journal article and review the article. The following questions can

be used as a guide to analyze and write your paper.
1. What is the problem this study addresses?
2. Who are the stakeholders in this research?
3. What data was collected and how was it measured?
4. Was the study qualitative or quantitative?
5. What test(s) were used to test the hypothesis? Was it null?
6. What were the independent and dependent variables?
7. Howdidtheresearcher(s)analyzethedata?
8. What were the findings of the research?
9. After reviewing this research, what are two additional research questions that
could be generated after reviewing the findings?
The journal article should be an example of survey, experimental, or qualitative research. Additionally, your paper should be

at least 4 pages in length, excluding the Title, Abstract and References page. Also, your paper must follow APA guidelines

and be supported by at least 3 academic sources excluding the text.