Business Research Report Proposal Assignment -
Topic for research: Luxury car market and luxury car tax affect on the market like Australia.
The final research proposal will consist of the following NINE (9) items:
1. A business research topic. Strengthen and improve initial proposal.
2. A brief literature review of the research topic. Produce 2 to 3 pages on background information on your research topic.
3. Research questions for the identified problem or opportunity. Strengthen and improve initial proposal.
4. Appropriate research methodologies and techniques to use for the research project. Strengthen and improve initial proposal.
5. A project plan using a Gantt Chart and clearly defined milestones (if in a group with clearly defined individual tasks, contributions and milestones)
Use Microsoft Project or other software to produce the Gantt Chart.
Your milestones for are:
• Literature Review due.
• Data Collection and Analysis Report due.
• Final Business Research (Capstone) Thesis due.
6. Description of the research process. Strengthen and improve initial proposal.
7. Description of data collection and analysis methods. Strengthen and improve initial proposal.
8. Description of expected research outcomes. Strengthen and improve initial proposal.
9. A completed Ethics Checklist. Complete and sign ethics checklist below and attach with final research project proposal.
ETHICS CHECKLIST FOR STUDENT RESEARCHERS -
• This checklist is designed to alert you to your ethical obligations when you conduct research involving human subjects.
• These questions must be answered when a research project is proposed and before a research project is implemented.
Please circle your answers:
1) Will the human subjects be informed of the nature of their involvement in the collection of data and of features of the research that reasonably might be expected to influence willingness to participate?
Yes
No
2) Will the human subjects be told that they can discontinue their participation at any time?
Yes
No
3) Will the human subjects in your study be aware that they are the targets of research?
Yes
No
4) If the subjects are underage, will their guardians be asked to sign the consent form?
Yes
No
N/A
5) Is the confidentiality of the human subject's identity positively ensured?
Yes
No
6) In cases where there is a possibility that the human subject's identity can be deduced by someone other than the researcher, is the subject's right to withdraw his/her data respected?
Yes
No
7) Will the researcher fulfill all the promises made to the human subjects including providing the summary of the findings upon request?
Yes
No
8) Will all necessary measures be taken to protect the physical safety of the human subjects from dangers such as faulty electrical equipment, poor grounding, lack of oxygen, falls, traffic & industrial accidents, possibility of hearing or vision loss etc.?
Yes
No
9) Will the human subject be debriefed (told the true nature of the study) after the data has been collected?
Yes
No
10) In cases in which the human subject is dissatisfied or a complaint about the researcher or procedure, will the researcher explain to the human subject that he or she may express this complaint to the Subject Coordinator?
Yes
No
11) Does the study involve concealment from and/or deception of the human subject?
Yes
No
12) Will deception be used in order to obtain agreement to participate?
Yes
No
13) Will the study involve human subjects who are legally or otherwise not in a position to give their valid consent to participate such as children, prison inmates, and mental patients?
Yes
No
14) Will information on your human subjects be obtained from third parties?
Yes
No
15) Will any coercion be exerted upon subjects to participate?
Yes
No
16) Will the study involve physical stress to the human subjects such as might result from heat, noise, electric shock, pain, sleep loss, deprivation of food and drink, drugs, alcohol?
Yes
No
17) Will the study cause any mental discomfort to the human subjects such as fear, anxiety, loss of self-esteem, shame, guilt, embarrassment etc.?
Yes
No
18) Could publication of the research results possibly interfere with strict confidentiality?
Yes
No
19) Could publication of the research results possibly harm the human subject - either directly or through identification with his/her membership group?
Yes
No
20) Are there other aspects of the study that may interfere with the protection of the well-being of the human subjects?
Yes
No
If you have selected NO for any of the questions 1 to 10 and/or you have selected YES for any of the questions 11 o 20, please provide comments to clarify your choice (use additional pages if necessary).