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MBA Research Methods class e-resources 2016 February 1. Literature review 2. Research methods 3. Dissertation writings 4. Local teacher's works

To review the following statements: HI class discussion - lecture 3 1. "The material structure of a place is often the result of decisions made by the powerful to serve their ends...". 2. "All of these [decisions] involve choices that  exclude people and the meanings they represent.". 3. To the feminist geographers home frequently features as a site of patriarchal authority often associated with extremes of abuse, boredom, and backbreaking labor. 4. Home as a place is symptomatic of the ways in which the social production of place as a site of belonging can reinforce social relations of systematically asymmetrical power relations. 5. "It is this very commonsense nature of place-based norms that make them so powerful an ideological tool.". 6. This process of identifying how normative constructions of place exclude 'others' both physically and existentially has been identified across a whole  range of identities including class, sexuality...

The Housing  Imaginations assignments 1 and 2 info are as follows: Assignment 1 - presentation • The purpose of this assignment is for you to demonstrate that you can link the conceptual material we have covered in the module with a specific example • The key themes of the module I want you to think about are place, space and the housing imagination • You should select an ‘artifact’ which serves as an example of one or several of these key themes. • We might think about the ways in which social housing in represented in the media, books, art, film…. • • How is it discussed by politicians and policy makers? • What are it’s “ socially produced discourses” • I s this different in other societies? Is the “social housing imaginary” diff e rent in Sweden or France for example? Why? • This was just a quick example, you can chose anything relating to ‘housing imaginaries’ or the place and space of housing. • • Your artifact could be a piece of music, a bo...

An Excel file has been sent to HKUSPACE on regression analysis: ROE is the y variables; the rest are the X variables. Data set is as follows: ROE Gearing ratio Sales turnover Gross margin% Market share 0.5 0.5 10 0.04 0.5 0.4 0.6 9 0.03 0.4 0.3 0.66 8 0.07 0.44 0.3 0.7 7 0.05 0.35 0.2 0.71 7.7 0.07 0.4 0.1 0.68 8 0.05 0.7 0.3 0.7 8.8 0.04 0.3 0.2 0.75 5 0.03 0.33 0.2 0.74 6 0.05 0.34 0.1 0.8 4 0.07 0.5 0.3 0.7 4.8 0.08 0.5 0.2 0.6 6 0.02 0.55 Resultant report extract is as follows: SUMMARY OUTPUT Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.946920292 R Square 0.896658039 Adjusted R Square 0.83760549 Standard Error 0.046927263 Observations 12 ANOVA ...

Topics for tutorial 2 of Independent Study, 2016 : 1. Demonstration on multiple regression analysis and chi-squared test . [also see: article 1 ; article 2 .] 2. Literature search with e-library (Hull). 3. Writing proposals: further advice. Articles to review: On sharing economy Statistical analysis on homelessness Lecture agenda IS lecture notes:--- Research objectives Research questions • On variables • Hypothesis testing On practical and academic value Literature review: literature search and literature review; using e-library; newspapers Research methods: data gathering strategy and data analysis Preliminary references Notes will be distributed in the class. Internet resources: Literature review Research methods Writing dissertation reports A reference on statistics: Lind, D.A., W.G. Marchal and R.D. Mason. 2001. Statistical Techniques in Business & Economics. McGraw-Hill. Boston. IS proposal structure (1000 words) 1)   ...

The following topics are  covered in  Jan 20 (2016) surgery session  for  class C  ( Independent study ): [ 7-9pm ] Proposal vs report: elements Use theoretical  frameworks Construct a dissertation objective: a template Deadlines: Proposal: Feb 26. Final report: June 3 Also refer to  local tutor's resources

The following topics are  covered in  Jan 19 (2016) surgery session  for  class A  ( Independent study ): [ 7-9pm ] Proposal vs report: elements Use theoretical  frameworks Construct a dissertation objective: a template Deadlines: Proposal: Feb 26. Final report: June 3 Also refer to  local tutor's resources