Introduction to the research process; Research Philosophy; Theory and research design; the analysis of the
Literature; Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method research; Case Study Research; Validity and
Reliability in Research; Cause and Effect Relationships in research; Questionnaire Designs; Data
Collection methods; Probability and Non-Probability Sampling Methods; The Use of Statistical Software
in Financial and Accounting research; Quantitative techniques: Univariate, Bi-variate and Multivariate
statistical techniques; Factor Analysis; Regression Analysis; Research Ethics and Plagiarism; Empirical
studies in Finance and Accounting.
