A research question example for independent study assignment

A research question example for independent study assignment

For independent study, research questions could be stated in the following ways, e.g.:

Format 1

Research question 1: Is there a correlation between capital structure (the x variable) and return on equity (the y variable) for the manufacturing companies listed on the HK stock exchange?

or

Format 2

Research question 1 is to test the validity of the following hypothesis:

There is no correlation between capital structure (the x variable) and the return on equity (the y variable) for the manufacturing companies listed on the HK Stock Exchange? (the null hypothesis). That is the correlation coefficient is 0

There is some correlation between capital structure (the x variable) and the return on equity (the y variable) for the manufacturing companies listed on the HK Stock Exchange. (the alternative hypothesis). That is the correlation coefficient is not 0.

Humanism for Housing Imaginations study - some study resources

Humanism for Housing Imaginations study - 
some study resources

Videos 1. The origins and future of Humanism
2. Humanism
3. Renaissance Humanism
4. Humanistic Theory
5. Humanistic geography


A brief note on humanistic geography

The Marxian perspective in Housing Imaginations study - some videos

The Marxian perspective in Housing Imaginations study - some videos
[Drawn on presentations from David Harvey]



1. The urbanization of class struggle
2. The contradictions of capitalism
3. Limits to gentrification
4. Marx, capitalism and madness of economic reason
5. Spatial justice
6. The neoliberal city
7. Slums and skyscrapes housing

8. Interview content about Marxism: video 1; video 2; video 3.

Videos on the topic of home in Housing Imaginations study

Videos on the topic of home in Housing Imaginations study.


Three related topics are involved in the home topic for Housing Imagination study:

1. Marriage: family and marriage; marriage and cohabitation.

2. Family: sociology of the family; the functionalist perspective on family; changing family pattern.

3. Home: meaning of home; meanings of home; home as elsewhere.



Reference
An enriched notion of home (a blog note).

Sociological perspectives for Housing Imaginations study - videos

Sociological perspectives for Housing Imaginations study and video resources:


An overall introduction: a video

On the objective perspective: structural functionalism; structural functionalism

On the subjective perspective: symbolic interactionism; social constructionism. [also see: a blog note on humanism]

On the critical perspective: conflict theory; Karl Marx's ideas; on Marxism; Feminist and conflict theory. [also see: the Marxian perspective blog note]

On the postmodern perspective: what is postmodernism; postmodern social theory.

An assessment of interest on learning "systems thinking in management"

I am now evaluating whether any of my Facebook friends are interested in attending a three-hour workshop on "systems thinking in management: an introduction" to be conducted in the function room of my apartment clubhouse in Sheung Shui. The reading to use is: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.476.2858&rep=rep1&type=pdf.
[a ebook that can be downloaded, free-of-charge].

My proposed date is April 29 (Sunday), 2018; time is around 3pm to 6pm. An attendance fee of HK$60 is charged to cover room-booking charge and other minor workshop expense. If there is enough FB friends to attend and the workshop can break even, I will organize and conduct it [in Cantonese]. [The room rate is $120 per hour; thus the total fixed cost is $360; the breakeven point is 6 participants. Booking is done 15 days before the event. The function room can spaciously house 20 participants].

Kindly inform me via my Facebook message by the end of Feb. so that I can assess the feasibility of the intellectual venture, notably on the number of friends interested in it. If this kind of learning gathering works, more will be arranged subsequently on similar and other topics.

Using "google search images" for literature review

When conducting an agile literature review using the agile literature review approach (ALRA), it has been suggested by this writer to produce study notes and ideas systemic diagrams in the process. Nevertheless, some students could still experience difficulties to (i) digest the ideas on study notes and (ii) pick up vital and relevant intellectual ideas for their literature review endeavor. In this regard, this writer recommends students to make use of "google search images" to examine certain chosen key ideas as identified via the "google search images" function. The resultant key ideas from these searched images can form the main hints to relate to the students' study notes in the process of constructing their ideas systemic diagrams. Using this search function offers a way to cope with the "information overload" from examining the study notes compiled by students. 

The following exhibit shows the findings from the key word search on "innovation capability" with the "google search images" function: