Course Syllabus

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SERIAL NUMBER: BM1904 COURSE TITLE: ACCOUNTING RESEARCH CREDIT: 3 units (3 hours lecture per week)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will also assist students in identifying and formulating a research problem, in selecting and applying appropriate research approaches
and methods of inquiry, and in presenting their results.

PREREQUISITE: 4th Year Standing

COURSE OUTCOMES: After successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
CO1. Respond to the urgent need of conducting research that can be useful in the field of accountancy, finance, business, economics and
accounting education.
CO2. Identify the problem (or research objective), conduct a review of related literatures, apply research methods, present the evidences
gathered and present findings and recommendations.
CO3. Individually assess each members contribution to the final thesis paper.
CO4. As a group, present their thesis output during the defense panel for evaluation on the method and depth of analyses.
MANDATED BOOK: None
REFERENCES: 1. Creswell, J. W. (2011). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research, 4th Edition.
2. Dunne, M., Pryor, J., & Yates, P. (2005). Becoming a Researcher: A Companion to the Research Process (Conducting Educational
Research). Open University Press.

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: REVIEWED BY: APPROVED BY:

Mark Lyndon C. de Ramos, MICB, RCA Alyanna R. Tobias, Ed.M Kristine E. Lu, M.Ed EL Maria Isabel Q. Hipolito, M.Ed EL
 3. Humphrey, C., & Lee, B. H. (2007). The Real Life Guide to Accounting Research= A Behind the Scenes View of Using Qualitative Research
Methods. CIMA Publishing.
4. Smith, E. (2008). Using Secondary Data in Educational and Social Research (Conducting Educational Research). Open University Press.
5. Smith, M. (2003). Research Methods in Accounting.
6. Thomas, G. (2007). Education and Theory (Conducting Educational Research).
7. Tuckman, , B. W., & Harper, B. E. (2012). Conducting Educational Research. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
8. Yates, L. (2004`). What does Good Education Research Look Like? (Conducting Educational Research).
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:  Lecture Discussion  Assignments
 Case analysis  Task Performance and Online Quizzes
 Quizzes  Major Examinations
GRADING SYSTEM: The following percentage distribution shall be followed:
Prelims 20%
Midterms 20%
Pre-finals 20%
Finals 40%
100%

The following are the recommended periodical grade components for this course:

Class Participation (Recitation, Quiz, etc.) 20%

Task Performance 50%
Major Examination 30%
100%
We’d be glad to hear from you. For questions or feedback on this course, feel free to email us through [email protected]

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: REVIEWED BY: APPROVED BY:

Mark Lyndon C. de Ramos, MICB, RCA Alyanna R. Tobias, Ed.M Kristine E. Lu, M.Ed EL Maria Isabel Q. Hipolito, M.Ed EL
 Course Outline
LEC Student Teaching and Learning
Learning Objectives (LO) Week TOPICS Slides I-Guide Assessment Tasks
Hours Handouts Activities
1 Determine the role of research 1 3 THE ROLE OF RESEARCH Discussion Task Performance
What Is Research? Generalization eLMS Quiz
Validity in Research Skills Checklist Assignment
Internal and External Validity
Dealing With Reality
Survey Research
Characteristics of the Research
Process
Some Ethical Considerations
Steps in the Research Process
2 Identify a research problem 2 3 SELECTING A PROBLEM Discussion Task Performance
Characteristics of a Problem Generalization eLMS Quiz
Narrowing the Range of Problems Skills Checklist Assignment
Classroom Research Problems
Specific Considerations in
Choosing a Problem
3 Identify review of related literatures 3 3 REVIEWING THE LITERATURE Discussion Task Performance
The Purpose of the Review Generalization eLMS Quiz
Literature Review Sources Skills Checklist Assignment
Conducting a Literature Search
Reviewing and Abstracting
Writing the Literature Review
4 Determine the variables of research 4 3 IDENTIFYING VARIABLES Discussion Task Performance
A Research Question and Its Generalization eLMS Quiz
Variables Skills Checklist Assignment
The Independent Variable
The Dependent Variable

5 1 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION Periodical Examination Pen-and-paper Test

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: REVIEWED BY: APPROVED BY:
Mark Lyndon C. de Ramos, MICB, RCA Alyanna R. Tobias, Ed.M Kristine E. Lu, M.Ed EL Maria Isabel Q. Hipolito, M.Ed EL
 LEC Student Teaching and Learning
Learning Objectives (LO) Week TOPICS Slides I-Guide Assessment Tasks
Hours Handouts Activities
5 Create a hypothesis for the research 6 3 CONSTRUCTING HYPOTHESES Discussion Task Performance
Formulating Hypotheses Generalization eLMS Quiz
Going From Theory to Hypotheses Skills Checklist Assignment
Testing a Hypothesis
6 Develop operational definitions 7 3 CONSTRUCTING OPERATIONAL Discussion Task Performance
DEFINITIONS Generalization eLMS Quiz
Why Have Operational Skills Checklist Assignment
Definitions?
Basing an Operational Definition
on Observable Criteria
The Research Spectrum
7 Apply design criteria for the research 8 3 APPLYING DESIGN CRITERIA Discussion Task Performance
The Control Group Generalization eLMS Quiz
Factors Affecting Internal Validity Skills Checklist Assignment
Factors Affecting External Validity
Overall Control of Participant and
Experience Bias
8 Determine research designs 9 3 EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH Discussion Task Performance
DESIGNS Generalization eLMS Quiz
A Shorthand for Displaying Designs Skills Checklist Assignment
Preexperimental Designs
True Experimental Designs
10 1 MIDTERM EXAMINATION Periodical Examination Pen-and-paper Test
9 Determine the statistical analysis for the 11-13 9 CARRYING OUT STATISTICAL Discussion Task Performance
research ANALYSES Generalization eLMS Quiz
Measures of Central Tendency and Skills Checklist Assignment
Variability
Coding and Rostering Data
Choosing the Appropriate
Statistical Test
Carrying Out Parametric Statistical
Tests

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: REVIEWED BY: APPROVED BY:

Mark Lyndon C. de Ramos, MICB, RCA Alyanna R. Tobias, Ed.M Kristine E. Lu, M.Ed EL Maria Isabel Q. Hipolito, M.Ed EL
 LEC Student Teaching and Learning
Learning Objectives (LO) Week TOPICS Slides I-Guide Assessment Tasks
Hours Handouts Activities
Correlation and Regression
Analyses
Carrying Out Nonparametric
Statistical Tests
14 1 PRE-FINAL EXAMINATION Periodical Examination Pen-and-paper Test
10 Write the research report 15-17 9 WRITING A RESEARCH REPORT Discussion Task Performance
The Research Proposal Generalization eLMS Quiz
The Introduction Section Skills Checklist Assignment
The Method Section
The Results Section
The Discussion Section
The References
The Abstract
Preparing Tables
Preparing Figures and Graphs
18 1 FINAL EXAMINATION Periodical Examination Pen-and-paper Test

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: REVIEWED BY: APPROVED BY:

Mark Lyndon C. de Ramos, MICB, RCA Alyanna R. Tobias, Ed.M Kristine E. Lu, M.Ed EL Maria Isabel Q. Hipolito, M.Ed EL