Work continues

I spent quite some time today looking for related journal articles. I even contacted the NCU Library for help with one article (see screenshots below). I found some good ones. The articles will be used to justify hypotheses as well as the research design. Work continues.

The second assignment on the design of surveys/questionnaires for research uploaded to Academia...
Link: https://www.academia.edu/28045897/Responses_to_Specific_Questions_on_Survey_Design

Second assignment for week 11 submitted

Paper responding to specific questions on survey design submitted. Links to the paper:

LinkedIn - http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm730311final2
ResearchGate - 
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307005913_Responses_to_Specific_Questions_on_Survey_Design_By_Fahmeena_Odetta_Moore

First assignment for Week 11 submitted

I just added a post on mixed methods research (submitted the first assignment for week 11)...

Post:

 

Getting close to finishing the assignments. I found an article on the inaccuracies and errors that can occur because of survey design - similar issues I discussed in my article on UI design and data quality:

Improving Data Quality: User Interface Design and Functional Requirements
http://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Print.aspx?tabid=115&tabmoduleid=3372&articleId=2981&moduleId=572&PortalID=0

(also available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140612213949-6733373-improving-data-quality-user-interface-design-and-functional-requirements?trk=mp-reader-card)

Interesting!

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Interesting articles/stories I found on the internet that are related to my topic(s)...

"engagement doesn’t always seem to add up..."
- From The Dark Side of High Employee Engagement
https://hbr.org/2016/08/the-dark-side-of-high-employee-engagement


This story reminds me of the study on the effect of smoke-free regs...
DC Restaurants Lose Eight Jobs a Day as Wage Hikes Take Effect
http://freebeacon.com/issues/d-c-restaurants-lose-eight-jobs-day-wage-hikes-take-effect/

My critical review of the study on the effect of smoke-free regulations:
http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm73032final


5 Secrets to Increase Employee Engagement with Technology
http://info.shiftelearning.com/blog/increase-employee-engagement-with-technology?utm_content=38741830&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter?ref=upflow.co

Making good progress

The paper is about 95% complete at this point. I need to address some of the professor's comments from the last paper (some no longer apply) and look up a few things. Work continues.

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Rewrite

I decided to change the research problem description and purpose. I worked on a draft last night. I now need to enter into the document and make edits.

Work continues.

Making progress

I am making good progress. I like my current draft. The articles I found were really helpful, especially the article titled 'Human Resources or Information Technology: What Is More Important for Companies in the Digital Era' (link: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bsrj.2016.7.issue-1/bsrj-2016-0003/bsrj-2016-0003.xml).

I have to work on (further wordsmith) the research questions. I would prefer no parentheses, but I think the information in those parentheses provide information that helps with understanding.

Work continues...

Taking a break...

I am making lots of progress. I will now take a break and continue this work later. I need to think about the right theory to use...

On to the next assignment

I am now working on assignment 9. I need to provide a topic, research problem, research questions and other details for the signature assignment. I think I will continue/reuse a problem included in a previous paper. I think it needs to be quantitative...

Assignment 8 Submitted

I just submitted Assignment 8! I achieved a lot this week. I made it work (as usual).

The paper:
Relationship between Compensation & Employee Performance in Healthcare Infection Control
http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm73038final
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305947768_Relationship_between_Compensation_Employee_Performance_in_Healthcare_Infection_Control
https://www.academia.edu/27594458/Relationship_between_Compensation_and_Employee_Performance_in_Healthcare_Infection_Control

I am making good progress with assignment 8. I should complete it by the deadline (tomorrow). I am now looking up theories and control variables.

I found this interesting paper on executive compensation and company performance that includes two theories:
Executive compensation structure and company performance
http://arno.uvt.nl/show.cgi?fid=129620
 

Work continues...

I am now reviewing comments from the professor on the last paper and incorporating into the paper for week 8. Lots of comments/changes! This worked out. I am happy that I am waited for comments.

Work continues. And in a few short weeks, the course will be finished!

Now working on assignment 8

I am now working on assignment 8. I basically need to refine the research problem, purpose of study, and research questions from the previous assignment and add some additional details.
I made a short video...

https://youtu.be/fSmSsYe_ycA

I also discovered a glitch/bug. While logged into YouTube, I tried to share the video (from YouTube) to this blog and at the same time create a post, but the video transferred to my weight loss blog in error. I ended up creating the (this) post in Blogger rather than via YouTube.

Assignment 7 completed

I completed and submitted assignment 7 - a quantitative study. My study is on employee compensation and performance in healthcare. The paper:

Exploring the Quantitative Methodology for Research
http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm73037-7302016final
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305723147_Quantitative_Study_on_Employee_Performance

I received my grade for the qualitative proposal with comments from the professor. I had some questions so I sent an email.

Good information. Hopefully the state of Washington still provides that infection data on its website. "Swedish Medical Center"...interesting hospital name...

Article available at: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Infection-data-helped-Swedish-clean-up-its-act-895209.php

The long version of my data mining paper using baseball data:
http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefmis70006bfinal.
(the professor sent it back for me to remove the appendix & meet the 2-3 page requirements).

I actually found research that used the same data:

Article: Compensation and performance in Major League Baseball: Evidence from salary dispersion and team performance
By Tao, Y., Chuang, H., & Lin, E. S.

Maybe I should do something similar with healthcare data. Interesting!

I looked some more but did not find much research on applying lessons from successful employee compliance stories/experiences to other industries/occupations.

Some of my searches: