Dr Deepak Chawla, (former) Dis nguished Professor, Dean Academics, Dean Research & FPM Programme, Interna onal Management Ins tute (IMI), New Delhi
Dr Neena Sondhi, Professor & Chair Accredita on and Rankings (former) Dean Research, Accredita on and Regulatory Affairs, Interna onal Management Ins tute (IMI), New Delhi
- Contemporary Vignettes: Opening chapter vignettes have been rewritten to reflect current issues and research contexts.
- R Integration: Chapter 10 introduces R alongside SPSS, with selected quantitative problems also worked through using R.
- Enhanced Moderation Analysis: Chapter 15 provides a comprehensive treatment of moderation hypotheses.
- Updated and New Cases: Eleven existing cases have been revised for contemporary relevance. Nine new cases address emerging issues including materialism, GenAI, flexible work, work-life balance, and eco-friendly retailing.
- Stronger Application Focus: Revision exercises now include fill-in-the-blank questions with answers in every chapter, along with additional conceptual and application-based questions to reinforce learning and support assessment.
Section 1: Research Process: Problem De?nition, Hypothesis Formulation and Research Designs
Chapter 1. Introduction to Business Research Chapter
2. Formulation of the Research Problem and Development of the Research Hypotheses Chapter
3. Research Designs: Exploratory and Descriptive Chapter
4. Experimental Research Designs Section
2: Data Collection, Measurement and Scaling Chapter
5. Secondary Data Collection Methods Chapter
6. Qualitative Methods of Data Collection Chapter
7. Attitude Measurement and Scaling Chapter
8. Questionnaire Designing Section
3: Respondents Selection and Data Preparation
Chapter 9. Sampling Considerations Chapter
10. Data Processing Section
4: Preliminary Data Analysis and Interpretation
Chapter 11. Univariate and Bivariate Analysis of Data Chapter
12. Testing of Hypotheses Chapter
13. Analysis of Variance Techniques Chapter
14. Non-Parametric Tests Section
5: Advanced Data Analysis Techniques Chapter
15. Correlation and Regression Analysis Chapter
16. Factor Analysis Chapter
17. Discriminant Analysis Chapter
18. Cluster Analysis Chapter
19. Multidimensional Scaling and Perceptual Mapping
20. Conjoint Analysis
Section 6: Reporting Research & Comprehensive Cases Chapter
21. Report Writing and Presentation of Results
Comprehensive Cases
Annexures 1-4
Faculty members, Research scholars, and students from academic institutions