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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Economics and Commerce : Accounting and Finance

306-466 Research Methods in Accounting and Finance

Coordinator:

Professor P Brownell

Prerequisite/s:

306-301 Financial Accounting or 306-302 Managerial Accounting or 306-331 Investments.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

A 3-hour seminar a week

Objectives:

On completion of this subject a student should:

  • have a foundation for understanding the nature of scientific inquiry in accounting and finance.

  • have an understanding of how research questions are created and developed into testable hypotheses.

  • appreciate the range of alternative research methods and how one might choose amongst them.

  • be familiar with these alternatives and observe examples and analyses of the application of these methods.

  • have developed an ability to critically analyse the research of others in the fields of accounting and finance.

Content:

Fundamental approaches to research; the range of analytical and empirical research methods and techniques used in accounting and finance. A forum for students to discuss and develop their own research proposals.

Assessment:

A 3-hour end-of-semester examination (60%); a mid-semester test (10%); an assignment of up to 5000 words (30%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Selected Readings (current year version), Research Methods in Accounting and Finance, Department of Accounting and Finance.
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