http://www.researchmethodology.info Research Methods for Business Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:26:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A business intelligence system is designed to provide ongoing information about events and trends in the technological, economic, political, legal, demographic, cultural, social, and competitive arenas for the manager. The information is gathered from many sources. http://www.researchmethodology.info/business-intelligence-system-bis/ Information Sources are categorized into 3 levels: 1.    Primary sources Primary sources are raw data without interpretation that represents an official opinion. Examples of primary sources are memos, letters, interviews, laws, regulations, census, etc. 2.    Secondary sources Secondary sources are interpretations of primary data. Examples of secondary data are encyclopedias, textbooks, handbooks, magazine articles, ... http://www.researchmethodology.info/information-sources/ Deduction Deduction is a form of argument that intent to be conclusive. The conclusion must necessarily follow from the reasons given. A deduction is valid if it is not possible for the conclusion to be false if the premises are true.     Induction In Induction, there is no such strength of relationship between reasons and ... http://www.researchmethodology.info/deduction-and-induction/ Data mining is the process of discovering knowledge from databases that are being stored in data marts or data warehouses. The purpose is to identify valid, novel, useful, and understandable patterns in data. Data mining searches large databases for essential information for managing an organization. Data mining involves five step processes: -    ... http://www.researchmethodology.info/data-mining/ A data warehouse is an electronic storage for databases that organizes large volumes of data into categories to support retrieval, interpretation, and sorting by end users. It provides an accessible archive to support dynamic organizational intelligence applications. Data in a data warehouse must be continually updated to ensure that decision makers ... http://www.researchmethodology.info/data-warehouse/ Research design is the blueprint for achieving objectives and answering questions. Choosing a design can be complicated because there are many varieties of methods, techniques, procedures, protocols, and sampling plans available. http://www.researchmethodology.info/research-design/