| Course | BUSI 820 Quantitative Research Methods (BUSI820) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | DBA |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 8 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 8 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 820 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What BUSI 820 covers
Morgan and colleagues' chapters run in order, two a week for the first three weeks and one a week after that, ending with analysis of variance in Modules/Weeks 7 and 8; Keller's three parts are read in Modules/Weeks 1 to 3, and each week's reading comes with chapter outlines.
Each week brings a 15-point main thread and, from Module/Week 2, a 10-point reply to the previous forum, plus a 95-point SPSS assignment worked on the textbook's own data; the 35-point faith integration thread falls in Module/Week 7 and its 25-point reply in Module/Week 8, which ends on Friday.
This course is designed to prepare doctoral students to apply statistical methods to problems in business administration. Students will learn the fundamental concepts, designs, principles, and statistical skills necessary to perform an empirical study. This will include a basic knowledge of the nature of quantitative methods and the principles of experimental design. Upon conclusion of the course, students will be able to differentiate between a variety of models and statistical methods appropriate to business administration research. (Formerly BUSI 720)
BUSI 820 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Discussion Forum 1 Main Thread (Course Requirements Checklist and Assignment 1 also due) | 15 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Discussion Forum 2 Main Thread and Forum 1 Reply (Assignment 2 also due) | 25 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Discussion Forum 3 Main Thread and Forum 2 Reply (Assignment 3 also due) | 25 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Discussion Forum 4 Main Thread and Forum 3 Reply (Assignment 4 also due) | 25 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Discussion Forum 5 Main Thread and Forum 4 Reply (Assignment 5 also due) | 25 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Discussion Forum 6 Main Thread and Forum 5 Reply (Assignment 6 also due) | 25 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Integration of Faith and Learning Main Thread (Forum 7 thread, Forum 6 reply and Assignment 7 also due) | 35 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Discussion Forum 8 Main Thread and Faith Integration Reply (Forum 7 reply and a final assignment also due) | 40 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where BUSI 820 papers lose points
BUSI 820 posts lose points when a Likert item is treated as scale data without a reason, when SPSS output is pasted without interpretation, when a significant p value is reported as if it measured importance, when Levene's test or expected counts go unchecked, and when correlational results are described in causal language.
Using a BUSI 820 sample well
The samples draw on Morgan, Barrett, Leech and Gloeckner's IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics, Cohen's Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, Keller and Alsdorf's Every Good Endeavor, Simmons, Nelson and Simonsohn's false-positive psychology paper and John and colleagues' survey of questionable research practices.
BUSI 820 questions, answered
Which textbook does BUSI 820 use?
Morgan, Barrett, Leech and Gloeckner's IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics: Use and Interpretation, with its chapter outlines, alongside Keller and Alsdorf's Every Good Endeavor.
How are BUSI 820 points divided?
Eight weekly SPSS assignments at 95 points each make up most of the grade; the forums add 15-point threads, 10-point replies and the 35- and 25-point faith integration posts.
Why do the BUSI 820 samples cover forums rather than assignments?
The weekly assignments work through the SPSS textbook's own exercises and data files, which are not public, so the samples follow an illustrative data set through the forums instead.
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