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MGT-6224: Applied Measurement in Business Research

Description: Design and analysis of measures for use in business research. Measurement validity and reliability concepts to contexts such as personnel selection, market research, and employee/customer attitudes. Selective, intensive discussion of measurement topics in business research, including observed vs. unobserved variables in measurement; biases stemming from the use of particular methods; exploratory vs. confirmatory approaches to measurement; appropriate application of control variables.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: MGT-5124

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.77 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 67.38%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Daniel J Beal202464.5%35.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.704
Pankaj Kumar2023100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.002
Christopher O Porter202381.3%18.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.831
Chitvan Trivedi202462.0%31.0%6.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.501

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2021Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W