The purpose of this course is to develop skills necessary for students to conduct original quantitative and qualitative research. This course teaches students to design a research question, find literature to motivate and support new research, and develop testable hypotheses. Furthermore, this course develops students quantitative skills in order to apply appropriate statistical methods to answer research questions. Topics in statistics include hypothesis testing, nonparametric methods, analysis of variance, and multiple regression analysis. By the end of the course, students will have conducted their own unique research and described and defended their projects in writing and through a formal oral presentation. For those moving on to the Master of Business Administration program, this project will be the starting point for the masters thesis. Prerequisite: acceptance into the M.B.A. program.