Topic areas

1. Accounting standards
2. Auditing standards
3. Tax minimisation by companies
4. Accounting graduates
5. Undergraduate Accounting programs
6. Forensic accounting
7. Accounting skills
8. Management accounting and Financial accounting
9. Management accounting
10. Non-current assets
11. Current liabilities
12. Accounting for online transactions.
13. Cryptocurrency and accounting
14. Computerized Accounting
15. Financial Statements
16. Accounts Receivable

Choose ONE of the sixteen accounting topics above, the topic you choose will then be used to answer the five questions below.

Topic:

(write your topic you choose from the sixteen listed above)

Research Project Plan

Question 1- Research questions (14 MARKS)

Come up with your research questions, to which your research will plan to produce answers to your topic. Come up with an initial (unedited) set of FIVE (5) research questions, then choose TWO of the FIVE research questions and explain why you choose them to do your research project.

So, you will need to:

1. An initial (unedited) set of FIVE (5) research questions (10 marks, 2 mark per research question)
2. choose TWO of the FIVE research questions and explain why you choose them to do your research project (4 marks, 2 marks per research question chosen and explanation)

Question 2- Research Design (4 MARKS)

2.1 Will you do quantitative or qualitative research in your research project or both?, and explain your choice (2 marks)

2.2 Will you use fixed or flexible approach to your research? And explain your choice (2 marks)

Question 3- Research approaches (4 MARKS)

Explain what research approach you will choose that will provide answers to your two research questions. Remember it is the TWO research questions your created from question 1.

Approaches

Choose ONE of the EIGHT research approaches below to conduct your research and explain why you choose this approach, in your answer make reference to your research topic and research questions to support your reasons.

Approaches

1. Action research
2. Case Studies
3. Documentary analysis
4. Ethnographic research
5. Evaluation research
6. Experiments
7. Grounded theory studies
8. Surveys

Question 4 (2 MARKS)

Ethics in research

Explain the ethical issues that may arise from your proposed research project and how they will be dealt with.

If you think your research will not encounter any ethical issues, then explain why.

Question 5 (6 MARKS, 3 marks per data collection method and explanation)

Data Collection Methods

What method or methods of data collection will provide answers to your research questions and explain why you choose these methods of data collection, choose at least TWO different data collection methods.

Remember it is the TWO research questions your created from question 1. So, explain which TWO methods of data collection will help you answer your TWO research questions.

Do not just list but ALSO explain why you choose these TWO data collection methods.