BUSI 600 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION. Discussion 1 A GEM Of A Study.pdf | BUSI 600 - Business Research Methods

1. What are the independent and dependent variables in this study?

The dependent and independent variables in this study were carefully accounted for and compensated for in the final product because of the differences in the variables across 10 countries that the study represented. The way that this information had to be accounted for and used for this study was by using a technique of aggregate methodology. “The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is one such effort that uses the aggregating methodology. GEM surveys the adult population of nations and subsequently aggregates responses to create indicators of national-level variables. Some potential, nation-level dependent variables that result from this effort are innovativeness, competitiveness, and growth expectations. It is easy to see the difficulty in measuring the growth expectations, for example, of a nation without using an aggregate methodology” (Mattingly, 2015). The specific dependent variables for this study were the GDP of the country and the growth of job formation. The independent variables were those that influence the dependent variables. In this study, the independent variables were outlined as ““diversity in framework conditions, entrepreneurial sectors, business dynamics, and economic growth” (Schindler). Those variables were developed and exposed in the concept framework that was shown in the exhibit of the case study and they came from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor which got them from Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurship Leadership (Babson College) and the London Business School study.