BEX6100 Advanced quantitative research methods
Faculty of Business and Economics
BEX6100 Advanced quantitative research methods is a level 6, 0-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 0
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Caulfield, Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 36 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before BEX6100
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After BEX6100
No unit lists BEX6100 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in course 0029 or 3194.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
The unit focuses on advanced quantitative research methods used in a business research context. You will understand and review quantitative methods presented in research papers in accounting, management, or marketing and related fields. The unit will expose you to advanced quantitative methods that deal with cross-sectional, panel, and time-series data. You will learn how to design, conduct, analyse, and present advanced quantitative research as part of research projects intended for publication in the business disciplines.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
| Term 4 | Malaysia | Block on |
Assessment
- Presentation25%
- Written75%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
develop advanced quantitative skills to conduct high quality independent research in a business context
- 2
develop a comprehensive grounding in a number of advanced quantitative methods of data production and analysis
- 3
consider and evaluate data collection instruments, sampling strategies and the appropriateness of various types of data for research in a business context
- 4
independently design and responsibly conduct all stages of a quantitative research project
Workload and teaching
- Seminars36 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
36 hours per semester (split-block mode) of formal class contact.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit allows you to develop your research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
Learning resources
Required resources
Hair, J.F., Black, W.C., Babin, B.J. and Anderson, R.E. (2014) Multivariate Data Analysis (7th edition). Pearson.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Grace Lee
- Professor Chen Chen
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BEX6100?
BEX6100 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is BEX6100 offered?
In 2025, BEX6100 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Malaysia.
How much work is BEX6100?
The handbook expects about 36 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does BEX6100 have an exam?
No. BEX6100 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.