ACCT-403: Accounting Research and Practice

• You are advised to make the work clear and well presented.
• You must mention question number clearly in the answer.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from other resources without proper referencing is not excepted.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).

College of Administration and Finance Sciences
Assignment (1)
Deadline: Saturday 12/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Accounting Research
and Practice
Student’s Name:
Course Code: ACCT 403
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 1st
CRN:
Academic Year: 1446 H
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Habiba Moabber
Students’ Grade:
/15
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be
reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover
page.
• Students must NOT delete the question and write their answer underneath each
question.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or
other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
This include using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to solve the assignment.
• All answers must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font.
No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism.
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
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Assignment Question(s):
(Marks 15)
Q1. Differentiate between positivist, interpretive, and critical research approaches. Then,
explain why positivist is the dominant approach used in Accounting research.
Write no less than 300 words.
(5 Marks)
Answer:
Q2. What is Grounded theory? Discuss its application in Accounting research. Mention at least
one research paper in Accounting that used grounded theory.
(5 Marks)
Answer:
Q3. Differentiate between the three types of Validity (Internal, External and Construct)
(5 Marks)
Answer: