Mastering Accounting Research Methods

• To search (correct)
• To investigate
• To find answers
• To explain a phenomenon

• Academic accounting research only focuses on accounting principles, while accounting practice research focuses on solving problems for a client or a group of clients.
• Academic accounting research only focuses on solving problems for a client or a group of clients, while accounting practice research uses the scientific method.
• Academic accounting research only relies on documentary analysis of financial statements, while accounting practice research uses a wide variety of data gathering and analysis methods.
• Academic accounting research uses a wide variety of data gathering and analysis methods, while accounting practice research focuses on solving problems for a client or a group of clients. (correct)

• Accounting research has always been focused on normative research.
• Accounting research started in the 1970s.
• Accounting research started as a requirement to earn a doctorate qualification.
• Accounting research has evolved from being a mere requirement to earn a doctorate qualification in the 1950s to positive research that uses methods from finance and economics during the 1970s. (correct)