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Research Report Guidelines <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The research report is designed to give you the opportunity to investigate a financial accounting and\/or reporting issue of interest to you, and apply course concepts and evidence from accounting research to arrive at conclusions concerning the issue you have chosen. The report will give you an opportunity to practice and thus improve your critical thinking, research, and writing skills. This document outlines the four items I am expecting each group to submit, formatting instructions, what I expect for the contents of each individual argument\/analysis, suggests some information sources that may be helpful to you, and provides details on how the research report will be evaluated. <\/span><\/p>\n

Four items must be submitted for the research report: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. A brief proposal identifying your research topic, along with 1-2 paragraphs explaining in a little more detail what you intend to investigate and why it is worth investigating, and a few sample references to show that there is evidence on the issue you wish to examine. The due date for this is noted in the class schedule. The topic, accompanying paragraph, and links to the references (include permanent URLS and abstracts, but not the PDFs themselves) should be posted to the appropriate forum on Moodle \u2013 first come, first served, as only one group may do each topic. You should thus check the forum for other groups\u2019 topics to ensure you are not duplicating some other group\u2019s choice. <\/span><\/p>\n

The big challenge here is defining a topic of appropriate specificity, and having some comfort that there is related evidence that will enable you to explore the issue. A few hints: ideas for topics like \u201cfair value accounting\u201d or \u201cearnings management\u201d are too broad, and are arguably not issues by themselves (nor is it obvious what conclusions you could draw), while topics like \u201cis fair value accounting more useful for investors than historical cost accounting\u201d or \u201chow do behavioural biases affect investors\u2019 use of accounting information\u201d are much more specific, and I think you could arrive at reasoned conclusions to these. Review the material in the textbook to get a sense of some of the issues you could investigate. The business press may also be helpful. Ideally the issue should be of interest to financial statement users, preparers, or regulators, and you should explain why it is interesting in your paragraph. <\/span><\/p>\n

I strongly encourage you to discuss your topic with me before posting it to ensure it is feasible and of appropriate specificity (A subset of the group is fine to discuss it with me). I will provide feedback on your topic choice within a week of you posting it. Groups may provide this item prior to the deadline if they wish earlier feedback. <\/span><\/p>\n

2. A substantially complete list of the references and associated abstracts you plan to use, labelled and organized by the argument and group member who plans to use them. (e.g. Sally tends to discuss information asymmetry problems created for investors by the use of fair value accounting, and has five related references. I would thus expect to see a <\/span><\/p>\n

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subheading \u201cinformation asymmetry problems created for investors by the use of fair value accounting \u2013 Sally\u201d, followed by the references and related abstracts Sally plans to use. Please use APA format 6<\/span>th <\/span>edition for the references. <\/span>Please provide no more than five references per group member (as you are unlikely to be able to use more than this); if you have more references, then provide your five most promising ones. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Each group member should have something similar, and the overall heading for the references should be your topic name. This should be uploaded to the appropriate forum on Moodle. Unlike your topic identification, this will not be accessible to others, but only to me and your group members. <\/span><\/p>\n

Obviously to do this, your group will need to have a reasonable idea of the argument each group member plans to make in the final report, and how each member\u2019s argument will be distinct from that of the other group members. Arguments may be distinct because they consider different concepts (e.g. one argument is focused on information asymmetry while another is focused on decision usefulness), or because they consider different geographical settings (e.g. developed countries versus developing countries), or possibly different time periods, where changes in technology, regulation, etc. may cause differences in findings. <\/span><\/p>\n

The point of this submission is to ensure each group member has the resources available to develop a distinct argument, and to avoid leaving a lot of work to the last minute. Groups may provide this item prior to the deadline if they wish earlier feedback. <\/span><\/p>\n

3. A draft report will be uploaded to the appropriate assignment dropbox on Moodle. This will give your group an opportunity to receive feedback on the report prior to your final report. I will provide comments on the report and return it to you so that you can make changes before submitting your final report. The draft report should include all of the requirement included in point four below (i.e., the point describing the final report). <\/span><\/p>\n

4. A final written report will be uploaded to the appropriate forum on Moodle prior to the deadline on course outline. This report should have the following: <\/span><\/p>\n