Unit 1 Assignment 1 [u01a1] Business Problems and Research Purposes By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: Competency 1: Apply the critical concepts and principles of applied business research.  Assess the peer-reviewed article. Competency 3: Develop research purposes based on stated business problems.  Critique the author's rationale for researching a business problem.  Construct an understanding of the author's research purpose based on a stated business problem. Competency 6: Research acceptable methodological approaches that support stated business problems, research purposes, and research questions.  Justify the author's use of a specific research method and design. Competency 7: Analyze different approaches to the creation of literature reviews that support applied business research.  Interpret the author's rationale of academic foundation of study by identifying source research studies.  Write in standard American English appropriate for audience using correct grammar and current APA format. ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS Complete the following: 1. Read Welch's article linked in this unit's Studies and in this assignment. Evaluate the context, setting, and rationale of the article author's business problem. Your composition must construct an understanding of the author's research purpose based on the stated business problem. 2. Compose a formal, APA-formatted paper of no more than 1000 words (word count excluding title and reference pages) that includes the following:  Assesses the source by providing justification for regarding it as peer reviewed.  Argues how the source is an example of applied business research by presenting the context for the underlying study as described by the author.  Justifies—based on the author's reasoning—the setting for the applied business problem, that is, how the author defended using a specific research method and design.  Critiques—using other peer-reviewed sources for support—the author's rationale for the worth or value of researching the business problem.  Interprets the rationale of the author's academic foundation for the study. Upon whose research did the author seek to build or expand upon by researching the business problem?  Constructs an understanding of the author's research purpose based on the stated business problem. Include an APA-formatted figure, in addition to the written