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In Document Sharing you will find a copy of the following study:

Unauthorized Copying of Software – An Empirical Study of Reasons For and Against by Siponen and Vartiainen.

Using this study, prepare a short paper (1-2 pages) which summarizes the following:

  • The practical problem that created the need for research
  • The research problem that the study addressed
  • The research question(s) that guided the study

2) Give an example of a dependent variable you might be interested in studying and describe the different ways you might operationalize it. Why do you think it’s important to correctly match the variable with the data type? What will it affect?