University of Economics, Prague Faculty of Business Administration
Master's thesis evaluation by the opponent
Title of the Master's thesis:
Author of the Master's thesis:
Objectives of the Master's thesis:
Criteria (max. 10 points per category) Points awarded
1. The objectives of the thesis are evident and accomplished 2
2. Demands on the acquisition of additional knowledge or skills 4
3. Adequacy and the way of the methods used 2
4. Depth and relevance of the analysis in relation to objectives 2
5. Making use of literature/other resources, citing 10
6. The thesis is a well-organised logical whole 6
7. Linguistic and terminological level 9
8. Formal layout and requirements, extent 9
9. Originality, i.e. it is produced by the student 8
10. Practical/theoretical relevance/applicability 5
Total score in points (max 100) 57
Final grading Failed (4)
Overall evaluation and questions to be answered in the course of the defense:
Name of the Master's thesis opponent:
Occupation of the Master's thesis opponent:
June 7, 2021
Signature of the Master's thesis opponent
The given Master’s thesis has several major issues. The introduction is too long and it is missing all the important information about the thesis – goals, brief summary of methodology, structure, etc. Thankfully, the abstract contains at least some of this information, though, the main goal is still missing (“be focused on” something is too broad to be considered a Master’s thesis’
goal…).
The methodology is vague. Author states he used secondary data from Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics but does not state HOW he used them. The second part - an online survey, is also missing a lot of information: Using what was the survey sent? To how many respondents? How do we know that they were actually American? Etc.
The research sample is far too small to be representative for the USA. The use of regression analysis is argued by the following statement: “Regression analysis seemed to be the best fit for the objective of this research question.” How so? Where is that research question?
We can see the issue right in the first hypothesis H1: Individuals in the USA are mostly employed in small and medium businesses. The independent variable is the place of employment ("Are you currently working in a start-up") and the dependent variable is the employment status(“What is your employment status”). This makes no sense at all. Other
hypotheses have similar issues. The author tries to generalize the results for whole USA, but that is, regretfully, impossible due to very small research sample. The secondary data seems to be used only in a small paragraph in chapter 5.1 and even there it is unclear which method author used to analyse or process this data. It would seem it is just another literature review.
How did you deal with sample selection bias?
How did you process the secondary data?
Ing. Jan Mísař, Ph.D.
Department of Entrepreneurship
I honestly declare that I am not in any allied relationship with the author of this Master's thesis.
How entrepreneurship solves the problem of unemployment in society, and what are its effects on the growth of the economy?
Sari Mihyar
To analyse effect of start-ups on enemployment in the USA
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