Essays on Dependent Variable

Abstract

Aging parents usually fall into the responsibility of their children, who become their caregivers. While in the process of carrying for their elderly parents, the adult children may deal with various changes, ranging from the feebleness of their parents to their changing behaviors, modes, forgetting estate and so on. Moreover, they might even be experiencing the fact that their parents are permanently unsatisfied and continuously requesting for more attention and more choruses to be done for them. While dealing with this, the children also have to handle and to organize their own lives and many of them are still Continue reading...

Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) is an analysis technique that is applied to two variables in order to determine the strength of relationship between the two variables. This determines how the variables change together. This data analysis technique employs a general linear model. This means that is combines the analysis of variance as well as regression analysis to one data set. One of the variables to be tested has to be an independent variable while the other variable needs to be a dependent variable. The analysis determines the variance of the means of the dependent variable Continue reading...

Determination of hypothesis

Apparently, the most important hypothesis among the three generated assumptions is the one concerned with security. The exact hypothesis is: The U.S. immigration reform policy circa 2001 to present has not improved the security situation. Apparently, the most prominent concern of the U.S government, when designing such legislation as that relating to immigration, is security. The illegal immigrants are generally associated with such evils as drug trafficking, human trafficking as well as terrorism (West & Brookings Institution, 2010). As such, the effectiveness of the U.S. immigration reform policy circa 2001 to present can only be evaluated by the much the Continue reading...

RQ 1:

Model Summaryb

Model
R

R Square

Adjusted R Square
Std. Error of the Estimate

1
.618a
.382
.351
6.39851

a. Predictors: (Constant), quiz5, quiz4, quiz2, quiz3, quiz1
b. Dependent Variable: final

ANOVAb

Model
Sum of Squares
df

Mean Square

F
Sig.

1

Regression

2509.039
5
501.808
12.257
.000a

Residual

4053.151
99
40.941

Total

6562.190
104

a. Predictors: (Constant), quiz5, quiz4, quiz2, quiz3, quiz1
b. Dependent Variable: final

Coefficientsa

Model
Unstandardized Coefficients
Standardized Coefficients
t
Sig.

B

Std. Error

Beta

1
(Constant)
38.700
3.360

11.518
.000

quiz1

.286
.566
.089
.505
.615

quiz2

.942
.661
.193
1.425
.157

quiz3

.922
.572
.268
1.611
.110

quiz4

.033
.518
.010
.065
.949

quiz5

.699
.500
.155
1.399
.165
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Introduction

The issue of immigration has become very controversial in the last two decades. This controversy has come in light of drastic changes and reforms to the nation’s immigration policies from the year 2001 when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened. The controversy on the issue of immigration reforms has emanated from the fact that there are those in the society who are in favor of the enacted policy reforms while there are those who vehemently oppose the enacted reforms. However, this paper has committed itself not to analyzing this debate or controversy associated with the immigration reform circa 2001, Continue reading...

Ken Boyer

EC499
Effect of Gross Domestic Product on Road Safety in South Korea
Abstract
Road carnage has increasingly become a major source of death all over the globe. Many countries lose a significant number of pedestrians, passengers, drivers, cyclists and motorcyclists on the roads, highways and superhighways. This trend is particularly alarming in South Korea where loss of lives due to road accidents has become very worrying. The country is indiscriminately losing many people to this menace. The most unfortunate thing about this scenario is the fact that some of the country’s productive population is also consumed in the Continue reading...

Causal Design

The research on offenders and empathy will employ the research design of causal design. This is because the research is an explanatory research with a focus on the why question. For instance, it is quite often to link lack of empathy with crime or in that case with offenders. Thus, say to examine the trends of crimes in relation to empathy among the offenders as well among the non-offenders. It is then quite usual to develop an explanation why crime rate increase among inhuman or empathy-less individuals, why crime is less among empathetic individuals. Additionally, why are some crimes Continue reading...

Introduction.

Module 2 has been a bridge in learning research methodologies and components of research. The lessons have enabled understanding of research methodologies, design, experiments and testing. The module has created an understanding in differentiating research methods. It has created awareness in categorizing and differentiating different populations and sampling techniques applicable in every population. Overall, module 2 has increased my knowledge in understanding research and its components that enhance development of theories that apply to behavioral trends in different societies.
In regard to the subject, I learnt the different research instruments applicable in different scenarios in coming up with conclusions. Continue reading...

Abstract

In this document, unique data was utilized to determine the correlation between financial reporting quality and the dividend policy of a firm. Financial reports pertain to any and all disclosures made by firms to report current performance and direction. The quality of financial reports is critical because it drives capital market decision makers significantly. To test this hypothesis, data from fourteen Kuwaiti real-estate corporations were collected and analyzed. The dividends dispensed by these companies were analyzed against their Continue reading...

Research Methods

Hypothesis
Gays, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) workers who disclose their sexual orientation get positive and negative reactions and responses from co-workers, which may or may not affect their attitude towards work.

Participants

The participants in this research are the gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) workers who are residing in the US and are working in different sectors.  The age of these participants will be between 20 to 28 years old and are working with different job occupations. Most of the sectors that the researcher will focus on are those who have strict rules in their worksplaces, primarily in the fields Continue reading...

Citation: Busso, C., & Narayanan, S. (2007). Interrelation between speech and facial gestures in emotional utterances: a single subject study. Audio, Speech, and Language , X(XX), 1–16. Retrieved from http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4317558
Single subject research has always posed some significant challenges to researcher s and scientists working in the field of experimental psychology. The fact remains that unlike popular opinion, single subject research can have statistical validity and can provide the necessary tools to provide usable data during many experiments(Kratochwill, 1978). Horner et al., (2005) provided some useful insights on how to assess the quality of a single subject research Continue reading...

Generalizability

Husserl distinguishes procedure of generalization and specialization of procedures of formalization and deformalization. Generalization is the transition from the spirit to higher on the tree of generic entities and formalization - a "meaningful generalization in a purely formal logic." For example, the transition from "red" to "sensory quality" is a generalization, and the transition from "red" to "adjective" or "chalk" to "beings" or "existing" is a formalization. Similarly, deformalization is filling the empty logical form something meaningful and specialization - descent of the tree of generic.
Examples of both we find in mathematics. Example of formalization: the transition from Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

for India for a 31 year period starting from 1980-1981 up to 2010-2011 on six independent
variables: Gross Domestic Capital Formation, Net Domestic Savings, Exports, Employment,

Gross Enrolment Ratio and Imports.

MOTIVE
Macroeconomic theory suggests that aggregate demand depends on economy’s investment,
savings, exports and imports. We have gone off the beaten track and included two
unconventional variables- the employment in the public and organized private sector and the
gross enrolment ratio. Our objective behind this has been to show how the spread of
education sector and increased employment opportunities affect the annual growth rate of

GDP and to find out if it has had a significant impact on the economic growth of India in the

past few years.

The reason that we have taken the data of our variables from the 1980s rather

than the 1991, post Continue reading...

Abstract

The first article majorly focuses on the factors that lead to the lengthening of the duration of the civil war between the government and the rebel protagonists. Many factors are taken into account. This paper is based on the religious and spiritual factors that influence the decision making of a legislator. It majorly emphasizes on the facts that the religious belief of the legislator, the religious credence of the citizens and the spiritual views of the board of the legislator mainly influence the decision making regarding the state. It also focuses on the transition towards democracy, its sustainability and Continue reading...

ESTABLISH THE NEED FOR MARKETING RESEARCH

Most of the companies and industries have embarked on advertisement campaign so that they can create a large customer base as well as generate maximum profits. Advertisements are carried out because of the decreased demands of consumers and they aims at influencing the consumer to purchase their products and services.
There are many reasons to conduct Marketing research on the effect of advertisement on sales. This is because most of business firms are using advertisement as a tool create awareness to customers about their products. It is obvious that sales will be affected by the way advertisements are carried Continue reading...

Abstract

Annual wages of the employees are studied for their relation with several dependent variables to identify the most factors most impacting the variation in the annual wages. This paper attempts to analyze and establish the relationship of annual wages with the number of years of experience. Annual wages are considered to be a function of number of years of experience and there’s assumed to be a positive correlation. This paper tests the relationship using linear regression analysis method between the two variables. Annual wages is considered as the dependent variable and number of years of employment is taken Continue reading...

Introduction

Poverty is the deprivation of basic things like money, food or assets that are essential for a normal life. GDP on the other hand is the goods and services produced within the by a country in a year. It is known that with increase in poverty it leads to reduction in output of a country. This is because essential resources that are vital for production are lacking. It also means that human capital is insufficient and consequently the resources needed to stir growth are used to feed and provide for the poor population.
Poverty and unstable GDP are common Continue reading...

Abstract:

A regression analysis is performed to understand the whole lot of data available to it in a better way. Regression analysis is employed in statistics to provide an in-depth knowledge of the data collected and also to make important decisions based on the results obtained in the analysis.
This regression analysis focuses on the relationship between the functions and variables selected while selling a property depending upon the market situations. In addition to identifying the variables employed while selling a property, it also discusses the total number of variables that can be taken into consideration when selling a property. Continue reading...

Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative to High Stakes Testing Policy in Wayne County, State of Michigan

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Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative to High Stakes Testing Policy in Wayne County, State of Michigan
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Introduction
The high school dropout rates in the USA are high such that only 70% of students in public high schools graduate Green, & Foster, 2003). High dropout problem is what school administrators, parents and policy makers have had to deal with for the past several Continue reading...

Introduction

In this study, we are interested in the performance of boys and girls in mathematics subjects in high school. In this study, the data was obtained from the international mathematical Olympiad website. In this study the dependent variable is performance of boys and girls in mathematics the independent variable are gender, proficiency, and ethnicity. According to Jeffery M. Wooldridge,(2000) the performance in mathematics is influenced by gender, proficiency of the students in the subject and the ethnicity. According to murphy M. (2000) gender is the greatest factor that influences the performance of mathematics. The research will be Causal Continue reading...

Executive summary

In this study, we are interested in using the statistical knowledge that we have acquired to make an analysis of the bank data. From the bank data, a sample of 50 observations as obtained randomly and at first the descriptive analysis was conducted. The descriptive analysis was conducted to examine he characteristics of the sample obtained from the bank data, a confidence interval of each of the mean in the variables age, balance and the transaction were obtained and conclusion drawn from them. The regression analysis was also conducted to determine the relationship between the dependent variable and the Continue reading...

Correlation

Introduction
In this project, we are interested in determining if there is any relationship between a dependent variable (GPA) and the independent variables (final marks and the total). In this study, we will use the Pearson correlation coefficient and the Spearman rank correlation coefficient to determine if there is any relationship between a dependent variable and independent variable. We assume that the variables are normally distributed and are continuous.

Data description

In this project, we are using a sample size of 105 and the data has 4 variables gender, GPA, final, and totally. The dependent variable is the GPA, the independent Continue reading...

Executive summary

Multiple linear regression analysis is a statistical tool of analysis that is commonly used to forecast a variable, which is dependent on several independent variables based on historical data. Multiple linear regression analysis is normally used to evaluate the nature of the correlation between the dependent variable denoted as y and the independent variables (X1, X2Xn). The developed model is then used to predict levels of the dependent variable y. Multiple linear regressions is important in business, economics, medicine, psychology among many other fields.
The correlation between Y predicted and Y actual is called the multiple correlation coefficients which Continue reading...

Abstract

This study explored one potential intervention strategy in order to add to the growing body of research on bullying. The researchers designed the study for a single-subject, changing-criterion format. Selected through stratified random sampling, middle school student participant D underwent five weeks of NLP sessions with Teacher M (the independent variable) to ascertain whether there is a relationship between that and frequency of bullying behavior (the dependent variable). The researchers measured the dependent variable via the reports of the participant, his teachers, his peers and footage recorded via hidden cameras placed strategically around campus. At the end of the Continue reading...

There is a time when advertisers need more than descriptive research to understand consumers current behaviors and attitudes. They sometimes require an understanding of cause and effect, which is obtained through experimental research in which an advertiser alters something in the consumer’s environment, or product in order to see what would happen. The goal of an experiment is usually to determine the effect of changes in one area on one or more other areas. An experiment is used to vary the amount of advertising placed in particular markets to determine how advertising weight affects target audience, advertising awareness Continue reading...

CONTROLLING EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES

CONTROLLING EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES

Dependent variable is the variable that is measured by the experimenter.

Extraneous Variable is a variable that is not an independent variable in a study but has an effect on the dependent variable. There are two types namely:
- Situation variable: This involves the environmental aspect of the study such as noise, presence of others and physical characteristics of the environment like rain and temperature.
- Participant variables: This refers to variations between participants’ characteristics such as mood, expectations, intelligence among others.
Extraneous variables must be controlled to ensure that the changes observed in dependent variables are due to the changes in independent variable.

Controlling for Extraneous Variables

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Article 1: Attention, Response Inhibition, And Face-Information Processing in Children: The Role Of Task Characteristics, Age, And Gender

The main objective of this research as established at the inception is to flourish alterations in regards to attention, face information processing, and response inhibition by essentially incorporating the use of new balloon task.

Methodology

Independent Variable(S) & Dependent Variable(S)
In this research, four outcome variables were established. Y-was denoted as the average position of the balloons on the Y axis subsequent to the click, (Rosenberg-Kima, et al. 394). Therefore, the researchers used this as their dependent variable. The value of the dependent variable in this research valued between 0-400. On the other hand Speed, Balloons, and Segment were Continue reading...

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Introduction
Racial and ethnic relations have been studied from the beginnings of the 20th century, and the way it has been studied has undergone many changes over the years. While these relations were studied as an ideological means to assert one race’s superiority over the other, with the civil rights movements and the influx of immigrants in many western societies, the study of race and ethnic relations have taken much more complex dimensions such as perceptions of people about racial compositions, perceptions of risk and fear of crime, and the interrelations and interconnectedness through social interactions between different Continue reading...

Economic Motivation

The economic motivation of doing research in particular area of energy sector and its implications on economy of the state lies in its ability to develop fruitful and deep insights regarding different aspects of energy products. The underlying purpose of the report is to understand the impact of oil exploration and development of energy sector on unemployment rate. As it is obvious that unemployment is reduced when developments take place in the country and the opportunities are created (Huerta, 1998). There are many benefits of having a stable economy because that is a very important factor for the development Continue reading...

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Introduction
This information becomes somewhat devastating when a law enforcement supervisor starts exploring new strategies of recruitment to draw a number of applicants. Now in the time of shortage how will it be possible to attract applicants? The other questions arise as how they will retain personnel or should they change their recruiting strategies to compete with non-police associations? These are the main emerging problems that required to be addressed.
Military call-ups, struggle for competent applicants, confined budget crises, shifting work preferences and above of all, baby-boom-generation Continue reading...

The data shows positive skewness in all the three categories. This indicated that most of the data lies on the mean. This implies that most of the people interviewed indicated that the number of married people many married people are happier than the unmarried couples.
In regards to the happiness of a relationship with partner, the highest percentage of 5.2% indicated that they were very happy in their marriages, 3.1% of the respondents indicated that they were pretty happy with their marriages while the rests that represented 0.2 percentage indicated that they were not happy with their marriages.
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In the U.S., suicide ranks among the top ten causes of death, causing an estimated 1.5 percent of all deaths. The annual number of suicides that occurred later in 1980, an average of 30,000 per year, respectively, exceeding the annual number of deaths from homicides. Rating suicide (number of suicides per 100,000 population) in the United States has remained relatively stable since the 1950s, fluctuating between 10 and 13 cases per 100,000 each year.
Rating suicide is different for different age groups. Of all age groups, the elderly Continue reading...

Biology Lab Report

Abstract
Plant damage by herbiovry needs to be studied especially with potential negative impacts from climate change. The impact of caterpillars on cucumber leaves was measured under three different situations. Firstly when the leaves were damaged with holes, secondly when saliva was added or thirdly when leaves were both damaged and saliva was added. The hypothesis tested was ‘There will be an increase herbiovry on damaged and saliva treated plants compared to saliva and no damaged or damage and no saliva treated plants. The leaves were photographed before treatment and after, caterpillars were added to the leaves under controlled Continue reading...

Abstract

This research proposal explores shortage of nurses in United States of America. After a concise literature review, a methodology will be explained. This embodies a descriptive quantitative research design. The instrument used for data collection would be a questionnaire designed and accessed through survey monkey. Responses will be gathered from a population of serving nurses and those who have left routine bedside nursing practice now functioning in other higher adjacent capacities such as advanced nurse practitioners. Representative samples of the population will be drawn using simple random techniques. A comprehensive plan of this research is outlined in the following Continue reading...

Summary

It is generally agreed by economists and finance specialists that the 21st century is Africa’s century. Growth in the continent now averages 6% over the last five years. It is believed that for Africa’s development to be sustainable, the largest economies in the four main regional blocs (that is Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa) have to be stable economically. The stability of a currency is one attribute of a stable economy. A lot, therefore, can be said about the stability of a country by examining the stability of its currency. Factors contributing to the strength of Continue reading...

Final Program Evaluation Design

Abstract
Six Sigma as a management tool and a strategy applied by organizations with an aim of improving the efficiency of an organization. This program was established by the Motorola Company in 1985 and has today been adopted by several other industries following its success. Its main purpose is to improve the quality of an organization operation process outputs by identifying and removing any errors as well as minimizing variability in the operations. This paper focuses on studying the effects of sigma six training program on organization’s costs and quality of its outputs. It starts by giving a Continue reading...

(Six Sigma) Training Program Research question The first research question will be how does the implementation of the Six Sigma Training Program affect costs? And the other will be how does the implementation of the Six Sigma Training Program affect the quality of the outputs of an organization? The study would involve taking a sample of employees in an organization and exposing them to six sigma training program. The sample employees will undergo the training program after which their services will be observed for duration of two years. The aim for this will be to determine any change in Continue reading...

(Six Sigma) Training Program
Research question The first research question will be how does the implementation of the Six Sigma Training Program affect costs? And the other will be how does the implementation of the Six Sigma Training Program affect the quality of the outputs of an organization? The study would involve taking a sample of employees in an organization and exposing them to six sigma training program. The sample employees will undergo the training program after which their services will be observed for duration of two years. The aim for this will be to determine any change in Continue reading...

There has been mixed reaction on the determinants of the annual income of truck drivers in the US. Women lobby groups argue that gender significantly determine wages in the US trucking industry to support their claims of gender discrimination. On the other hand, trucking companies in the US have maintained that wages of truck drivers are solely determined by the number of jobs assigned to a truck driver and the number of days spent on travel by the driver. This study sought to examine if gender, the number of jobs assigned to a truck driver and the number of Continue reading...

Electoral College

The Electoral College is a constitutional electoral institution judged with the responsibility of electing the President and Vice-president. The Electoral College was established in the United State’s Constitution in 1798, when the country was facing political challenges of this time. The Electoral College was established principally because of the possibility of elections in the country degenerating into violence and chaos. The electoral institution was meant to thwart the politically charged environment of the late 18th century. The Electoral College also served to balance between the interests of the government and citizens during an electoral process (Honaker, Continue reading...