Essays on IVS

The research hypothesis: H1: In comparison with other types of interventions, PECS is the most effective in promoting functional communication for individuals with autism. The Null hypothesis (Ho) is usually the opposite of the alternative hypothesis H1, it is the hypothesis that the research wants to disprove or nullify (Whittaker, 2012). Therefore, the null usually refers to the common view of something. The null hypothesis is used in statistics to indicate that no variation exists between the stated variables (Gravetter & Wallnau, 2004). For this research, the null hypothesis is as stated below.

Ho: There is no difference between PECS and other types of interventions in promoting functional communication for individuals with autism

The independent variables (IVs) and dependent variables ( ...

- Introduction

1.1 Background developments

Traditionally, accounting standards have been developed by different countries on the basis of local legal, economical and cultural institutions frameworks (Elliott and Elliott, 2009, p. 158). As a result, the standard setting was very country specific. With the globalization process at work for the last 3-4 decades and increasing mobility of capital internationally accepted accounting standards have become necessary to facilitate cross border transactions and make financial reporting comparable between countries and companies thereby leading to a greater transparency for investors (Nobes, 2004). IASB has been set up as a private international standard setter with a mandate to create high quality accounting standards ...