Essays on Observation

Introduction The term ‘privacy’ refers to an individual’s ability to seclude themselves thereby expressing themselves selectively. It, therefore, means that something is sensitive or simply special to a person. Privacy also limits who accesses the places, things or body of another person, hence making it about an individual’s control and security to things like their bank details and medical records. Privacy is thus important to human dignity in all societies as it is a human right of every individual. However, technology is turning out to be a threat to privacy due to its integration to human lives ...

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Abstract Every speech is embellished by metaphoric expression, despite its context, content, and tone. In different fields the application of metaphors may vary, yet still they are applied regardless the situation consciously or unconsciously. In the speech of adults, metaphoric expressions play pivotal role serving as the instruments of persuasion, simplification, and demonstration. There is less evidence that explain the utilization of metaphors by children. Some scholars insist that children use metaphoric expressions unconsciously, while the other researchers imply that they implement the metaphors due to their symbolic perception of the environment. There is certain inconsistency in the results ...

Introduction

Pressure ulcers (PU) are also known as decubitus ulcers occur due to the presence of pressure on a particular location of the body for an elongated period of time leading to scarring or other skin injuries. They have been one of the major concerns for several years for nursing professionals especially in the intensive care units because the physical consequences associated with it ranges from mild to severe tissue damage. The major risk factors of HAPUs are long term immobility, old age, sensory deficiency, abnormal circulation, inadequate nutrition, dehydration and other comorbidities . Internationally, PU is a patient safety issue ...

Introduction

Mental events as asserted in behaviorism are considered to be unscientific and embrace the use of practical experiment in the collection of data other than the use of mental processes. Behaviorism, as argued by the different scholars of psychology, is an approach that is employed in the study of both animal and human behavior and holds that the conduct can be measured. However, it is paramount to appreciate the fact that the behaviorist denies the use of human mind and hold that behavior is an essential tool that can be utilized in the psychological studies. However, it is important ...

Thought style is defined by Fleck in 1979 as the readiness for directed perception, with corresponding mental and objective assimilation of what has been so perceived (p.99). However, in 2008, Marie defined “Thought style” as a way of thinking that constrains the thoughts and perceptions of individuals’, without really being aware of its existence. The thoughts that make an individual consider a problem as explorable and what is recognized as having a legitimate solution will be constrained. (p.153). Based on these studies, my perception is that people’s thoughts are restricted and hence make them analyze the targeted data ...

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Emergent Curriculum- A reflection

Introduction The article on emergent curriculum, creating environmental awareness and documentation written by Ann Lewin-Benham about a preschool teacher, her experiences with pre schoolers, its impact on the children is reviewed and the advantages of the system is discussed in detail. The topics that will be discussed in the paper are about emergent curriculum, how effective was the teacher in implementing the program, theoretical base and about the documentation process. Emergent curriculum – The topics for learning is selected based on children’s interests and the teacher acts as a facilitator in identifying their interest. Identification process needs ...

INTRODUCTION

In its most basic form, counseling is about helping other people to help themselves. Professional school counseling is a specialized form of counseling which focuses on the specific needs of students and helps them to achieve the highest and best levels of their potential. The purpose of this report is to provide a 3-step analysis of the career of professional counseling. It is a final project which synthesizes and presents a practical exegesis into the concept of school counseling and how it occurs in American high schools. This report will be focused on the state of New York and ...

Article reviewed:

Smeh, Kathy and Rod Fawns. "Classroom management of situated group learning: A research study of two teaching strategies." Research in Science Education (2000): 225-240. The article “Classroom management of situated group learning: A research study of two teaching strategies” by Kathy Smeh and Rod Fawns, describes scientific approach of teachers how to get effectiveness from pupils’ labs and experiments. Therefore, the main idea of the article is teaching management, based on empirical- observational level. During the experiment, groups of pupils should compare different materials and then made conclusions. Respectively, we can see that the article includes all empirical ...

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The research concentrated on developing a case plan for a neglected child. The introduction helps in determining pointers of child abuse or neglect in the community, as well as, the effects of child abuse or neglect on the child. Finally, the research was also interested in determining interventions for child abuse and neglect, how they could be applied in different ways and their effects on the children. A case plan involved members of a family in the Broward County in Florida. The family was selected after pre-qualification determining that the family was ...

Introduction

An evaluation plan refers to a roadmap that identifies the goals and objectives that one is conducting. The evaluation plan will also describe the process to be executed in conducting a research exercise. It includes the information that will be collected and defines the methods that will be used to analyse the data collected. The plan will be responsible for carrying out the project. The question under evaluation is: What is Vocational Rehabilitation in patients with prolonged fatigue complaints satisfying optimal evaluation facets to be further pursued? This evaluation question is important because it helps to address the health ...

Introduction

The Hiring process should be basically rewarding compared to activities like making tough decisions, firing and disciplining. This is because the need to fill a new position indicates the growth and prosperity of a business. However, there exist challenges in the process for example in cases where human resource specialists believe that not hiring problem-causing employees is the best way to handle problematic workers. Therefore, good hiring requires effort from the human resources department. It involves ensuring that all components are working in order such that jobs posted have correct information, background checks have been carried out and evaluation ...

1.As part of your systems analysis project to update the automated accounting functions for Xanadu Corporation, a manufacturer of digital cameras, you will interview Leo Blum, the chief accountant. Write four to six interview objectives covering his use of information sources, information formats, decision-making frequency, desired qualities of information, and decision-making style. The following are the five interview objectives that would guide in obtaining his use of use of information sources, information formats, decision-making frequency, desired qualities of information, and decision-making style: a. In a paragraph, write down how you will approach Leo to set up an interview. I ...

In considering the potential contribution of linguistic anthropology to the ongoing reform of Native American education it is evident that there are various sources of information that demonstrate the need for major reform in specific categories of education. This can be applied in order to develop better practices for educating not only Native American students but students of various differing ethnicities. In developing these pedagogical reforms there are particular categories of education that should be focused on. In consulting on a tribes in a generic sense, the differing types of educational reforms that can be recommended on the basis ...

Target market: African Youths

In almost all African countries, young people are the majority. It is estimated that there are over 200 million people aged between 15 and 25 years in Africa (Africaneconomicoutlook.org, 2016). According to the African Economic Outlook, about 50% of the African youth are illiterate hence, they are locked out of the productive economic life. Youth unemployment in African states is very high. It is estimated that youth unemployment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is over 20% (Africaneconomicoutlook.org, 2016). The continent is also plagued by poor infrastructure and poor transport systems, especially in the rural areas. The most used transport means ...

In the early years like in the 1800s onwards, education was only for the rich and everyone within the poverty line is concern of survival. This synthesis paper will provide accurate information about the situation of community college in the US and all the factors that affects it. This paper aims to reach out to everyone involved in this matter, meaning everyone. Education is a right and should never be denied to anyone. The establishment of community colleges along the country is a cure for so many nation crises like high unemployment rate, juvenile delinquents, minority death rate, drug ...

A Review Paper on Tribological and Mechanical Properties of Ternary Nitride based Coatings

Chauhan, K. V., & Rawal, S. K. (2014). A Review Paper on Tribological and Mechanical Properties of Ternary Nitride based Coatings. Procedia Technology, 14, 430-437. doi:10.1016/j.protcy.2014.08.055 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212017314000917 The paper reviews the nanotribological researches that are required to create basic understanding of the interracial phenomena on the lesser scale in the nanostructured polymers employed in the storage if magnetic systems and for other commercial applications. In many fields of the electromagnetic and coating applications such as the use in the automobile and the aircraft sectors, the wear and the friction of the moving parts is a critical aspect to be put ...

Health policy combines action, plans and decisions to achieve certain health care improvements. The goals of the health care policies are referred by the World Health organization as a vision for the future, building consensus, informing people and outlining the priorities for the short and medium term. Many historical policies have been implemented in the United States, but still the health care expenses are rising from year to year and had in the last year 2015 reached 17.5% of GDP (United States Census Bureau, n.d.). The paper will examine one of the most important health policies Medicaid. The social ...

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Module Coordinator: ______________________ BS 3180 Hospitality Management in Practice Matriculation Number: Executive Summary Managing a business’s resources is an important part of every company’s management process. Every company manag’s its resources in a unique way, but it is key to have a process for managing a variety of resources including human resources, capital resources, inventory and more. This paper focuses on and evaluates the way in which resources are managed at the Gourm India Restaurant located in Lucerne Switzerland. This paper was written in order to evaluate and understand to which type corporate culture ...

Introduction

The objective of this report is to summarize the key methods, procedures, goals and objectives, and takeaways from a series of individual laboratory experiments conducted throughout the course. Specifically, it is a summary of Exercises 1 on Phylum Porifera (Sponges), 2 on Phylum Cnidaria (Hydras), 3 on Phylum Platyhelminthes (Planarians), 4 on Phylum Annelida (Clamworms and Earthworms), 5 on Phylum Mollusca (Clams), and other exercises on Phylum Arthropoda (Crayfish), Deuterostome (Phylum Echinodermata, Sea Star), among others. Despite their number, the individual laboratory experiments, in fact, have one thing in common. That is their key objective is to be able ...

Integration of Theory and the Nursing Process

Integration of Theory and the Nursing Process

How the Theory Could Be Used To Change Behavior or Provide Health Education To Over Weight Family The Theory of Caring by Jean Watson focuses on the caring relationships between humans and life’s deep experiences (Raile, 2013). Caring is a universal phenomenon, but nurses and patients are likely to perceive it differently, especially when they are not from the same cultural backgrounds. Watson’s caring theory suggests that an individual’s life is a gift that should be cherished. Every person is invaluable; therefore, they should be respected, cared for, nurtured, ...

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I witnessed the body of a victim lying supine on an outside deck on arrival to the location of the reported shooting. From observation, it is evident that the victim is an elderly man since he has grey hair. The victim is dressed in a blue jacket (that is zipped up past the halfway point), blue shirt, and blue pants. The victim is wearing wire-rimmed silver glasses with blood spatter on the left lens. Closer examination of his face reveals that there are numerous evident blood spatter patters below his nose on his upper lip, chin, and upper left ...

The principles discussed by Appleby, Rainey and Steinbauer, and Scott, center around the differences between governmental and private institutions and their advantages and disadvantages. As such, it truly seems that Appleby is correct in his observation that the main difference between the two is the government’s very wide scope of influence when compared with a private entity’s limited area of interest. This observation is also expressed by Appleby when he says that “Government is different because it must take into account of all the desires, needsof 140,000,000 people” (Appleby, 2007, p. 123). Indeed, this is ...

Marketing Research Tools

Introduction Both the primary and secondary research are useful tools, especially in the marketing research with its several differences. In the marketing research, the differences between the primary and secondary research are simple, but several confusions may occur. Correspondingly, the market research is all about finding out what the patrons (customers and consumers) think, need, or want, respectively. The main purpose of the marketing research is to assist the organizations to decide the best products or services to offer in the market. However, before the market research process, the aims and objectives of the research are well-defined in order ...

Introduction

Social learning theory is a comprehensive theory that encompasses interrelated concepts about human behavior. The first to develop this theory is the American psychologist, Albert Bandura, in the 1960s. Bandura theorized that people learn behavior through observation, which he proved through his ‘Bobo doll’ experiment. Social learning theorists believe that human behavior is not just a product of the ‘cause and effect’ phenomenon as what behaviorism suggests, but rather, human beings processes information from the environment and learns their behavior over time. According to Bandura, man is a thinking creature; that he is not helpless to the psychological and ...

Life in the military camp differs from life as a civilian. The environment and the rules are quite different from those experienced when one is civilian. The field at the army base where I work is quite interesting to observe as there is always an activity taking place on the field.

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At any given day, the Army field is a beehive of activity. The field serves as the heart of the base; therefore, serves a social as well as a training area. The field has different areas with the sitting area having trees and other plants. The availability of ...

Since ancient times, thanks to the social needs a person had to distinguish and take into account individual psychological characteristics of people. Even then, people began to think about the existence of a spiritual principle, which has guided their behavior. Psychology, as a special scientific discipline, was born in the depths of philosophy, and so the psychological "dimension" of identity is very difficult to identify and explore not focusing on the philosophical doctrine of man, the specifics of its existence (individual and public), about the nature of human consciousness and activity. The formation of psychology as a science has ...

Identify two (2) purposes of a physical examination:

Physical examination can be done to for two purposes; on one hand to identify and classify the manifesting symptoms in achieving differential diagnosis and secondly to help identify any possible issues that may be of medical concern later (Jarvis, 2015; p. 441).

Identify 2 types of physical examination and what is included in each type:

Focused physical examination: In this case the physician primarily focuses on the problem presented by the patient and relates the observable aspects to that particular problem (Jarvis, 2015; p.425). Comprehensive physical examination: In this case, there is no particular primary illness that is being assessed and rather the purpose is to determine any potential health concerns that ...

Introduction

When conducting studies, researchers can adopt a qualitative approach, quantitative approach, or a mixture of the two. Qualitative research method simply encompasses approaches used to gather and analyze data that is non-numerical in nature (Östlund et al., 2011, p. 370). A quantitative method, on the other hand, encompasses approaches for gathering and analyzing numerical data. A mixed method involves using approaches for gathering and analyzing numerical and non-numerical data in the same study (Östlund et al., 2011, p. 370). This paper presents an analysis of the three research methods mentioned above.

Analysis

For us to understand the nature of the ...

The subject for observation is the meeting of the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee of King County in Seattle Washington held at Room 1001 King County Courthouse on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 (King County). The meeting is limited to the aforementioned committee’s agenda, which is composed of several proposed motion that requires motion for approval. It was observed from the meeting that the organization plan employed is the old business approach because of the manner that the agenda was carried out from the beginning up to the end of the meeting. The rules of the old business approach ...

Leadership Style and Behavior

Leadership has always been a favorite topic of interest for business and human behavior practitioners. As such, concepts and theories in leadership emerged as a result of vast amounts of studies, observations, affirmations, and best practices in this specific field of endeavor. From the five assessments that I took which aimed to determine my leadership style and behavior, the results revealed that my leadership style is employee-centered, as opposed to task-centered. This means that I am cognizant of the need to serve the best interests of the employees – which are crucial in motivating and influencing them towards goal accomplishment. ...

Introduction.

There are different ways in which people can analyze the social experiences which they go through. Ways is which one can describe his or her sociological experience can be very different, however, the only importance is that they can reveal what one can experience in his or her living set up. Social life is part of historical information, nonetheless, social life is part of history; someone cannot be able to analyze his or her life without referring back to history, they are part and parcel of one’s life. Such form of diversity is experienced between two social analysts, ...

1. What are your top three observations/reflections about this initial period of the American West, based on the readings in the course content are for Week 2? The Anasazi, being a hardworking lot disappeared from history leaving their homeland with every piece of equipment and utensils by the 1300s, was in a bid to escape the difficulty of the living conditions. They worked hard, but they could notice that their lands were also losing fertility at a fast rate (Hamby, Clark, Neely & Hamby, 2006). The second observation is that the Anasazi were communal, and all their property was owned ...

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The spot for the observation was chosen due to the high people’s turnover. I was observing people at the arrival space of the Port-au-Prince International Airport, where the cross cultural communication and passengers’ differentiation were present and possible to observe. It was a day time, from 11 am till 2 pm, and the flights arrivals from New York, Santiago and Miami took place. There were 2 main groups distinguished: the local people of Port-au-Prince, who were mostly the serving staff at work (bus and cabs drivers, guides waiting for tourists and the pick-up representatives from the hotels, airport ...

Summary

This experiment is about the static calibration of a differential pressure transducer. Test measurements are done to find the range of input and output of the transducer, and to determine the “best-fit” line that models how the voltage reading would equate to the real pressure measurement. The input pressure comes from a hydraulic ram with pressure gauge. The output of the differential pressure transducer is in voltage, and is measured by a digital voltmeter. The input pressure is varied from 0 to 6 bar, and the three voltage readings are recorded for each pressure step value.

Introduction

The differential pressure ...

How to Understand Key Business Processes of a Company

For an accountant and financial analysts to provide efficient accounting and financial services to an organization, they need to understand well its particular business processes. This is of great significance because all the departments in any given organization are dependent on each other implying that the personnel in the accounting and finance department solely rely on other aspects of the firm. In other words, it amounts to an ethical responsibility for any employee seeking to work for a firm to critically understand the processes involved (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2009). In this paper, I will explain how I would obtain an ...

Before we get into the analysis of financial statements of Amazon, it is important to note the audit procedures that were used in the whole process. The two audit testing procedures used were a substantive test and the test of details. In the substantive test, the auditor will have adequate access to information so that final decision is taken fairly. There can be cross validations. The second is the test of details where the validity of the accuracy and completeness of transactions is tested.

The potential risk factors and compliance issues with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

There is a continuous rise in the cash flows of the Company because of expansion ...

Abstract

Speech impediment is among the many disabilities that affect performance of children in the United States. The verbal communication of individuals is interfered with thereby implying that the impaired fail to communicate effectively with their teachers, fellow students as well as their close relatives. The result is a drop in the school performance if they are not subjected to the proper treatments which makes them improve their situation. This means that with proper interventions, they are able to significantly acquire higher scores in subjects such as English and Mathematics that are among the core fields in testing students’ competence. ...

If you look at the way children were handled even a couple of generations ago, it was in vogue to look at children as smaller versions of adults. They might have been smaller, but they were expected to move as quickly as possible into adopting adult patterns of behavior. Such maxims as “Spare the rod, spoil the child” and “Children should be seen and not heard” were signs that the whims of childhood were not things to be indulged but instead were to be tamped down as quickly as possible by the realities of adulthood. It was not uncommon ...

Introduction

Access to Health Information Technology (HIT) is vital when it comes to receiving and providing health care services in all medical facilities in the world. The United States spent $2.5 trillion in developing the country’s Medicare and medical services. The presence of an HIT is essential in keeping the records of millions of patients with their ailments and other information regarding their health progress. Human effort isn’t enough to manage all information (Ciampa and Revels, 2012). According to Essien and Williams (2009), establishing health services in rural communities has been a big problem for most governments in ...

ISSUE OF PUBLIC HEALTH: TYPE II DIABETES

Diabetes is a significant problem in places like the United States, particularly type II diabetes. Type II diabetes is often associated with obesity and poor lifestyle choices, although genetic predisposition also seems to play a role in the development of the disease (Look AHEAD Research Group, 2013). The three studies chosen for discussion here are all studies that examine the impact of diet and lifestyle choices on people who have type II diabetes; many of these researchers are interested in developing methods to offset the significant health risks and population-wide costs of such high prevalence of the disease. The ...

Introduction

There is a difference in the way varied researches are carried out. The differences occur due to various strategies that the researchers employ in order to carry out the research and reach a conclusive result. It is vital to consider the involvement of a researcher in order to find out the various means and intelligence employed. Community service requires the commitment of trained volunteers to deal with the various connections involved in the community. This is because people in the community tend to have varied behaviors but they are connected in different styles (Katz et al, 2004, p 309). ...

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Recommendation Regarding Acquisition of MOOG Inc. (MOG-A)

Abstract The purpose of this report was to analyze the company Moog Inc. and recommend on whether or not the Embry Investment Group should acquire it. This business report aims to investigate and evaluate Moog Inc.’s performance and competitiveness in the market. The Embry Investment Group wanted to conduct a background research on Moog Inc. before carrying out the process of acquisition. The business report consists of the executive summary and background information on Moog Inc., which includes their history, a summary of their function, a summary of Moog Inc.’s aims and objectives, and an assessment ...

A. Behaviorism, Constructivism, and Cognitivism

According to some of the scientific theories, learning is a steady change of a human behaviour in a specific situation which results in gaining an experience. This definition helps us to distinguish three main approaches to learning. These approaches are: behaviourism, cognitivism and constructivism. The core of the approach of behaviourism lies in the increasing of the amount of observations. Such learning is successful when a person sees a certain perfect response for a specific stimulus for a few times. In other words, behaviourism emphasizes that the results of such performances and the responses for the stimulus tend to ...

PROPER UNBIASED INTERPRETATION OF DATA

The great variety of research methods offer a wide range of conceptions to choose from, each of them is aimed at the reaching of unique and specific goals. Naturally, each method, which is applicable in the area of criminal research, has own strong sides as well as weaknesses, so the choice of a particular method should take into account all of them. Despite the enormous amount of various methods, I am going to consider field research and highlight all the hazardous points of its applying in the light of the high risk of results’ misinterpretation. To begin with, the ...

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Implementation of Information Privacy and Security (Name of Author)

Aim and Objectives

The creation of awareness in the networking skills has increased the interest of individuals on the need to obtain private information through phishing of passwords as well as the use virus and worms that are designed to replicate users. These methods have been used by advanced and well experienced programmers to infiltrate and obtain data that is always intended to be used maliciously. Recent research in data storage and privacy issues has revealed that the methods used to infiltrate systems have been used successfully and documented. This information has been ...

A RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Abstract The proposed research utilises the concept of luxury value proposition (LVP) in fashion management to study consumer purchasing behaviour amongst London’s high-end fashion products. The proposed research seeks to examine the concepts of brand creativity, individuality, originality and ostentatious display to examine how marketing communication is done in high-end fashion management. This will be studied by using content analysis to critique the main marketing messages and visual analysis to identify how LVP is used to get consumers to purchase specific products. The study will lead to the observation of consumer purchase habits in a sample of high ...

Abstract

The organizational structure has a significant impact on how human resource management (HRM) is organized and the role it plays within companies. The project structured organization is aimed at responding to different organizational needs with distinct deliverables, which creates challenges for the HRM that relate to competence organization, trust achievement, change management and individual development. This writing represents a dissertation proposal, which is meant to identify effective human resource management in project structured organization. The challenges of the HRM in this type of organization will represent an important starting point for delineating the solutions to overcome them, reaching effective ...

Introduction

This report will cover the needs of the new Child Development Center (CDC). This facility has offered great resources to the community but has outgrown its current space. Therefore, a new facility is being planned: The New CDC and Student Development Center. While the entire facility will not be torn down and reconstructed, specific areas in need of improvement will be addressed. The areas that need improvements will be researched through a study that is outlined below.

Part of the recommendations listed below will be based on a research study.

Methods The methods used to determine the needed infrastructure changes for the CDC will be determined via e-mail link to online survey. ...

Communication and Motivational Issues

{Author’s name} {Institution Affiliation} {Due date} Communication and Motivational Issues Importance of communication is evident from the interactive skills incorporated through the organizational behavior and the internal and external factors within the same corporations. It is vital to provide the right methods of communication and embrace the values from the moral perspective. In the event of suggesting such ideas into a business, the results will determine the strategies for the applied methodologies. This study will cover the communication and motivational issues in a business set up. There are issues that affect the channel of communication within the structural ...

Executive summary

This report clearly presents the findings of an evaluation of prevention and sensitization of people activities at the Public Health Agency. The society is affected by the diseases that arise abruptly. The diseases may rise because of different causes such as sanitation, floods, and other major causes of diseases. People suffer and in most instances many lose their lives. The aims for the activity were focused on making the community a better place to live.

Aims

The purpose of this activity was to eradicate the abrupt diseases that were affecting the community as a result of poor sanitation. The activity ...

Abstract

Social interactions stemming from effective communication are very critical in society. This means that communication with different people with differing characteristics. Among the different people are those suffering from various disabilities which impacts on the ability to communicate, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Such individuals have developed unique ways of communicating as they have problems learning social cues and recognizing expressions. In this paper, an investigation of what we can do at an early age to socially integrate autistic children with normally developing peers is carried out. This is recognizing the fact that such individuals also form an important ...

Abstract

Criminology is one of the fields that rely on research to answer some phenomena. There are different data collection approaches, which criminology researchers could use to evaluate the performance or to understand a specific concept. Field observation is one of these methods. The method entails the collection of data from their natural setting. Investigative experts must adhere to specific elements and procedures when conducting data using the technique. The steps include answering questions that would guide the acceptance and the use of the technique to collect data. The subsequent step would be the determination of the type of field ...

The behavioral approach to psychology holds that human development is chiefly behavior learned through observation and the interaction with the environment around a person. The theories associated with behaviorism state that human development does not necessarily occur in stages; instead, it is a continuous process. In this regard, two main theories linked to the behavioral approach exist - B. F. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Theory and Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory. These two theories establish the perspective of the behavioral approach in explaining human development. Accordingly, the various concepts and terms of the two theories apply in explaining my choice ...

1.0 Introduction 1.1 Overview of the condition

Obesity is defined as having a sex- and age- specific body mass index (BMI) at or above the ninety fifth percentile of national growth standards. Obesity is directly linked to excessive/abnormal fat accumulation. The BMI is a ratio of the body weight and height and is the most common and accurate measure of obesity because it correlates to the amount of body fat. In terms of BMI, a person is considered to be obese if s/he has a BMI of over 30 (which is often ≥20% the normal body weight). A body mass index ...

Describe two research methods used in sociology.

Two popular research methods adapted to be used in sociology are classified as quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative research methodology encompasses collecting numerical data to analyse a phenomenon. It also involves interpreting findings through statistical applications. The foundations of quantitative research design/methods emerge from the philosophical premises of realism; subjectivism and paradigm wars. From a sociological, perspective quantitative research methods focus on a systemic empirical approach in its investigation of social issues (Hunter & Leahey, 2008).

Qualitative research method investigates the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of a phenomenon without utilizing any mathematical tools. In this sense it is considered the inversion of quantitative research ...

The first observation was in a telecom company. The organization was facing increasing numbers of complaints, and it had difficulties in addressing all these complaints. The company’s top management decided to apply the principle of simulation in its decision making process. It established a business process simulation model that management used to capture organizational resources and their constraints. Additionally, the company’s top management also used the model to capture the decision rules related to the resources. Decision rules empowered employees to handle issues branching out of the plan of action. One day, there was a double increase in customer complaints ...

Conduction of Qualitative Research

The steps for conduction, design and methodology in a qualitative research are as follows for any qualitative of study. - The first step in conducting a qualitative study on any topic you should have a clear question pinned down. - There can be a typical thorough literature review to understand other researcher’s work. The library and internet can be ...

Is Evolution True?

Is Evolution True? Development can be defined as the fundamental process whereby species that are new develop from earlier species through accumulated changes. Sometimes an evolution is described as "descent with modification". As this process of speciation continues to take place, many species start to appear thus becoming increasingly different, and this continues over time and becomes a pattern. Through many observations of the changes in life forms over time, these models have been developed. Charles Darwin explains that the mechanism on hoe evolution occurs is by natural selection. Having constantly been observed, natural selection role in being the ...

The condition usually starts around 30years of age in men, but mainly surfaces with the associated symptoms around age of 50 years (Thomas & Haitham, 2003). It is a condition cannot be cured hence management usually focuses on reducing the associated symptoms. The type of management that is instituted is placed on how severe the associated symptoms are or how the complications has affected the patients’ health (Timothy & James, 2008). It is important to let the patient understand what the BPH is all about. It is a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate.

The normal, healthy ...

Personal reflection on chapters 8&9

In a reflection of this chapter, I found methods of collecting data during research as one of the interesting points. In particular, the observation method of data collection intrigued me. Observation is a method that incorporates going into the research field such as a factory if the target study population is workers, or in a supermarket if the study population is made up of consumers, observing and recording what the targeted population is doing and documenting it appropriately into usable research information. Observation methods are best suited in the collection of data into non-self-reporting, which implies that the data is collected by the ...