Essays on Parametric

At some point, project managers are asked for estimates on cost and time to completion. In order to provide reasonable estimates, information on the project is used in conjunction with estimating tools. The length of time it will take to complete a project might use parametric estimating. Mathematical formulas employ quantitatively based durations to determine the quantity of work to be completed. The tool also uses statistical modeling to produce cost estimates with historical data for various parameters (Phillips, 2014, p. 226). Analogous estimating also uses historical data from similar projects to provide cost estimates (p. 225). Adjustments are ...

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POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

Southern Institute of Technology 2016

List of Tables 3

Section 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Purpose of the proposal 4 1.2 Research Aim 4 1.3 Research Questions and Objectives 4 1.4 Research hypothesis 5 1.5 Background and overview of business 5

Section 2. Literature Review 6

2.1 Introduction 6 2.2 Micro and Macro-Economic Indicators and Business Confidence 6 2.3 Recent Trends, Strategies and the Market Potential 7 2.4 Consumer Preferences 8 2.5 Conclusion 9

Section 3: Methodology 9

3.1 Introduction 9 3.2 Secondary Research Method – Literature Review 9 3.3 Case Study 10 3.3.1. Research Design 10 3.2.2. The Sample 11 3.2.3. The Process 11 3.5 ...

Post-Stroke Depression

Stroke is amongst the leading causes of disability and mortality worldwide (Mitchell, 2016). In the United States (US) alone, an estimated 750 000 individuals are affected by new or recurrent stroke annually. Survivors of stroke frequently experience some neurological-linked disability like hemiparesis and aphasia that lead to a loss of function. An estimated 50% of stroke survivors additionally experience long-term disability like partial paralysis while 25-50% of stroke patients require help in performing activities of daily living (Byun, 2012). Post-stroke disability is linked to additional symptoms such as depression, fatigue, and sleep disturbances. These symptoms have been correlated with ...

Abstract

The primary concern of the sit-to-stand and walk training tasks, prominent in the health institutions target patients with knee problems or those recovering from surgical operations as a safe means of initiating rehabilitation or healing process. The use of gait initiation process sustains the efficiency with which the patients gain their mobility through the dynamic processes anchored for coordinating center of pressure and the body center of mass of the individual patient. The demonstration of the ability to sit, stand and walk is a clear expression of the positive progress made by patients in their recovery plans. The observable ...

Elementary School-Aged Obesity

Introduction The topic of the study is about the elementary school-aged children who are identified as obese. The study was a review of the efficacy of school-based intervention and home-based strategies to address the underlying effects and issues in obesity. Furthermore, the study shows that school-based interventions may reduce the BMI score of the elementary school-aged children (between six and eleven years of age), but such approach serve as a short-term intervention. On the other hand, it was stated in the study that in home setting can provide significant strategies that can help in halting obesity among these children. ...

The following is the critique of the research article titled: “Measuring the nursing workload per shift in the ICU”.

Research problem/purpose: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the differences in nursing workload between consecutive shifts, using a nursing workload measurement tool. The aim of the study is to measure the workload of nurses between two consecutive shift using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS). This study is designed to solve a common problem related to handling of nursing manpower in the ICU. The research is in line with existing knowledge about man power placement and workload. This research addresses an important issue pertinent to managing the global problem of nurses man power shortage and finding ways to ...

This research is used to investigate the efficiency levels in the banking sectors in various Arabian countries, while considering the role of economic development and different financial reforms taking place, and how these reforms impact the banking industry performance and efficiency (Al-Jarrah, 2007). The comparison of these financial institutions to American or western culture nations shows how these reforms can help or cripple banking industries around the world. Efficiency estimation techniques can be categorized into two groups including parametric and nonparametric methods. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is an example of a nonparametric method of analysis, which is believed to ...

Quantitative research article

Empirical research in bioethical journals. A quantitative analysis by Borry, P., Schotsmans, P., & Dierickx, K.

Background/Introduction

The background of the research was to analyze the nature and evolution of the published empirical research in the fields of bioethics and medical ethics (Borry et al., 2006). This was prompted by an intense debate about the relationship between the normative and empirical perceptions of bioethics. By that time, there were only two studies which had described the nature and evolution of published empirical research in the field of bioethics and ethics and this study paper had to carry more research on this ...

Introduction

The pollution in the highly urbanized areas allows the phenomenon called ‘greenhouse effect’ wherein the heat from the Sun is trapped on the land causing tremendous amounts of heat and leads to numerous issues such as the rise of temperature, drought, the melting of icebergs, and high evaporation of water. Unfortunately, the cities contribute to this effect, the use products containing CFC’s and the pollution of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to the destruction of the ozone layers. With the destruction of the atmospheric barrier, the excessive radiation from the sun cannot be prevented. In ...

This essay concentrates on ways of analyzing quantitative and qualitative data. On one hand, there are two primary ways of analyzing qualitative information. First, the researcher can explore their findings with a pre-determined study framework that reflects the aims and objectives of the study. This method allows the researcher to concentrate on particular response descriptions and ignores the rest. The second approach is the thematic network analysis. This approach requires that the researcher codes all data and allow for quantitative interpretations (Abeyasekera, 2006). However, there exist numerous ways of analyzing quantitative data. Some of them are as follows. First, ...

State

Article Critique The paper presents a statistical analysis of Brisbois, Kock, Watanabe, Mirhosseini, Lamoureux, Chasen, MacDonald, Baracos, and Wisner (2011) article "delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol may palliate altered chemosensory perception in cancer patients: results of a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled pilot trial". The research aimed at determining whether Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) therapy on cancer patients can improve smell and taste perception. This is well outlined in the article. The research was triggered by the effect of anorexia and weight loss on patients with advanced cancer; this results to functional loss, low quality life and low survival chances. Therefore, the research investigated the ...

Rule discovery

Every database administrator needs to uncover new information concerning the data relations and database relations. Rule discovery therefore is the name given to this process. Rule discovery is defined as the search for patterns, regularities and correlations in the target database by utilizing every available information source (Shneiderman, & Goodman, 2006). By the realization of these relations and regularities, application of optimization queries becomes much easier in the process. A clear and a better outcome will be realized as compared to a situation where the knowledge of the rules in question is not known.

In the past, researchers have researched in ...