Essays on Sampling Techniques

“If it has ‘science’ in its name, it ain’t (Minnick).” Those words were said to this writer by the smartest person he ever knew personally, a man with PhDs in Mathematics and Physics, a true scientist. He went on to explain that science, if it is science, can be reduced to mathematics and then can predict. “Science can generate electricity or flatten cities,” he said. The problem, of course, is that whenever one deals with the “soft sciences,” political science or economics (the dismal science) or sociology or history or any of the disciplines that are housed in ...

There were several main red flags that were ignored or handled leniently by E&Y auditors in the audit of Health South. The most important were materiality in ledgers of fixed assets that were adjusted by including false entries and fictitious assets that did not appear in real. Another red flag related to the reality was noticed and ignored by the auditors that company’s officials were interested in increasing the share price of HealthSouth in the stock market anyhow. There should have been awareness of the fact that was avoided by auditors was an unusual increase in the net ...

Study Population

Study population refers to the cumulative subjects to which the research problem is embedded (Creswell, 2014). In this regard, the research study will be inclined to source information from the Saudi Arabian and Iranian countries, to gauge the cause and impact of conflicts that have ruled the land for such a long time. Therefore, the study population will be concentrated on citizens of Saudi Arabia, as well as citizens from Iran. However, it will be unpractical and costly to obtain information from the entire population, and the ordeal gives rise to the need to draw a suitable research sample, ...

Research Title: Effects of Globalization on Small and Medium-scale Businesses in Nigeria

1.0 Introduction Technological advancement has facilitated communication, transportation, and socioeconomic interaction across the globe. Consequently, the technological dynamics have gradually transformed the world into a global village and most activities are carried out in real-time. This phenomenon is referred to as globalization. Globalization has advanced businesses operations by influencing faster startups and real-time control of operations. Consequently, most business people can manage, monitor, and control their businesses from anywhere across the global network. Nigeria’s Lagos capital, being an economic hub, has significantly benefited from globalization, where most businesspersons have established small, easy-to-learn businesses. Most small businesspeople use the ...