1. Methods Of Collecting Data For Nursing Research
There are several methods of collecting data for nursing research. The best techniques for collecting
data should be well–defined, reliable, valid and done so without interjecting person bias. Data
collection for qualitative studies may be in the form of interviews or surveys, participants may take
part in a focus group, or be observed in their natural environment. Techniques for quantitative
studies could also include surveys, observation, historical data, physiological data, or tests (Tappen,
2016). Any of these approaches are useful collection methods however, the process used must be
suitable to answer the research question. To answer the research question, Will the nursing staff in
the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) change their attitudes and behaviors regarding alarm
management with live classroom education as opposed to online modules, resulting in a reduction in
erroneous physiological alarms, the first thought was to measure only the number of alarms that
occurred after the online training and then again after the face to face education to maintain
simplicity. However, Poli and Tatano Beck (2004) state, "researchers must include one or more
measures of all the independent and dependent variable" (p. 325). With that information, both the
independent variable and dependent variable will be measured. An independent variable is the
assumed cause, in a cause and effect relationship, and the dependent variable is the presumed effect
from the independent
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3. Formive And Formative Teacher Evaluation
The topic of teacher evaluation hinges on the interactions of two separate pairs of variables. The first
pair of those variables, formative and summative evaluation, pertains to the actual evaluation itself,
whereas the second pair, teachers and administrators, involves the professionals who take part in the
evaluation process. The reader may recall from the preceding section that the prevailing literature
contains certain perspectives and recommendations with regard to evaluative practices that
encompass all of these factors. First, formative teacher evaluation ought to provide teachers with the
necessary feedback to improve their instruction, whereas summative teacher evaluation, by contrast,
represents an appraisal of a teacher's overall professional competence (Seyfarth, 2008; Glickman,
Gordon & Ross–Gordon, 2014). Because the purposes of these two types of evaluation are so
different, the recommendation in the literature is that they ought to remain distinct and separate from
one another (Seyfarth, 2008; Marzano, 2012; Glickman, Gordon & Ross–Gordon, 2014).
Nevertheless, prevailing practice appears to be trending in precisely the opposite direction, where
school districts and states instead employ a single evaluation instrument, typically based on the
Danielson Framework, to serve the purposes of both formative and summative teacher evaluation
concurrently ("PR Newswire," 2011). Consequently, this study is designed to determine the degree
to which one specific
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4.
5. Evaluation Of Freedom School Partners Children 's Defense...
Evaluation Critique
This critique is on the evaluation program of Freedom School Partners Children's Defense Fund
Freedom Schools. This evaluation report was composed in October of 2013 by Dr. D. Bruce Taylor,
Dr. Sandraluz Lara–Cinisomo, and Dr. Crystal Glover members of The Center for Adolescent
Literacies at UNC Charlotte, North Carolina. This is the fifth evaluation of The Freedom School
Partners Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools. The main purpose of this evaluation is to
analyze the outcome of this summer program on a student's reading accomplishments while
attending a Freedom School Partners in Charlotte. Ten of the nineteen Freedom Schools were
chosen for evaluation. The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is an exclusive nonprofit organization
that advocates children. Founded in 1973, this organization defends all children's rights, primarily
the poor. Ms. Marian Wright Edelman first started CDF in Washington D.C. The mission of the CDF
is, "to ensure every child a Heathy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in
life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities."
(Taylor,1) This six week summer program is designed for children in grades kindergarten through
twelfth grade. The objective of this program is to stricken the amount of academic material lost over
the summer months. This program is centered on children in jeopardy of academic failure. Children
living in poverty–stricken communities tend
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7. Online and Traditional Focus Groups
Marketing research.
Online and traditional focus groups.
Focus groups are a method of group interviewing in which the interaction between the moderator
and the group, as well as the interaction between group members, serves to elicit information and
insights in response to carefully designed questions. The dynamic nature of the questions asked by
the moderator and the group process, produces a level of insight that is rarely derived from
'unidirectional ' information collection devises such as observation, surveys and less interactional
interview techniques. Methods of recording and analyzing information gathered during focus
groups, and strategies for collecting unbiased information have helped focus group research to gain
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Strategies for increasing an open exchange of ideas will be discussed below. Focus groups can be
used in tandem with individual interviews. Evaluators may use focus groups to initially explore
issues and then seek expanded (perhaps private) information through individual interviews. 3)
Questionnaires compared to focus groups are relatively easy and inexpensive to create, analyze and
communicate the findings. Questionnaires may be administered to the masses while focus groups
typically elicit information from only 8 to 24 people who hopefully represent the population being
investigated. Questionnaires may include as many questions as the evaluator thinks the respondents
will complete, while focus group moderators have to crack the whip in order to get responses to five
or so key questions. So why use a focus group?? In some cases evaluators want to gain a deeper
understanding of the issues. Focus groups are able to delve much deeper into issues than
questionnaires. This is discussed further in the When to Use Focus Groups section.
Many evaluators use both focus groups and surveys. Surveys may indicate areas that require further
probing through focus groups. Focus groups may also be used in the creation of surveys. By
discussing the area in need of investigation, focus groups can illuminate key points about the topic
so that the survey is comprehensive enough. Focus groups can also clarify terminology used to
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9. Missing Piece Program Methodology
Methodology A pretest–posttest control group design with a matching will be used to evaluate the
efficacy of the Missing Piece Program. This method is designed to assign participants randomly to
an experimental group that receives interventions that are being evaluated and to a control group
that does not receive it (Rubin & Babbie, 2013). Each group is a tested on the dependent variable
before and after the experimental group receives the intervention. The experimental group will be
the parents and children whom are accepted and completed the program, and the control group will
be the parents and children on the wait list. To increase interval validity, the experimental group and
the control group will be both pretested to ensure they are equivalent before introducing the
program; thus, if the two groups are equal, it is reasonable to assume that the difference in the two
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Edelson of the Autism Research Institute (Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC), 2015).
The ATEC is a questionnaire created to be finished by parents, teachers, or caretakers. It contains of
4 categories: Speech/Language Communication (14 questions); Sociability (20 questions); Sensory/
Cognitive Awareness (18 questions); and Health/Physical/Behavior (25 questions) (Autism
Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC), 2015). The ATEC is not a diagnostic form for Autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). It delivers numerous results that can be used throughout treatment and
evaluated on progress each participant is or is not making. Fundamentally, the lesser the total means
the child is displaying lesser problems. Thus, if the child scores a 30 prior to starting the program
and then 30 weeks later, the child scores a 10, the results would indicate the validity of the program.
Although, if the same child scores above 30 during the post–test, this would display the results to be
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11. Cinderella Stories
Cinderella Stories Lesson Plan
Sherryl Green
Grand Canyon University: RDG:585
October 8, 2012
Lesson Plan
Cinderella Stories
ABSTRACT In this study of Cinderella Stories, second grade students will use charts and diagrams
to discover the similarities and differences among stories. Students will develop writing skills using
descriptive language and details. They will strengthen their comprehension skills through the use of
magical Cinderella tales from different lands and apply map skills in learning which country each
story comes from. These magical tales will help students to develop awareness that different
Cinderella tales have much in common.
Materials
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The students will analyze similarities and differences of Cinderella like characters. Students will
demonstrate their understanding of story elements by writing their own Cinderella story.
Procedures
1. Ask students "What makes a Cinderella story?"
Discuss what every Cinderella story must have.
Explain to students that many countries have their own Cinderella Stories. Today we will read a
Cinderella story about an Indian Girl. We will look at the differences and similarities compared to
the Traditional Cinderella. 2. Review story elements using the Cinderella chart. 3. Read aloud: The
Rough Faced Girl. 4. As a class add The Rough–Faced Girl story elements and information to the
class Cinderella Chart 5. Locate Ontario Canada on the world map and place a map pin identifying
its location.
Reading and Writing 1. Divide students into peer partners to compare and contrast Cinderella and
The Rough–Faced Girl using a Venn Diagram.
Independent Reading 1. Make a book mark for "The Rough–Faced Girl" using the book mark
template.
12. Literature Groups 1. Students work in literature groups to research a country of their choice, and
write a Cinderella story from that country. Remind students to consider how the setting and plot will
change due to the unique features of the chosen country. 2. Literature groups will present their
country and Cinderella story in a presentation format of their choice. (Literature
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14. Physical Therapy: A Case Study
Participants will be no more than two weeks post–operative at time of initial evaluation. The study
will take place over a 3 month period with in initial data collection at the beginning. Data will then
be collected at the 2 week, 1 month, 2 month, and 3 month re–evaluations. Each patient will be seen
three times a week for the first month. After the 1 month data collection they will change to being
seen in Physical Therapy two times a week for the remaining two months. The study will take place
at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, Texas; which is a military hospital
servicing a military outpatient setting.
Preliminary Procedures
The form listed in Appendix 1 will be reviewed by licensed Physical Therapist. The first evaluation
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This instrument has a high validity and reliability to control pain and swelling with used with
elevation. Appendix 4 has the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) will be used to get the
patient's perspective on their rehabilitation. This scale will be used to evaluate the patient's thoughts
on their limitations. It will also be used to track the progress from their perspective. The
questionnaire includes 20 questions that relate to everyday tasks. This instrument has a Standard
Error of Measurement (SEM) of 3.7 points in reference to ACL Reconstruction (Weinhold, et al.,
1999). The MMT grading scale will be used to look at the strength of the knee in the study
(Appendix
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16. Outcome Evaluation Design Paper
Now that we have identified the outcome evaluation design we will need to determine the best
method of capturing program data. Accurate program data is essential to establish program
effectiveness and convey credibility of study findings. Once we have captured this data, our group
will have to organize and present it in a manner that is easily understood by various groups of
stakeholders with diverse educational backgrounds and agendas. An important step in data
collection is identifying which variables are dependent and which are independent. A dependent
variable is subject to change due to the influence of an independent variable. Our group has
identified some of the independent and dependent variables associated with our program
intervention which are outlined in the table below. As shown in the table, demographic factors are
independent variables as they are not subject to change but should be taken into account during data
collection. Dependent variables such as disease attitude and willingness to participate in diabetic
testing are dependent variables as they may be affected by the number of brochures distributed or
the number of surveys given. Consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables may be effected by the
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For the purpose of our program we will have to employ each of these methods of data capture. For
instance, we would use nominal level measures to capture data regarding sex and ordinal measures
to capture how likely a person is to consume more fruits and vegetables after receiving the
informational brochure. Since some of our data is being compared at different points in time interval
level measures will need to be implemented. Ratio level measures could be useful to capture which
interventions; surveys, brochures, and advertising most effected behavioral
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18. What Is Simple Ex-Factor Design?
Simple ex–post facto design is ideal for conducting research when it is not possible or acceptable to
manipulate the characteristics of human participants. Therefore, "simple ex–post facto design cannot
demonstrate cause–and–effect but can strongly suggest it; it has participants that can be randomly
selected and assigned to experimental groups and control groups based on preexisting conditions; an
independent treatment variable cannot be manipulate as it is impossible using a preexisting
condition; it focuses first on the cause and searches for the effect; and there is no control or
comparison group" (Shuttleworth, 2009). However, "Two–Factor design is an experimental design
in which data is collected for all possible combination of the levels of the two factors of interest".
So, "Two–Factor design evaluate the interactions between the independent variables A graph of a
two–factor study indicates an interaction when the line on the graph are cross or converge; it studies
the effect of one variable at a time, but it is statistically easier to manipulate; it may be
interdependent and is impractical or false to allow analyze; and it allows manipulation of many ...
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The results concluded that the SST program was associated with a statistically significant reduction
in violent index crimes at the treatment places relative to the comparison places without displacing
crime into proximate areas" (Bragg, Hureau, & Papachristos,
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20. Oral-Pharyngeal Dysphagia Case Study
O'Gara (1990) researched dietary adjustments and nutritional therapy during treatment of oral–
pharyngeal dysphagia. In this case study, Mr. T, an 80–year–old man with a history of a stroke and
two episodes of pneumonia. Evaluation of Mr. T's nutritional status from daily food records showed
that he could eat only about 1200 kcal, and ate very slowly. His estimated nutritional needs were
2100 kcal and 75–90g protein per day. Mr. T was 15% below ideal body weight for his height. Mr. T
was referred to a SLP where he received a modified barium swallow study (MBS). The MBS
showed that the Mr. T presented with severe dysphagia with delayed triggering of the pharyngeal
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91% percent were at dietary levels below that which they could tolerate safely; 4% were at dietary
levels higher than they could tolerate; 5% were considered to be at the appropriate diet level for the
residents. The study revealed that the re–evaluating residents' diet level is very important because
many residents in this study continued, downgraded or enhanced their diet level. This re–evaluation
by SLPs will help the residents eat at the safest diet level and decrease signs and symptoms of
aspiration is patients with dysphagia. Compensatory Strategies Study 1 Kiger, Brown and Watkins
(2007) analyzed patient outcomes using VitalStim Therapy compared to traditional swallow therapy.
The purpose of this study was to address the following questions: 1. Do patients show more
improvement in the oral and pharyngeal phases when treated with Vital–Stim intervention rather
than more traditional means of dysphagia management [i.e., oral motor exercises, pharyngeal
swallowing exercises, use of compensatory strategies during meals, deep pharyngeal neuromuscular
stimulation (DPNS)]? 2. Do patients treated with VitalStim intervention have fewer dietary
consistency restrictions when compared to patients treated using more traditional means of
dysphagia
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22. The Foundations Of Social Research
The Foundations of Social Research Introduction Discussion Notes There are many things I enjoyed
about this chapter as it was eye–opening in regards to the epistemological frameworks used when
doing research. This chapter forced me to examine what I believe about research, while also
recognizing how much more I have to learn. I particularly enjoyed the focus on three
epistemological frameworks, and had a difficult time establishing which of the three I preferred and
why. I found myself wavering between each of the three stances when viewing them from different
disciplines, but found that overall I seem to lean towards objectivism. I prefer objectivism in that
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Action Research: Teachers as Researchers in the Classroom Ch. 1 Discussion Notes
1. Practitioners
a) Those who are not trained primarily in research methodology.
2. Action Research
a) Practitioner–based research. Research that is done by teachers, administrators, or other school
professionals in order to gather information about how their school operates.
3. Tradition
a) Ways one has behaved previously.
4. Authority
a) The use of expert opinions and information.
5. Common Sense
a) The use of human reasoning to solve a problem or answer a question.
6. Scientific Method
a) A strategy used to answer questions and solve problems.
7. Educational Research
a) Application of the scientific method to educational topics, questions or phenomena.
8. Science
a) Uses perceived reality to determine beliefs.
9. Pseudoscience
a) Uses beliefs to determine perceived reality.
10. Quantitative Research Methodologies
a) The collection and analysis of numerical data.
11. Qualitative Research Methodologies
a) The collection and analysis of narrative data.
12. Deductive Reasoning
a) Reasoning where the conclusion is based on multiple premises that are assumed to be true.
23. 13. Inductive Reasoning
a) Multiple premises are combined to obtain a conclusion.
14. Variables
a) Factors that may affect the outcome of the study.
15. Hypotheses
a) Predicted outcomes
16. Research Questions
a) A core
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24.
25. Evaluating The Effectives Of Social Program
Practice evaluations are the systematic ways of evaluating the effectives of social program. It
involves using applied social research to find the extent to which social programs are carried out
effectively and efficiently. Practice of work can be evaluated by the application of quantitative or
qualitative research methods in order to answer questions about the social work practice. Social
workers engage in research for two primary reasons. The first reason is to evaluate their own
practice: interventions and programs. Social workers have a responsibility to provide high quality of
care to their clients. The second reason social workers engage in research is to add to the body of
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The whole purpose of using correlations in research is to figure out which variables are connected.
Descriptive research is conducted primarily to collect data about variables rather than to test
hypotheses about the relationships between variables. In another word a descriptive study is
conducted to describe 'how things are'.
The Basic Elements of Researches are as follows:
Variables and Constants
A variable is any character, behavior, event that is capable of varying or exiting in at least two
different states, conditions or levels. Examples are gender, anxiety (high, low), and therapy
(cognitive, client centered). Whereas a constant is when a character restricts to a single state or
condition.
Independent and dependent variables
A variable is an independent variable when it is believed to affect or alter status on another variable.
The independent variable is referred to as treatment or intervention and is symbolized with letter X.
Conversely, a variable is a dependent variable when status on the variable seems to depend on stats
on another variable. The dependent variable is considered as the outcome of treatment and is
symbolized with the letter Y.
Samples and sampling
A research design should clarify the population of interest and the method that will be used to select
a sample. The best way to make sure that a sample is representative of the population is to use one
of the following techniques.
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26.
27. Essay On Aid Conditionalities
This paper exemplifies a fresh perspective on the long–standing debate of the effectiveness of aid
conditionalities. This perspective casts a critical eye on the effectiveness of donor institutions and
states in enforcing their own rules and goals rather than the usual critiques on recipient countries. In
the past, political scientists and donor institutions and states have blamed the failure of aid
conditionalities on recipient country deficiencies and factors as general as domestic regime type
(Kono and Montinola 2009) and political economy (Molenaers et. al 2015) and as specific as
recipient government's degree of commitment to poverty reduction programs (Cordella and
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For the Independent Evaluation Group–World Bank Project Performance Ratings dataset's
"Borrower Performance" rating, I transformed the qualitative scale into a quantitative one by
allocated specific designations (from "Highly Unsatisfactory" to "Highly Satisfactory") numerical
assignments of 1 to 4. However, in midway through 2006, the Independent Evaluation Group
changed its rating system from a four–point system ("Highly Unsatisfactory," "Unsatisfactory,"
"Satisfactory," and "Highly Satisfactory") to a six–point system ("Highly Unsatisfactory,"
"Unsatisfactory," "Moderately Unsatisfactory," "Moderately Satisfactory," "Satisfactory," and
"Highly Satisfactory"). Therefore, I leave out 2006 from my dataset because I am not able to discern
which 2006 projects are evaluated using which point system. To make the ratings consistent across
the different point systems, I reorganized the six–point system within the 1 to 4 rating scale (HU=1,
U=1.6, MU=2.2, MS=2.8, S=3.4, HS=4). I also ignored projects that were not rated and/or were
regional projects not specific to an individual country. Once all individual projects had a numerical
"Borrower Performance" rating, I averaged all of the individual project ratings for a single year in a
single country, resulting in a single number for each country over each year.
For the World Bank Projects & Operations dataset, I totaled all individual project costs within a
single country and in a single year. This
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29. Sears Strategic Evolution
Strategic Evolution (CR)
Strategic evolution is a plan of direction that is constantly changing overtime. Allstate's strategy
changed from selling auto insurance through Sears to being an independent insurance company with
a variety of products and services besides auto insurance.
Intended Strategies (CR)
Allstate's strategy was to offer auto insurance by direct mail and through Sears's catalog in the same
manner as Sears sold its other merchandise.
Emergent Strategies (CR)
Allstate is an independent company and sells a variety of products and services through customer
representatives and e–commerce. Their products and services include: auto, home, life, health,
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Purpose of the Report (CR)
The purpose of this report is to analyze a business, like Allstate to provide insight from an executive
management perspective to pursue or refrain from business opportunities. This report is organized in
a way to provide detailed information about the company overall. This report will provide
information on the following: executive summary, introduction of company's background/history, as
well as mission, strategic evolution, internal/external stakeholders, company's organization and
structure. In addition, the external analysis, which includes basic industry information,
external/general environment, industry analysis that pertains to Porter's Five Forces, strategic group
and company's opportunities and threats. As well as, the company's internal analysis that consists of
value chain analysis, financial ratio analysis and interpretation/Evaluation of the company. The
business level strategy contains the company's generic business level strategy and TOWS analysis.
This will also entail the company's strategy for implementation and evaluation, corporate social
responsibility and ethics that consists of corporate social responsibility and ethical implications and
conclusion that summaries the overall points made in this
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31. Evaluation Of A Research Study
In research, the quantitative study seems to be the most favored method to conduct a study due to its
validity and numerical value. Quantitative studies are objective and considered to be a hard science
which is measurable, and suitable to establish cause–and–effect relationships (Anderson, 2006). The
quantitative study seeks explanatory laws via statistical analysis and the participation of a large
number of participants (Anderson, 2006). The article by Burns et al (1999), which this writer will be
evaluating, utilizes quantitative study to explore intensive vs. standard case management for severe
psychotic illness via a randomized trial (Burns et al., 1999). Not all studies are worthy of being
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standard case management to determine if one method is more effective than the other with
individuals with severe psychotic illness (Burns et al., 1999). The difference this study will make is
an improvement in the mental health services rendered in the UK and Europe. The literature review
provided a fair and generalized justification for conducting this quantitative study by exploring other
variables. Burns et al. (1999) failed to go into detail about specific literature review that inspired this
quantitative study. The potential bias the researcher presents is the singling out one ethnic group of
Afro–Caribbean, by implying that this ethnic group tends to be uncooperative and poorly served
(Burns et al., 1999). All the important concepts are clearly defined by the researcher. Burns et al.
(1999) describe previous methods of controlled groups as a way to understand the strength of
association between the type of case management and the number of hospital admissions (Burns et
al., 1999). Previous methods created the relevance to understanding the purpose of conducting this
study.
Evaluation of the Purpose Statement and Hypothesis Burns et al. (1999) clearly state the purpose as,
"to assess the effect of intensive case management (defined as a smaller caseload size) in patients
with serious mental illness in four inner–city mental health services (Burns et al., 1999, p. 2185).
The purpose is to argue why ICM is not effective in UK and Europe. The
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32.
33. Psy 335 Experimental Designs Worksheet Essays
University of Phoenix Material Experimental Designs Worksheet Fill in the Blank Using the terms
listed below, complete the following: 1. (E) Exp[erimental group receives treatment in an
experimental design. 2. (D) Control group does not receive treatment in an experimental design. 3. A
_(B) Small n design has many observations on a single case or a few subjects. 4. When separate
groups of subjects receive different levels of the independent variable, this is referred to as _(G)
Between Subject____________ design. 5. When all subjects receive all levels of the independent
variable, this is referred to as (J) Within Subject design. 6. When the researcher measures a behavior
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Both classes are measures for achievement before and after the teaching methods. 2. _C____ Divide
your subjects in half. One group receives one treatment of the independent variable and the other
group receives a different treatment of the independent variable. Subjects were all told they were
going to see a video of a therapist's session after which they would rate the quality of the session.
The groups differed in that the subjects in one group were told that prior evaluations indicated that
the therapist was effective whereas subjects in the other group were told that the evaluations
indicated the therapist was not effective. These different subjects were used for the two levels of the
independent variable: subjects were in either the "effective therapist" or the "ineffective therapist"
condition. 3. ____E_ All subjects perform at all levels of the independent variable. Subjects
diagnosed as having attention deficit disorder were each tested on a concentration task after
receiving medication. All subjects were tested four times, once after receiving one of the four doses.
Each subject was tested under each of the four levels of the independent variable–dose of
medication. 4. __B_ A small group is measured for the amount of anxiety they experience in math
class (baseline). They are taught a relaxation method and measured again to measure
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35. Implicit Stereotypes And Prejudice Essay
Implicit stereotyping and prejudice are both considered key components of discrimination. Both
represent distinct concepts as defined by social psychology. Stereotypes are considered to be an
individual's cognitive representation of the traits that define a social group. This influences
behaviours such as judgements and forming impressions. Whereas prejudice or evaluation is an
affective based response. In this instance individuals are judged purely according to the social group
they belong to. Which in turn controls the emotions others feel toward them and how they behave
around them. An example of this is the social distance one chooses to maintain with an out–group
member. Indirectly measuring these two constructs has been particularly prevalent as it can foster
strategies to reduce the pervasive presence of implicit racial discrimination in our society.
(Gawronski & Payne, 2010)
Gawronski et al. suggest that implicit stereotype (IS) and evaluation (IE) are dependent constructs.
White participants, affirmed positive counter–stereotypes, when presented with facial stimuli of a
black individual. This reduced implicit negative stereotype activation and correlated with a
reduction in IE. Furthermore when asked to negate negative stereotypes, that related to the facial
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Furthermore indirect evidence has reinforced the idea that cognitive processing, in this instance
semantic, is necessary for affective processing of visual stimuli. Nevertheless neurological evidence
seems to show that the processes underlying cognition and affective processing are distinctive.
Storbeck's study even pinpointed two potential brain regions mediating IS and IE respectively. The
distinction between the two was also visible in different behavioural outcomes with an out–group
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37. Achievement Growth in Milwaukee Charter Schools
Executive Summary The Executive Summary should stand alone as a summary of the key sections
of the report, and should summarize the content of the full report without adding new information.
The Executive Summary should ideally be no more than three to four pages. Evaluation Purpose and
Evaluation Questions This should set out the overarching purpose of the evaluation, and how the
findings are expected to be used to inform decisions. This section also describes the Evaluation
Questions (which should be limited to just a few key questions). It can also identify key audiences
for the evaluation. Project Background Enough information should be provided to give sufficient
context. However in the Executive Summary this section can receive less emphasis than it might in
the overall report so that more attention can be given to the evaluation purpose, design, limitations,
and findings. In the main report it should describe the problem being addressed by the project, and
the project logic for why it will lead to better outcomes. This could include a logical framework for
the project if one exists, and the development hypothesis, or causal logic, of the project or program
of which the project is a part. Evaluation questions, design, methods and limitations This section
describes the overall design, specific data collection and analysis methods linked to the evaluation
questions, and limitations of the data, methods, or other issues that affected the findings. Findings
and
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38.
39. Pop and Consumerism in the Art of Richard Hamilton
Pop and Consumerism in the Art of Richard Hamilton
Pop was the invention of the era of wealth and consumerism experience by western industrial
society in the 1950s and 1960s. Both pop's impact and expression were most distinct in the UK. Pop
was so bizarre in its open–minded values and flashy appearance compare to the commonly dull
conservatism of English culture and its expression because of the extant of the response to the
prevalent British social and cultural situation. The term Pop Art is an abbreviation of Popular Art.
Artists of this movement used ordinary everyday items to depict essentials of popular culture,
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With their examination of these products, the Independent Group set out to reform culture. They had
found that the vertical pyramid of bourgeois culture, with high culture on the top and low on the
bottom, was becoming horizontalized, flattened out by mass commodification. In horizontal culture
as in general culture, no one form of cultural production was intrinsically more valuable than other.
Each product would have to be judged on its own merits, each as potentially valuable as the next in
terms of interest or as a point of critical reflection.
For the "This Is Tomorrow" exhibition catalog, Hamilton created the collage "Just What Is It that
Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?". Before constructing the collage, he had written
down all the areas of popular culture that would contain it: "man, woman, humanity, history, food,
newspapers, cinema, TV, telephone, comics (picture information), world (textual information), tape
recording (aural information), cars, domestic appliances, space." He gave this list to his wife and
family friend, who spent days cutting out magazine images that matched these categories. Then
Hamilton made a selection from these clippings and used them to create the final collage.
Beneath his list he added: "the image should, therefore, be thought of as tabular as well as pictorial."
As much as collage hangs together as a picture, it is also a tabulation of horizontal culture. In linking
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41. Reflection Essay
I have contributed actively to achieve excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. In the area of
teaching, I have successfully taught one of the multi–section core chemistry courses (i.e., CHEM I
and CHEM I–lab courses) and an upper–level course, Survey of Instrumentation for non–chemistry
majors. As described in faculty plan, engaging and motivating students to promote their learning is
one of the important teaching objectives as an educator. I have demonstrated excellence in teaching
by active collaborative learning inside the classroom. Students actively involved in collaborative
group assignments by working in pairs or small group to find solutions to challenging real–life
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For example, from my first–year IDEA evaluation, I was able to identify my weak area of my
teaching (e.g., "explained course materials clearly and concisely" was "consider increasing use"). In
my 2nd year, I incorporated two types of formative assessments, pop quizzes and muddiest point to
have an accurate picture of how my students are doing. Indeed, such assessments are very effective
tools to assess students' understanding and difficulties. After collecting and analyzing feedback from
students, I provided a much clear understanding of the subject by revisiting prior materials and
explaining for them to grasp essential principles and concepts of last class. In the area of
scholarship, I have a demonstrated commitment to developing scholarship and creative activities in
my research areas for students. I have established two exciting research projects in energy–related
materials for undergraduate students. To date, eight undergraduate students have been actively
involved in two research areas. To promote their independent studies, I successfully received two
internal grants (i.e., Junior Faculty Fund and Research & Professional Development). Furthermore, I
encouraged my senior student, Anthony Bautista, to submit a Research Experience for
Undergraduate (REU) award. Our application was selected to receive REU award. Since Anthony
Bautista pursues a graduate school, this award is honorable to continue his research on
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42.
43. Should The Intervention Be Effective?
A posttest will also be completed to make sure that the intervention was appropriate and if any
changes need to be made in the educational material. Pre/Post tests are generally considered a
reliable source to evaluate if an intervention is being effective (Dimitrov & Rumrill, 2015). Another
evaluation tool to see if the intervention has been effective will be the HPV vaccination rate that is
release by the Florida. If the rate goes up at the sites and the providers that have participated in the
research then it could be considered reliable due to specificity. The educational interventions that are
completed at the Lake county health department locations will be easier to monitor due to
vaccination rates being distributed quarterly and with a breakdown at each site. The sites are
dispersed throughout the county thus being able to evaluate the whole county as it relates to the
health department. In conclusion, understanding the type of experiments that is being conducted can
add to the validity of the project. This project is a quasi–experimental study because of the lack of
random selection of the participants within the study. The intervention is focused on an education as
a means to increase the HPV vaccination rate. The evaluation of the project is through the HPV
vaccination rates that are released quarterly for health department participating and yearly for other
medical providers. Outcomes The desired outcome for the project is to increase the HPV
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44.
45. Coffee Shops
'A WAR IS BREWING'
PROGRAMME : MASTER BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
~Learning Issues~
1.To describe consumers' decision making in different market segments when they choose retailers
of coffee using CDP.
2.To identify additional research that should be conducted to validate assumption about consumer
decisions at each stage of the CDP model.
3.To learn how to organize marketing program should be provide for our customers after recognize
their decision making process.
4.To see the impact of brand positioning to the consumers decision making.
5.To recommend marketing strategy after learn about consumers decision making process.
1.0 Summary
2.0 Problem Identification
Figure 1: Crimson Cup market segments
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2.Family: From the research, one of important factors that influence purchasing decision is
recommendation from family or friends.
3.Situation: The consumption of coffee in this market segments can also influence by occasion
factor means when the whether at that time in winter, they will take more coffee rather than during
summer.
Figure 2: Consumer Decision Process Model
Individual Differences
1.Consumer resources will make individual influences because the consumers in this case have
different resources especially time, students or people that working in the university will have
limited time to spend for searching location for the coffee shops. They will choose the nearer shops
46. to take a little break to make them fresh. For the money resources, they are not constraint of it
because from the research price is at sixth factor that encourage them to buy the coffee and seventh
factors that discouraged them to not take it. We can predict that, the consumers in this coffee drink
market are not price sensitive because of enough money resources.
2.Attitudes: The beliefs and feeling that more on quality and convenience place when they consume
the coffee will make differences to their individual factors.
Percent
Beliefs and feeling
1.
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Regularly buy coffee at coffee shop said coffee shops offer better–quality coffee.
2.
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47.
48. An Independent T-Test Was Done On Each Item Of The Evaluation
An independent t–test was done on each item of the evaluation questions. The purpose of each
statement on evaluation form was to measure the enjoyment level of participants after taking a
whole semester of the boring class. The independent t–test showed that there was a significant
difference between how conventional and creative group responded to "taking the class was a waste
of time". Participants in creative group (M = 2.94, SD = .97) scored significantly higher than
participants in conventional group (M = 2.25, SD = .86, t(31) = 2.17, p = .038).Also independent t–
test showed a significant difference between creative and conventional responses to "I did not gain
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As shown in the result section, the ANOVA test showed that there was no significant relationship
between individuals ' attachment styles and openness to new experiences with how much they
enjoyed taking the class. Another part of the study focused on how people in different conditions
would enjoy the forced task differently. The independent t–test results, mentioned in result section,
showed that participants in creative condition reported less enjoyment than participants in
conventional condition. To be specific, participants in creative group scored higher (than
conventional group) in the statement; "taking the class was a waste of time", which means they
found the class was a waste of time, therefore, they did not enjoy the class. Also, participants in
creative condition scored higher (than conventional group) in "I did not gain any useful knowledge
from taking this class" which means they developed a more negative perspective towards the class.
Furthermore, participants in the creative group reported that they did not benefit from taking the
class so it means the conventional participants found the class more enjoyable and beneficial. All
these significant findings suggest that the overall class enjoyment of participants in
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49.
50. Evaluation Of The Development Of A Team And How They Can...
Table of contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Aim of the evaluation 1.2 Explanation of the role people play
in a team and how they can work together to achieve shared aims 2. Group introduction – Belbin
(2010) 3. Problems that arose during the planning phase 3.1 Tuckman (1956) 3.2 First stage forming
3.3 Second stage storming 3.4 Third stage norming 3.5 Fourth stage performing 4. Analyse team
dynamic 4.1 Positive team dynamic 4.2 Negative team dynamic 4.3 Maslow's hierarchy of needs
(1943) 5. Alternative ways to complete tasks and to achieve aims
5.1 Problem solving, evaluation of tools and methods for developing solutions 5.2 PDCA (plan, do,
check, act), model of Deming (1993) 6. Developed strategies for resolving a problem
6.1 Evaluation of impact on the task by implementing the PDCA model
6.2 Impact on the group activity
6.3 Personal Judgment on own activity 7. Conclusion 8. Recommendation 9. Bibliography
1.Introduction
This report has been written to evaluate the fund raising event which was held on the 11/02/2016 at
the South &City College to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
1.1 The aim of this evaluation is to:
Identify my role in the team
See how the individuals collaborated and responded to the process of setting up and running the
activity
Deal with problems that arose and analyse them and linked them to different theories
The success of the teamwork will be evaluated and recommendations will be
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51.
52. New Brutalism
In the following years, the Smithson and Banham would make several more remarks on New
Brutalism. All these later remarks, as demonstrated by recent scholarships, only created an even
more murky definition of New Brutalism. More than a decade after the initial surge of writings, the
New Brutalism debates was reignited following Banham's 1966 publication New Brutalism: Ethics
or Aesthetic. It was also at this moment that the Smithson reinstated the importance of Crosby's
contribution to the New Brutalism discourse and distant themselves from the interpretation offered
by Reyner Banham. In 1973, Alison and Peter Smithson published Without Rhetoric; an
Architecture Aesthetic, 1955–1972, which began with a revised version of the 1955 AD New
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(FIG.4) The proposed building was a space–frame construction that was common to their works of
the period. What was notable about the Milbank project was that the Smithsons created a series of
drawings that looked like Japanese scrolls for the competition. The building was presented, with its
structural elements exposed, in an isometric view – an apparent reference to "oriental" paintings.
There was no furniture or interior fitting in the illustrations; instead one could only find scattered
Japanese figures dressed in traditional Kimono along the scroll. Not unlike in their New Brutalism
article, the Smithsons took pride in their superficial understanding of Japanese culture: they declared
that the ancient Japanese figures were cut out from a postcard from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
In the description of the project, the Smithsons made reference again to the idea of
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53.
54. Questions On Feminist Identity And Reactions Of Gender...
MCS*3500 – Reflection 1 – Threats to Feminist Identity and Reactions to Gender Discrimination
Tyler Ciprietti – 0786162 – tcipriet@mail.uoguelph.ca
1. Describe the context (why it was done, the general interest and what the researchers wanted to
find out) of the research and research question (what is the hypothesis). /10
The goal of the study was to identify factors that shape women 's responses to in–group members
who protest gender discrimination. The participants were all undergraduate females that were all
given the same information prior to the start of the study. The one difference was the scenario
(manipulation) in which the female lawyer was being discriminated. The researchers told some
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To examine these hypotheses, the researchers had the female participant group read about an unfair
hiring decision in which a law firm chose not to grant the deserving candidate a position, and hired a
less experienced male candidate instead.
2. Describe dependent, independent, and moderating variables. How these variables were measured
and manipulated in this study. 10
Independent = Condition either protest or no protest
Dependent = many of them; Outcome measures in case.....(4) We are only replicating the evaluation
of target. Moderating = Pervasiveness of gender discrimination.
The variables in the study helped to differentiate the participant's opinions on the female lawyer. In
this case, the researchers are only replicating a small part of the study.
There were 4 possible dependent variables that were measured. 1) Anger Toward the Target – this
was measured through statements like "I feel angry at Catherine". The higher the score, the greater
the amount of anger was expressed. 2) Evaluation of Target – participants evaluated the likeability
of Catherine by measuring statements like "I admire Catherine," "I would like to be friends with
Catherine". 3) Evaluation of Target's Response – This measure addressed evaluations of the target's
response to the decision. Participants
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55.
56. Program Evaluation Critique Essay
Program Evaluation critique to: Trish Mckay from: steven wayock subject: Team read– program
evaluation Critique date: [ 10/31/2012 ] cc: Professor Turner, Margo Jones, Trish McKay Steven
Wayock's Independent program evaluation Critique Team Read's program evaluation completed by
the independent evaluator Margo Jones took an overall look at Team Read based off of statistical
analysis conducted in two different phases. These phases evaluated different scopes of Team Read,
the readers the coaches and mentors. I Steven Wayock will critique this program evaluation based on
the information at hand and will offer Team Read my insight to what this evaluation did properly
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This question which is narrowed down by the results in a complicated statistical form does not
address the fact that each comparison group that Margo chose was not labeled as deficient in the
classroom or on their standardized test as the Team Read readers were when they were chosen for
Team Read. These results that were detailed in Margo's evaluation lacked credibility as the sample
comparison group was generally not the same as the Team Read program participants. The
participant often took what is referred to as a similar test but differs in comparison which can cause
validity issues around the board for the independent evaluator. The second research question the
independent evaluator chose to ask was how does the program affect the reading coaches? This
question was extremely general and could be answered in a number of different ways; Margo chose
a questionnaire that was answered by Team Read coaches to determine whether or not they were
impacted by the Team Read Program. The results were generally positive as Trish McKay had felt
the same way about the results, as they were looked upon in a positive light. The questionnaire was
administered towards the late stages of the school year as students were beginning to wind down all
programs and head into summer. This questionnaire differed in response from one area to the next
on certain questionnaire questions which directly gives the Team Read program information and
data that can be interpreted to change policy
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57.
58. The Prevention And Access Of Care And Treatment ( Pact )...
Introduction The Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment (PACT) program was established in
19971 to improve the health of the most vulnerable HIV and AIDS patients in Boston through the
use of community health workers. Unlike many other types of healthcare providers, community
health workers are able to form unique bonds with patients based on shared backgrounds, cultures,
and languages. These community health workers provide individualized, culturally competent
educational interventions in an effort to maximize patients' usage of available medical and social
services.2 Patients are referred into PACT by social services or healthcare providers when other
options for care have been tried and were unsuccessful. Vulnerable populations such as racial and
ethnic minorities, drug users, and those living below the poverty line tend to be disproportionately
affected by HIV and AIDS3. Conventional care for these individuals can be particularly challenging
with regards to access to culturally sensitive care, consistency of treatment, and patient
understanding of risk factors and of the disease itself. Therefore, there is a great need for
comprehensive, targeted programs such as PACT to effectively address these issues. In order to
make sure that PACT is adequately addressing the needs of its target population, we will be
conducting a program evaluation. This will allow us to assess the importance, value and quality of
the program, all of which are important to stakeholders. This
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59.
60. Implicit Stereotyping And Evaluation
Stereotyping occurs when individuals form cognitive conceptions of out–group members,
associating certain characteristics with that group (Smith and Mackie, 2007; Hamilton, 1981),
whereas prejudice is a positive or negative evaluation directed towards an out–group (Smith and
Mackie, 2007). Current research depicts them as independent constructs, comprising different
behavioural responses. An interrelation is indicated by considerable indirect evidence, specifically
that prejudice is an inevitable consequence of stereotyping. Research demonstrates that cognitive
processes trigger implicit stereotyping and affective processes trigger implicit evaluation; inferring
independence. Amodio and Devine (2006) conducted several implicit association tests (IATs),
concluding that stereotyping and evaluation were uncorrelated. However their finding of a double
dissociation implies a link, the former being implicated in semantic learning and memory, and the
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The study used double dissociation designs, where implicit evaluation and stereotyping were
assessed separately to determine their effects on race biased behaviour, which implies high
predictive validity, as does the use of the IAT in proving that instrumental forms of race bias are the
product of implicit stereotyping, and consummatory forms the product of implicit evaluation.
Contrarily, in the second study, participants recorded their feelings towards an African American
student, followed by completing evaluative and stereotyping IATs; this raises the issue of causal
inference due to demand characteristics, compromising
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61.
62. An Evaluation Of The Alcoholic Beverage And Conversation...
An independent variable, which is what is varied during the experiment, is what will affect the
dependent variable. A change in the independent variable directly causes a change in the dependent
variable, and you can only have one independent variable. The independent variable is the behavior
of one participant that triggers the behavior of another participant. In the first study, the alcoholic
beverage and conversation topic selected by Participant #1 is the independent variable. In the second
study, the behavior of the seller at the store is the independent variable, as is the verbal and
nonverbal communication of some participants in the third study.
A dependent variable is what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the
experiment. The dependent variable responds to the independent variable. It is called dependent
because it "depends" on the independent variable. In a scientific experiment, you cannot have a
dependent variable without an independent variable. In the first study, the response of the second
person to order the drink and take part in the ongoing conversation is the dependent variable. In the
second study, the dependent variable is the mannerisms with which the customer responds to the
seller. In the third study, the dependent variables are the response of the people in the "in–group",
and the response of the people in the "out–group". You can have more than one dependent variable,
but you can only have one independent variable; in the
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63.
64. Voting Behavior
Many political science researchers study the forces that drive the vote. One of the earliest, and most
well known, books about election studies is The American Voter. Written in 1960, the book tries to
explain a model that describes what drives Americans to vote the way they do. The model suggests
that social factors determine ones party identification, which determines one's issue positions and
evaluation of candidate's characteristics. These forces all work together to determine how one will
vote. This model may or may not still hold true today, as political researchers are not in agreement
as to what exactly drives the vote. One thing that does remain true, however, is that factors such as
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No one really knows what drives the vote, and we probably never will. It does seem, however, that
retrospective evaluations do have a much more significant impact than they were once thought to.
It has been found that issues do not play a significant role in voter choice. The American Voter
authors found that the public is often not well informed about public policy and may not be able to
vote on the issues alone. They also found that for voters to decide who to vote for based on issues
three conditions must first be met. The first is that the voters must hold an opinion on the issue.
They must also see what action the government is taking on the issue, and finally they must be able
to see a difference in issue positions between the two parties. It is highly unlikely that a majority of
the American public is able to meet all three requirements. Another reason why Americans are
unable to make decisions based on issues is that they lack the knowledge and sophistication such a
decision requires. Most of those people who do vote on issues know the candidates stances on the
issues and keep their own view constant over time. (Abramson, Aldrich, Rohde, 179–180)
One issue that is very controversial and that almost everyone has an opinion on is abortion. There
are extremist pro–life and pro–choice advocates, but most Americans fall somewhere in–between.
Pro–life activists are very likely to go to the polls, and even
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65.
66. Psychotherapeutic Intervention
What were the measures of therapeutic efficacy used in the study that you read? That's always an
important critical analysis question in any research discussing psychotherapeutic interventions Three
sets measures of therapeutic efficacy used in the study that I read. The first preliminary attribute
included examining whether therapist caseloads existed. Comparable before the start of treatment.
Patient demographic were among the variables such as age, education, number of previous jobs, job
length, and gauge of patient pathology. The patients lowest level of functioning in the past week.
The problem severity scale (PSS), rating from 0 to 100 of the clients most challenging problem. All
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Scales evaluated by the client were: the Barrett Lennard Relationship Inventory, sessions 3, 8,16
(BARLEN; Barrett–Lennard, 1962). The Retrospective assessment of therapy experience, after
treatment, a 1 to 5 scale rating of how well treatment moved. SASB, sessions 3, 8, 16, 22.2. The
measures assessed through the therapist were SASB, sessions 3, 8, 16, 22. The Post–Session
assessment, a unique detail of how well the meeting went. On a ten–point scale rated regarding
sessions 3 and 16 (PSR); and Therapist Regrets, a yes/no evaluation of whether the therapist
reported, having made mistakes during session 3. Finally, supervisors evaluated the therapist after
training on six items, for example, competence and motivation). The individual observers,
progressive clinical psychology graduate students or practicing clinicians trained to use the
measures, obtuse to the theory of the current training, and formed into teams of at least two
evaluation per measure from which their average score was taken to improve reliability. Therapists
on every cohort grasp certain evaluation process throughout. Furthermore, and, at least, two other
groups were available for all measures, except the VNIS and the HA, for each which only had one
cohort. Assignment of each cohort videotape segments based on a goal of equal numbers of parts for
each cohort, as well as the availability for the evaluation of the cohorts. The mediocre was also
taken, wherever data occurred and available from multiple
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67.
68. Recreation Evaluation
The therapeutic recreation process is a systematic method of planning and providing services for
individuals with disabilities. The process is based on a systems theory approach. The system is
designed for a guide for a well–defined, goal–oriented purpose to the activity or program being
provided. It involves four phases: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Use of the
therapeutic recreation process is not dependent on location, but on systematic and consistent use of
assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating services for people with disabilities. The process
is applied in settings like hospitals, long–term facilities and useful in leisure education and
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The implementation phase involves coordinating and executing recreation activities proposed in the
plan, as well as documenting information about the individual (i.e. his or her responses), the
program (i.e. time of day, duration), and the activities (i.e. competitive vs. learning).
Implementation of the individual plan in the recreation setting requires focusing to social (i. e.
attitudinal), programmatic (i.e. adaptations), and environmental (i.e. accessibility) issues. For
example, general recreation programs in which people with disabilities can be included may not be
structured to accommodate people with a variety of disabilities. The therapists may implement
numerous adaptations or accommodations according to the individual's disability and have
knowledge and skills to make these adaptations to facilitate participation. Other factors that could
affect the implementation of the individual plan include inconsistent attendance of a participant with
a disability, unanticipated facility/environmental issues, lack of support from family/caregivers,
inconsistency of general recreation staff, and inappropriate program placement.
The therapist conducts evaluations on the client's skills at the end of the twelve week program by
asking the same series of questions asked in the assessment phase and conducting an
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69.
70. The Importance Of Independent Learning
Introduction
Independent learning has become the necessary studying ability for most of postgraduate students in
higher education. Universities increasingly emphasis the importance of making graduates
"workplace ready", and promote independent learning, particularly as students progress through
their studies .( Choy, S., Bowman, K., Billet, S., Haukka, S. and Wignall, L., 2008) However, many
postgraduate students show their weakness to achieve this ability and wondering about how to
achieve it. Thomas, L., Jones, R. and Ottaway. J. (2015) indicate that independent learning is any
course–related study that you undertake when not being taught by lecturers or other academic staff.
Students have aware that independent learning can help them study more effective and this may
influence their future studying habitat .
This essay focuses on three parts of being an independent learner. First is what the standards of
evaluating the independent learner are. Second is what kind of strategies can help students become
an independent learner and the last part is what benefits can gain from being the independent
learner.
What are the standards?
Many education experts have their individual assessment in evaluating what is the effective
independent learning is or whether the students are independent learner or not. Some of them
believe if people hope to evaluate students who are independent or not, they should have the certain
judgment. As ken Lau (2017, p. 416) noticed, 'the extent to
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71.
72. Coffee Shops
'A WAR IS BREWING' PROGRAMME : MASTER BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
~Learning Issues~ 1.To describe consumers' decision making in different market segments when
they choose retailers of coffee using CDP. 2.To identify additional research that should be conducted
to validate assumption about consumer decisions at each stage of the CDP model. 3.To learn how to
organize marketing program should be provide for our customers after recognize their decision
making process. 4.To see the impact of brand positioning to the consumers decision making. 5.To
recommend marketing strategy after learn about consumers decision making process. 1.0 Summary
2.0 Problem Identification Figure 1: Crimson Cup market segments As a wholesaler of coffee and ...
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Even from the research said that brand is not factors that really encourage or discourage them to
choose the coffee but how the marketers positioning their brand still are important. In this case, the
marketers generally make TV commercials, store displays, give free samples in the mall and fliers
and newspaper coupons to influence the consumers but approach that use by the Crimson Cup to
position their product using: 1.Their position statement is "coffee for Independent Thinkers" as
approval to consumers that they will get quality drinks in a clean and friendly environment. From
the report said, "People see 'coffee for independent Thinkers' and come in to the coffee house. They
like the message." 2.The Crimsoncup believe that quality can make consumers perceive more better
to their product and because of that, they offer quality coffee bean that: Have Fair Trade Certified
Organic coffee are certified by USDA (Quality Certification Services) Signature blends Flavored
coffees in light, medium, and dark roasts with Class I Specialty Grade Coffee. Non–marketer also
will stimuli them because in this case, word–of–mouth from other people experience will influence
them to get information about a new coffee house. Recommendation from family and friends also
will influence them to choose the coffee shops. The more effective stimuli expose to the consumer
the more intention the brand will
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73.
74. 5-Day Lesson Plan
Michelle Kendred April 23, 2011 Grade 7 Room 5 Oceans What is the origin of the ocean? What is
an ocean/sea? What are the characteristics of the ocean? MEAP BENCHMARKS: I.1.MS.5,
II.1MS.1, II.1.MS.2, V.1.MS.1 DISTRICT OUTCOMES: DPS Pacing Chart LESSON
OBJECTIVE: SWBAT – 1. Understand and critique the theories on the origin of the ocean. 2.
Utilize world map to identify the seven continents and five oceans. 3. Label and match oceans to the
connecting/corresponding continent. 4. Compile a topographical list of characteristics of the ocean.
5. Determine commonality between sea and ocean. 6. Differentiate between the saltwater of the
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4. Understand the relationship between the ocean and the moon. MEAP VOCABULARY:
Hydrologic Cycle, condensation, evaporation, precipitation, atmosphere, climate, global
MATERIALS: Text book, "Ocean Ecosystem" handout, "Ocean Ecosystem" worksheet, paper,
pencil. BELL WORK – "Do Now": Students will define the key terms from the chalkboard.
GUIDED PRACTICE: Read and work with students to interpret information from "Ocean
Ecosystem" handouts. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: Students will complete ecosystem worksheet.
CLOSURE: Review and discuss student answers to questions from the board.
SUMMARY/EVALUATION: Constructed response. HOMEWORK: Students will study for
assessment on oceans and ocean life. ADVANCED PREPARATION: Copy assessments and plug in
notebook computers for internet scavenger hunt – 04/27/11. Michelle Kendred April 27 2011 Grade
7 Room 5 Oceans Can you complete the ocean hunt? MEAP BENCHMARKS: I.1.MS.5 DISTRICT
OUTCOMES: DPS Pacing Chart LESSON OBJECTIVE: SWBAT – 1. Complete assessment on
oceans. 2. Utilize the internet to complete two online scavenger hunts on notebook computers.
MEAP VOCABULARY: MATERIALS: Assessment, paper, pencil, notebook computer, and
internet.
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75.
76. Employee Diversity Training
Many organizations offer diversity training, but they do not have practices or values in place that
support an organizational culture of diversity. Although many companies have training programs on
diversity, they ineffectively manage diversity which causes high employee turnover, demotivation
and low organizational performance (Nguyen, 2014). Several examples of diversity are race, gender,
ethnicity, age, religion, and disability. In order to narrow down my research topic, I am choosing
disability as an example of diversity in the workplace. Due to misinformed peers and bad attitudes
towards the disabled, employment rates are low among disabled people. There are only a few
research studies that focus on disability in the workplace, and those studies are general and have not
been well researched (Phillips, Deiches, Morrison, Chan & Bezyak, 2016).
Before the experiment, HR practitioners will conduct a needs assessment in order to ensure that the
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Diversity training with a focus on disability will be given at two locations to 50 managers of a large
corporation. These locations have already been determined to experience diversity problems in the
workplace. Observations and interviews will be done on the employees and managers for a period of
six months prior to the training program. After the independent variable (training program) is
executed, interviews and observations will be conducted again. For immediate organizational and
training outcomes, an evaluation of the program will be done soon after the training. For research
purposes, additional observations will be conducted six months after the training intervention to see
if a substantial change is observed. If significant changes are observed in the second set of
observations, this could possibly support the research hypothesis (Leedy & Ormrod,
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78. What Is The Role Of Emotions In The Buying Decision Process
6. What is the role of emotions in the Buying Decision Process. What are the other major influences
on consumer behavior? Describe them. Ch. 6, Session #3 Handout
There are 3 types of factors influencing on consumer behavior: cultural factors, social factors, and
personal factors.
1) Cultural factors consists a consumer's culture, subculture and social class. These factors are
usually innate in our values and decision activities. Sub–cultures are a society is included of several
cultures which people can point out. Sub–cultures are classes of people who are the same values
depend on a common lifestyle or experience in general. Sub–cultures are the nationalities, religions,
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The influence level might differ depending on independents and membership of groups. But it is
normally noticed common consumption trends amid the members of a same group. The family is the
best of influencing factor for an independent. It structures an environment of socialization in which
an independent will develop, shape his character, and obtain values. But also grow attitudes and
opinions on different subjects such as politics, society, and social relations. The position of an
individual within his family, his work, his country club, his group of friends, and so on. – All this
can be defined in terms of role and social status. A social role is a group of attitudes and hobbies that
an independent is should have and do assume to his profession and his situation at work, his
situation in the family, his gender, and so on. – And expectations of the people around him.
3) A personal factor is a characteristic of a person such as age, sex, sociocultural identity, organic
systems, capabilities, etc. Psychological factors amid the factors influencing consumer behavior,
psychological factors can be divided into 4 types: motivation, perception, learning as well as beliefs
and attitudes.
Buyer decision processes are the decision making processes manage by buyers in regard to a
possible market business deal before, during, and after the purchase of a product or service.
Role of emotions in the buying process:
The evidence for the role of emotion in
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80. Faculty Advisors: Teachers and Facilitators
Human beings are interesting in nature. Vast studies and theories have been created in the past
century, targeting the notion of how adults learn. In the culmination of this research derived the
Andragogical Model and four types of adult learning theories. These types are called Humanism,
Constructivism, Cognitivism and Behaviorism. Although the context of each theory may seem
complex at first, they are rather simple and are clearly identified by their title. More specifically,
Constructivism is the belief that "there is no ultimate shared reality, rather a reality that is the
outcome of a constructive process."4 Therefore, the method of teaching is best conducted, not
through lecture, but through interactive learning such as games, media, discussions, cooperative
learning and independent study1. Constructivism is the most effective learning theory when
targeting an audience with little knowledge of the complex Performance Evaluation System.
A Faculty Advisor is both a teacher and a facilitator. It is an individual who enables groups, large or
small, to learn from an activity. Performance Evaluation Systems is a subject that is extremely
intricate in detail, and if not taught properly by the Faculty Advisor, the students will not reach the
end state and learning objectives. The lessons hours allotted for this topic are designed for group
discussions, practical applications and lecture. First and foremost, a pre–read must be assigned to
the students one academic day before
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