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Company A has experienced rapid growth over the past year but is struggling to deliver quality due to inefficient processes that have caused delays of several weeks in setting up new projects; analyzing the work processes revealed gaps in skills, incentives, environment, and motivation among sales, contract, and project staff; addressing these gaps through training, process changes, new roles, and job aids could significantly reduce setup times and restore quality.
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“Një nga më të mëdhenjtë shkrimtarë europianë, Ismail Kadare, flet për temat më delikate dhe ndarjet midis serbëve dhe shqiptarëve, mbi urrejtjen e zgjatur, zemërimin dhe mllefin, mbi miqësinë dhe moskuptimet me shkrimtarët serbë, mbi shtrembërimet e historisë, që e kapërcen dramën ballkanase, dhe për arsyen përse ishte dashur që Serbia të ishte e para që ta njihte Kosovën”. Shënim i redaksisë së revistës “NIN”
The document provides an overview of a simulation set in a rural village in Niger called Gao Kou Kou Seigi. The simulation aims to familiarize volunteers with village life through interactive activities. Learners will be able to greet locals, learn about appropriate gestures, customs around sharing meals, and more. The simulation involves visiting different areas to learn, including a schoolhouse to learn words and the chief's compound to demonstrate knowledge gained.
The document is a psychology project report on choosing a mate. It includes an introduction discussing mate selection as an evolutionary process. The method section describes the quantitative research design, including questionnaires given to 100 participants to determine factors considered in mate selection. The results section presents 10 figures showing participants preferred kindness, intelligence and physical appearance as the top 3 factors. Most accepted an age difference of 1-5 years and over half accepted long distance relationships or different races. Discussion analyzes the findings and differences between male and female mate preferences based on evolutionary perspectives.
The document is a psychology project report on choosing a mate. It includes an introduction discussing mate selection as an evolutionary process. The method section describes the quantitative research design, including questionnaires given to 100 participants to determine factors considered in mate selection. The results section presents 10 figures showing participants preferred kindness, intelligence and physical appearance as the top 3 factors. Most accepted an age difference of 1-5 years and over half accepted long distance relationships or different races. Discussion analyzes the findings and differences between male and female mate preferences based on evolutionary perspectives.
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- The group acknowledges the help and support of their lecturer, classmates, and others who assisted with their project.
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The document summarizes the results of a survey conducted with 100 participants about their preferences in a partner. The survey found that most participants believed characteristics were more important than physical appearance when choosing a partner. 51% of participants said they would not date someone based on attractiveness alone if they disapproved of their personality. Characteristics like intelligence and humor were seen as most appealing. While appearance can attract initially, the survey showed characteristics are what most value when considering a long-term partner.
This document proposes a study on the sexual orientation of gay men, specifically looking at when they began to feel different and the social judgments they face. It outlines assumptions, significance, scope, methods and analysis. The study would survey gay men ages 12-64 using questionnaires on profiles and interviews. It aims to better understand their experiences and reduce discrimination.
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The document is a psychology project report on choosing a mate. It includes an introduction describing the topic of selecting a mate and factors that may be considered. The method section outlines the research design, 100 participants, materials of questionnaires, and procedure of conducting surveys and analyzing results. The results section presents 6 figures showing most participants preferred kindness over other traits when selecting a mate, accepted a small age difference, could accept long distance relationships, would consider different races, and would not accept a partner with a bad family background.
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Education and research methods
Key concepts/ definitions
Practical and ethical issues
Sampling
Strength's and weaknesses of research methods
Theories of research
Theories and research of education
Gender, ethnicity and social class and education
Material, cultural and factors within schools affecting attainment
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2. It explores some potential reasons for underrepresentation, such as subtle biases where women are viewed or treated differently from men. It discusses the "minimal group paradigm" where people tend to favor others similar to themselves, even based on trivial or arbitrary distinctions.
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This exploratory research report outlines the methodology, including qualitative in-depth interviews, used to understand consumers' attitudes towards certain products and how that leads to purchase intentions and behaviors. The report presents the research problem, objectives, ethical considerations, findings, limitations, and appendices containing the data collection framework and sample interview questions. The exploratory research aims to gain initial insights into consumers' product perceptions before further descriptive or causal research is conducted.
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3) A study of Turkish high school students finding males had more sexual partners than females and females felt more negative after first sex.
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The document summarizes research into sexual relationships and satisfaction. It presents a hypothesis that women tend to hide lack of sexual pleasure more than men. An online survey of 52 sexually active participants aged 18-20 was conducted, finding that 79% of women faked pleasure or orgasm compared to 40% of men. The results supported the hypothesis and highlighted issues such as women feeling less comfortable with their bodies and not communicating pain to partners. Limitations included potential for lying and a small sample size.
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The document is a psychology project report on choosing a mate. It includes an introduction discussing mate selection as an evolutionary process. The method section describes the quantitative research design, including questionnaires given to 100 participants to determine factors considered in mate selection. The results section presents 10 figures showing participants preferred kindness, intelligence and physical appearance as the top 3 factors. Most accepted an age difference of 1-5 years and over half accepted long distance relationships or different races. Discussion analyzes the findings and differences between male and female mate preferences based on evolutionary perspectives.
- The document is a submission for a social psychology course project at FNBE in April 2013. It lists the group members and their student IDs.
- The group acknowledges the help and support of their lecturer, classmates, and others who assisted with their project.
- The results of the survey of 100 participants from Taylor's University and online show that most people believe falling in love occurs through getting to know someone first before developing feelings. Giving respect is the most common way participants feel their partner shows they care. Characteristics are generally seen as more important than appearance, especially for those seeking or in a relationship.
The document summarizes the results of a survey conducted with 100 participants about their preferences in a partner. The survey found that most participants believed characteristics were more important than physical appearance when choosing a partner. 51% of participants said they would not date someone based on attractiveness alone if they disapproved of their personality. Characteristics like intelligence and humor were seen as most appealing. While appearance can attract initially, the survey showed characteristics are what most value when considering a long-term partner.
This document proposes a study on the sexual orientation of gay men, specifically looking at when they began to feel different and the social judgments they face. It outlines assumptions, significance, scope, methods and analysis. The study would survey gay men ages 12-64 using questionnaires on profiles and interviews. It aims to better understand their experiences and reduce discrimination.
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This study examined the effects of viewing other people's Facebook profiles on self-esteem. In experiment 1, 242 participants viewed either their own profile or a profile of someone with fewer, equal, or more friends. Viewing another's profile increased reported happiness but decreased self-esteem compared to viewing one's own profile. Those who viewed a more popular profile reported lower self-esteem and higher intentions to show off. In experiment 2, 285 participants were primed with either associative or comparative contexts before viewing profiles. Results showed gender differences in responses, with men feeling higher self-esteem viewing less popular profiles and women feeling lower self-esteem viewing equally popular profiles in associative contexts. The study found social networking
This document summarizes research from focus groups exploring using focus groups as a healthy sexuality intervention for gay, bisexual, and queer adolescent males. Four online focus groups over 3 days provided social support and information to increase participants' motivation and skills. Sexually inexperienced participants reported the focus groups helped them feel less alone and reinforced waiting for the right person for sex. Sexually experienced participants said the groups reinforced safe sex practices and made them more open to discussing sexuality. Overall, the focus groups appeared to have a positive effect and further research is warranted to quantify their influence on healthy sexual behaviors.
The document is a psychology project report on choosing a mate. It includes an introduction describing the topic of selecting a mate and factors that may be considered. The method section outlines the research design, 100 participants, materials of questionnaires, and procedure of conducting surveys and analyzing results. The results section presents 6 figures showing most participants preferred kindness over other traits when selecting a mate, accepted a small age difference, could accept long distance relationships, would consider different races, and would not accept a partner with a bad family background.
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Education and research methods
Key concepts/ definitions
Practical and ethical issues
Sampling
Strength's and weaknesses of research methods
Theories of research
Theories and research of education
Gender, ethnicity and social class and education
Material, cultural and factors within schools affecting attainment
This document appears to be a research paper examining sexual relationships and satisfaction between male and female partners. It includes an introduction outlining the purpose of studying communication in sexual relationships. The method section describes conducting an online survey of 52 participants between ages 18-30 on their sexual experiences and satisfaction. The results section reports findings from the survey, including that most participants were Buddhist, had not yet married but were living together, and reported highest sexual satisfaction for males compared to females. The conclusion suggests more open communication between partners could lead to greater sexual satisfaction for both.
1. The document discusses challenges faced by women and underrepresented groups in STEM fields. It notes that women and certain racial/ethnic groups are underrepresented in many STEM jobs compared to their percentages in the general population.
2. It explores some potential reasons for underrepresentation, such as subtle biases where women are viewed or treated differently from men. It discusses the "minimal group paradigm" where people tend to favor others similar to themselves, even based on trivial or arbitrary distinctions.
3. It provides advice on strategies for success such as having mentors, self-promotion, publishing in top journals, collaborating with others, and understanding what is valued in one's field such as publications, funding,
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This document discusses the challenges of conducting qualitative health policy and systems research studies from a gender perspective. It notes that research often fails to sufficiently consider gender as a social relation and that the governance of the field lacks attention to power dynamics. The document then reflects on discussions from a meeting of researchers where they shared challenges of addressing gender and power in their work, such as resistance to gender analysis, misunderstandings of gender concepts, and power imbalances in research methods and relationships with respondents. Recommendations include building capacity on positionality, using participatory methods, and developing context-specific strategies to challenge norms respectfully.
This study examined dating experiences of online dating users and non-users among college students. The author conducted in-depth interviews with 5 online dating users and 5 non-users at Reinhardt University. The interviews were recorded and themes from the responses were analyzed. Using interviews allowed the author to directly compare experiences of those who do and do not use online dating, but interviews were time-consuming for both the interviewer and interviewees. Overall, the study aimed to expand understanding of individual experiences with online dating.
The document discusses gender and sex portrayals in printed media. It finds that women are more likely to be portrayed as victims, caretakers, or sex objects, while men are more likely shown as independent, competitive, and aggressive. A survey of coworkers found that women feel more pressure to look like media portrayals and feel more victimized than men. Future research could explore how to promote healthy self-confidence and body images for both genders to reduce stereotypes.
This exploratory research report outlines the methodology, including qualitative in-depth interviews, used to understand consumers' attitudes towards certain products and how that leads to purchase intentions and behaviors. The report presents the research problem, objectives, ethical considerations, findings, limitations, and appendices containing the data collection framework and sample interview questions. The exploratory research aims to gain initial insights into consumers' product perceptions before further descriptive or causal research is conducted.
This document summarizes research from four literature reviews on topics related to sexual activity among young adults:
1) A study comparing sexual activity levels between men and women in relationships and views of pornography.
2) Surveys finding that a significant percentage of female university students practice masturbation, challenging assumptions that it is primarily a male activity.
3) A study of Turkish high school students finding males had more sexual partners than females and females felt more negative after first sex.
4) A study finding adolescents rely on the internet and peers rather than education for sex information and correctly identified menstruation more than contraceptives.
The Researcher Intends To Collect Information Related ToJan Champagne
1. Researchers assess incidence rates and analyze new case counts to estimate disease risk and probability in populations.
2. The polio vaccine developed in 1955 led to the prevention of polio through proper immunization.
3. Homeostasis, the maintenance of stable internal conditions, can be disrupted by disease, but the immune system and feedback mechanisms work to return homeostasis once the disease state is over.
Presented at Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Eastern/Midcontent Region Joint Conference, "The Business of Sex," June 5-7, St. Petersburg, FL.
The document summarizes research into sexual relationships and satisfaction. It presents a hypothesis that women tend to hide lack of sexual pleasure more than men. An online survey of 52 sexually active participants, 27 male and 25 female, found that 79% of women faked pleasure or orgasm compared to 40% and 28% of men. Limitations included potential for untruthful responses and a small sample size.
The document summarizes research into sexual relationships and satisfaction. It presents a hypothesis that women tend to hide lack of sexual pleasure more than men. An online survey of 52 sexually active participants aged 18-20 was conducted, finding that 79% of women faked pleasure or orgasm compared to 40% of men. The results supported the hypothesis and highlighted issues such as women feeling less comfortable with their bodies and not communicating pain to partners. Limitations included potential for lying and a small sample size.
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This document discusses research on the interaction between social media users and explicit content. It finds that social media is a significant medium for explicit content, especially among younger adults. While the research shows correlations between explicit content and risky sexual behavior, the causal relationships are unclear. Motivations for posting explicit content on social media include seeking attention, empowerment, and as a form of communication. Individuals' perceptions of others' explicit content are usually negative. However, more research is still needed due to limitations in the existing studies.
Social Media and Free Expression -- Explicit Content -- Kian McIntosh
Data 690 ppt_art
1. Online Dating in the Gay and
Lesbian Community
Robert Erichsen
Preston Gales
Sharon Filadelfia
2. Introduction
• What is Online Dating?
• meeting people and forming
relationships online
• Popularity
• 40 million users visited dating sites in
August 2003. That is roughly half of all
singles in the U.S.
• With so many using the internet it is
only natural for people to use it for
dating as the well.
3. Introduction
• Popularity (cont.)
• Trying to find the “ONE”
• Notion of marrying for love is generally new
• Online dating gives you access to millions
of people. Giving users a better chance of
finding the “ONE”
• Anonymity
• still holds somewhat of a stigma
• Users like the fact that it is anonymous
• Ability to find others with similar values,
interests and beliefs
4. Introduction
• Popularity (cont.)
• Older daters
• Out of the natural dating pools
• Divorce
• Single parents are not always able to go out
and meet people
• Higher Education and moving for work
• These people often find themselves in
unfamiliar territory and need an alternative
way to meet people.
5. Research Questions
• What types of people use online
dating websites?
• What differences exist between
online daters?
• What are these online daters looking
for?
6. Methodology
http://www.matchmaker.com/
the researchers started out viewing profiles on a
few different dating websites but in the end
decided to use Matchmaker.com.
Matchmaker is a popular online dating site and
allowed us to search for profiles at no cost.
One question the researchers had to deal with
from the beginning was whether to take a random
sampling or restrict the search to a specific area.
In the end the researchers decided to use profiles
from users in and around the San Diego area.
7. Selection of Users
The researchers began by collecting data on all
groups of users, ages 26-35 and 56-65, but soon
found that to be too large of a sample. As a result
the researchers restricted the study to the
homosexual community.
The researchers thought that this community
would make better use of the online dating service
due to a lack of dating resources elsewhere in our
society.
8. Selection of Users
The researchers sampled 10 profiles of each
community and age group. The researchers
analyzed these profiles to find trends in the data
that could tell us more about online dating in the
homosexual community.
9. Data Analysis
From the initial profile analysis the
researchers came up with the hypothesis
that older users take online dating more
seriously and invested more time than
younger users. To test this theory the
researchers looked at a few characteristics
of the profiles such as:
•Word Count
•“I” Usage
•Extroverted/Introverted personality
•Photo used
•Political and Religious affiliation
10. Data analysis
Word Count and “I” usage were two of the harder
things to obtain only because these had to be
counted. For the Word Count the researchers copied
the text into a MS Word doc and used the word
counting tool to help us with that. The “I” usage had
to be counted by hand.
11. Data Analysis
set 1 = 26-35 Women wdct = # of words used in profile
set 2 = 56-65 Women
set 3 = 26-35 Men "I"s = # times the subject used "I” while
set 4 = 56-65 Men desribing themselves
12. Data Analysis
The researches then calculated the percentage of “I”
Usage by dividing the number of times “I” was used by
the number of total words used in the profile.
set 1 = 26-35 Women
set 2 = 56-65 Women
set 3 = 26-35 Men
set 4 = 56-65 Men
13. Data Analysis
Another difficult piece of information was whether the
user was an introvert or an extrovert. To determine
this the researchers depended on the users
described activities. If they enjoyed social activities
with other people the researchers labeled them
extroverts and if they enjoyed solitary activities they
were labeled introverts.
set 1 = 26-35 Women
set 2 = 56-65 Women
set 3 = 26-35 Men
set 4 = 56-65 Men
Personality:
Intro = Introverted
Extro = Extroverted
14. Data Analysis
Studying the users’ photos was interesting. Our hypothesis was
that if a user was serious about online dating and wanted
something long term, they may put more time into the photo they
choose to post. the researchers thought that if a user had a
formal, full body photo they would be more likely looking for a
serious long term relationship based on the time and effort taken
to get the photo.
15. Data Analysis
set 1 = 26-35 Women
set 2 = 56-65 Women
set 3 = 26-35 Men
set 4 = 56-65 Men
Photos:
c=casual
f=formal
hs=head shot
fb=full body
16. Data Analysis
Most of the users had similar political and religious affiliations, so
all this told us was that the online homosexual community studied
was for the most part liberal, and evenly spread across religions
between alternative, traditional, and non-religious. This data did
not really help us with our theory.
set 1 26-35
Women
set 2 56-65
Women
set 3 26-35
Men
set 4 56-65
Men
17. Findings
The researchers found interesting information in the
Word Count, and “I” usage, and the “I” usage ratio.
•The older users had higher word counts than the
younger groups.
•The younger gay male group had the highest % of
“I” usage.
19. Findings
“I” Count Across All Groups
0.06
0.05
Younger
0.04 Women
0.03 Older Women
0.02
Younger Men
0.01
0 Older Men
I
count
mean
20. Findings
Word Counts Across All Groups
800
700
600 Younger
500 Women
400 Older Women
300
200 Younger Men
100
0 Older Men
Mean
Word
Count
21. Conclusions
• All types of people use online dating sites
• Probably due anonymity and ability to find
people outside the immediate social circle that
have similar beliefs, values, and interests.
• Older people use these sites differently
than younger users.
• Older users invest more time and effort and
share more about themselves in order to seek
meaningful, long term relationships.
• Younger users invest less time and effort and
may be seeking more superficial experiences.
These people also have more choices of where
to go and meet potential dates. (i.e. school,
bars, etc)
22. Conclusion
•This study tells us a little about the gay and lesbian
community in Southern CA but further studies need to
be conducted to get conclusive data.
•Until data begins to be collected on what happens after
these users meet each other, the only things that can be
studied are the people using these online services.
•In order to determine if these services actually work,
data needs to be collected after the users of these
services meet.
•Once we know what happens after the users meet
we can determine the success of these sites and
which types of profiles are compatible.