The document discusses identifying bias in scientific studies. It states that good science minimizes bias through random sampling, minimizing measurement bias, and accounting for multiple factors. Bias can come from the language used, data reported, and source of the data. The scientific community engages in quality control like independent duplication of results and peer review to eliminate bias.
Characteristics of healthy personality lcwu pakistan
This document discusses characteristics of a healthy personality in personal and professional life. It defines personality and healthy personality according to past research. A healthy person thinks clearly, adapts well socially, learns to deal with stress through mindfulness, makes time to enjoy life, stays active, eats well, and asks for help when needed. In professional life, a healthy person is organized, punctual, cooperative, ethical, goal-oriented, and has good interpersonal skills.
This document discusses personality and the Filipino character. It defines personality as relatively stable characteristics that influence behavior. Personality is determined by heredity, environment, situation, culture and family. Values represent preferences for modes of conduct or existence. There are two types of values - terminal values relating to desirable end states and instrumental values relating to preferable behaviors. The Big Five personality traits are extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience. The document also outlines strengths and weaknesses of the Filipino character such as pakikisama, family-centeredness, and colonial mentality. It proposes goals for change including developing patriotism, commitment to the common good, integrity and
The document discusses the concept of adjustment, which refers to the process by which living organisms maintain balance between their needs and circumstances. Adjustment is a continual process that involves varying one's behavior to establish more harmonious relationships with the environment. Well-adjusted individuals are physically and psychologically healthy, socially accepted, and able to balance their needs with what is available to them. The document outlines various spheres of adjustment, including personal, social, and occupational adjustment. It also discusses defense mechanisms that people employ unconsciously to protect themselves from anxiety, such as rationalization, projection, denial, and intellectualization.
The document outlines the characteristics of a mentally healthy person. A mentally healthy person can adjust to life's challenges, has a sense of self-worth, and solves problems independently. They also have secure relationships, take responsibility, show emotional maturity, and maintain a balanced lifestyle. The key traits of a mentally healthy person are feeling good about oneself, managing emotions, having lasting relationships, respecting oneself and others, and being able to adapt to life's difficulties.
The document discusses 10 life skills: self-awareness, empathy, critical thinking, creative thinking, decision making, problem solving, interpersonal relationships, effective communication, coping with stress, and coping with emotions. For each skill, it provides a brief definition and explanation of how developing that skill can contribute to healthy relationships and well-being. Overall, the document advocates for developing these 10 life skills in order to effectively manage relationships, make constructive decisions and problem solve, communicate needs, and control stress and emotions.
Lesson One - Introduction into sociologyaqsa_naeem
This document provides an introduction to key concepts in sociology. It defines sociology as the study of social behaviors and explains that sociologists explore human social interactions through studying relationships between individuals, groups, and social institutions. Some key points:
- Sociology examines how social institutions like family, education, work, health care influence behaviors and how people are socialized from a young age.
- It explores different sociological perspectives like functionalism, Marxism, feminism to analyze topics like crime, family, media.
- Social diversity and social structure influence individuals, but sociologists take different theoretical approaches like structuralism which emphasize social control versus action theory focusing on individual agency.
Characteristics of healthy personality lcwu pakistan
This document discusses characteristics of a healthy personality in personal and professional life. It defines personality and healthy personality according to past research. A healthy person thinks clearly, adapts well socially, learns to deal with stress through mindfulness, makes time to enjoy life, stays active, eats well, and asks for help when needed. In professional life, a healthy person is organized, punctual, cooperative, ethical, goal-oriented, and has good interpersonal skills.
This document discusses personality and the Filipino character. It defines personality as relatively stable characteristics that influence behavior. Personality is determined by heredity, environment, situation, culture and family. Values represent preferences for modes of conduct or existence. There are two types of values - terminal values relating to desirable end states and instrumental values relating to preferable behaviors. The Big Five personality traits are extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience. The document also outlines strengths and weaknesses of the Filipino character such as pakikisama, family-centeredness, and colonial mentality. It proposes goals for change including developing patriotism, commitment to the common good, integrity and
The document discusses the concept of adjustment, which refers to the process by which living organisms maintain balance between their needs and circumstances. Adjustment is a continual process that involves varying one's behavior to establish more harmonious relationships with the environment. Well-adjusted individuals are physically and psychologically healthy, socially accepted, and able to balance their needs with what is available to them. The document outlines various spheres of adjustment, including personal, social, and occupational adjustment. It also discusses defense mechanisms that people employ unconsciously to protect themselves from anxiety, such as rationalization, projection, denial, and intellectualization.
The document outlines the characteristics of a mentally healthy person. A mentally healthy person can adjust to life's challenges, has a sense of self-worth, and solves problems independently. They also have secure relationships, take responsibility, show emotional maturity, and maintain a balanced lifestyle. The key traits of a mentally healthy person are feeling good about oneself, managing emotions, having lasting relationships, respecting oneself and others, and being able to adapt to life's difficulties.
The document discusses 10 life skills: self-awareness, empathy, critical thinking, creative thinking, decision making, problem solving, interpersonal relationships, effective communication, coping with stress, and coping with emotions. For each skill, it provides a brief definition and explanation of how developing that skill can contribute to healthy relationships and well-being. Overall, the document advocates for developing these 10 life skills in order to effectively manage relationships, make constructive decisions and problem solve, communicate needs, and control stress and emotions.
Lesson One - Introduction into sociologyaqsa_naeem
This document provides an introduction to key concepts in sociology. It defines sociology as the study of social behaviors and explains that sociologists explore human social interactions through studying relationships between individuals, groups, and social institutions. Some key points:
- Sociology examines how social institutions like family, education, work, health care influence behaviors and how people are socialized from a young age.
- It explores different sociological perspectives like functionalism, Marxism, feminism to analyze topics like crime, family, media.
- Social diversity and social structure influence individuals, but sociologists take different theoretical approaches like structuralism which emphasize social control versus action theory focusing on individual agency.
Holistic health addresses the whole person through both modern and ancient practices like diet, exercise, and meditation. It views the client as an active participant in improving their physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, and occupational dimensions of health. Adolescence brings rapid physical growth and hormonal changes as well as developments in abstract thinking and social/emotional skills. Both boys and girls experience distinctive puberty changes affecting their bodies, minds, and identities during this transitional period.
The document discusses definitions and concepts related to mental health. It defines mental health according to WHO as a state of well-being where an individual can cope with life stresses and realize their potential. Mental hygiene aims to promote mental health and prevent/treat mental illness. The document also discusses characteristics of positive mental health including self-awareness, emotional maturity, and social adjustment. It outlines strategies for maintaining mental health such as self-acceptance, balancing aspirations, and adjusting to work and social environments.
This document discusses connecting to one's body for health and happiness. It explains that connecting to the body through practices like grounding, experiencing sensations and feelings, and staying present can help transform negative experiences, build resilience, and improve focus, activities, clarity and well-being. Connecting to the body through noticing sensations like heat, constriction or pleasantness and feelings like anger or sorrow provides benefits like reduced stress and a greater sense of self.
Chapter 1 for students psycology of successDaryl Matthews
This chapter discusses the concepts of success, psychology, and identity. It defines success as a lifetime of personal fulfillment rather than money or fame. Psychology is described as the scientific study of human behavior with goals of describing, predicting, explaining, and potentially changing behavior. Key components of identity are discussed, including individual identity defined by personal characteristics, relational identity defined in relation to others, and collective identity defined by social roles and groups. The relationship between thoughts, feelings, and actions is explored, as well as factors that influence self-image and success such as self-awareness, self-discipline, and positive relationships.
Concepts of mental health and Mental hygiene.DikshaRai24
Mental Health a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. Mental hygiene, the science of maintaining mental health and preventing the development of psychosis, neurosis, or other mental disorders. Mental hygiene.
Characteristics of mentally heathy person.
Life Skills for a Healthy Life. #1: Assessing Your Health. Requires that you evaluate your actions and behaviors that affect your health. Evaluating your health ...10
Psychology is works every day in human life. It helps to set the path every day for achieving a big goal. To achieve a big goal, an individual breaks it into small which works on daily life and goal is always measured by success, being success or failure. If you achieve success makes you happy and healthy in life at mental level.
Buddhism identifies four noble truths: 1) suffering exists, 2) suffering is caused by attachment, desire, ego, and sense of self, 3) suffering can cease, and 4) the eightfold path provides the way to end suffering. The eightfold path consists of right view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Following this path through cultivating wisdom and throwing out negativity can lead to lasting happiness and success, just as properly tending a garden leads to beauty and greenery.
CBT-self help focuses on how thoughts influence emotions and behaviors. It was developed in the 1950s-1960s by Aaron Beck and focuses on changing dysfunctional thinking patterns. CBT works to change automatic thoughts that may be opinions rather than facts by distancing from thoughts, seeing alternative perspectives, and focusing attention elsewhere when unhelpful thoughts occur. CBT is an effective treatment for many conditions like depression, anxiety, gambling issues, and more.
The document discusses introducing Buddhist principles for managing workplaces and cultivating spirituality. It outlines challenges in management like stress and introduces the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path of Buddhism as a framework. These teachings emphasize right view, intention, speech, action and livelihood. Employers have obligations to employees and employees to employers. Wealth should be used wisely and not cause harm. Meditation, ethics, and developing emotional intelligence can help create enlightened workplaces and relationships.
This document discusses mental health and psychology. It defines mental health as a state of well-being where one can cope with stress and realize their potential. Clinical psychology deals with assessing and treating mental illness and behavioral problems. The document then lists some common mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. It also identifies causes of mental health problems like childhood trauma, stress, and social disadvantage. Finally, it notes that about 450 million people worldwide suffer from mental or behavioral disorders.
8 Tools For Getting Better At The Balancing Act Called LifeGarrett Putman
“8 Tools For Getting Better At The Balancing Act Called Life” includes lessons and insights on work/life balance from Johnson & Johnson’s Human Performance Institute, SAS’ Energy Management Program, Tim Ferris, Arianna Huffington, Brad Stulberg, Greg McKewon, and many others.
This presentation was delivered to The Mission-Driven Life Course
at Durham Academy by Garrett Putman ‘94.
The document discusses psychosocial wellness and disorders. It defines psychosocial wellness as explaining how people think, feel, behave and find purpose. It notes that nearly 25% of Americans experience mental disorders annually. Common risk factors include personality traits, environment, and biology. The document outlines characteristics of wellness like realism and intimacy, and challenges people face like developing identity and managing emotions. It discusses treatment options like therapy and lifestyle changes to manage disorders.
Eating disorders and mental health challengesLeelet1121
The document discusses several mental health conditions including schizophrenia, which affects 1 in 100 people, and the increased likelihood of developing mental illness if a parent has one. It notes that mental illness is not contagious or caused by a lack of willpower, and that people with mental illnesses are not necessarily violent. Several conditions are then defined, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ADHD, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and psychosis. The conditions are described as affecting thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and ability to function.
This document discusses motivation and how meeting or not meeting needs impacts people. It explains that motivation comes from instincts, physiological needs, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and a desire for balance. When needs are met directly in healthy ways, people function better, but unmet needs can lead to indirect compensation through things like aggression, substance abuse, or feeling disconnected. Understanding motivation and needs can help with self-analysis to address unhealthy behaviors and ensure needs are met directly. It is also important for healthcare providers to consider a patient's motivations and ability to meet needs to help them achieve the highest possible level of functioning.
Martin Seligman introduced positive psychology, which focuses on human strengths and well-being rather than just weakness and illness. He developed the Authentic Happiness Theory, which defined three types of happy lives: pleasant, engaged, and meaningful. This led to his Well-Being Theory, which defines five elements of well-being: positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment. The goal is to increase these elements and achieve a state of flourishing. Seligman's research uses surveys to measure strengths and well-being in order to study positive psychology interventions.
Understanding Social Psychological Approaches / PerspectivesGeorge Diamandis
To be able to facilitate understanding and application of relevant perspectives drawn from social psychology in order to develop practice in working with gangs.
The document discusses Athma Life Academy, an organization that provides wellness services, research, training and development. It outlines the seven dimensions of wellness - social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, intellectual and physical wellness. For each dimension, it discusses what it means, how to assess it, and ways to improve in that area of wellness. The organization aims to help people achieve balance across all seven dimensions of wellness through various programs and assessments. It is led by a team of specialists in different areas of wellness and provides wellness programs and consultations internationally.
The eightfold path in Buddhism provides guidelines for living a virtuous life and achieving enlightenment, consisting of right understanding, intent, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. It is not meant as sequential steps but as interrelated aspects of life to be integrated every day. The path promotes moderation over extremes, learning through contemplation rather than blind faith, and seeing reality as it is in order to make ethical choices that respect all life.
Pakistan is located in southern Asia, bordering India, Iran, Afghanistan, China and the Arabian Sea. Asif Ali Zardari is the current president of Pakistan and chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party. Islamabad is the capital city, located in the north on the Pothwar Plateau. The official languages are Urdu and English, though Urdu was originally the primary language. The currency is the Pakistani rupee.
Holistic health addresses the whole person through both modern and ancient practices like diet, exercise, and meditation. It views the client as an active participant in improving their physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, and occupational dimensions of health. Adolescence brings rapid physical growth and hormonal changes as well as developments in abstract thinking and social/emotional skills. Both boys and girls experience distinctive puberty changes affecting their bodies, minds, and identities during this transitional period.
The document discusses definitions and concepts related to mental health. It defines mental health according to WHO as a state of well-being where an individual can cope with life stresses and realize their potential. Mental hygiene aims to promote mental health and prevent/treat mental illness. The document also discusses characteristics of positive mental health including self-awareness, emotional maturity, and social adjustment. It outlines strategies for maintaining mental health such as self-acceptance, balancing aspirations, and adjusting to work and social environments.
This document discusses connecting to one's body for health and happiness. It explains that connecting to the body through practices like grounding, experiencing sensations and feelings, and staying present can help transform negative experiences, build resilience, and improve focus, activities, clarity and well-being. Connecting to the body through noticing sensations like heat, constriction or pleasantness and feelings like anger or sorrow provides benefits like reduced stress and a greater sense of self.
Chapter 1 for students psycology of successDaryl Matthews
This chapter discusses the concepts of success, psychology, and identity. It defines success as a lifetime of personal fulfillment rather than money or fame. Psychology is described as the scientific study of human behavior with goals of describing, predicting, explaining, and potentially changing behavior. Key components of identity are discussed, including individual identity defined by personal characteristics, relational identity defined in relation to others, and collective identity defined by social roles and groups. The relationship between thoughts, feelings, and actions is explored, as well as factors that influence self-image and success such as self-awareness, self-discipline, and positive relationships.
Concepts of mental health and Mental hygiene.DikshaRai24
Mental Health a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. Mental hygiene, the science of maintaining mental health and preventing the development of psychosis, neurosis, or other mental disorders. Mental hygiene.
Characteristics of mentally heathy person.
Life Skills for a Healthy Life. #1: Assessing Your Health. Requires that you evaluate your actions and behaviors that affect your health. Evaluating your health ...10
Psychology is works every day in human life. It helps to set the path every day for achieving a big goal. To achieve a big goal, an individual breaks it into small which works on daily life and goal is always measured by success, being success or failure. If you achieve success makes you happy and healthy in life at mental level.
Buddhism identifies four noble truths: 1) suffering exists, 2) suffering is caused by attachment, desire, ego, and sense of self, 3) suffering can cease, and 4) the eightfold path provides the way to end suffering. The eightfold path consists of right view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Following this path through cultivating wisdom and throwing out negativity can lead to lasting happiness and success, just as properly tending a garden leads to beauty and greenery.
CBT-self help focuses on how thoughts influence emotions and behaviors. It was developed in the 1950s-1960s by Aaron Beck and focuses on changing dysfunctional thinking patterns. CBT works to change automatic thoughts that may be opinions rather than facts by distancing from thoughts, seeing alternative perspectives, and focusing attention elsewhere when unhelpful thoughts occur. CBT is an effective treatment for many conditions like depression, anxiety, gambling issues, and more.
The document discusses introducing Buddhist principles for managing workplaces and cultivating spirituality. It outlines challenges in management like stress and introduces the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path of Buddhism as a framework. These teachings emphasize right view, intention, speech, action and livelihood. Employers have obligations to employees and employees to employers. Wealth should be used wisely and not cause harm. Meditation, ethics, and developing emotional intelligence can help create enlightened workplaces and relationships.
This document discusses mental health and psychology. It defines mental health as a state of well-being where one can cope with stress and realize their potential. Clinical psychology deals with assessing and treating mental illness and behavioral problems. The document then lists some common mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. It also identifies causes of mental health problems like childhood trauma, stress, and social disadvantage. Finally, it notes that about 450 million people worldwide suffer from mental or behavioral disorders.
8 Tools For Getting Better At The Balancing Act Called LifeGarrett Putman
“8 Tools For Getting Better At The Balancing Act Called Life” includes lessons and insights on work/life balance from Johnson & Johnson’s Human Performance Institute, SAS’ Energy Management Program, Tim Ferris, Arianna Huffington, Brad Stulberg, Greg McKewon, and many others.
This presentation was delivered to The Mission-Driven Life Course
at Durham Academy by Garrett Putman ‘94.
The document discusses psychosocial wellness and disorders. It defines psychosocial wellness as explaining how people think, feel, behave and find purpose. It notes that nearly 25% of Americans experience mental disorders annually. Common risk factors include personality traits, environment, and biology. The document outlines characteristics of wellness like realism and intimacy, and challenges people face like developing identity and managing emotions. It discusses treatment options like therapy and lifestyle changes to manage disorders.
Eating disorders and mental health challengesLeelet1121
The document discusses several mental health conditions including schizophrenia, which affects 1 in 100 people, and the increased likelihood of developing mental illness if a parent has one. It notes that mental illness is not contagious or caused by a lack of willpower, and that people with mental illnesses are not necessarily violent. Several conditions are then defined, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ADHD, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and psychosis. The conditions are described as affecting thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and ability to function.
This document discusses motivation and how meeting or not meeting needs impacts people. It explains that motivation comes from instincts, physiological needs, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and a desire for balance. When needs are met directly in healthy ways, people function better, but unmet needs can lead to indirect compensation through things like aggression, substance abuse, or feeling disconnected. Understanding motivation and needs can help with self-analysis to address unhealthy behaviors and ensure needs are met directly. It is also important for healthcare providers to consider a patient's motivations and ability to meet needs to help them achieve the highest possible level of functioning.
Martin Seligman introduced positive psychology, which focuses on human strengths and well-being rather than just weakness and illness. He developed the Authentic Happiness Theory, which defined three types of happy lives: pleasant, engaged, and meaningful. This led to his Well-Being Theory, which defines five elements of well-being: positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment. The goal is to increase these elements and achieve a state of flourishing. Seligman's research uses surveys to measure strengths and well-being in order to study positive psychology interventions.
Understanding Social Psychological Approaches / PerspectivesGeorge Diamandis
To be able to facilitate understanding and application of relevant perspectives drawn from social psychology in order to develop practice in working with gangs.
The document discusses Athma Life Academy, an organization that provides wellness services, research, training and development. It outlines the seven dimensions of wellness - social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, intellectual and physical wellness. For each dimension, it discusses what it means, how to assess it, and ways to improve in that area of wellness. The organization aims to help people achieve balance across all seven dimensions of wellness through various programs and assessments. It is led by a team of specialists in different areas of wellness and provides wellness programs and consultations internationally.
The eightfold path in Buddhism provides guidelines for living a virtuous life and achieving enlightenment, consisting of right understanding, intent, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. It is not meant as sequential steps but as interrelated aspects of life to be integrated every day. The path promotes moderation over extremes, learning through contemplation rather than blind faith, and seeing reality as it is in order to make ethical choices that respect all life.
Pakistan is located in southern Asia, bordering India, Iran, Afghanistan, China and the Arabian Sea. Asif Ali Zardari is the current president of Pakistan and chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party. Islamabad is the capital city, located in the north on the Pothwar Plateau. The official languages are Urdu and English, though Urdu was originally the primary language. The currency is the Pakistani rupee.
The document discusses various Rotary Club activities including receiving district awards for best weekly bulletin and youth service, donating school desks to a local school, and organizing a women's health camp to provide free checkups, exams, and some free surgeries for 30 women. It also mentions priorities for Rotary International including continuing efforts to eradicate polio, implementing the Future Vision grant plan, developing an online club resource called Rotary Club Central, and focusing on membership growth.
The document is a newspaper issue from Sunday, July 10th, 2011. It is the second issue of that day and the second page of the issue. The summary provides only the essential metadata and does not include any contents from the newspaper itself.
Community-Led Open Source Art: The Fedora Design TeamMáirín Duffy
This document summarizes the process used by the Fedora Art Team to develop open source artwork for Fedora 8 in a community-led manner. The team worked on artwork for the distro, promotional materials, and community websites using only free and open source software. They maintained quality through controlled brainstorming, clear expectations, and an iterative process with feedback. For Fedora 8, they held three rounds of proposals and refinements to select a theme, engaging over 10 participants. While collaboration improved, the process could better encourage earlier teamwork and community involvement. Lessons learned will inform future artwork processes and the creation of a Fedora Art Studio spin focused on artists.
Pakistan is located in southern Asia, bordering India, Iran, Afghanistan, China and the Arabian Sea. Asif Ali Zardari is the current president of Pakistan and chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party. Islamabad is the capital city, located in the north on the Pothwar Plateau. The official languages are Urdu and English, though Urdu was originally the primary language. The currency is the Pakistani rupee.
The task was to design a campaign to address the issue of brain drain in a country where the number of talented individuals leaving for foreign countries is overwhelming. The campaign #GorboBangladesh aimed to convince various target audiences, including non-residential Bangladeshis, college students studying abroad, potential students or expats who wish to settle abroad, and other stakeholders, to contribute their talents and resources to the country either remotely or by returning to the motherland. This campaign acknowledge that studying or learning skills abroad is not a crime, but ultimately, the goal is to convince individuals to utilize their skills and experiences for the benefit of the country. This task was assigned on the country's one of the prestigious business competition event - Brandwitz 2015
This document provides a beginner's guide to UI design with an overview of the key steps: research goals and users, sketch screen flows and designs, test designs through 5-minute usability studies, and finalize the design. It outlines how to define the research project, understand users and their tasks, research the domain knowledge, sketch screen flows and individual screen designs. It also provides recommendations for testing early mockups and lists resources for further research on each step of the process.
Perceptual Analysis of Kwality Ice-cream's various Stimuli & Marketing Strat...Ahsan Habib Shuvo
Kwality Ice-cream targeted young adults in Bangladesh, they might conduct a perceptual analysis to determine what types of images, sounds, and messages resonate with this audience. Based on the findings, Kwality is creating marketing campaigns that feature trendy, colorful images and upbeat music to appeal to this demographic.
Changing Youth Segments' Perception of Grameenphone ServicesAyman Sadiq
Grameenphone is the leading telecommunication operator in Bangladesh having the largest mobile phone customer base and the widest network coverage.
The right and contemporary use of technology is the key to the progress of a nation. Keeping this in mind, Grameenphone always brings the future proof technology in order to facilitate your progress.
The possibilities in this new world are immense and someone as bright as you should not be behind in anyway. At the end of the day, all the individual progresses accumulate to the progress of the beloved motherland.
Grameenphone promises you to bring the best of communication technologies so that you can Go Beyond.
Peddle Cloud - A Creative Digital AgencyAyman Sadiq
Peddle Cloud is a modern full-service creative agency that exists to better connect brands with consumers in an increasingly digital-centric world.
They approach your needs with insight-rich strategy, brilliant creative and intelligent technology to consistently exceed expectations and keep your audience engaged. It’s these experiences that create lasting connection that build brands.
Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education. With an information graphic, computer scientists, mathematicians, and statisticians develop and communicate concepts using a single symbol to process information.
Infographics shapes and diagrams - graphical inspirations if you want to present a text bullet point slide in an attractive visual way. Examples of infographics diagrams shapes for linear lists, e.g. presentation agenda or table of content, shapes for ordered lists (numbered items) and central item with subitems (by puzzle pieces, circles, pentagram). Diagrams are in modern UI flat graphical style, editable in PowerPoint.
ICT Implementation in The Education Sector of BangladeshAyman Sadiq
To make the best use of information technology, educational institutions need a workable plan to fully integrate it into all aspects of the curriculum so students are taught how, why, and when to use technology. How technology is utilized in the curriculum and managed by teachers will have an important role to play in widening the resource and knowledge base for all students.
Previously, the use of ICT was limited to private sector education only but it is no longer restricted to private sector education owing to the government efforts. The Government of Bangladesh in an effort to harness the power of ICT formulated its National ICT Policy in year 2002. To implement its policies, the government of Bangladesh has sought the help of UNDP and USAID to use its access to information (a2i) program for the development of the education sector. Access to information (a2i) program aims to make teaching and learning more effective and enjoyable for both students and teachers using ICTs. The most remarkable transformation was empowerment of teachers who were trained to create multimedia content independently, rather than depending on curriculum and multimedia experts. The government soon sought a2i’s support to design a USD 40 million educational transformation program to establish MMCs in over 23,000 secondary schools, madrassas and junior colleges and train nearly 70,000 teachers by 2014.
To better understand how information systems are used in educational institutes, three cases were analyzed. In Adamjee Cantonment College, almost all the aspects of the college are currently under single information system software that ensures all the aspects of the college is going as per schedule. The college makes apt use of biometric identification, communication through text messages and intends to make us of OMR reader, E-payment service and attendance management systems. In the e-learning site Shikkok.com, online tutorials are provided to facilitate free online education and high-quality courses in Bengali language to rural and disadvantaged students in Bangladesh and India. Onnorokom Pathshala, another case considered, is trying to come up with an android app to cater to the mobile internet market. So far they are providing their services through their Youtube channel.
Computer literacy in Bangladesh is steadily on the rise. There is also a growing number of Internet users; cellular phone is widespread and so is accessibility of technology like SMS. While even a few years ago computers were vastly used as digital ‘typewriters’, they are now being employed to maintain accounts worth tens of millions of takas and more importantly, in storing useful information.
The concept of a Digital Bangladesh is welcomed by the IT professionals and the general mass. To fuel this notion the government must give due importance to the matter of cybercrime. Otherwise, like many other positive initiatives this will fall on its face. It is a matter of hope that the “National Information and Information Technology Guidelines 2009” has included Cybercrime as an agenda. To make this a success the Ministry of Information Technology, along with the IT professionals and the media must come forward.
Top Business Competitions in BangladeshAyman Sadiq
Business competitions have been the trendy buzz in recent times. The stakes got higher with the increasing prize money and the bragging right counts more than ever before. Be it for you or for your university, a well deserved title is craved by many now a days. If you haven't got enough idea about these then it's time you did.
And what is the better way to learn how business works? Obviously practically doing what you are learning. Business competitions give you that rare chance of experiencing that knowledge, living every moment of it, giving you the feel of how to work in pressure. This presentation is a gateway to all those business competitions!
An Infographics on How to Make InfographicsAyman Sadiq
Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education. With an information graphic, computer scientists, mathematicians, and statisticians develop and communicate concepts using a single symbol to process information.
With the trend of using the internet to convey information to millions of people worldwide, it also becomes a challenge on how you can effectively communicate to the people with your contents. Making one’s content eye-catching and easy to understand is not an easy task. You need to dig deeper into a topic and look for ways to present it in a manner that you could outshine your competitors. It is not just you who have thought of writing or presenting a particular topic. There are thousands of people who are also posting the same. The challenge is for you to make it unique and more attractive. This is where infographics come in. Infographics are visual representations of information, data or knowledge. It is an important tool in teaching, in business, in giving inspiration and in presenting information. It is one of the most powerful ways to communicate with complex data.
The document discusses key aspects of science:
1. Science aims to understand the natural world through observation and testing of hypotheses, not to prove ideas.
2. Objectivity is important to good science - experiments must be designed to minimize bias.
3. Two main types of bias are sampling bias, from an unrepresentative sample, and measurement bias, from an inaccurate measurement method.
4. The scientific community uses independent verification of results and peer review to reduce bias in published findings.
The document discusses key aspects of science:
1. Science aims to understand the natural world through observation and testing of hypotheses, not to prove ideas.
2. Objectivity is important to good science - experiments must be designed to minimize bias.
3. Two main types of bias are sampling bias, from an unrepresentative sample, and measurement bias, from an inaccurate measurement method.
4. The scientific community uses independent verification of results and peer review to reduce bias in published findings.
This document discusses what science is and is not. It begins by stating that science attempts to disprove ideas rather than prove them, and is concerned with understanding the natural world through observation and experimentation. It notes several misconceptions, such as the idea that science can prove anything or that there is a linear progression from hypothesis to theory to law. Good science minimizes bias through random sampling, appropriate measurement techniques, and independent verification. It emphasizes that science provides the most reliable knowledge about the natural world but does not claim certainty, only degrees of probability. Overall, the document provides a concise overview of the scientific process and addresses common misconceptions about the limitations and objectives of science.
LASA 1 Final Project Early Methods Section3LASA 1.docxDIPESH30
LASA 1 Final Project Early Methods Section3
LASA 1: FINAL PROJECT EARLY METHODS SECTION
THE ROLE OF INTROVERSION AND EXTRAVERSION
PERSONALITY TRAITS ON MARITAL BLISS
STUDENT
_______ UNIVERSITY
PSY302-A01 Research Methods
Professor
April 15, 2015
Author Note:
This research was carried out as a partial fulfillment towards research methods course by.
Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to
1. What is your research question?
What is the significance of extroversion and introversion in marriage?
1. What is your hypothesis or hypotheses? What is the null hypothesis?
Null Hypothesis: Extroversion brings along successful family institution and marital bliss.
Alternate hypothesis: Extroversion does not bring along successful family institution and marital bliss.
1. How many participants would you like to use and why? What are the inclusion characteristics, i.e., what must they have in order to be included in your study (for example, gender, diagnosis, age, personality traits, etc.)? Are there any exclusion characteristics, i.e. are there certain characteristics that would exclude them from being in your study? Does the sample need to be diverse? Why or why not?
20 participants will be engaged in the research study. This is a small number that is easier to manage as well as coordinate their activities during the data collection exercise. Ideally, participants are required and are normally sampled from a large population to be a representative. The nature of the study will require the researcher to get participants who have experiences in marriage. On gender, I will sample equal number of men and women to act as the representative of the general population. The approach is guided by the population in the community where the number of women and men is at par. On age, I will pick individuals from across ages although the highest percentage will constitute of married individuals between the age of 30 and 40 years. Further, I will also pick four individuals who have divorced with the aim of understanding whether introversion or extroversion contributed to their divorce. I will also look at the personal traits of individuals; hence will both social and anti-social individuals. The target participants will precise, representative and homogeneous. They will then be divided into different sets or strata that are mutually exclusive in order to aid it obtaining a systematic process of research.
1. What sampling technique will be used to collect your sample? What population does yoursample generalize to?
Being a qualitative research, the research will utilize the sampling method in the collection of data. Surveying and questionnaire are the main data collection methods that are normally used in quantitative research. The methods aids in understanding the behavior and effects from different members of the focus groups. The approach helps to reduce biases that may emerge when using a bigger population size while at the same time gu ...
Introduction to research and developing research ideaKaimrc_Rss_Jd
The document discusses research planning and methods. It describes identifying a knowledge gap and formulating a research question. Key aspects of a good research question are that it is important, innovative, answerable, and worth answering. The document contrasts background and foreground clinical questions. It emphasizes formulating questions focused on a specific problem, intervention, comparator, and outcome. Different study types - observational (descriptive, analytical) and interventional - are outlined, including their advantages and disadvantages. Cross-sectional, cohort, and case-control observational study designs are described in detail.
This document provides an overview of research in medical and health fields. It discusses the importance of health research, defines different types of medical research including basic, applied, quantitative, qualitative, experimental and non-experimental research. It also outlines various research methodologies like descriptive research, exploratory research, cross-sectional research, longitudinal research and case study research. The document emphasizes that medical research facilitates learning, highlights issues, and helps advance treatment, diagnosis and understanding of human health problems through the scientific method.
This document provides an introduction to critical appraisal. It defines critical appraisal as systematically weighing the quality and relevance of research to inform decision making. The document outlines different types of research studies including systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, and case-control studies. It discusses how to critically appraise studies by assessing their validity, results, and relevance. Key aspects of appraising randomized controlled trials are described such as randomization, blinding, accounting for all participants, and interpreting results including p-values and confidence intervals. The goal is to help readers gain skills to critically evaluate research.
David Resnik - MedicReS World Congress 2012MedicReS
Ethical Dilemmas in Scientific Research
David B. Resnik, JD, PhD, NIEHS/NIH
This research is supported by the NIEHS/NIH. It does not represent the views of the NIEHS, NIH, or US government.
The document discusses guidelines for ethical human experimentation and research. It addresses key considerations like informed consent, minimizing harms, and ensuring experimental and control groups are comparable. Randomized controlled trials that compare outcomes between those receiving the treatment and a control group are identified as the best way to reliably test a medical intervention. Informed consent, voluntary participation, potential risks and benefits, and the right to withdraw must be respected. The welfare of research participants should be the top priority through careful experiment design and oversight.
Here are the answers to your questions:
1. FINER criteria of a good research question are: Feasible, Interesting, Novel, Ethical, Relevant.
2. A null hypothesis is a statistical hypothesis that predicts that no relationship exists between two variables.
3. The types of relationships that may exist between two variables are: positive, negative, or no relationship.
4. Read around comes first before read into. Read around gives a broad overview of the topic area, while read into involves an in-depth review.
5. The literature review is often called the "mother of the research" as it helps identify gaps and formulate the research question.
6. If we
RSS 2012 Developing Research Idea and QuestionWesam Abuznadah
This document discusses the research process and how to formulate answerable research questions. It explains that the research process begins with identifying a knowledge gap and transforming it into a clear research question. It also discusses where research questions come from and how to define a good question based on importance, interest, and answerability. The document provides guidance on formulating an answerable PICO (population, intervention, comparator, outcome) question and determining the best feasible study type to answer the question. Common study types discussed include observational studies like cross-sectional, cohort and case-control studies, as well as experimental intervention studies.
This document provides an overview of research methods. It defines research as a systematic, careful examination aimed at discovering and establishing facts or principles. Research is classified in several ways, including by purpose (predictive, directive, illuminative), goal (basic/pure vs applied), level of investigation (exploratory, descriptive, experimental), scope (action research), choice of answers to problems (evaluation research, developmental research), and statistical content (quantitative vs qualitative). The key aspects of various research types are outlined at a high level.
Here are the answers to the quiz:
1. Research is a systematic process of collecting and analyzing information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue. It involves the discovery of new facts or testing new ideas.
2. Two reasons why we need to conduct research are:
- To gain new knowledge and understanding. Research allows us to discover new facts and relationships that were previously unknown. This expands our body of knowledge.
- To solve problems. Research helps us identify solutions to problems by testing new ideas and approaches through a systematic process. This allows us to improve practices, products, policies and theories.
3. Two general and specific purposes of research are:
- Description - Research describes a phenomenon. For example,
The document discusses research ethics and characteristics of ethical research. It provides examples of ethical and unethical research practices, including fabricating data, failing to publish corrections, and issues around sharing research data with other scientists. Key aspects of ethical research include objectivity, protecting research subjects, transparency in findings, and acknowledging collaborators.
OverviewAs a social science student, it is vitally important t.docxkarlhennesey
Overview
As a social science student, it is vitally important that you become an educated consumer of social science research, even if you never get to conduct an actual research study.
You need to have a basic understanding of the steps in the scientific process, a familiarity with commonly used social science research designs and methods, and a knowledge of procedures for collecting and analyzing social science data.
This module provides very basic information about these topics. It addresses the following subjects:
· the scientific method
· qualitative and quantitative research
· data analysis and presentation
· discipline-specific research designs and methods The Scientific Method
The scientific method is a form of inquiry that was originally developed to answer questions in the natural sciences. The scientific method uses systematic observation and measurement to confirm or disconfirm hypotheses that most often are derived from underlying theories.
When a hypothesis is confirmed, it lends support to the underlying theory. When it is not confirmed, researchers must reformulate the theory and come up with other explanations. Scientists share their findings by presenting at conferences or publishing in peer-reviewed journals. Sharing results with the research world is an important part of the scientific method because science is an iterative activity.
As social scientists, we have a great challenge. Because we cannot exert complete control over human behavior, it is not possible to conduct true experiments. Real life cannot be captured in a lab, and human behavior cannot be explained by one or even two causes. This makes it difficult to determine "cause and effect." For example, if we are interested in knowing why poor people have compromised health outcomes, we would need to account for an impossibly large number of factors or variables such as race, ethnicity, genetic markers, income, education level, access to health care services, and living conditions.
Steps for Conducting a Research Study
Figure 4.1
Steps for Conducting a Research Study
Source: UMUC PSYC 100.
The use of the scientific method allows researchers to develop explanations of social science phenomena. The steps of the research process are explained from a psychological perspective in this tutorial (Bradley, 2000).
Step 1: Make an Observation
The starting place for any research study is an observation (idea) regarding a topic of interest to you, the researcher. It may come from a conversation with a friend, a book or television program, or the conclusion of a related research project. All that is needed at this point is your interest in pursuing the topic further.
Let's take an example that we will use for all of the steps in the process. You observe that you are able to memorize items such as telephone numbers better when you eat candy. Because of this, you wonder if there is a connection between the primary component of candy (sugar) and memory.
Step 2: Propose a Hypoth ...
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This document provides an overview of health research ethics training. It begins with learning objectives around key values, theories, and principles that guide health research. It then discusses the definition and goals of ethics. Several key points are covered, including: the history of research ethics and important documents/events that shaped guidelines; principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice; roles and responsibilities of ethics committees and researchers; and issues like scientific misconduct, informed consent, and protecting participants. The document emphasizes applying fundamental ethical principles to ensure research is planned and conducted properly.
Research can take many forms but generally involves systematically investigating a topic to establish facts or reach new conclusions. The document outlines different types of research including basic research driven by curiosity, correlational research which studies relationships between variables, applied research which seeks practical solutions, and descriptive research which provides accurate descriptions of individuals, situations or groups. Experimental research establishes cause-and-effect through manipulation of variables while qualitative research explores non-quantifiable topics like beliefs and meanings.
This document provides guidance on how to write a research protocol. It explains that a research protocol is a document that describes the research question, hypothesis, objectives, design, methodology, statistical considerations and expected outcomes. It emphasizes that the protocol should communicate the need and nature of the study in a simple, clear manner to convince stakeholders. The document outlines the various sections that should be included in a protocol such as introduction, methodology, analysis plan, references and ethics considerations. It stresses that the protocol should indicate how the study will advance scientific knowledge and potentially impact healthcare, policies or further research. The document provides tips for choosing a feasible, novel topic and refining the research question and objectives. It also discusses various study designs, sampling techniques,
This document discusses evidence-based practice and provides information on different types of evidence available, including experimental studies, systematic reviews, and guidelines. It explains that evidence-based practice aims to provide an objective basis for practice by evaluating available evidence. The document also discusses how to search for evidence, including using keywords and databases, as well as the importance of developing a search strategy and documenting the search process.
Current Ms word generated power point presentation covers major details about the micronuclei test. It's significance and assays to conduct it. It is used to detect the micronuclei formation inside the cells of nearly every multicellular organism. It's formation takes place during chromosomal sepration at metaphase.
Travis Hills' Endeavors in Minnesota: Fostering Environmental and Economic Pr...Travis Hills MN
Travis Hills of Minnesota developed a method to convert waste into high-value dry fertilizer, significantly enriching soil quality. By providing farmers with a valuable resource derived from waste, Travis Hills helps enhance farm profitability while promoting environmental stewardship. Travis Hills' sustainable practices lead to cost savings and increased revenue for farmers by improving resource efficiency and reducing waste.
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Abstract: Equivariant neural networks are neural networks that incorporate symmetries. The nonlinear activation functions in these networks result in interesting nonlinear equivariant maps between simple representations, and motivate the key player of this talk: piecewise linear representation theory.
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The use of Nauplii and metanauplii artemia in aquaculture (brine shrimp).pptxMAGOTI ERNEST
Although Artemia has been known to man for centuries, its use as a food for the culture of larval organisms apparently began only in the 1930s, when several investigators found that it made an excellent food for newly hatched fish larvae (Litvinenko et al., 2023). As aquaculture developed in the 1960s and ‘70s, the use of Artemia also became more widespread, due both to its convenience and to its nutritional value for larval organisms (Arenas-Pardo et al., 2024). The fact that Artemia dormant cysts can be stored for long periods in cans, and then used as an off-the-shelf food requiring only 24 h of incubation makes them the most convenient, least labor-intensive, live food available for aquaculture (Sorgeloos & Roubach, 2021). The nutritional value of Artemia, especially for marine organisms, is not constant, but varies both geographically and temporally. During the last decade, however, both the causes of Artemia nutritional variability and methods to improve poorquality Artemia have been identified (Loufi et al., 2024).
Brine shrimp (Artemia spp.) are used in marine aquaculture worldwide. Annually, more than 2,000 metric tons of dry cysts are used for cultivation of fish, crustacean, and shellfish larva. Brine shrimp are important to aquaculture because newly hatched brine shrimp nauplii (larvae) provide a food source for many fish fry (Mozanzadeh et al., 2021). Culture and harvesting of brine shrimp eggs represents another aspect of the aquaculture industry. Nauplii and metanauplii of Artemia, commonly known as brine shrimp, play a crucial role in aquaculture due to their nutritional value and suitability as live feed for many aquatic species, particularly in larval stages (Sorgeloos & Roubach, 2021).
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The pygmy halfbeak Dermogenys colletei, is known for its viviparous nature, this presents an intriguing case of relatively low fecundity, raising questions about potential compensatory reproductive strategies employed by this species. Our study delves into the examination of fecundity and the Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) in the Pygmy Halfbeak, D. colletei (Meisner, 2001), an intriguing viviparous fish indigenous to Sarawak, Borneo. We hypothesize that the Pygmy halfbeak, D. colletei, may exhibit unique reproductive adaptations to offset its low fecundity, thus enhancing its survival and fitness. To address this, we conducted a comprehensive study utilizing 28 mature female specimens of D. colletei, carefully measuring fecundity and GSI to shed light on the reproductive adaptations of this species. Our findings reveal that D. colletei indeed exhibits low fecundity, with a mean of 16.76 ± 2.01, and a mean GSI of 12.83 ± 1.27, providing crucial insights into the reproductive mechanisms at play in this species. These results underscore the existence of unique reproductive strategies in D. colletei, enabling its adaptation and persistence in Borneo's diverse aquatic ecosystems, and call for further ecological research to elucidate these mechanisms. This study lends to a better understanding of viviparous fish in Borneo and contributes to the broader field of aquatic ecology, enhancing our knowledge of species adaptations to unique ecological challenges.
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With increasing population, people need to rely on packaged food stuffs. Packaging of food materials requires the preservation of food. There are various methods for the treatment of food to preserve them and irradiation treatment of food is one of them. It is the most common and the most harmless method for the food preservation as it does not alter the necessary micronutrients of food materials. Although irradiated food doesn’t cause any harm to the human health but still the quality assessment of food is required to provide consumers with necessary information about the food. ESR spectroscopy is the most sophisticated way to investigate the quality of the food and the free radicals induced during the processing of the food. ESR spin trapping technique is useful for the detection of highly unstable radicals in the food. The antioxidant capability of liquid food and beverages in mainly performed by spin trapping technique.
Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intellige...University of Maribor
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The Milky Way’s (MW) inner stellar halo contains an [Fe/H]-rich component with highly eccentric orbits, often referred to as the
‘last major merger.’ Hypotheses for the origin of this component include Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus (GSE), where the progenitor
collided with the MW proto-disc 8–11 Gyr ago, and the Virgo Radial Merger (VRM), where the progenitor collided with the
MW disc within the last 3 Gyr. These two scenarios make different predictions about observable structure in local phase space,
because the morphology of debris depends on how long it has had to phase mix. The recently identified phase-space folds in Gaia
DR3 have positive caustic velocities, making them fundamentally different than the phase-mixed chevrons found in simulations
at late times. Roughly 20 per cent of the stars in the prograde local stellar halo are associated with the observed caustics. Based
on a simple phase-mixing model, the observed number of caustics are consistent with a merger that occurred 1–2 Gyr ago.
We also compare the observed phase-space distribution to FIRE-2 Latte simulations of GSE-like mergers, using a quantitative
measurement of phase mixing (2D causticality). The observed local phase-space distribution best matches the simulated data
1–2 Gyr after collision, and certainly not later than 3 Gyr. This is further evidence that the progenitor of the ‘last major merger’
did not collide with the MW proto-disc at early times, as is thought for the GSE, but instead collided with the MW disc within
the last few Gyr, consistent with the body of work surrounding the VRM.
Describing and Interpreting an Immersive Learning Case with the Immersion Cub...Leonel Morgado
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When I was asked to give a companion lecture in support of ‘The Philosophy of Science’ (https://shorturl.at/4pUXz) I decided not to walk through the detail of the many methodologies in order of use. Instead, I chose to employ a long standing, and ongoing, scientific development as an exemplar. And so, I chose the ever evolving story of Thermodynamics as a scientific investigation at its best.
Conducted over a period of >200 years, Thermodynamics R&D, and application, benefitted from the highest levels of professionalism, collaboration, and technical thoroughness. New layers of application, methodology, and practice were made possible by the progressive advance of technology. In turn, this has seen measurement and modelling accuracy continually improved at a micro and macro level.
Perhaps most importantly, Thermodynamics rapidly became a primary tool in the advance of applied science/engineering/technology, spanning micro-tech, to aerospace and cosmology. I can think of no better a story to illustrate the breadth of scientific methodologies and applications at their best.
1. What is Science?
or
1. Science is concerned with understanding how nature and the
physical world work.
2. Science can prove anything, solve any problem, or answer any
question.
3. Any study done carefully and based on observation is
scientific.
4. Science can be done poorly.
5. Anything done scientifically can be relied upon to be accurate
and reliable.
6. Different scientists may get different solutions to the same
problem.
7. Knowledge of what science is, what it can and cannot do, and
how it works, is important for all people.
2. Science is concerned with understanding how
nature and the physical world work.
Science is a process by which we try to understand how
the natural and physical world works and how it came to be
that way.
3. • Science actually attempts to disprove ideas
(hypotheses).
• Science is limited strictly to solving problems about
the physical and natural world.
• Explanations based on supernatural forces, values
or ethics can never be disproved and thus do not fall
under the realm of science.
Science can prove anything, solve any
problem or answer any question.
4. Any study done carefully and
based on observation is scientific.
• Science must follow certain rules.
• The rules of science make the scientific process as
objective as is possible.
Objective = Not influenced by feelings, interests
and prejudices; UNBIASED
vs.
Subjective = Influenced by feelings, interests and
prejudices; BIASED
5. Science can be done poorly.
• Science can be done poorly, just like any other
human endeavor.
• Quality control mechanisms in science increase the
reliability of its product.
Anything done scientifically can be relied upon
to be accurate and reliable.
6. Different scientists may get different solutions
to the same problem.
• Results can be influenced by the race, gender,
nationality, religion, politics or economic interests of the
scientist.
• Sampling or measurement bias can result in different
solutions to the same problem.
7. People need to be able to evaluate scientific information in
order to make informed decisions about:
• Health care
• Environmental issues
• Technological advances
• Public health issues
Knowledge of what science is, what it can and
cannot do, and how it works, is important for
all people.
8. Objectivity is the key to good science.
To be objective, experiments need to be designed
and conducted in a way that does not introduce
bias into the study.
What is good science?
9. • A prejudiced presentation of material
• A consistent error in estimating a value
Two main types of bias:
1. Sampling bias
2. Measurement Bias
Bias =
10. Sampling Bias
Sample = A group of units selected to be
“measured” from a larger group (the
population).
Sampling bias is introduced when the
sample used is not representative of the
population or inappropriate for the question
asked.
11. 1. Use a RANDOM SAMPLE = every individual
has an equal likelihood of being chosen.
2. Limit the question asked to the specific group
sampled.
SAMPLE SIZE: Is the sample big enough to get a good
average value?
SELECTION OF SAMPLE: Does the composition of the
sample reflect the composition of the population?
Factors that contribute to sampling bias
Factors such as location, age, gender, ethnicity, nationality
and living environment can affect the data gathered.
How to minimize sample selection bias:
12. Measurement Bias
Is the method of data collection chosen in such a
way that data collected will best match reality?
Evaluate the technique:
• Measurements taken accurately
• No additions to the environment that
will influence results
• Experiment designed to isolate the
effect of multiple factors
13. Good science depends on a well-designed
experiment that minimizes bias by using the
appropriate:
•Sample size
•Sample selection
•Measurement techniques
***for the question being investigated
Summary
14. Independent duplication = Two or more scientists from
different institutions investigate the same question
separately and get similar results.
Peer-reviewed journal = A journal that publishes articles
only after they have been checked for quality by several
expert, objective scientists from different institutions.
The scientific community engages in
certain quality control measures to
eliminate bias.
Results are verified by independent duplication
and publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
16. Identifying good science: Look for signs
of bias!
• Language
• Appropriate data reported to
back conclusions
• Data source
17. Language
“Scientifically-proven”
* Science does not seek to prove but to disprove
* Be suspicious of this claim!
Emotional appeals
* Conclusions should be data-based
* Emotional appeals usually are not data-based
Strong language
* Scientific conclusions should only report what the
data supports.
* Words should be chosen very carefully to avoid
exaggeration or claims not supported by data.
THE DATA SHOULD CONVINCE YOU,
NOT THE WORDS USED!
18. Appropriate data reported to back
conclusions
Are samples and measurements appropriate
for the conclusion presented?
Are multiple factors properly accounted for
to justify the interpretation of the data?
19. Data Sources
All organizations produce unbiased data. However,
it is important to understand the organization’s
motivation to be able to identify potential bias. In
some situations, the need to promote special
interests or make profits may lead to bias.
1. University Research
2. Corporate Research
3. Government Research
4. Research by Special
Interest Groups
21. Examining the Data Source
Investigations of Passive Smoking Harm:
Relationship between Article Conclusions & Author
Affiliations
Number (%) of Reviews
Article Conclusion Tobacco Affiliated
Authors (n=31)
Non-Tobacco Affiliated
Authors (n=75)
Passive smoking harmful 2 (6%) 65 (87%)
Passive smoking not harmful 29 (94%) 10 (13%)
Significance Χ2
=60.69; P<.001
Barnes, Deborah E. 1998. Why review articles on the health effects of
passive smoking reach different conclusions. JAMA. 279(19): 1566-1570.
22. Ana María Rodríguez
• Graduated from Simón Bolivar
University in Caracas, Venezuela;
bachelors degree in biology.
• Received a PhD in Biology and
Immunology from the Venezuelan
Institute of Scientific Research.
• Research Associate at Southwestern
Medical Center in Dallas and at the
University of Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston.
• Assistant Professor of Biology at
University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.
• Currently, a full-time children science
writer and writes for YES MAG,
Highlights for Children, and Current
Health 1. Sometimes writes under the
pen name, Mariana Relós.
Editor's Notes
This slide contains the 8 true/false questions that compose the Opening Questions section in the student workbook. It can be displayed while students work on answering the questions.
Science is primarily concerned with understanding how the physical world works.
True.
Science is a process by which we try to understand how the physical world works and how it came to be that way. The physical world includes the world we can observe with our senses with or without technological aids.
Science can prove anything.
FALSE.
The process of science, when properly applied, actually attempts to disprove ideas (hypotheses) by testing or challenging the hypothesis with observations (data) gathered from carefully designed experiments. If the idea survives testing, then it is stronger, and more likely an accurate explanation. Science is a process which can only produce “possible” or “highly probable” explanations for natural phenomena; these are never certainties. With new information, tools, or approaches, earlier findings can be replaced by new findings.
Science can solve any problem or answer any question.
FALSE.
The realm of science is limited strictly to solving problems about the physical world, a world that we can observe with our senses. Science is not properly equipped to handle the supernatural realm, nor the realm of values and ethics, realms that cannot be observed with our senses. Scientific explanations must be potentially disprovable. Explanations based on supernatural forces, values or ethics can never be disproved and thus do not fall under the realm of science.
Any study done carefully and based on observation is scientific.
FALSE.
Science must follow certain rules; otherwise, it&apos;s not science (just as soccer is not soccer if its rules are not followed). The rules of science are intended to make the process as objective as is humanly possible, and thereby produce a degree of understanding that is as close to reality as possible. Scientific explanations must be based on careful observations and the testing of hypotheses.
Define objective
Science can be done poorly.
TRUE.
Anything done scientifically can be relied upon to be accurate and reliable.
FALSE.
Science can be done poorly, just like any other human endeavor. We are all fallible, some of us make fewer mistakes than others, some observe better than others, but we are still subjective in the end. Self-correction mechanisms in science increase the reliability of its product.
Different scientists may get different solutions to the same problem.
Science can be influenced by the race, gender, nationality, religion, politics or economic interests of the scientist.
TRUE.
Intentional or unintentional sources of bias introduced in a study can result in different solutions to the same problem. Scientists are people, and although they follow certain rules and try to be as objective as possible, both in their observations and their interpretations, their biases are still there. Unconscious racial bias, gender bias, social status, source of funding, or political leanings can and do influence one&apos;s perceptions and interpretations.
Unfortunately, science is all too frequently misused. Because it works so well, there are those who apply the name of science to their efforts to &quot;prove&quot; their favorite cause, even if the rules of science were not followed. Such causes are properly labeled &quot;pseudosciences&quot;. Also, some scientists have been known to do fraudulent work, in order to support their pet ideas. Such work is usually exposed sooner or later, due to the peer review system and the work of other scientists.
Knowledge of what science is, what it can and cannot do, and how it works, is important for all people.
People need to be able to evaluate scientific information and make decisions about the information. Scientific information is used to support political arguments, advertise products, and inform people of factors that affect their health. It is important for all people to be scientifically literate in order for them to be able think critically about what to vote for, what to buy and how to protect their health.
Given that science can be poorly done, what is good science?
Discuss these examples to help explain the way these different factors can cause sampling bias.
Sample Size:
Ex. To determine the average height of students in this classroom, how many students should I measure to get the best estimate? If I only measure 3 will my mean be accurate?
Sample Selection:
Factors such as location, age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and living environment can affect the data gathered for a sample. A good experiment controls for these factors by using a random sample or by limiting the question asked to the specific group represented by the sample.
Random sample = Samples drawn in such a way that every individual has an equal likelihood of being selected.
Example of random sample: Rolling dice, flipping a coin
Example of sample selection bias:
I want to find the average height of students in the classroom. I notice a list of students that are to be excused early because they are on the basketball team and have a game. I decide to use this list to pick the students that will be in my sample. How might this method of selecting my sample bias my estimate of average height?
What are factors that contribute to sampling bias?
What are some ways to minimize sampling bias?
Discuss these examples to help explain the way measurement technique can cause measurement bias.
Use measurement tool correctly
Ex. When measuring height, I must be careful to start the measuring tape at exactly at 0, not at 1 cm.
No additions to the environment that will influence results
Ex. I take height measurements of everyone in the classroom and let them keep their shoes on. All shoes add height, some more than others, and this will change the measure I get for average height.
Experiment designed to separate out the affect of multiple factors
Ex. I propose the hypothesis that students that sleep more than 7 hours the night before a test will perform better on the test. I ask students to report how much sleep they received the night before on their tests and compare this with their test scores. I do not ask or control for other factors such as how much each student studied or whether they ate breakfast. How can I know that any trend I observe is reflective of how much sleep they received and not other factors?
What are 3 factors that contribute to measurement bias?
The scientific community has long recognized that bias can be found in scientific studies either by unintentional mistakes on the part of scientist or by intentional attempts to make data show a particular, desired result. There are several “rules” or procedures used by the scientific community to eliminate (or at least reduce) bias in science. These procedures include independent duplication and confirmation by others and the requirement for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
What measures does the scientific community take to minimize bias in science?
The problem is most of this debate and procedures take place in scientific journals which are rarely read by the public with good reason. I do not speak Japanese. If I picked up a book written in Arabic I would only be able to admire the beautiful characters; I wouldn’t understand a thing unless I received training in the Arabic language. Scientific articles are full of scientific references and language that usually require advanced training in the scientific field in order to be understood. This has nothing to do with intelligence!
So, how can those of us who have not (yet) received advanced scientific training identify good science?
What are some clues that scientific information you are reading is biased?
Discuss examples for evidence of bias.
1. Emotional appeal – gives emotional reasons for believing or not believing the scientific
conclusions. “People will senselessly die unless we use Vacinax now!”
2.“scientifically-proven” – science sets out to disprove, not prove things. Thus anytime
you encounter the phrase “scientifically-proven”, be suspicious.
3. Identify strong language – “cleanest”, “cheapest”, “ most efficient”, “in the world”
For each point you can use the examples used previously:
Are sample and measurements appropriate for the conclusion presented?
Ex. Determining average height in classroom using basketball team or taking measurements with shoes on.
Are multiple factors properly accounted for to justify the interpretation of the data?
Ex. Correlation between sleep and test results.
You may want to highlight that there are plenty of examples of both good and bad research done by all of these groups. A careful understanding of the interests and funding sources of research will give you an idea of what the bias might be if the research is biased. However, even if a scientist has an interest in getting certain results it does not mean that their research will be biased. If they are a good scientist, they will be true to the scientific process and they will design good experiments and report data honestly, regardless of their interests.
Exploration of the concepts presented in this lecture are the focus of the classroom activity on teenage smoking.
At this point, handout the activity, Smoking Bias. You can keep this slide up while you complete the activity and return to the last two slides at the conclusion of the activity to wrap up and assign homework.
After you have reviewed the 6 experiments in the Smoking Bias activity as a class, share these finding with the class. This is real research and clearly shows that bias unfortunately can and does affect scientific research.
This slide can be used to introduce the homework assignment, “Identifying Bias- Bald Eagles and DDT. Dr. Mariana Relos is an example of a person who must evaluate different sources of information for bias and accuracy every day as part of her job. She writes children’s articles for science magazines. The homework assignment begins with an interview of Dr. Relos. Students are placed in the role of a reporter while they review concepts about bias in science, practice identifying bias, develop critical thinking skills and learn about history of DDT use in the United States.