In psychological studies, the sample of participants is often comprised of college students completing a required for their introduction to psychology course. The point during the semester when the student completes the required studies is up to the student, and some fulfill the requirement quickly, while others wait until closer to the end of the term. The study conducted by Harber and colleagues investigated whether differences in time perspective, the process in which a person automatically…
Introduction Abstract. The abstract consisted of one paragraph, total of ten sentences, which includes the purpose, design, sampling, and results. Researchers expanded on results but did not include conclusion. Relevant information such as sample size, study design, measure outcomes, and results were included. Problem. New nurse graduates are leaving their first employment at a high rate in Taiwan. There is a high shortage of nurses in Taiwan, knowing why nurses are leaving their jobs would…
to Joint Commission (2015), “every year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of patients fall in hospitals, with 30-50 percent resulting in injury. Injured patients require additional treatment and sometimes prolonged hospital stays. In one study, a fall with injury added 6.3 days to the hospital stay. The average cost for a fall with injury is about $14,000” (Joint Commission, 2015, para 1). “An accidental fall has been defined as a sudden and nonintentional change of posture to the…
In the first study, the researchers focused on whether age differences in agentic and communal values shower the same patters across a wide spectrum of countries individualism and collectivism. At the end of the first study, they found that age was generally positively associated with communal personal values and was either not associated or negatively associated with agentic values. In the second study, the researchers tested whether people in different cultures…
What are the five steps of the scientific method? 1.)Begin with curiosity: BY “on the basis of theory, prior research, or personal observation, pose a question.” 2.)Develop a hypothesis: once you have the question, form it into a hypothesis, a prognosis would be evaluated 3.)Test the hypothesis: Design and lead research to accumulate experimental proof 4.)Analyze the evidence gathered in the research: figured out if the theory was right or not 5.)Report the results: share information,…
researcher must know sampling techniques, questionnaire construction, interviewing, and data analysis is also the disadvantage of Cross- Sectional. Ex post facto The advantage of Ex post facto is that offers a higher level of control than a correlational study. The disadvantages of Ex post facto is that it does not allow one to draw a causal linkage between two variable. And it is an alternative hypothesis could be the reason for the relationships. Also, the researcher is unable to manipulate…
The case study outline is designed to promote one approach to investigate public health problems. There are seven steps in the outline and the order of these steps may vary from situation to situation and country to country. However applying this systemic approach is essential to ensure that steps are not missed. First step is detecting the problem; this step includes identifying an outbreak that could or does have a significant impact on a certain population. There needs to be a substantial…
Summary Assignment The article titled “The Development of L2 Fluency During Study Abroad: A Cross-Language Study”, reports on a study conducted by Francesca Di Silvio, Wenhao Diao, and Anne Donovan. Published in The Modern Language Journal in 2016, this quantitative research investigated on different aspects regarding learners’ improvement in fluency and holistic proficiency after a semester abroad. Research Questions In this study, the authors addressed three research questions regarding L2…
successful child. Raising a successful child is not easy and usually it is more genetics or the parents’ success that influences their own child’s success. The first research study that focuses on child success is based on how a Mothers’ expectations for their child influence their education and occupational attainment. In this study, the researchers come to find that Mothers’ have more of an impact on their daughters rather than their sons. Eirini Flouri and…
Qualitative Methods Application – Case Study Suzanne Lowrance Bellevue University Qualitative Methods Application – Case Study The generational gap in the workplace is a fact that can be attested by various studies and research on workplace conditions. The situation where each generation defines their own preferences and experiences is an explicit scenario that commonly occurs in organizations throughout our industry. The major results that are experienced with the generational gap are a lack of…