It follows, then, that under-reporting in significant figures wastes information and over-reporting is, in fact, "lying" about the specificity of measurement and calculation. Both are poor representations of the data collected, and the methods and certainty with which it was found. Sources: Source Material provided in CPR essay assignment; Prof. Halpin's General Chemistry I Lecture…
Now the reader doesn’t know what to think and questions what Barry is saying. As the reader is confused Barry rebuilds his credibility, as a scientific author, by quoting great French physiologist Claude Bernard and references to awarded scientist Albert Einstein. Now that the reader has been told even professional, famous, scientist rely on uncertainty they can trust what is going to be written throughout the rest of the passage. In the succeeding paragraphs Barry continues to explain to the reader uncertainty and why one should question everything through the use of imagery and extended metaphors. Within the first few sentences, Barry constructs a strong image of how scientists and uncertainty interact.…
Uncertainty is emphasized as a necessary part of the scientific process. Additionally, Barry points out that it must be combated by faith in experimentation and scientific inquiry. To support this point he states that scientists must have the willpower to let all of their beliefs be destroyed, but still be able to work through it by relying on personal strength, faith and inquiry, and the curiosity to continue scientific experimentation. Barry also selects phrases like “... A scientist must..”…
“The Principle of Indeterminacy turned science inside out. Suddenly determinism goes, causality goes, and we are left with a universe composed of what Eddington calls, ‘mind-stuff.’ Listen to these physicists: Sir James Jeans, Eddington's successor, invokes ‘fate,’ saying that the future "may rest on the knees of whatever gods there be." Three world-famous physicians to demonstrate the dramatic effect the Principle of Indeterminacy had on those people who were intelligent enough to follow its logic. Eddington said the world was composed of "'mind stuff '" and that we now have “'no clear distinction between the Natural and the Supernatural'”; Sir James Jeans "invokes 'fate, I saying that the future 'may rest on the knees of whatever gods there…
What does sense-certainty fail in achieving, and what does this failure mean for epistemology? 2000. December 9th. Sense-certainty is Hegel 's approach to proving that knowledge of the world is not a wholly passive process, he does this through a dialectic from, meaning that the argument moves as a conversation, with hegel presenting an answer to a question, in this case how one can know about the world through consciousness, and then works to show how the answer is wrong in itself, because it holds inconsistencies. This essay will be read as in two parts, first i shall discuss how sense-certainty fails, and then will approach the question of what that means for epistemology.…
Discoveries have been made all around the world by many people for a long time. I believe that mistakes are a key part of discoveries. When Schliemann teamed up with Calvert to fund the dig, Schliemann had decided to do it his own way in which resulted with damage towards the artifacts of the city. They still found the city of Troy, but if Schliemann had not teamed up with Calvert would the lost city of Troy still be discovered without much damage to the ruins? Possibly, but back in 1871, technology wasn’t as advanced as it its now.…
Although powerless to help workers, the Trustees of Labor and the Council of Confidence were not entirely powerless. They had the ability the sedate workers. Initially, the members on the Council of Confidence were elected by factory workers. Until they were discontinued in 1936, the elections for members of the Council gave the illusion that workers had some influence over regulation of working conditions. Behind this illusion were serious limitations.…
Confidence: A Different Tool to Break Through the Glass Ceiling? Women’s rights has almost always been a theme in the history of our society for the past few centuries, but today it is important in the professional sense. As a society we have been slowly but steadily making progress in gender equality in a variety of forms, but as one of the most progressive countries in the world, why are only 4% of the Fortune 500 CEOs women? In “The Confidence Gap”, Katty Kay and Claire Shipman examine the difference in confidence levels between men and women, and how this disparity can change.…
No deficiencies noted. Leadership: Deborah continues to exhibit integrity within her work and attitude when collaborating with her peers on how to efficiently regulate job functions within the Error Resolution (ER) unit. Problem Solving/Judgment: Deborah evaluates through inconsistencies and/or insignificant information when analyzing criminal history reporting from various law enforcement/judicial agencies, customers as well as inquiries within the department. Her peers seek her guidance on tasks that require the use of creative strategies to identify and resolve erroneous information. Initiative: Deborah can be relied upon when assignments are delegated and that they are completed with accuracy and precision.…
HCAP 4200 – Chapters 17, 18, & 19 Assignment 1.How would you define risk and uncertainty as separate but related factors in decision-making? Most healthcare leaders will undergo risk and uncertainty, when decision-making. These decisions will take place in policy changes, budgeting, operation, managerial task, and employee involvement. Since these two terms are a mirror image of each other, McConnell explains, “There are always elements of risk and uncertainty in a decision-making situation” (McConnell, 2015). Risk is defined as the chance of something lost, such as; time, money, effectiveness, or life itself, depending on decision-making, whereas, uncertainty having no guarantee of the outcome based upon the decision (McConnell, 2015).…
With Confidence Intervals, there are other factors to consider as to what makes the calculation accurate. It is based on the confidence level that the many times the average means was calculated, the higher the confidence level, the more accurate it would appear that the data is a good indication of the profit prediction.…
There are three ways to measure performance measurements they are Outcomes measures, which looks at the charted progress towards a goal, Process measurements, which shows whether or not a change has occur as a result of the process and Balancing measures, which evaluates are we improving in one aspect while another area suffers (Roussel, 2011). For my strategy I will be using the outcome measurement to evaluate the effective of incorporating family’s during new nurse orientation. We would develop a survey that would be handed out to families and newer nurses to the unit, this will evaluate what is the nurse’s preconceived notions or understanding of family centered care, this will also provide input from families as to what they deem important…
Reliability refers to whether a diagnosis of schizophrenia will consistently be given to the same patient by different practitioners (Black & Grant, 2014). Before the release of the DSM-5, Kraemer et al. (2012) completed an experiment to ensure the reliability of diagnostic criteria. They suggested the DSM-5 was a reliable system for diagnosing schizophrenia as they measured it using test-retest reliability measures. There are two other methods for measuring reliability: intrarater reliability and inter-reliability.…
I believe that the CPS result missed by four times the margin of error due to a sampling error, which is caused by the act of taking a sample. Sampling errors cause sample outcomes to be different from the outcomes of a census. In this case, 63.6% of the sample claimed that they voted in the 2008 presidential election, but actually 61.6% of the adult population voted in that election. Therefore, the inaccurate margin of error is due to a random sampling error, which is the deviation between the sample statistic and the population parameter caused by chance in selecting a random sample and the margin of error in a confidence statement includes only random sampling error. This conveys that the household survey might have taken a sample by chance…
5. The uncertainty reduction theory does is what kind of makes us start the process of the social penetration model. The theory suggests that when we see someone, we are want to get to know them and that’s what makes us start a conversation. Which is the begging of the social penetration model. We first notice the person and then we start a conversation with them and then we start to get to know them.…