Basic research

Post hoc ergo propter hoc (often shortened to “post hoc”), is an archaic logical fallacy that, when utilized in mathematics, can be used to disguise a less impressive statistic. The fallacy states that since B happened after A, A caused the outcome of B. An example of this is marketing techniques to deter teenagers from smoking cigarettes. Since smoking and low grades often go together, the marketing team can say that smoking causes low grades. What the propagandists don’t reveal is that perhaps…

A Critique: Quantitative Research Study In their article, The relationship between nurses' perceptions of empowerment and patient satisfaction, Donahue, Piazza, Griffin, Dykes, and Fitzpatrick (2008) utilize a descriptive correlational design to describe nurses’ perceptions of empowerment and patient satisfaction and to identify and examine relationships among these variables (Grove, Gray, and Burns, 2015). In their introduction to the article, the authors cite the need for nurse executives to…

Although research has had various outcomes, there is a common denominator. Through each finding it has shown that women tend to be more open and accepting of abortion. During the various research contributed we can also understand that women are more unaccepting of the legalization of abortion than men. I assume that the reason a large amount of woman…

The Effect of Empowerment-Educational Intervention based on Freire‘s Model on Women‘s Stress Management Background: Almost, the importance of women’s health issues has been known , as well as their mental health, this study examined the effect of the Empowerment-Educational Intervention (EEI) based on Freire’s model on women’s stress management. Method: This is a quasi-experimental study with a control group that was conducted in at least 8 sessions in an experimental group. Participants in…

resources, and in the “Beyond Markets and States,” article she also included research about this. In this article she focused studying water industries that were both privately and publicly owned. More specifically she studied the “overdraft groundwater basin on the coast and watching saltwater intrusion threaten the possibility of long term use” (Ostrom, page 641.) However, that was not the only area that she focused on in her research. In addition, she included police industry studies, and an…

Beside repeated questioning, another procedure that eyewitness most likely will have to go through is face identification. There has been a debate whether it is more accurate to identify suspect through photograph or in person. A study by Megreya and Burton examined the effect of method used in identification process (2008). The study consists of two experiments; experiment 1 assessed how accurate people can remember unfamiliar face immediately after the presence. The study involved 92…

frequently used for analyzing qualitative data (Bryman, 567). Since I am limited in experience this approach will be most beneficial to me because theoretical sampling will allow me to think of my theory throughout the research process, in doing this I can pick and chose how to move my research toward properly developing a theory over time (Bryman, 419). Grounded theory gives me the power to develop and create a proper theory with concepts and trends that I will see throughout the interview…

the field of psychology, sociology, education, historians, and economist a plethora of substantiated evidence was uncovered, and correlated with this academic writing. For example, one of my sources for this capstone is based on the founding’s and research of Patrick Daniel Moynihan. Dr. Moynihan was known for many things however he was educated scholar, sociologist politician graduating from Tuft University.…

Part I – Discovery 1. L.H. Snyder used by the term “Mendelian marker” to mean that any Mendelian trait that is retested can be used as a marker for a future experiment. 2. The question that Dr. Snyder will be addressing in his study is “Can PTC be used as a Mendelian marker if it is inherited?” 3. His hypothesis is if PTC taster is inherited, it can be used as a Mendelian marker. Part II- Mendelian Genetics 1. The kind of evidence that would indicate that the ability to taste PTC is…

Margaret Kantz frames the reading by sharing her input on what facts, opinions, and arguments actually are. First, Kantz states that, "'research' does not mean compiling facts and transmitting them to a teacher, but instead it is using a variety of conflicting sources to make an original argument on the subject that one is researching." In other words, when writing a research paper, it is important to enter into the conversation and share how the information that you found while researching…