Educational research

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…

only try and find evidence to prove it. Meanwhile, Pseudoscience’s tend to ignore conflicting evidence. The scientific paper titled “ Does Graphology Predict Personality and Intelligence?” has an abstract which clearly outlines the aims of the research and the methodology. The methodology used was a combination of the NEO personality test and three intelligence tests to reduce the validity issues from using a specific intelligence…

way to sharpen my skills is to apply them to real world problems. In the span of a single summer, I became comfortable with the basics of R, Matlab, and Python. I learned to use R and Matlab for data analysis/handling through the QAI course and my research with Professor Rothschild. After I left campus, I spent some time learning Python at an introductory level, and am now in CS 111 to solidify those skills. On top of learning about practical data handling using computers, the QAI summer course…

Francisella tularensis is a bacterium that has been recognized to be an agent responsible for the disease known as tularemia. This disease, in essence, sends the immune system of the organism into a hyperactive state, sometimes referred to as hypercytokinemia due to the elevated levels of various cytokines, which if not treated properly could lead to extremely high fevers, inflammation of various tissues, and (if contracted through aerosol form) the death of the infected organism. Specifically,…

Flores’ book God’s Gangs (NYU Press 2014) has won the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Latina/o Sociology Section's 2014 Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award. The epicenter of America’s gang problem is Los Angeles. The common rituals and customs of gangs, including Los Angeles’ eastside gangs, are hand signals, graffiti, and clothing styles. These have spread to small towns and big cities…