4.0 Analysis & Discussion 4.1 Reliability & Validity: Case Processing Summary N % Cases Valid 18 94.7 Excluded 1 5.3 Total 19 100.0 a. List wise deletion based on all variables in the procedure. Reliability Statistics Cronbach 's Alpha N of Items .887 34 The questionnaire was adapted from previously done research work of Pappu et al. (2011), therefore, the questionnaire was considered rational and valid. The reliability of the questionnaire was checked by conducting a pilot test. The…
CHAPTER IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Table 1: Relationship between Achievement Motivation and Aggression among Inter Collegiate Hockey Players Variable N M SD df r Achievement Motivation 100 26.28 5.72 98 -0.09 Vs. Aggression 11.15 2.58 rtab (98) = 0.19 It is apparent from the table 1 that obtained value of correlation coefficient (-0.09) is less than the tabulated value of correlation coefficient (0.19). It means there is no significant relationship found between…
23 states, allowing every demographic area (Northeast, Midwest, South, West). The technical report stresses that while they had intended to have states from all of these demographic areas, they were not concerned with matching the consensus data for demographics proportionally. Of the 1287 children that participated in the study there were roughly equal proportions of girls and boys, ages 3-6. The study matched US consensus…
Dallas County, TX, the county hit hardest with WNV incidence in the 2012 outbreak, witnessed the greatest increase in WNV infections of any urban area in the United States during the virus’s 2012 resurgence (7). The incidence rate of WNV in Dallas County in 2012 was 7.30 per 100,00 residents– a total of 398 cases reported (7, 10). In this paper, my study area and year are Dallas County, Texas in 2012. Dallas County, Texas had 167 positive mosquito pools, no avian positive cases, 3 equine cases…
According to the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee as of 2012, only 14 percent of engineers of women (Casey) but yet women in America as of 2016 are 50.6 percent of the united states population (Countrymeters). Ideally in every field the male to female ratio should represent the population of the area but yet there is a 36.6 percent difference between the ratios of women in the population and women in engineering. That means there should be about 732,000 more women in engineering (NSPE).…
was excited to finish this deployment, return home, and make up for the lost time with my wife. I went to a beautiful country we called “Satan’s butthole”, just kidding it was Afghanistan. This deployment wasn’t like the others; we would talk almost every day in the past, but this time our phone calls were a lot shorter, Skype sessions lessened by the day, and replies to my Facebook messages were at an all-time low. It seemed as if she was distancing herself and we were growing apart despite my…
Change is inevitable, and it is a wave in a stormy ocean that can either bring a person down or lift them up. In Toni Morrison 's The Bluest Eye, the Breedlove family is dragged down by the constant reminder that they are not a beautiful family, and how they never will be. The standards of beauty corrupt the Breedlove family, causing Pauline to become insecure and take her insecurities out on her family; and Pecola 's friendships suffer, as well as her sanity from her many hardships.…
Based on student responses from the questionnaire, students are spending significant amounts of time participating in extracurricular activities. Students are spending more time participating in arts, which includes band, orchestra, and fine arts and sports offered at middle school level like football, basketball, track and field, and swim. A substantial amount of students spent zero hours participating in extracurricular activities, seen in Figures 3 and 4. Figures 3 and 4 also demonstrate…
Final Paper: Measuring Change in HRQoL of ITP Patients in Japan treated by Eltrombopag Introduction Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder, which is characterized by a low platelet count caused by both increased platelet destruction and insufficient platelet production [1]. In Japan, there are 20,000 patients with ITP and the incidence of ITP is estimated at 3,000 per year [2]. Major signs and symptoms include red spots and/or bruising on the skin, prolonged bleeding…
Discussion This longitudinal study assessed the extent to which academic achievement and engagement were predicted from the academic achievement and engagement of friends and network members. Concurrent Relations As expected, adolescent’s academic achievement was highly correlated with that of their friends and network members. This is consistent with findings from U.S. studies. Ryan (2001) found that students’ academic levels were similar to group’s academic levels with the correlations…