Formal methods

about events whose actual outcomes has yet to come. Prediction is somewhat similar to forecasting, but it is more generic term. To deliver accurate or close to actual outcome forecast, statistical methods like Time series, cross-sectional or longitudinal data, or alternatively to less formal judgmental methods are used. In some cases the usage of both the term may differ: for example, in hydrology, the terms "forecast" is used to show the estimates of values at certain specific future times,…

exploration was also controlled by existing societal values, restricting science to a rich man’s study, only for those who were seen as capable of pursuing it. Because science and calculation was seen as a novel practice compared to the long standing method of using…

accountable for the progress that the students make under their supervision and care. Administration teams must carefully monitor the progress of their teachers to ensure professional growth and ultimately student achievement. There are many methods that can be used to effectively and reliably measure the performance of teachers in a nonthreatening and growth encouraging way.…

current research evidence. Real life application will explore to possible relationship of the concepts with the personal, social or professional life. CONCEPT 1: USES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY This concept is taken from BSN10 Module 3:2entitled “EPIDEMIOLOGY METHOD”. Epidemiology as defined by John m. last in 1988 as quote the study of the distribution and determinants of health related stated or events in specified populations and the application of…

According to Polit and Beck (2008), nursing research is a process purposely to improved knowledge regarding important issues to nursing profession which involves nursing education, practice, administration and informatics. Nursing research also encompasses a wide scope of scientific inquiry, including clinical research, health systems and outcomes research, and nursing education research (Miller, Ward and Young, 2010). Nieswiadomy (2012) also defined nursing research as the systematic, objective…

article passes evaluation, then the article is printed in the Journal, as well as made available online for anyone to use as source, Hence, the article becomes part of the literature review for future researchers. Research reports: Research reports are formal genres. They are formatted to include lexis specific to the discourse community. Lexis and vocabulary used in the reports is included under the assumption that all the members are familiar with them, because they should be. Research…

Psychology is a field that can easily lead to serious frustration in its genre conventions. A psychology paper requires strict APA guidelines, formal vocabulary and an intensive line of background information in order to be even considered for a decent publication. The main purpose of Psychology writing is to inform the reader about a new concept, theory or experiment. In order to accomplish such a task, psychologists (mostly those oriented in the academic field) have to become masters at…

with finding a valuable research question.’ This is a critique of qualitative research on factors influencing patients’ dignity. The aim of this study is to look into the factors that promote or compromise patient’s dignity. Qualitative research methods originate from social and behavioural sciences such as, sociology, psychology and anthropology (Qualitative Research Consultants Association, 2014). Qualitative research can involve collecting large amounts of information from analysing,…

The study design is a combination of prior studies styles similar to Brecht, et.al. (2008) and Chiu and Lee (2009), this along of other methods to reinforce our data. The study shall be a quasi-experiment to be done with a mix-method approach using a combination of surveys, in-depth interviews with the professor, semi-formal interviews with the students, observatory participation in each class, content analysis and archival records. Sampling Each semester GMU offers two courses in…

Anthropology is a science defined as "the study of humankind in all times and places" (Haviland, et al. 2014:3), and just as any other science those that study anthropology employ the scientific process in their research. The scientific process is a method for explaining, testing, and proving ideas produced by an individual. This process begins with the formation of an idea or question, focusing the train of thought to a particular topic. This idea is then refined into a hypothesis, seeking to…