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The survey instrument created for this study includes relational questions to discover whether one or more working conditions predicts teacher retention and whether the absence of one or more working conditions predicts the likelihood a teacher will leave teaching or migrate to a new building. The survey contains both Likert-type scaled response ratings and demographic questions designed to identify teacher characteristics such as grade level. There are four constructs in this study: academics…

Imagine receiving a draft to an NFL team. Wouldn’t that be great? This is what many young football players dream of. Football is one of America’s favorite sport and many children play it. Although football is dangerous, it has become safer over the years since it first started in 1876. Football can help obese children get fit, better their mind and prepare them for a better future by teaching them life lessons and life skills. Young football players Kids should play football because they will…

a rise in environmental temperature. The second problem is parents need to be made aware that if a baby becomes overheated, he or she could die. There are tons of speculations on what causes SIDS but I feel that this research has a strong enough likelihood of being true that this should be passed along as a warning. I think that this article was written very well because it gave necessary background to make the reader understand why this study is important. I also felt that it was a simple…

In Changing Minds or Changing Channels, authors Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson dive into the much-researched topic of “media effects.” The book begins with an explanation of the rise in number of television channels and the shift towards partisan news outlets. Historically, media effects research veers from the “hypodermic needle” model in which information from the media travels like an infection to the “minimal effects” conclusion and back to “contingent effects” where the framing and…

greatly in identifying opportunities and weaknesses in the business that on the surface may not obvious. Thus, the result in deploying data mining tools in customer acquisition are getting the right customer with the minimum cost to generate the maximum revenue since it is targeting the valuable prospect customer with the appropriate channels. References: Sudaran, J 2008, 'Managing the Customer Lifecycle: Customer Acquisition', Lecture note distributed in the topic HBM271,…

area related to your curriculum when you’re pursuing your Associate Degree is a valuable experience. You can get credit toward your Associate Degree and the experience goes on your resume as professional experience. However, a student will in all likelihood not get offered the job you would get when you’ve earned either your Bachelor Degree or your Doctoral Degree. You may be offered a job that you would like to do while you’re continuing to go to school to get your advanced degrees, but…

For example, endurance training can cause adoptions in the respiratory muscles. This increases the maximum ventilation capacity and lessens the likelihood of respiratory muscle fatigue during exercise when compared to untrained individuals. Additionally, this causes the respiratory muscles become stronger which increases the volume of air inspired and expired for breath. This…

driver of a manual transmission car is able to get much better gas mileage, as well as increased control of the vehicle. The likelihood of driving distracted is reduced, as both hands and feet need to be engaged (at least while accelerating and deaccelerating). It can also be more enjoyable to drive than an automatic, once the skill has been mastered. It may even reduce the likelihood of your car being stolen, as prospective thieves might have difficulties when attempting a getaway. Many very…

change may appear to be a meaningless inconvenience on the surface, but in actuality it has the ability to greatly benefit the pedestrians in the city. The reason that this five mile per hour decrease is so important is because it decreases the likelihood that a pedestrian will be fatally injured when struck by an oncoming vehicle (George). The article titled “Why Lowering NYC’s Speed Limit by Just 5 MPH Can Save a Lot of Lives” published in the magazine WIRED cites AAA researcher Brian Tefft’s…

stop people committing crimes, which can include media campaigns. It involves trying to assist persons to lead a normal life so they do not have the need to commit crime. Social crime prevention looks at factors that influence an individual's likelihood of committing a crime, such as poverty and unemployment and low education. Examples of interventions for social crime prevention are: * Support for parents before and after child-birth, by health…