Peer group

evaluation is an article from a website. The title is “Single-parent families” and has no author. The second evaluation is on a magazine article, “Understanding Single Parent Families” by Kirsten Schuder from Lifestyle magazine. The final evaluation is on a peer-reviewed scholarly journal article. The title is “Employment, Work Conditions, and the Home Environment in Single-Mother Families” by Christy Lleras. I will evaluate each of these resources following specific guidelines. The guidelines…

aimed to present the shocking nature of reality contrasted with scenes of surrealism. One such example of this is Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. The titular character confronted his own hubris as he interacts with characters that are metaphysical and highly symbolic, and this feature of the play connects to the prevailing themes of the modernist movement. During his travels, Peer Gynt is confronted by the troll king and prompted with a critical question: What is the difference between troll and man?…

You just found out you have to conduct research for a paper in your course but you are not sure how to get started. Nonetheless, you felt stressed or confused about using the Ashford University Library that is required of you. On the condition that you need to find physical library resources such as books, magazines, journals multimedia for references for this paper. In this case, we are going to explore in-depth on the benefits of using the Ashford University Library. First, to explain the…

I had to pull the authors key points for how they came to their conclusion. This was a new skill I had to learn and it took some practice, something I had some experience from in the peer reviews. When I had to do peer reviews for other people, I had to understand their own style of reading and why they write the way they do and give my own suggestions with their own writing style in mind. My paper was written clearly, but I had rushed through the…

Journal Review Pick a peer-reviewed article (see course materials) from a journal within the radiology profession (ASRT Scanner, Radiologic Technology, SIIM, etc.). The article should discuss a relevant topic to this course or a trend within the radiology profession. Topics can include new legislation, technology, market trends, governance, economics, insurance, or human resources. Analyze the article as to: (A) quality of the written article in terms of your understanding of the content,…

One of the first things we experience at school is peer pressure. Even at a young age, our environment influences our decisions – on clothing style, on school supplies, and even on our personality. Not being able to fit in results in bullying, but following the crowd on everything will take a toll on our creativity and independence. So how do we assimilate with the society while retaining our uniqueness? Though most relevant to today’s teenagers, this question has plagued mankind for centuries;…

The Copley Medal is a scientific award that is given out by the Royal Society and awarded to a scientist that shows achievements in research in any branch of science. As members of the Royal Society it is our duty to nominate and pick scientists that rightly deserve the medal. It is our job as the Royal Society to discuss these nominations in a scholarly way and not disrespect any of the finding of other scientist. The scientists’ theories are important to science because they add value to the…

was looking for. This was also the first class I was exposed to the peer review process and enjoyed digging into content that had been scrutinized though this rigorous process. Searching through colligate databases for relevant articles that pertained to the disorders which were being discussed facilitated deep understanding of the content. Learning how to navigate the data base and gaining a loose understanding of how peer reviewed articles are organized armed me with an extremely valuable…

concern is getting 200 likes on a picture, it is difficult to be and think for yourself. Peer pressure is very common throughout the world, and is making people more susceptible to mistakes. Rules are enforced all around the world, and everyone must apply these rules in order to prevent any kind of punishments. Many outside sources prevent people from achieving their full potential to think for themselves. Peer pressure comes in many different ways, but due to the amounts of negative impacts it…

reader may view an essay as informative, but another reader may view the essay as persuasive. In this essay two articles were chosen about vegetarianism. The first article is a peer reviewed article from the ‘British Journal of Medicine’ and the second is a short news publication from the ‘Time’ website. Although both…