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One of the most important activities of science is measurement. Measurement is a means of quantifying properties for identification. For example, density is the relationship between the mass and volume of a pure substance. One could determine if a piece of yellow metal is gold by determining its density. Measurement allows scientists to make comparisons. Measurement also provides a means by which scientists can judge the reproducibility of an experimental procedure. However, measurement is not…

Archaeology has a role of not only studying the past, but providing information on how to deal with modern society’s problems. Crucial information can be supplied by archaeologist, who have spent the time researching past societies and we can apply their research to our current world. Sabloff provides ways we can implement archaeology in the 21st century, he acknowledges throughout his book that archaeology is linked with prehistoric and historic items…

Department of Psychology student at Liberty University, Lynchburg. This research is supported by Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Ofori-Addae Ohemaa Asantewaa, Department of Psychology at Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA 24515. Email: oaoforiaddae@liberty.edu Case Study Paper Case Study The textbook defines case study as a research method that is an in-depth observation of an animal, individual, event…

Chapter 2: The Laws of Truths and Half-Truths (21) “The theory of randomness is fundamentally a codification of common sense.” First thing I had to do was look up the definition of the word codification. It means to arrange something in some sort of system, code, or pattern. I then had to apply that definition, and figure out what the author is trying to say. This quote comes early into the chapter, and the author uses the rest of the chapter to give examples, and attempts to explain the…

The 10th question asks about the value of the research. In considering how valuable the research was, the conclusion and recommendation of this study provided a new challenge to the clinical practice. In the conclusion the author states that none of the participants had a clear idea about the post operative pain management and they did not receive any information about it. Therefore, in this report the author recommends the health professionals to give adequate information about the pain…

2013). Discriminant validity was determined by Million et al. (1997), throughout item selection and by using a clinical population as a norming sample, in hopes of developing a method of differentiating diagnoses. However, as determined by subsequent research, the accuracy of distinguishing categories is as good as chance (Hsu, 2002; Zennaro et al., 2013). In efforts to improve the validity of…

Problem and Background The Barack Obama Presidential Center, which will be located on 63rd and Stony Island in Jackson Park, is close in proximity to the Washington Park neighborhood (Kennedy, 2016). Due to open in 2021, this presidential center is the first of its kind, as it is the first presidential library in an urban city and the first presidential library of an African American president. Many community leaders and residents in Washington Park believe it will have the potential to uplift…

Sensation seeking (SS) is a personality trait described as the tendency to seek novel, varied, complex and intense sensations and experiences, and the willingness to take risks for the sake of such experiences (Roberti, J. W., 2004). This trait is generally higher in man than in women, and it might be mediated by prenatal gonadal hormones (Manning, J. T., 2011), particularly testosterone (Voracek, 2011). Gonadal hormones are known to mediate a number of caracteristics, both physical and…

While the behavior includes feelings, actions, and biological states. The reason why psychology is considered a science is because they use the scientific methods to test the ideas about behavior. 3.Name some of the scientific research methods Some of the scientific research methods include a survey and a quasi-experiment. A survey is when they gather a large amount of data, asking many types of questions that range from attitudes, beliefs and behavior. Through this they can be able to test…

1: The burial crypt really intrigued me and got my attention. I kept thinking about who came up with the idea to build it, what they constructed it to look like, and just how it all came together. 2: I also wanted to know why they went with marble. It’s kind of an odd thought but i kept staring at the stonework and just kept wondering what made the architect chose that stone along with that color of marble and not a different look. Part 2: Find Fifteen (15) artifacts and explain what they were…