Scientific journal

retractions in the psychology journals and release of the news story of a famed social psychologist fabricating data leading to more than 50 retracted papers in the recent years, there has been a lot of speculation and criticism surrounding the fields of psychology and social sciences. In light of this, a newer initiative called the Reproducibility Project at the University of Virginia reran 100 psychology experiments that were published in three leading psychology journals; and found that the…

Is this a reliable source? • This is a reliable source of information. This article was published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, a reputable and well-known journal. This specific journal received the following score for Impact Factor: 1.741. This journal also received the following rankings: ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2014: 8/109 (Nursing (Social Science)); 10/111 (Nursing (Science)). It is common for parents and children to experience anxiety when children undergo surgery.…

Michel Foucault. For example, one 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…

Explain the importance of scientific research and evidence based practice in sports therapy with specific reference to four sources provided to support your discussion. A sports therapist career consist of having to search, evaluate and analyse information via research. This can be done to find required information, upgrade current knowledge and maintain up to date with new found information. Mcdonagh states “Designing for the future needs of people requires designers to develop an…

use the scientific method to better understand. Learning the steps of the scientific method will help them with the numerous experiments we will do throughout the year. Knowing first off to identify the problem, then to ask a question following up by doing research will follow them throughout life experiences. They then can make a hypothesis, and conduct experiments, following up by collecting and analyzing data. Drawing their conclusion and sharing their results concludes the scientific…

emotional, and ergo economic, control over the American working class. Patrick Appel is not the first to delve into the myth of “race”, but he does offer a well-rounded, professionally composed vindication that responds to several misinterpretations of scientific research in the field of genetics. Appel presents this through his 2014 article, “Why ‘Race’ Isn’t Biological.” Biologically, races are defined as “genetically distinct populations within the same species” (Live…

Introduction In the following essay I will be explaining how important scientific research and evidence based practice is within sports therapy by using four separate sources to provide adequate support for the points made. Evidence based practice and scientific research are highly important in sports therapy as they help improve and provide proven techniques and assessments for a sports therapist to use in their day to day practice. Berg and Latin (2008) stated that “Research, simply put, is a…

The existence of ghosts is a concept often disputed. When found in the situation where there is no rational explanation to something that happened, it is easy for us to create our own rational explanation in our minds. Perhaps the true rational explanation is right in front of us but we just cannot see it, much less explain it; because we do not understand it. This was the case for for the families living in a house in Amityville. Their stories lead to the labeling of the commonly heard Haunting…

Bentley, R. Alexander 2006 Strontium Isotopes from the Earth to the Archaeological Skeleton: A Review. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory13(3): 138–187. In this article, Bentley provides a review of and explains the various ways in which strontium isotopes are used in archaeology, as well as potential problems with their analysis. He gives a detailed description of what strontium isotopic ratio analysis is, and how these numbers can indicate mobility through life. While a very…

commencement address at the California Institute of Technology. Atul Gawande calls upon the institutes graduates to take a stance and defend the common misconceptions and myths about scientific issues concerning today’s society. The commencement’s main goal was to use a logical thought process to defend the scientific evidence against common misconception. For example, Atul Gawande says “They deploy false analogies and other logical fallacies… when scientists produce one level of certainty; the…