Scientific modeling

“Make a rational choice,” how many times have you used this phrase or heard other people use it? Numerous times right? Whenever we are receiving or giving advice, we try to focus on the rationale. So what is a rational choice? According to a traditional model of rational choice theory, a choice is considered rational if it is expected to maximize utility. Usually, any choice that tends to increase the level of satisfaction is considered to be rational. To have a better understanding of the…

Personal identity is the concept in which you develop your own sense of self over time. In a philosophical sense, personal identity theory is asking yourself, who am I, why do I exist? These questions have been thought of and discussed throughout history by philosophers who have searched for the answer about the actions and nature of the human being. The philosophy of personal identity has addressed the matter of the human beings existence and how we exist throughout time. When you ask yourself…

3.3 Questionnaire Design Questionnaire design is critical research activities. The researcher should consider the question that will be used to gather data from respondents, if the right question is not given to respondents, the obtained data is useless. The questionnaire must be a well- organized, the question must be clear, relate directly to research purpose and there is a nature order in order for respondents to complete the questionnaire properly Hence, the questionnaire must be designed in…

Alchemy was the earliest understanding of today’s chemistry. These two display Is Alchemy Chemistry? different pathways of thinking and rationalising rather than two diverse concepts. The practice of alchemy is the basis of chemistry, as it was a vital role of origin and evolution towards chemistry we know today. The comprehension of both alchemy and chemistry will aid in order to establish their connections and difference of opinion or belief. Discovering both histories of the two concepts will…

statistical methods, for considering the occurrence and the timing of events is applied, in the field of medical sciences1. Although, there is more than one modeling approach for analyzing data 2, But before the choosing the best method, ask from ourselves that: why this method? Modeling procedure will answer to this question3. One of the modeling approaches, that widely and special used in the survival sciences, is the cox proportional hazards model4. Proportionality is one of the main…

Extended Essay Aaron Cheung Research Question: What are the effects of an ageing population on Hong Kong? Supervisor: Mr. Murchie Word count: Research question What are the effects of an ageing population on Hong Kong? Introduction For my Extended Essay, I will focus on the effects of the problem of ageing population in Hong Kong. Ageing population is a shift in the country’s or a region’s population towards older ages. This is usually reflected in an increase in the proportion of the…

METHODS Participants A total of one hundred and fifty office workers (75 women and 75 men) at the age of 25 years old will be the subject of this experiment. In order for the experiment to be fair, equal number of male and female of the same age are tested and all of them will be asked to wear the exact same uniform made out of the same material which is made of nylon specially made and distributed to all participants. The participants will then be divided into five groups. One group consists of…

During my teaching assistantship of 128 hours at Polytech University for two years, I have assisted Prof. Denis Jongmans and Prof. Stephane Garambois in teaching third and fourth year civil engineering students in studying the Earth structure using the properties of the soil: we had outdoor acquisition experiments at landslide sites, using active and passive seismic measurements, as well as electrical measurements to study the resistivity of the soil. In class, we used different softwares…

The reflective model gives due consideration to both scientific knowledge and experience. Wallace separated it into pre-education/pre-development, professional education/development, and professional competence stages as diagrammatically illustrated in Fig.3. Pre-education/ Professional education/development stage Professional competence Pre-development stage…

I have selected and answered seven topic questions required for this paper. First, I discuss the difference between archaeology and pseudoarcheology. Next, I uncover the five forms of archaeological data, and define ethnocentrism. Later, I talk about what cultural resource management means and what it is used for. Then, I used my notes to describe the importance of mapping and data keeping. Following was a list of four subsistence forms and what they are. Lastly, I unravel the cultural evolution…