Selection bias

Students are to: Critically reflect upon their own values and attitudes towards families, communities and citizenship and articulate the impact of these on their practice ‘No one can consider themselves a professional unless they are prepared to engage in reflective activities’. Gardner 2006 Critical reflection is essential in developing effective practice. Our own values and attitudes do come into play as…

The article of concern here is Does Texting Affect Writing? by Michaela Cullington. The research paper examines the effects of texting on students’ academic writing. In Cullington’s findings, she concludes that texting has a minimal effect on writing. Cullington starts her argument through the introduction of texting which she then correlates to TextSpeak. Consequently, she uses the topic of TextSpeak as a bridge to voice a few concerns against her argument. Throughout her paper Cullington…

the study should be conducted on both men and women; this ways the results would be valid and not gender bias; it would not discriminate one gender from the other. Another way of improvement is to have a larger sampling population for individuals who do or do not own pets; this also includes an even distribution sampling done between pet owners and non-pet owners. This would eliminate the bias factor in this…

of psychology; however, much of what Freud has said about complexes and stages have been called into question because they lack empirical support. Furthermore, Freud’s theories tend to have a fairly sexist bias. The idea that people seek a “father figure” is yet another example of Freud’s bias. The idea that God is an illusion and that religion is a neurosis is less based on empirical evidence than it is on personal perspectives and biases. It is therefore ironic that Freud attempts to debunk…

lying to me then I cannot successfully help them with their problem. I can also make a negative impact on myself. My privilege can make be biased towards my oppressed clients. Nonverbal behavior provides clues to conscious deceptions or unconscious bias (Utsey, 2005). There is evidence that the accuracy of nonverbal communication varies with the park of…

and like to consider myself to be a very open minded, and a nonjudgmental person, I still have inward prejudice and certain feelings towards race and disability. I don’t necessarily believe that our in class discussions changed the way I look at bias, but the discussions for sure made me realize and highlighted that you can have natural and automatic biases based off of experience and society. Basically, everyone can have biases that they might not…

After two semesters working with Communities in Schools I have now learned how class knowledge turns into hands on experience. It has been one of the most exciting times of my Social Work career growing so much in such a short amount of time. This internship has given me a sense of what it is like to work with children, which has motivated me even more to continue with this population. I have definitely realized in what personal areas I have grown. At the end of last semester I felt like what I…

Did you know that people are known to deceive on an average of 30% of the people that they come into contact with on an average basis. Some believe that people can be altruistic based on a moral code. Others tend to be more realistic and understand that people are prone to lies and will have a hidden agenda, and fail to share their meaning. Others believe you can be truthful and also have a hidden agenda. While most people want to be truly good, it is obvious that this is not the case. People…

that they were once receiving is now diminishing all because they wanted to persuade the population for their own selfish interests. The whole purpose of media bias is to be sneaky about doing it,…

inappropriate and raise a red flag. Likewise, a situational bias may arise. For example, if the test’s task was to describe this picture where a mother is setting on the table and her child is setting on the coach crying. A Hispanic student may give an answer of “he is upset because his mother is sitting far way from him”. Such an answer might not be acceptable especially if the student’s cultural background was not considered. A content bias may be expected as well. If the test items included…