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Time Series Design Components Time series designs are one of several ways that data can be looked at and collected when doing research on any particular topic. When doing your research, you want to choose the method of data collection that will best suit your study. For some, a time series design would be the best method, for others it may be a qualitative collection method. For the purpose of this paper the time series design method will be described and illustrated in its methods of use.…

Primo Levi has a view that humans have a complex relationship with the earth. In his writing he portrays the awareness of humans place on earth. In order to be a scientist, one has to cultivate between predictability (mechanistic philosophy) and the earth being alive (Gaia-hypothesis). Without predictability, one would not have any knowledge on anything; if the world was pure randomness, there would be no meaning to anything and nothing would matter. The Gaia-hypothesis enables us, humans, to…

Introduction Educational research today is mainly conducted at the University level and many of the valuable studies and research occasionally makes it to the classroom in which the teacher might be able to utilize with their students (Diana, 2011). This occurs for the reasons that educational researchers overlook the realities of the current classroom, fail to create research results into practical solutions for the classroom teacher and students, and the research is conducted without the…

little changes to the scientific knowledge, and the Catholic Church had adopted a system of beliefs that is based on the teachings of the Romans which it had successfully incorporated into their religious doctrine. During this period of time only few scientific inquiries and experimentations were conducted. However, the Renaissance shaped the western societies’ doctrinal passivity entirely. In the early modern period, there was a fundamental change to the understanding of scientific knowledge,…

1) Topic 1 – Anticipated ethical and integrity dimensions of your discipline and your planned field of research within it. It is widely accepted that research should be undertaken ethically (Steneck, 2006). Research conducted in an ethical manner ensures the protection of welfare and rights of all participants and upholds an intrinsic sense of the common good (NHMRC, 2007a; Siebar, 1992). Ethical issues exist in any kind of research (Orb, Eisenhauer & Wynaden, 2001). In particular, qualitative…

Reflecting back on the course of Interventions II, the coursework and in-residence portion had given me a better insight in learning how to define my personal and professional identity. The implementation of a “mock” clinical therapy sessions during the in-residence portion had been a challenge in the beginning due to the lack of having any type of background in conducting a therapy session. These therapy sessions provided the needed feedback from the instructor and my peers to gain a better…

What’s the relationship between theories and the world to which theories meant to apply? Are there ultimate truth which can be obtained through a series of scientific validation and falsification? Is critical relativism appropriate for scientific research (marketing or consumer research in particular)? Those are some critical questions raised by this week’s readings that centered on the topic of rationality and relativism. Several authors provide different insights on answering those above…

contribute to the national debate about abortion; still some groups do not hold the same beliefs. The pro-life side of the argument may use emotion as a way of knowing more so than reason, which is used by biologists and medics. Regardless of any scientific information that is revealed or discovered about the issue, the knower group is likely to remain pro-life because it exists in the Ethical area of knowledge, as the moral values one holds are not easily changed. Yet, we must consider…

This study was conducted in Selale, one of the 18 zones of the Oromia regional state in Ethiopia. The research site is located between 37 and 100km Northwest of Addis Ababa. It has a high potential for rain-fed cereal and livestock production. The main food crops are barley, wheat, teff, beans and peas. Livestock is considered to be the main asset of the farming community. There are two cropping seasons in a year. The major cropping season is characterized by relatively high rainfall, starting…

Dr. Wilson’s research on students who are drinking in college led him to his theory that people drink because they are rewarded by their peers. This is an example of the theoretical perspective of functionalism better defined as looking at human thought and behavior as why. Baird’s definition for functionalism is “a school of psychology focused on how organisms use their learning and perceptual abilities to function in their environment” (6). In Dr. Wilson’s case, he is looking at why college…