Validity

Nicholas Carr “Is Google Making Us Stupid” suggest through cause and effect and anecdotes that the internet is making the human brain less effective. The author has a strong opinion that technologies such as the internet are negative for the brain capacity. He uses cause and effect to convey the idea that the internet is altering our abilities in a way that we can no longer master the intellectual skills that we used to control. When the author explains how different his reading became with the…

information to identify prevalence within the target population, although it is not stated where the statistical information was derived from. Although this information is vulnerable to falsifiability it does not appear that this has occurred. The validity of the information provided in the article is further supported by the key terms of intuition, empiricism and behavioral science. Intuition applies to the article in that a person in the military or very closely affiliated with the military,…

accuracy were found. A previous study at the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital indicated that the Cortex MetaLyzer® 3B is reproducible for measuring REE in a small paediatric population [28]. However, a recommendation was made to further investigate the validity of the Cortex MetaLyzer® 3B. According to Meyer et al [29], it seems to be a reliable system for testing energy expenditure in a research setting. Nonetheless, they emphasise that fluctuations of individual measurements in the…

feasible, given time and logistical constraints. A weakness of quasi-experimental research is the lack of random assignment, reducing internal validity. However investigation in real-world conditions increases the external validity. This design could be strengthened by including a control group comparison, comparing HAI rates in another LTCF to determine if there is a similar trend at baseline and at specified collection points. One study was an uncontrolled before and after study. Pittet…

Significance The research problem discussed in the paper is the scarcity of organ donations worldwide. The literature examined some variables that affect signing an organ donor card. Some of the variables that the researcher identified that may affect SODC are: spirituality, purpose in life and attitudes toward donation as some factors that affect the signing of donor card. This research affects nursing practice by bringing awareness to a solvable problem, which is the scarcity of organ…

This was not the case with the Black Lives Matter crusade. Instead of engaging themselves in the push for recognition of police brutality, something that would benefit everyone, regardless of race, many members of society actively fought against the validity of the…

present study tries to investigate further the geographical differences of depression mean scores by conducting meta-analysis measured by the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II) (BDI; Beck et al., 1961) and asses the reliability and validity of the measures. Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition is a 21-item self-report instrument which purpose is to identify the presence of symptoms of depression as listed in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical…

well because I'm not inclined to trust many sources of information. With that being said, I really think in this day and age of electronics- where everything literally is at your fingertips, we all need to be a little skeptical when considering the validity of any source. I believe the first thing you need to do when considering the legitimacy of a source is to fact check, fact check, and fact check again. Once again, we have an enormous amount of information at the stroke of a keyboard and we…

1. Theoretical/epistemological issues Assessment Circle most relevant Comments Is a qualitative approach appropriate to answer the research question? Unclear Although a qualitative approach could illuminate personal perspectives and lived outcomes based on school experiences this study could have benefited from a mixed method approach. The title of the article utilizes the term “impact,” which is consistent with a quantitative approach. Is a qualitative approach justified by the author?…

argument (∑, A) every premise in ∑ is true, and A is true. 3. Logical validity versus inductive validity Inductive valid argument is an argument based on the thought that the founding premises provide reasons to support the apparent truth of the conclusion. In such arguments, the intention of the premises is to be strong such that if the premises are true then there is unlikelihood of the conclusion being false. Logical validity on the other hand can be defined as the property possessed by an…