Article Appraisal 3 (Level 1) Research question: Does Athletics help a college student manage their time and excel academically? Reference: Georgakis‚ S.‚ Wilson‚ R.‚ & Ferguson‚ J. (2014). The Academic Achievement of Elite Athletes at an Australian University: Debunking the Dumb Jock Syndrome. IJHE International Journal of Higher Education‚ 3(2). doi:10.5430/ijhe.v3n2p120 Purpose of study: The purpose of the study is to conclude how the university achievement of a cohort of college athletes was
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A Qualitative Research Critique The purpose of this paper is to critique the research article‚ “Gulper. Et. Al’s Preventing belt restraint use in newly admitted residents in nursing homes: A quasi-experimental study. The incident I am going to discuss in this paper is of Mr. P.‚ an 85-year-old man‚ admitted to this facility about a year ago. His history includes coronary heart disease‚ cataract‚ dementia‚ hypertension‚ macular degeneration and Alzheimer’s. Mr P. scored 28 of 30 on the Folstein
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A qualitative study on Sri Lankan women living in the UK- A perspective on culture‚ exercise and dietary patterns. 1.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE APPROACH Having read the transcripts and the aim of the research‚ I decided to choose which qualitative approach to use in the analysis. Grounded Theory was ruled out because it deals more with a sociological approach and works better with a larger sample group (Willig‚ C‚2009). Discourse Analysis explores the role of language in participant’s descriptions of
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Strategic Management Journal‚ Vol. 15‚ 175-1 90 (I 994) TRUSTWORTHINESS AS A SOURCE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE JAY 6. BARNEY Fisher College of Business‚ The Ohio State University‚ Columbus‚ Ohio‚ U.S.A. MARK H. HANSEN College of Business Administration‚ Texas A & M University‚ College Station‚ Texas‚ U.S.A. Three types of trust in economic exchanges are identified: weak form trust‚ semi-strong form trust‚ and strong form trust. It is shown that weak form trust can only be a source of competitive
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Research Question. Study Effectiveness of Dry and Wet Alcohol policies on Universities Campuses. My Objective is to answer the question: Have Dry Alcohol Campuses illegal and disruptive actions involving alcohol at the time of any incident such as rapes‚ hazing and any violent incidents decrease since the day alcohol policies became effective at college and universities campuses. This project will have interviews from students attending both dry and wet colleges and universities and enquiring specific
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Ethics in Business | Leadership: Trustworthiness and ethical stewardship | <Add Learner comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty Name> <Grade Earned> <Writing Score> <Date Graded> Leadership: Trustworthiness and ethical stewardship Leona
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Qualitative Research Proposal Exploratory Field Research For my field research observation site I chose the flea market (la pulga) located in Alamo‚ Texas. I chose this specific site because in our Mexican American culture families tend to go there to buy cheap merchandise. Although many people go there many of the things they buy there can or is related to crime. I chose this flea market because it is close to home and there are usually a high number of people there during the weekends. There
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THE SCOPE AND NATURE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SFR780 GOODWIN TWO CULTURES OF RESEARCH* Humanistic Research Natural Science Research Individuals and relations Properties or attributes of objects Development is of interest to the researcher Objects normally are not assumed to change during course of study Intensive study of small number of individuals Objects/individuals studied in natural surroundings Study many specimens‚ sample
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CHAPTER 3 Research design and methodology 3.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter covers the research design and methodology‚ including sampling‚ population‚ establishing rigour during and after data collection‚ ethical considerations and data analysis. 3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN Burns and Grove (2003:195) define a research design as “a blueprint for conducting a study with maximum control over factors that may interfere with the validity of the findings”. Parahoo (1997:142) describes a research
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Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods PSY 326 Dr. Willow Aureala March 29‚ 2011 Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods There are two types of research methods: qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research methods are complex meaningful analyses characterized by processes and meanings that are not measured in terms of mathematical measurements. Quantitative research however‚ relies and builds on mathematical procedures and methods‚ such as frequency‚ quality‚ amount
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