...DeMetria Beasley Assignment 1: Evaluating Bias in Research Kish Sociology 001 April 25,2015 After reading the article “As drug industry influence over research grows, so does the potential for bias”, raises the question can drug testing be trusted? The article raises key elements to why industries are now biased and why not all drug companies can be trusted with there experiments for drug testing. The article outlines how industries are withholding records and test results to ensure sales and to pass FDA (Food and Drug, Administration) laws. The article also outlines how the people in the work place are now bias no matter the outcome of the drug, or the dangers to the public people, and the drug consumers. The first step in student research is Identifying your research question. Can drug testing be trused? Insuring that your research question is accurate forms great research. A few assumptions and bias of the drug industry is the workers for the company are those that are being used for the testing, so there results will seem as they are not flawed. Companies are not doing fully researched experiments. In my own personal opinion the first steps to student research first finding a great subject to research, then forming a research question. Finding an ongoing subject, where you can have multiple articles on your subject. Being able to research a subject where you can find your own data if need be. I as a consumer question drug sales, especially new drugs. Testing...
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...responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Ellis, D. (2011). Becoming a master student (13th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. All electronic materials are available on the student website. 1 Course Design Guide GEN/200 Version 2 Week One TOPICS AND OBJECTIVES Academic Success Identify university resources required for student success. Develop educational goals. Recognize the importance of personal responsibility. Demonstrate the key elements of the writing process . Weekly Overview Students explore various university resources and aspects of pers onal responsibility, such as financial...
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...Assignment 1: Evaluating Bias in Research Kaneidra McKinney Professor Williams Sociology 5/8/15 The first step in a student’s guide to research is to understand the key building blocks of a good sociological research. Sociological research seldom follows a formula that would indicate exactly how to proceed. They often have to feel their way as they go, responding to the challenges that arise during a research and adapting new methods to fit the circumstances. The first step of research in my own words would be almost the same as a student’s guide to research. Meaning, I would first have to have a good understanding of the topic being discussed. I would do research finding out different information on the target topic of the research. One of the major assumptions and bias of the drug industry does not fall in the upper half of the best performing sectors. A majority of the companies within the drug industry are ranked as average; these are companies like GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Pfizer. Other companies that are ranked below the average industry standard include AstraZeneca, Novartis and Eli Lilly. The companies that are ranked in the top half of the best performing sectors include Actavis and Valeant. This is an important factor for investment purposes as good financial performance drives the investment opportunities within the best performing industries. The Drug industry has registered positive financial performance in the third quarter of 2014 having registered tremendous...
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...SYLLABUS ENG/102 Research Writing Copyright ©2014 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description Students focus on gathering research, evaluating and documenting sources, and developing a major research paper. Selected readings prompt discussion regarding bias, rhetorical devices, arguments, and counter arguments. Grammar exercises address commonly confused sets of words, modifiers, parallel structure, sentence variety, and sentence clarity. Course Dates Aug 18, 2014 - Oct 19, 2014 Faculty Information Name : Email Address : Alternate Email Address Phone Number : BERNICE PARROTT (PRIMARY) baparrott@email.phoenix.edu (770) 886-9389 Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents (both located on your student website): • Academic Policies • Instructor Policies University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Get Ready for Class • Familiarize yourself with the textbooks used in this course. Course Materials All electronic materials are available on your student website. Week1 Identifying Components of Argumentation Tasks • Course Preparation Aug, 18 - Aug, 24 Objectives/Competencies ...
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...COMM 150 Introduction to Information Literacy and Research| This course syllabus is a contract between you and Bryant & Stratton College. It represents the minimum expected learning outcomes for this course. Your instructor will also provide a supplemental syllabus describing the approach to the course, instructional methods, tracking calendar, assignments, assessments and grading scheme, plus guidelines for your success. | Semester Credit Hours: 3|Instructional Hours: 4|Term: Fall 2012| Proficiency Available: Yes|Prerequisite(s):None|Co-requisite(s):|Date of Last Revision: 7/2012| COURSE CATALOG DESCRIPTION:Students study the evolution of information and the impact of technology on research, and learn how to access, evaluate, synthesize and communicate research findings. The research process and papers required of each student include inquiry into each student’s chosen career field along with assignments on how changes in technology have impacted the communication process in the career field.| LEARNING OUTCOMESBryant & Stratton College seeks to develop lifelong learning competencies in all students through the development of information literacy skills that assist students to formulate essential questions, research and apply the answers, and communicate the results within the dynamic communities of college, career, and life.Course Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:1. Examine the history of information, and identify the evolution of technology...
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...Assignment 1: Evaluating Bias in Research Penny Williams Professor Virginia Merlini Sociology 100 January 25, 2015 The first step in research is to Frame the research question. A Research Question is a statement that identifies the phenomenon to be studied. For example, “What resources are helpful to as drug industry’s influence over research grows, so does the potential for bias. To develop a strong research question from your ideas, you should ask yourself these things: Do I know the field and its literature well? What are the important research questions in my field? What areas need further exploration? Could my study fill a gap? Lead to greater understanding? Has a great deal of research already been conducted in this topic area? Has this study been done before? If so, is there room for improvement? A well-thought-out and focused research question leads directly into your hypotheses. What predictions would you make about the phenomenon you are examining? This will be the foundation of your application. Many clinical research studies are funded by pharmaceutical companies and there is a general perception that such industry-based funding could potentially skew the results in favor of a new medication or device. The rationale underlying this perception regarding the influence of industry funding is fairly straightforward. Pharmaceutical companies or device manufacturers need to increase the sales of newly developed drugs or devices in order to generate adequate profits...
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...Dillon Farnum Assignment # 1 There are 3 methods of psychological research. 1.) Correlations; this is a statistical measure of the extent to which two factors are associated. These factors are called, variables because they can vary in quantifiable ways. Age, educations, weight, grade point average, socioeconomic status, income, IQ scores, anything that can be measured is a variable. Scatterplots and correlation coefficients allow us to make predictions from a person’s score on one characteristic to another characteristic. They do not, however, provide any way to say what causes the person’s score on either characteristic. A positive correlation means that high values of one variable are associated with low values of the other. So, a positive correlation exists when the two variables increase or decrease together. That is, they vary in the same direction. A negative correlation exists when an increase in one variable is accompanied by a decrease in the other, vice versa. A zero correlation means that two variables are unrelated. For instance, the relationship between college grades and hair color is probably zero. The strength is that correlation is much easier to do, because you don’t have a control group and an independent variable to manipulate. The weakness is that correlation only shows a relationship or lack of relationship between two variables. 2.) The Experimental Method consists of; The hypothesis states the relationship between two variables. The...
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...TCHE2079 – Tertiary Teaching and Learning This model is from a different subject, but the process of evaluation is the same. Evaluating a Source 1. Refer to the most important source (book/article/webpage) you used in your Synthesis Essay. Respond to the topics and questions below and evaluate the source. Source: Davies M 2009, „Computer assisted argument mapping: a rationale approach‟, Higher Education, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 799-820. Full citation of the source, according to RMIT referencing guide for “Reference Lists” Topic Evaluation Authority (50 words) Is that author an expert? What evidence is there to support this? Martin Davies is an expert in this field. I Googled his name and found that he has 2 doctorates and is presently a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education in the Teaching and Learning Unit and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Economics at Melbourne University. His page on the Melb. Uni. website lists all his publications (about 70), many of which are concerned with critical thinking in tertiary learning. Validity & Accuracy (50 words) How do you know the information is accurate? Is it from a valid source, e.g. an educational institution? Find out if it is peer reviewed or been passed by an editorial panel, eg is it in a refereed journal? His article includes an appendix in which he has placed all the data from the quantitative study he conducted. Though I can‟t be sure that this data were analysed correctly...
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... | | |COM/156 Version 7 | | |University Composition and Communication II | Copyright © 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course builds upon the foundations established in COM/155. It addresses the various rhetorical modes necessary for effective college essays: narration, illustration, description, process analysis, classification, definition, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, and argumentation. In addition, requirements for research essays, including the use of outside sources and appropriate formatting, are considered. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Arlov,...
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...Chapter 1: 1.1 Flashcards Critical thinking Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. Hindsight bias The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. (Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.) 1.2 Flashcard Experimental group in an experiment, the group that is exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable. random assignment assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups. Experiment a research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable). By random assignment of participants, the experimenter aims to control other relevant factors. Population all the cases in a group being studied, from which samples may be drawn. (Note: Except for national studies, this does not refer to a country's whole population.) operational definition a statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables. For example, human intelligence may be operationally defined as "what an intelligence test measures." placebo effect experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert...
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...the picture of any questionnaire the findings can create profound negative impact. The most frequent and important ways of misconduct in scientific research are falsifying results, plagiarize and over-interpretation. Motives are prestige, money, pressure of time and conflict of interests. The "publish or perish" phenomenon and the sometimes difficult attainable deadlines play an important role. Furthermore, there is a "gray-zone" in which clinical scientific researchers are influenced particularly by the pharmaceutical industry, leading to the writing of tendentious publications. (Verh K Acad Geneeskd Belg. 2004). Over the last 25 years, a small but growing body of research on research behavior has slowly provided a more complete and critical understanding of research practices, particularly in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The results of this research suggest that some earlier assumptions about irresponsible conduct are not reliable, leading to the conclusion that there is a need to change the way we think about and regulate research behavior. This paper begins with suggestions and support for more precise definitions of the terms “responsible conduct of research,” “research ethics,” and “research integrity.” It then summarizes the findings presented in some of the more important studies of research behavior, looking first at levels of occurrence...
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...YORK UNIVERSITY S E N AT E C O M M I T T E E O N T E A C H I N G A N D L E A R N I N G ’ S G U I D E T O TEACHING ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION INTRODUCTION NEED FOR THE GUIDE The Teaching Assessment and Evaluation Guide provides instructors with starting-points for reflecting on their teaching, and with advice on how to gather feedback on their teaching practices and effectiveness as part of a systematic program of teaching development. As well, the Guide provides guidance on how teaching might be fairly and effectively evaluated, which characteristics of teaching might be considered, and which evaluation techniques are best suited for different purposes. The Teaching Assessment and Evaluation Guide is a companion to the Teaching Documentation Guide (1993), also prepared by the Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning (SCOTL). The Documentation Guide (available at the Centre for the Support of Teaching and on the SCOTL website) aims to provide instructors with advice and concrete suggestions on how to document the variety and complexity of their teaching contributions. Teaching is a complex and personal activity that is best assessed and evaluated using multiple techniques and broadly-based criteria. Assessment for formative purposes is designed to stimulate growth, change and improvement in teaching through reflective practice. Evaluation, in contrast, is used for summative purposes to give an overview of a particular instructor’s teaching in a ...
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...UNIT 4 Marketing Principles LO2 Be able to use the concepts of segmentation, targeting and positioning CASE STUDY: You are a Business Development Consultant. Your Firm is hired by a small business enterprise that is facing myriads of marketing and organizational challenges. YOUR JOB AS A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT IS TO 1) Analyze the problems in the business, 2) Research solutions and/or benchmark good practices, 3) Make suitable recommendations for improvements, and 4) Help the business to implement these recommendations satisfactorily. TEAM ASSIGNMENTS PRESENTATION: 15 MINUTES LEARNING OUTCOME 2: Be able to use the concepts of segmentation, targeting and positioning 2.1 Show macro and micro environmental factors which influence marketing decisions 2.2 Propose segmentation criteria to be used for products in different markets 2.3 Choose a targeting strategy for a selected product/service 2.4 Demonstrate how buyer behavior affects marketing activities in different buying situations 2.5 Propose new positioning for a selected product/service Submission Deadline: November 16, 2015 TEAM ASSIGNMENT: AC 2.1 Show macro and micro environmental factors which influence marketing decisions Guiding Term Paper Questions The business believes that competition from nearby businesses is preventing it from growing and increasing sales. However many other micro and macro factors are impacting sales and its marketing decisions. So show the macro...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |College of Humanities | | |COM/220 Version 7 | | |Research Writing | Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description Students focus on gathering research, evaluating and documenting sources, and developing a major research paper. Selected readings prompt discussion regarding bias, rhetorical devices, arguments, and counter arguments. Grammar exercises address commonly confused sets of words, modifiers, parallel structure, sentence variety, and sentence clarity. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class...
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...* This assignment will showcase your ability to recognize and examine argument structure. Please be sure to follow all of the assignment guidelines, which your instructor will give to you in class or listed below. * In this week's assignment, we are going to take a look at a couple of arguments related to an immensely controversial idea in our society, the idea of same-sex marriage. At the end of Chapter Six you will find two different opinions, Justice Margaret Marshall’s majority opinion on Goodridge v. Department of Public Health and Matthew Spalding’s “A Defining Moment for Marriage and Self-Government. While many of you may have strong opinions on one side or the other of this debate, this week we're asking you to set your own opinions aside, and see if we can begin to identify the different parts of the argument. Directions: Specifically, read through these two articles and choose ONE of them. Then, for your chosen article, identify the various parts of the argument as they are described in chapter six of your text. Explain how the various parts work together to prove an overall claim. Again, you are NOT asked in this assignment to give your opinion on same-sex marriage or your stance on the issue, but to describe the argument being made and explain how those different parts work together. PLEASE NOTE: This assignment is not asking for a summary of the articles nor your perspective on this issue. Instead, in this assignment and many others, you will be...
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