...Evaluation of Research Today with a lot of information available in different format and forms it is very critical to have it evaluated properly in order to present credible research. To provide reliable, relevant, and bias free information the students should carefully review research to ensure that it meets the guidelines for writing. To make sure that the information is credible or reliable the students should pay attention “to proof of facts” (Litman, 2011, p. 7). Credibility of information depends on facts, statistics, and evidence; also, the students have to make sure that information agrees with personal knowledge and with other specialists in the field. In addition it is very important to see the publication of the source, either it “scholarly or peer-reviewed” (Litman, 2011, p. 7). According to Bell (2009), these article are written by researches and practitioners in particular subject areas and information includes footnotes, bibliography, or references. Another important aspect on searching is making sure that the information bias free. The students have to make sure that this “information has balanced presentation of opposing perspectives” (Litman, 2011, p. 7). In any publicity the author should not make any point of view critically. The reader should be responsible making his or her own decision on a particular topic. To make sure that the author uses proper tone of language in publication also make a major role on bias free information (Bell, 2009). Not appropriate...
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...Breandan Crane HP-619-01 Research Methods Lynne Man 11/4/15 A quantitative assessment of patient and nurse outcomes of bedside nursing report implementation This quasi-experimental designed study aimed to produce quantified data from pre- and post implemented reports based on how both employee and patients viewed bedside mannerisms in a large teaching hospital. After educating the seven medical-surgical units on the objectives of the study, the researchers implemented a bedside nursing report in order to observe topics such as, “Patient and nursing satisfaction, patient falls, nursing overtime, and medication errors.”(K. Sand-Jecklin, J. Sherman, 2584) The baseline data was obtained from patients and nurses filling out a survey tool prior to implementing the bedside report, which set a starting point to later compare a three-month and thirteen-month post implementation analysis of the bedside nursing report. The researchers found drastic statistical improvements regarding overall safety of the patients, nurse accountability, involvement, awareness, reducing medication errors, and lastly a significant reduction of patient falls during shift changes by the conclusion of the study. This study proved with quantitative data collected from the implementation of the bedside nurse reports successfully improved the overall quality of care provided to the residents who participated throughout the study. The quasi-experimental design allowed the researchers in its simplest form...
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...Marketing Report Assignment 1 MBA7003 Assignment 1: Marketing Research Report “Evaluation of Secondary and Primary Research” Student Name: Rana Ahmed Saeed Khan Student Number: ST20027073 Course Title: Module Title: MBA Marketing Module number: MBA 7003 Module tutor: Katherine Mutter Submission details: To be submitted on 18th April 2013 Marketing Report Assignment 1 MBA7003 Table of Contents S no. Topics Page 01 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………... 2. Primary Research…………………………………………………………………. 01 3. Secondary Research……………………………………………………………… 01 4. Value and weaknesses of Secondary research carried out…………………… 03 5. How primary research may be used to supplement the secondary research…03 6. Research report on UK mobile market…………………..…………………..……..03 7. Conclusion…………………..…………………..…………………..……………….. 04 8. References…………………..…………………..…………………..……………….. 04 Marketing Report Assignment 1 MBA7003 1. Introduction: The report analyzes various aspects of primary research and offers an understanding of how secondary research can be used to supplement it. Merits and demerits of primary and secondary research are discussed in academic and marketing terms. 2. Primary Research: Primary research is developed by researchers by witnessing first hand sources without using their own analysis, interpretation and opinions. It usually includes diaries, speeches, autobiographies, interviews and newspapers or magazines (University of...
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...Why people go to the Theatre; A qualitative study of audience motivation RES/341 Research and Evaluation I 02/19/12 Why people go to the Theatre; A qualitative study of audience motivation “Critical thinking is the disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness.” (The Critical Thinking Community, 2011). The benefits of critical thinking include confidence, justice, mental improvements, stay open-minded, integrity, courage, empathy and perseverance. There are two characteristics of Critical thinkers; strong sense and weak sense approaches to critical thinking. The weak sense tends to be a self-centeredness, selfish way of thinking that uses lower-level skills of argumentation, and attempt to make unreasonable thinking look reasonable and reasonable thinking look unreasonable, according to our readings. This form of thinking can be easily seen in unethical lawyers, prosecutors, and politicians who are more concerned with winning than with being fair. They use emotionalism and trickery in an intellectually skilled way, (Paul...
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...EVALUATION OF REASEARCH PAPER Title: Audit Research after Sarbanes-Oxley Author: Mark L. DeFond and Jere R. Francis A. Describe the research problem or question. Evaluate the importance of the research question to audit practice. This paper attempts to stimulate research into some of the important questions implicitly raised by SOX regarding the audit profession’s potential failings. Enron’s failure and the accounting scandals at Worldcom and other companies provide compelling evidence that auditing matters and is important. However, it is unclear that whether auditing was sufficiently “broken” in the first place to warrant the radical reforms and changes effected by the SOX. The disconnection is large between the scientific evidence on audit quality and institutional changes premised on the assumption that auditing is broken. This research gives us the direction which we need to collect scientific evidence to guide public policy-making in audit. B. Explain the author’s approach to solving the problem. The authors discuss the following areas and give some suggestions for future research in each of them: 1. Why auditing matters now more than ever 2. Institutions that affect auditing 3. Engagement-specific characteristics that affect audit quality 4. The role of auditing and corporate governance 5. Audit quality and other accounting firm characteristics C. Describe the major findings of the research. 1. The criticism embodied in SOX is usually intense, and appears...
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...Senior Project Self-Evaluation When it comes to my senior project I wanted to complete a project that I would absolutely be proud of. At first I decided that I would write a short story which would consist of about 20 pages (full length). I brainstormed one morning and decided that it would be best and most creative for me to create a children’s book. Right away when I came to this conclusion that I would create a children’s book, I knew right away that I wanted Mrs. Butler to assist me in my project. Mrs. Butler gladly accepted, and she played a huge part in making my book the way that it is. At first I did not know a lot about dialogue and other aspects that make a story more complex. With the help of Mrs. Butler, she and I sat down and she went through what I needed to do to make the dialogue help. At some point within the project I would take a stumble and she would give me that nodding head of approval to keep going, and to...
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...Exposure, Satiation and Stimulus Discriminability Exposure, Satiation and Stimulus Discriminability Research Critical Evaluation Psyc101 Exposure, Satiation and Stimulus Discriminability Research Critical Evaluation The study of Exposure, Satiation and Stimulus Discriminability is a scientific study of the effects of exposure of different stimulus on the male brain. Not just how stimulus is effected by exposure but how much exposure and how much satiation is optimal for the male brain to perceive a stimulus as good, bad, likeable or unlikeable. (Philip Shaver, 1972, p. 270) The study conducted used four different experiments. The first three experiments used the same audience that was composed of male college students from the University of Michigan, mostly in the undergraduate level of their studies. The fourth study used female undergraduates from the University of Michigan. (Philip Shaver, 1972, pp. 270-280) The hypothesis of this study was that depending on the stimuli, the exposure of stimuli and the saturation of exposure one could determine the effects of these variables on the human psyche and the lasting effects of the exposure of stimuli. (Philip Shaver, 1972, p. 270) This study is a paramount study in psychology not just for the basis of science but for a lot more fields out there. Philip Shaver and David Van Kreveld exposed the participants to numerous different stimuli for a measured amount of exposure and saturation in this study. (Philip Shaver, 1972...
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...Research and evaluation go hand-in-hand as key features that contribute to any successful public relations efforts. Without them, public relations plans and activities would have no clear direction or guidance as to how to speak to their intended audiences. With the increase in organisations seeking justification for their PR spend; it is even more important for practitioners to demonstrate return on their investment through their own evaluation. Effective primary and secondary research, along with a commitment to ongoing evaluation is crucial to any public relations plan. It is important that both research and evaluation are always undertaken as it will ultimately provide a solid foundation and help to ensure the campaign is continually evolving, increasing the chances of its success. Research, an essential tool for any public relations campaign, assists with the gathering of information and opinions, contributing to the strategic plans ability to increase its efficiency, establish realistic goals and target the right market. With the main purpose of research being to find answers to the questions being asked, it enables the public relations practitioner to build theories that will assist in solving the problems they will face. Harold D. Lasswell, a political scientist, explained the questions every practitioner should ask, ‘who says what, to whom, how, with what effect’ (Lindenmann 2006, p. 3). If a practitioner can find answers to these questions, they will be in a better...
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...EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PAPER Title: When Bonding Fails: Audit Firm Oversight of US-Listed Chinese Companies Date: 15/11/23 Author: Joseph V. Carcello, Brian T. Carver, Clive S. Lennox, Terry L. Neal A. Describe the research problem or question. Evaluate the importance of the research question to audit practice. First, this paper composed by Joseph V. Carcello et al describes the traditional bonding argument failed for US-listed Chinese companies due to a lack of audit quality and audit firm oversight. Last, we think that there are two importance of what the paper relates to audit practice. One is that the study can implicate outside investors may be hit twice as a result of information asymmetry. Another is whether there are any omission or inadequate regulations need to amend due to transnational factors. B. Explain the author’s approach to solving the problem. This paper’s authors, Joseph V. Carcello et al used experimental designing and event studying to argue that the traditional bonding argument failed for US-listed Chinese companies due to a lack of audit quality and audit firm oversight. And, authors do provide descriptive evidence on the following research question: Which parties are most likely to detect financial reporting fraud and other accounting improprieties among the US-listed Chinese companies?(RQ1) because they didn’t test it. C. Describe the major findings of the research. The result of this paper find two points...
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...Research Proposal On Judicial Corruption; The Great Hindrance Towards Ensuring Justice: A Critical Evaluation In The Present Context Of Bangladesh SUPERVISOR Biswajit Chanda Associate Professor Department of Law University of Rajshahi RESEARCHER Md.Salauddin Saimum Roll: 10119019 LL.B(4th Year) Department of Law University of Rajshahi University of Rajshahi DEPARTMENT OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI Introduction: Judicial corruption refers to corruption related misconduct of judges, through receiving or giving bribes, improper sentencing of convicted criminals, bias in the hearing and judgement of arguments and other such misconduct. Judicial corruption pertains to acts or behavior or attempts that impair either the search for or the submission of the truth in the delivery of justice. It covers any act or omission from any source, whether bribery, intimidation or any other act committed with the intent or reasonably foreseeable result that judicial or quasi-judicial orders, judgments and other issuances and judicial treatments will result in corruption. Judicial corruption includes the acceptance of patronage offered by people in power leading...
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...TOPIC: Evaluation Research Content Page Introduction : 1 The social and political context evaluation research: the utilisation of evaluation results : 2 Negotiating the evaluation : 3 Process of evaluation research : 3 Conceptualisation and Diagnosis : 3 Appraisals, Needs, and Impact Assessments : 4 Formative evaluation : 4 Programme monitoring and process evaluation : 5 Effectiveness and efficiency Assessment : 5 Evaluation design : 6 Purposes of evaluation research : 6 How will evaluation research be used : 6 Guidelines for maximising the utilisation of evaluation research results : 7 Conclusion : 8 Bibliography : 9 Introduction Evaluation research, sometimes called programme or project evaluation refers to a type of research rather than a specific research method (Babbie, 2001). It concerns itself with determining whether a social intervention, policy, or programme has produced or not produced the intended result (Cloete, 2006). Rossi, Freeman, and Lipsey (2004) define programme evaluation as the use of social research procedures to systematically investigate the effectiveness of social intervention programmes. Patton (1986) has defined programme evaluation as the systematic collection of information about the activities, characteristics, and outcomes of programmes for the use by specific people to reduce uncertainities, improve...
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...summaries PSYCH 500 Week 2 Individual Assignment Developmental Profile PSYCH 500 Week 4 Individual Assignment Similarities and Differences in Adolescent Development PSYCH 500 Week 5 Individual Assignment Interview a Elderly Person or Senior Citizen PSYCH 500 Week 6 Team Assignment Toy Evaluation Field Research PSYCH 500 Week 6 Team Assignment Toy Evaluation Field Research Presentation PSYCH 500 Complete Course Material https://homeworklance.com/downloads/psych-500-complete-course-material/ To Get this Tutorial Copy & Paste above URL Into Your Browser Hit Us Email for Any Inquiry at: Lancehomework@gmail.com Visit our Site for More Tutorials: ( http://homeworklance.com/ ) PSYCH 500 Complete Course Material ( ALL Discussions Question Solution Included ) PSYCH 500 Week 1 Individual Assignment Peer reviewed article summaries PSYCH 500 Week 2 Individual Assignment Developmental Profile PSYCH 500 Week 4 Individual Assignment Similarities and Differences in Adolescent Development PSYCH 500 Week 5 Individual Assignment Interview a Elderly Person or Senior Citizen PSYCH 500 Week 6 Team Assignment Toy Evaluation Field Research PSYCH 500 Week 6 Team Assignment Toy Evaluation Field Research Presentation PSYCH 500 Complete Course Material https://homeworklance.com/downloads/psych-500-complete-course-material/ To Get this Tutorial Copy & Paste above URL Into Your Browser Hit Us Email for Any Inquiry at:...
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...[Overview of R&D Evaluation Methods] 4/27/2015 Strategic Cost Management 1 Background- Strategic Management in R&D • Traditionally R&D Division in any company as been a part of Company’s overhead. • The investment in R&D has been strategically planned to be an “X”% of the sales or the profits achieved by the company. • The financial Matrix for an R&D organization has been poorly defined. • With recent stress on innovation, R&D is back in focus. • A lot of cost cutting measures and Product differentiation methods are now being tracked through R&D divisions through out USA. 4/27/2015 2 Benefits of R&D evaluation programs • Generate additional important information for continuous product improvement. • Document knowledge base and prevent silo operation. • Document research model to prevent repetition of previous unsuccessful models. • Develop systematic cost effective model . • The focus of R&D evaluation program would be on non-financial strategic allignment. 4/27/2015 3 R&D Evaluation programs: NonFinancial benefits • Increase overall efficiency and quality of an research program • Align R&D focus with the corporate strategic goal. • Promote innovation • Co-relate past efforts with the future to reduce down time. 4/27/2015 4 R&D Evaluation programs: NonFinancial benefits • Increase overall efficiency and quality of an research program • Align R&D focus with the corporate strategic goal. • Promote innovation ...
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...Course Evaluation Quintella Lauderdale Design and Process of Curriculum Development HSN 544 Alice Kindschuh July 18, 2012 Course Evaluation Introduction Course evaluations have been around for a long time. In fact, the first teacher course evaluation referred to as a teacher rating scale, was published in 1915. Shortly thereafter there research on the subject of student evaluations and teacher effectiveness flourished. This began in the mid-1920s. The research slowed down throughout the 1960s and student evaluations were done on a voluntary basis. In the 1970s scholars began to scrutinize the validity of the student evaluations of teachers (SET). At this time, research was strictly focused on clarifying previous research and performing new research. From 1973 to 1983 there was an increase in SET use from 29% to 86% in US colleges and universities. SETs have a widespread use today in higher education. The use of SETs has spread and has also become popular in U.K. and Australia (Densona, Loveday, & Dalton, 2010). Recent research initiated by Frick, Chadha, Watson, & Zlatkovska, developed a new course evaluation instrument for assessing Teaching and Learning Quality (TALQ). TALQ assesses teaching, learning, and the quality of learning. In other words, the assessment is for the teacher, the student, and the curriculum. A course evaluation can be a paper or electronic evaluation of a course and the instructor responsible for teaching the course. They...
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...a social program evaluation is. Make sure to address the separate issues of "what is program evaluation" in addition to "what is a social program." Program evaluation is the research methods that investiagates programs and design Program that will improve social conditions. Program evaluation to my understanding is the use of research methods, i.e surveys or observations that will help in evaluating where there are issues of effectiveness and or efficienty within the programs. Social program are programs that are organized and planned to keep working on the problem and improving the conditions. b. Summarize the history of program evaluation as you pay special attention to the changing role of government in serving the needs of citizens since 1930. In your summary be sure to include the following: Social program and evaluation has developed greatly. We can look back to world war 1 and the public health system. A important time was around the 1930s health system. An early example of social program we can look at the from the assigned reading where the british captian was evaluating his saliors and noticed the deficient of vitamin c and studied both recieveing a special diet while other received their normal diet. The captain was basically evaluating the saliors and the problem and testing with an exiprement to see what works and what does not. a brief characterization of at least three influences that gave new impetus for social program evaluation (for example, the...
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