In March 1893, J. McKeen Cattell asked a series of questions which “might naturally be asked in a court of justice” to fifty-six college students at Columbia University. They were given thirty seconds to consider each question and write their answers, along with their degree of confidence in each one. This short, informal study (and the unreliable and inconsistent answers which it produced) became one of the very first on the psychology of testimony, and inspired one of the most significant studies
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In his trial for felony murder, the defendant maintained his innocence and claimed that the victim choked to death. Although a non-testifying expert created an autopsy report, it was not introduced into evidence. The questions before this Court are (1) whether the testifying expert violated the Confrontation Clause when he (a) opined about the victim’s cause of death and (b) recited his stomach contents, and (2) if so, whether the violation harmed the defendant. BRIEF ANSWER Dr. Dyer’s independently-derived
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. IN THE LOWER KITTITAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON,Plaintiff,vs._____________ Defendant. | No. _____________ STATE’S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS | The State of Washington, represented by Deputy Prosecutor Tony Swartz, submits the following response to defendant’s motion to dismiss filed on May 1, 2013. For the reasons stated below, defendant’s motion should be denied. --- PROCEDURAL HISTORY On March 29, 2013, Honorable Judge
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But realities in jails transmit an entirely different tune. Let us briefly examine the realities inside any prison. SPECIFIC PROBLEMS FACED BY UNDERTRIAL PRISONERS AND THEIR REASONS – Their Right to Speedy Trial as recognised by the Supreme Court in Hussainara Khatoon [I] vs. Home Secretary, Bihar7 is violated due to protracted delays. This delay is due to all kinds of reasons such as – * Systemic delays. * Grossly inadequate number of judges8 and prosecutors. * Absence
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Boston Fight Drugs Summary The case talks about the big concern in Boston, which is drugs use. The field study group, consists of four members, is given a budget of twenty thousand dollars and a time period of five months of part-time work to find an effective way to communicate with the school-going population about drugs. The group must find answers to the following: motivation for drug use, who influence them to use drugs and which advertisement strategy can influence them. They came up
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links and answer the questions, expanding the boxes as they go. |Participant observation, grounded theory and action research | | | |Click on the Wikipedia entry for participant observation:
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Examine the reasons why most sociologists choose not to use experiments in their research (20 marks) An experiment can be defined as a controlled observation. The researcher manipulates an aspect of the environment in order to assess the effect it has on the participants’ behavior. Experiments can take the form of lab experiments (done in a controlled environment), filed experiments (done in a natural setting but still observe the IV and DV) and natural experiment (done in a natural setting and
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as Eiffel Tower and twice as tall as the Empire State Building.2. Burj Khalifa holds the world Records on: tallest freestanding structure in the world, highest number of stories in the world, highest occupied floor in the world, highest outdoor observation deck in the world, elevator with longest travel distance in the world, and tallest service elevator in the world.3. It is said that the weight of concrete used to build the skyscraper is equivalent to 100,000 elephants and the steel used to construct
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choice of research methods. Validity is a method that gives a true or genuine picture of what something is really like, which helps the researcher easily find out the truth. Sociologists argue that the use of qualitative methods such as Participant Observation gives a more valid, truthful account as it provides us with a deeper insight through firsthand experience. The next issue that influences sociologist’s choice is reliability which comes from Latin, replica meaning an exact copy of something. This
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| SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT & HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT [Constituent of SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (SIU)] (Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, by notification No.F.9-12/2001 – U.3 of the Government of India) (Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade) ------------------------------------------------- Study of arbitration, dispute resolution and mitigation practices in Indian Infrastructure Sector MBA – Infrastructure Management Batch 2013-15 Semester III
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