error free. In other words‚ if something has often happened in the past‚ it will likely happen in the future (Lee & Baskerville‚ 2003). In research that is extremely important because once researchers have collected enough data to support their hypothesis‚ they can develop a premise to predict the outcome in similar situations with a certain degree of accuracy (Lee & Baskerville‚ 2003). In order to increase our confidence in the generalizability of a study‚ it would have to be repeated with the
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significant difference in the NP solution and the creek water solution. Although we found that the duckweed grows faster in the NP solution‚ rather than the creek water they do indeed have relatively the same mean. Overall our results supports our hypothesis. This also makes us question what kinds of factors are affecting the creek water to kill off the duckweed. Duckweed also is known to stop the growth of algae‚ but in our experiment we ended up having algae grow in some of the wells filled with creek
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Is Life Expectancy More Correlated with Obesity or Poverty? Hypothesis: When obesity and poverty rates are tested to see which is more correlated with life expectancy I would expect poverty to be more correlated and for it to be a negative correlation as well. I say this because obesity is in a way a subcategory of poverty. For example‚ people who are poorer tend to buy the less healthy foods because they are at a cheaper price‚ thusly causing obesity. Procedure: Research and Identify the obesity
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Synthesis Essay on Standardized Testing Standardized testing in the United States started in the mid- 1800’s (Standardized Tests - ProCon.org). This kind of testing was originally created to measure students’ performance and progress in school (Standardized Tests - ProCon.org). In recent years‚ the public school system has relied heavily on the information this test provides‚ in doing so creating controversy. Other than being a student myself‚ and participating in multiple standardized exams such
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logically expect between variables Independent variable Cause Dependent variable Effect‚ depending on another Idiographic explanation Idio = unique; full explanation; limited to a single case Nomothetic explanation Explains a class of situations using only one/a few explanatory factors; partial explanation induction From specific to general‚ from observation to pattern deduction From general to specific‚ from pattern to observation (“All x are like...‚ so...”) Wheel of science (simple) Theories
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al. 2010). The study authors further suggest using the FINER criteria in order to develop an effective initial research question. This delineates the research question into several component parts to analyze in detail the efficacy of the research question and if‚ among all the available or visible possible questions‚ the question chosen is the most effective research question to guide the study. For example‚
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ABSTRACT Title of Document: Multispectral Method for Apple Defect Detection using Hyperspectral Imaging System Tao Tao‚ Master of Science‚ 2011 Directed By: Dr. Gang Qu‚ Associate Professor Hyperspectral imaging is a non-destructive detection technology and a powerful analytical tool that integrates conventional imaging and spectroscopy to get both spatial and spectral information from the objects for food safety and quality analysis. A recently developed hyperspectral imaging system
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The Development Of Efficient Market Hypothesis Xiao Yang FIN 790 Spring 2013 January 30‚ 2013 Introduction For many years‚ many economics have been interested in developing and testing models of stock price behaviour. Market Efficiency is one of the important financial theories on stock price behavior. Many basic financial theories‚ such as Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ Portfolio Theory‚ and Option Pricing Model are based on Market
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Scientific method is a process that outlines a number of principles for answering questions. Many people in day-to-day situations use scientific method. For example‚ if I were to try to start my car and it doesn ’t work‚ my first reaction would be to think of reason my car is not starting. This is just a brief example of scientific method. The principles in Scientific method should be used in an orderly manner to answer your questions. Scientific method lets people research true things as well as
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