CHAPTER 12: CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH CAUSAL AND COMPARATIVE RESEARCH: DEFINITION AND PURPOSE -Causal-comparative research is sometimes treated as a type of descriptive research since it describes conditions that already exist. • -Causal comparative research attempts to determine reasons‚ or causes‚ for the existing condition • -In causal-comparative or ‚ex-post facto‚ research the researcher attempts to determine the cause‚ or reason‚ for preexisting differences in groups of
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REFORMS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND COMMONS. Over the years‚ there has been a lot of problem over the very fact that the house of lords are not elected and are relatively independent of party and contains members with particular skills‚ expertise and interest in this kind of activities which in turn has created tensions between the commons which is a legitimate elected body‚ regarding their function‚ performances and their composition. But if we take parliament to be a collaborative set of processes
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McDonalds. In Super Size Me‚ Spurlock eats Mcdonald’s with the intention to show how it affects people’s health. As he is doing his month of experimental diet he shows how the food affects not only him‚ but also how the food affects all people. Through the multiple interviews and his experiment Morgan Spurlock makes his point that the food at Mcdonald’s has an appalling effect on the people who eat it. Spurlock shows the appalling effects through various interviews with common-day
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Why Shoe Sizes Are as They Are Seemingly arbitrary‚ there is a crazy logic (and a lot of muddy history giving rise to tradition) behind the numbers assigned to different shoe sizes. During the reign of England’s Edward II (1284-1327)‚ certain measurements became standardized. Most pertinent to the discussion at hand: "Three barley-corns‚ round and dry‚ make an inch‚ twelve inches a foot‚ three feet a yard (ulna)‚ five and a half yards a perch‚ and forty perches in length and four in breadth an
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COMPARITIVE ESSAY TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN & THE LORD OF THE FLIES When first comparing the two novels‚ Tomorrow When the War Began (TWTWB) and The Lord of the Flies‚ they appear to have similar themes. Some of these being the setting and the lack of adult supervision. However‚ in having a more thorough look there is a lot of diversity in the stories. Some of these differences include the ages of the characters as well as the relationships between the protagonists. The diversity is also
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I have sent emails to you to talk about my devised topic. My topic is to talk about memorable characters: round and dynamic‚ flat or static. These characters play different roles for different purpose. I will choose one character form each of Charlotte ’s Web and Hana ’s Suitcase that I find are important to their stories. I will examine their development‚ their purposes in the text and their overall impact on the themes. The round and dynamic characters in Charlotte’s Web and Hana’s
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Assignment: Paragraph Response A Secret Lost in the Water & Mirror Image What is "Self-discovery"? The dictionary defines discover as "to gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown)". In the short stories "A Secret Lost in the Water" and "Mirror Image"‚ there is a co-relation in the theme of self-discovery as well as few other similarities. Such as there are similarities‚ there also differences in between the two. The follwing paragraphs will discuss the topics above
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Final Exam Practice Questions Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Assume that Greece has a comparative advantage in fish and Germany has a comparative advantage in cars. Also assume that Germany has an absolute advantage in both fish and cars. If these two countries specialize and trade so as to maximize the benefits of specialization and trade‚ then |a. |the two countries’ combined output of both goods will be higher than
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Size Constancy Size constancy is the ability of people perceiving objects to have the same size even though the retina perceives them to be of different size (Boring‚ 1964). In the size constancy tutorial accessed from the Hanover website‚ different photographs have been show to demonstrate how objects with different sizes are perceived to be of the same size. The first photograph has people who appear to be of the same size. However‚ the second photograph shows that the people are of different sizes
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layers‚ how your business is functionally divided and the overall reporting structure. Multiple organizational designs can be used to enhance your business’s strategy including simple‚ functional‚ matrix‚ hybrid or a self-designed structure. Size: Larger business size often equates to a more elaborate or complex organizational structure. As your business expands‚ additional layers of management‚ business units and a formal chain of command are generally needed. While a small business may function on an
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