of an organization or a ruling regime is largely tied to legal rationality‚ legal legitimacy and bureaucracy. The majority of the modern states of the twentieth century are rational-legal authorities‚ according to those who use this form of classification Authority Types Traditional authority is legitimated by the sanctity of tradition. The ability and right to rule is passed down‚ often through heredity. It does not change overtime‚ does not facilitate social change‚ tends to be irrational and
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baseball is the most challenging and difficult sport to play. No other sport compares to the degree of difficulty that you have to deal with‚ like you do in playing the game of baseball. There are so many different elements that make this game the most difficult. Three major elements stick out in my mind as to why this wonderful sport is the toughest of all. The three main factors in my mind are the increased physical and hand eye coordination component‚ the mental aspect of this game‚ and the human
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Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation? Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social‚ economic and political systems that have been developed in
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Why unstructured interview have low predictive validities? The unstructured interview is the interview without any set format but in which the interviewer may have some key questions formulated in advance. Unstructured interviews allow questions based on the interviewee’s responses and proceeds like a friendly‚ non-threatening conversation. However‚ because each interviewee is asked a different series of questions‚ this style lack the reliability and precision of a structured interview. Also called non-directive
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and Validity Exercise Vivian Moran Phl/458 Julie Largent November 24‚ 2014 1. The credit card habit promotes careless spending‚ particularly among young people. Therefore‚ credit card companies should not be permitted to issue credit cards to anyone under the age of 21. Adulthood officially begins at the age 18. At this age we can vote‚ join the military and begin to build (or demolish) our credit. It is a parents responsibility to educate Their children about financial responsibility. This does
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products and merchandise to MEDC’s at a very low salary. Primark is an example of trading with other countries for unfair prices. From the clothes being made and brought many different countries have been involved Many other clothes companies to this as well. This is known as world trade system and can often be described as unfair for some. China is located in Eastern Asia‚ bordering the East China Sea‚ Korea Bay‚ Yellow Sea‚ and South China Sea‚ between North Korea and Vietnam‚ in the
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1. Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to test whether students are able to identify a good test‚ by looking at characteristics. Students should exhibit their comprehension of what the process of developing a psychological assessment entails. Students will need to familiarize themselves with basic scaling and measurement concepts. The role of validity and reliability is an important aspect and students will be required to identify the role that they play. Students will comprehend the process
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RUNNING HEAD: Evaluating Truth and Validity Exercise Evaluating Truth and Validity Exercise Evaluating Truth and Validity Exercise PHL/458 September 15‚ 2014 First Argument- J Week three assignment was to evaluate arguments from scenarios in the applications list 12.2 (a.-y.) at the end of Ch. 12 in The Art of Thinking using the 4-stepm process while explaining the assessment and adding an alternative argumentation where need be. I will begin with the premise that "Power must be evil because
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and widespread diffusion of technology. All definitions appear to agree that globalization has economic‚ political‚ cultural‚ and technological aspects that may be closely intertwined" by the International Monetary Fund . "Benefits" is defined as "advantage or profit" and "cost" is defined as the "effort or loss necessary to achieve something" by the Oxford dictionary of Current English. We agree to a large extent to the statement‚ "The benefits of globalization outweigh its cost." Even though there
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sources of true variance and error variance in a test score. 3. The interpretation of a reliability coefficient and how large this value should be in order to be acceptable. 4. The interpretation of the reliability coefficient in terms of statistical significance of correlation coefficients. The difference between a high and a significant correlation. 5. Different types of reliability a. Internal consistency- split-half reliability‚ Kuder Richardson 20 and Cronbach’s Alpha b. Stability: I. Test
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