Title: Peer Pressure Affects Academic Performance of Second Year Students Dependent Variable: Academic performance of second year students Independent Variable: Peer Pressure Objective: To know how academic performance among second year high school students is being affected by peer pressure. Introduction: To be successful in life‚ one must begin by being successful in school. In high school‚ we were all told to work hard so that we could get good grades and scores that would get
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Chapter 1 PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Everywhere you turn‚ people are talking about the internet‚ what is all the hype about? What exactly is the “internet”? The internet is the world’s largest computer network. Unlike a computer network set up at a business or school‚ though‚ the internet is not owned or operated by any one person or group no one monitors it‚ and no one can “turn off”; clearly the internet has become a popular hangout. The amazing thing about this virtual place is the
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2. What is the role of Literature in doing a research project? Literature is a critical summary and an assessment of the current state of knowledge or current state of the art in a particular field. The role of literature in doing a research project is: • It formulates a research question. • It establishes the validity of a research project by revealing gaps in the existing literature on a topic that offer opportunities for new research. • Provides the reader with an up to
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better academic performance of students in their pursuit of university education and in other higher institutions with the aim of producing competent manpower for the growth and development of the nation. Recent trends in this tier of education in Nigeria show poor academic results from our children. The preponderance of mass failure in the final examinations conducted by various examination bodies (WAEC‚ NECO NABTEB) has led to the hue and cry by all and sundry over students’ poor academic performance
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calls for similar capabilities. In school settings‚ psychologists often joke that IQ is what IQ tests measure. There is a lot of truth to this adage. Ideally‚ IQ tests sample a wide range of experiences and they measure a person’s ability to apply learned information in new and different ways. They do not measure capacity or potential. They do provide information about cognitive skills at a given point in time. Because IQ tests chiefly measure success in school‚ they are value-laden. Scores provide a
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standard IQ tests. Discuss the numerous ways in which standard IQ tests fall short. The various limitations of standard IQ tests can be assessed with reference to validity (whether the tests actually measure intelligence) and reliability (whether the tests produce consistent results). These shortcomings limit the usefulness of standard IQ tests and can have negative socio-political implications when data is extrapolated without taking these limitations into account. Several limitations of IQ testing
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Correlation between the chemical activity of Amylase and change in temperature ABSTRACT This experiment focuses on how the change of temperature affects the rate of reaction of amylase. In the experiment there were four different environments that each contained 2 test tubes. Each test tube consisted of the same concentration and amount of starch and amylase. After having each test tube placed in these environments for several minutes a droplets of each mixture was placed onto each slot which
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Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient Pearson’s correlation coefficients are the most widely used method of measuring the degree of relationship between two variables. This coefficient assumes the following: That there is a linear relationship between the two variables; That the two variables are casually related which means that one of the variables is independent and the other one is dependent; and A large number of independent causes are operating in both the variables so as to produce a
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DATA PROCESSING 19 DATA PRESENTATION 21 RECOMMENDATION‚ SUMMARY & CONCLUSION 23-24 RECOMMENDATION 23 SUMMARY 23 CONCLUSION 24 CHAPTER: NO: 1 INTRODUCTION This research attempts to determine whether a link between organizational citizenship behaviour and job satisfaction exist where we use organizational citizenship behaviour as an independent variable “X” and job satisfaction as a dependent variable “Y”. Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) are
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protection and security of the public are maintained. RDS is also a part of the Government Statistical Service (GSS). One of the GSS aims is to inform Parliament and the citizen about the state of the nation and provide a window on the work and performance of government‚ allowing the impact of government policies and actions to he assessed. Therefore Research Development and Statistics Directorate exists to improve policy making‚ decision taking and practice in support of the Home Office purpose and
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