A TOPIC AND THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL Objectives On reading this chapter you should: • • • • • • • • understand the importance of choosing a research topic that lends itself to a ’do-able’ project; be able to evaluate potential topics; be able to formulate a valid research question (and hypothesis); understand the importance of creativity‚ and its relationship to innovation in formulating your research question; understand the integral role played by the research question; understand
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Gary Giroux also shows the prevalence of accounting fraud by discussing “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in 2002 basically to eliminate future scandals.” (Giroux). Giroux also names “greed and hubris” as reoccurring themes in scandals. I began to research information on ways to stop accounting fraud. In his article‚ Financial Fraud-Accounting for Criminals‚ Kevin Voigt talks with many former criminals and gathers tips on ways to detect accounting fraud. Many of the criminals stated there are three
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of Sleep Research‚ 13(2)‚ 129-136. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00394.x This article dives deeper into the specifics of a nightmare. It claims that low well-being causes dreams to elicit more negative emotions which is the cause of distress that people feel after the dream. Blagrove et al. also addresses the different definitions of a nightmare and how an extremely disturbing dream versus a bad dream is a weaker predictor of well-being than just an unpleasant dream. This helps my research to be very
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1. Full name : Phung Dieu Thuy 2. Field of study : Linguistic 3. Course : 31 4. Thesis title : A research for the difficulties of listening to the TOFEL iBT lessons . ABSTRACT Nowadays‚ English has become an international language all over the world. Many people have learnt it as the second language after their mother tongue . Thus for Vietnam‚ English has gradually become the most widely used language in all kinds of international relations. Studying English in a country where English
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EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY‚ ILE-IFE RAIN SEMESTER 2011/2012 ACADEMIC SESSION CALENDAR Resumption/Registration 27th October‚ 2012 Rain Semester Lectures Begin 27th October‚ 2012 MBA Entrance Examination 24th November‚ 2012 Christmas and New Year Break 29th December‚ 2012 Resumption after Xmas/New year Break 5th January‚ 2013 Rain Semester Lectures End 16th February‚ 2013
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relationship between IT and organizational structure. As organizations need to process more information under these uncertain conditions‚ IT is one possible way for organizations to increase their information processing capability. We are conducting a research in HBL bank that‚ how bank increase the number of account holders using Internet banking among its Current Account holders. IT has a dramatic effect on both people’s personal and professional lives. IT is also changing the nature of organizations
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Department of Finance Fisher College of Business The Ohio State University Prof. George Pinteris Handout on Crystal Ball This handout supplements the lecture notes on Monte Carlo simulation techniques. In this handout‚ I will discuss how to use Crystal Ball to fit a distribution to historical data and how to produce tornado and sensitivity charts that allow the analyst to evaluate the impact of the model’s driver(s) on the model’s variable(s) of interest (such as firm value or NPV in the
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PART 3 Methodology Research Design My research approach is: (check one) _____ Descriptive. If descriptive‚ what are your variables? _____ Correlational. If correlational‚ what variable(s) will be correlated & with what other variable(s)? __X__ Quasi-Experimental / Experimental What is (are) the independent variable(s)? What is (are) the dependent variable(s)? My research design is: (describe your study design) Population and Sample
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Training Session Handout MGT 411 09/11/13 Instructor: ROSA OSUOHA Creative problem solving Creative problem solving- This handout is a tool to help your creative problem solving. Creative Problem solving‚ is a structured process‚ when you want to go beyond conventional thinking. The list below is the eight steps: • Define the problem- Make sure that the problem is state clearly • Analyze the problem- Where is the organization‚ as compared to where the organization want to be. • Make a
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TOK SCAFFOLDING HANDOUT TITLE: Option 5 "Ways of knowing are a check on our instinctive judgements." To what extent do you agree with this statement. Possible Knowledge Questions " To what extent can our own bias actually be reliable upon what we don’t truly know about"? " Is it justified that one’s culture and upbringing can influence their sense of opinion?" "Can our own emotional human mind impact the way we perceive certain views?" "What roles does our own bias bring upon out instinctive
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