Session 5 Topic: Sampling Theory/ Techniques and Discussions Project Brief ◦ Expectations and deliverables (Deadline October 1‚ 2010- EOD) Sampling basics ◦ Fundamental Issues ◦ Errors Sampling techniques ◦ Probabilistic ◦ Non-probabilistic Discussions © Krishanu Rakshit‚ IIM Calcutta 28 September‚ 2010 2 When do we use a ‘sample’ When do we use a census (population) Sampling errors ◦ Difference between a measure from sample and the measure
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Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal Author(s): Douglas S. Massey‚ Joaquin Arango‚ Graeme Hugo‚ Ali Kouaouci‚ Adela Pellegrino‚ J. Edward Taylor Source: Population and Development Review‚ Vol. 19‚ No. 3 (Sep.‚ 1993)‚ pp. 431-466 Published by: Population Council Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2938462 Accessed: 04/11/2010 19:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Advance Analytics Internship Coding Challenge Sai Charan Thotapalli 01/25/2015 Data description First‚ is need to know the amount of information this analysis will involve‚ in this section a general review of data. Number of rows‚ this mean the number of observations to be analysed. 21‚061 observations are found. ## [1] 21061 Number of columns‚ this mean the number of variables to be analysed. ## [1] 12 The original names of the variables. ## [1] ## [4] ## [7] ## [10] "day" "platform" "orders"
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Motivation Theory Needs – drives – behaviour – goals – reduction or release of tension Behaviour is both directed to‚ and results from‚ unsatisfied needs. The word unsatisfied is most important. As Maslow says‚ “If we are interested in what actually motivates us and not what has or will‚ or might motivate us‚ then a satisfied need is not a motivator.” Kelly’s model of motivation presents a sort of chicken-egg dilemma. Which comes first‚ the goal or the need? When we talk about behaviour being
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Motivation Theory Introduction In this competitive market it is easy to replicate products‚ but cannot replicate motivated employees. The important factor to achieve success in the business is that the manager should have the ability to understand and motivate their employees. Since every individual employee is different from others so it can be challenging to understand each employee’s need and to apply the right motivational theory. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow’s theory is focused
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product development process was placed in the hands of marketers who knew consumers’ wants and needs. Customer demand "pulled" the product through the development process. Modern new product development is a blending of these two orientations into a "dual-drive" approach to innovation. Companies recognize that innovation is a complex process that requires sound investment in research and development‚ as well as significant marketing expertise that focuses on satisfying consumers’ wants and needs. The
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The Evolution Theory Evolutionists have failed in every endeavor to prove that evolution or evolutionary processes could have taken place. By Muneeb Baig‚ (Grade 10) Posted: 15 Safar 1423‚ 28 April 2002 The modern theory of evolution was developed by Charles Darwin‚ an amateur English naturalist‚ in the 19th century. He proposed that all of the millions of species of organisms present today‚ including humans‚ evolved slowly over billions of years‚ from a common ancestor by way of natural selection
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NEPOTISM Nepotism – favouritism In a business world‚ simply hiring one’s own family members or it can mean hiring and advancing unqualified or under-qualified family members based simply on the familial relationship. Many companies and individuals consider the practice to be unethical‚ largely due to its conflict with traditional American values of self-reliance and fairness. APPLICATIONS Hiring family members can also provide benefits to companies‚ for example by reducing their health insurance
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1. Grounded theory methods emerged from two sociologists‚ Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss‚ and their 1960s research on dying in hospitals—a topic that was rarely studied at that time. 2. Glaser and Strauss observed dying patients and how an awareness that they were dying influenced their interactions with relatives and hospital staff. 3. As they constructed their analyses of dying‚ they developed systematic methodological strategies that social scientists could adopt for studying other topics
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Grounded theory has emerged from the knowledge of Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in early 1967. Later on‚ Strauss developed a highly structured‚ fully qualitative book with Juliet Corbin. Grounded theory is a form of a qualitative research which studies individuals’ experiences with some kind of a process and then creates a theory or an explanation of how that process works. It mainly relies on interviews‚ observations‚ and artifacts. The theory that is created in grounded theory is generated
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