Descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated to capture demographics of the respondents‚ and to ascertain the psychometric components of the NWRES using exploratory factor analysis (Duddle & Boughton‚ 2009). Using the results of the factor analysis‚ the authors were able to assert the construct validity of the survey instrument. Moreover‚ using Cronbach’s alpha‚ the researchers were able to confirm the reliability
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Exploratory Paper The topic of young offenders caught my eye as I was scanning for an idea to write my paper. Criminals of any fashion are of interest to me‚ and youth in the justice system is a subject that I have dealt with throughout my high school career. A friend of mine has been in and out of correctional facilities‚ and it was not till later that they discovered he had a mental disorder that he was not being treated for. This is upsetting because if he had been scanned for an issue such as
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condition. To ameliorate involves making more tolerable or acceptable conditions that are hard to endure. The Amelioration act has been seen throughout history as a statue passed to improve the conditions of slaves in the British Caribbean colonies and it is important to understand that this Act did not require an end to the institution we now know as slavery. Slavery was a vicious act committed against humanity and within our own history; rebellions and revolts occurred for this very reason and in the
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4.5. EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS Table 4.14 KMO and Bartlett’s Test Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy. .896 Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity Approx. Chi-Square 4.120E3 df 528 Sig. .000 Bartlett’s test of sphericity indicates whether the correlation matrix is an identity matrix‚ which would indicate that the variables are unrelated. The significance level gives the result of the test. Very small values (less than .05) indicate that there are probably significant relationships
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The Patriot (2000) The Patriot is a film about the Revolutionary War. It was directed by Roland Emmerich and starred Mel Gibson as well as Heath Ledger and Joely Richardson. It has had three Oscar Award nominations and has won ten other awards. When the film was released it received much attention‚ criticism‚ and controversy‚ mostly for its historical accuracy (Glancy‚ Mark). The film The Patriot is not historically accurate because of the depiction of British soldiers‚ the way in which people
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The Patriot Vs. The American Revolution As you watch the Patriot you see many of the battles fought during the American revolution. You also see the uniforms they wore to battle‚ and the guns they used and how they were used. But what you didn’t see was the fact that the movie doesn’t relate to the American Revolution‚ in ways that I’m going to explain in the next paragraphs. It was different because of the weapons they used‚ the way the slaves were being treated in the movie compared to in
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Michael Peck 2/26/17 Block 2 King George III and the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts. These Acts were intended to keep the colonies tightly under British rule‚ but the opposite effect happened. One of the acts King George III and the British Parliament placed on the colonists was the stamp act. The stamp act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22‚ 1765. The new tax was imposed on all colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed
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A patriot is one who serves his or her country. There are many things a patriot can do to influence others to stand up for their country. Anything a patriot does can help others to be patriots for their country and standing up to be proud there from that country. I am an American Patriot because it is important to me to serve my country in a good way. Being an American Patriot‚ I say "The Pledge of Allegiance" every day at school. I sometimes sing "The National Anthem." These things are patriotic
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America’s colonial contempt for this famous act was a protest against taxes. In 1773‚ the British parliament adopted the tea act to adjust import duties. Although the consignee in New York and Philadelphia refused to transport the tea‚ the Boston businessman refused to acknowledge the patriots’ pressure. On the evening of December 16‚ 1773‚ Samuel Adams and the son of liberty boarded three ships in Boston harbor and threw 342 boxes of tea. This led to the "punitive ban" of 1774‚ bringing both sides
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The Stamp Act was the document that taxed many of the colonists goods like tea‚ food‚ newspaper‚ etc. The colonists were strongly affected by not being able to buy goods and other items. England had just came out of the Seven Years war and they were in war dept. In order to make back the money that the English lost‚ they passed the Stamp Act which taxed all the colonist’s goods. Across from the Atlantic Ocean the colonists were forced to boycott. Over sea the colonists were furious that the English
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