“Pure Science” Fernando Garzon‚ Psy.D. • “Pure Science” I • Common assumptions • Journals & the file drawer phenomenon • “Publish or perish” pressure • Science politics in theory development • It is commonly assumed that the scientific method is objective and reliable to reveal truth. • File drawer phenomenon: Journals rarely publish studies that don’t find statistically significant findings. • Is it really the theory that explains the data the best that is
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LECTURE 1: The Role‚ Collection and Presentation of Quantitative Data in the Business Decision Making Process 1. What is data Data is important for many business decisions. Data can be qualitative or quantitative. Data that is specifically collected first-hand for the project is called primary data and data that was collected for a different project and used in this project is called secondary data. It is always important when collecting data to ensure that the sample collected is random and representative
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Chapter 1 Data and Statistics Learning Objectives 1. Obtain an appreciation for the breadth of statistical applications in business and economics. 2. Understand the meaning of the terms elements‚ variables‚ and observations as they are used in statistics. 3. Obtain an understanding of the difference between categorical
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Taylor Gray 1/31/11 POW 6: linear nim For this game of Linear Nim you draw 10 line marks on a piece of paper and two players take turns crossing off only 1‚ 2‚ or 3 marks per turn. The person who crosses off the last mark is the winner. Firstly what I did was play a few games with my Mom and what I realized right away was that if you stopped just before the last four dashes in the game then you would always win. Since you aren’t always guaranteed of being the one who can put these dashes
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Dear future ‘me’ Dear future me‚ I don’t know you well‚ not yet anyway‚ but I hope you will be just like the person I imagine in my dreams. For you I have many dreams… more than I can count. One of my biggest dreams is for you to live a life full of joy‚ hope‚ love‚ laughter‚ happiness‚ peace‚ kindness‚ goodness and faithfulness. May you keep on walking the everlasting path with Jesus and may you influence others to go along with you. The present me knows that there will be difficulties
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Marrybrown Restaurant is a Malaysia based fast food chain and a growing corporation. Established in 1981‚ they now have over 350 outlets serving fried chicken‚ burgers‚ finger food‚ desserts and beverages. Due to the dynamic changes and preferences of consumers‚ Marrybrown has extended the menu that offers exotic local delights‚ which has Seafood‚ Rice Base Products‚ Noodles and Porridge. A famous local Malay rice dish‚ Nasi Lemak is introduced to the menu as Nasi Marrybrown. Marrybrown is the only
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LOM 5 A Question 2: What are Amazon.com’s competitive priorities and what should its operation strategy focus on? Competitive priorities: - Keep the position of market leader. - Maintain the fast delivery. - Low price focus - User friendly website. Operational strategy: Promote the website‚ especially in this time of the year‚ during the holidays. People will be reminded of the website‚ and maybe visit the website because of the promotion. When the visitors
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Case Study 2 1. If you had been McLaughlin or Decker‚ what research would you want done? I would want research done on: How to handle catastrophic disasters in the first 7 days‚ such as September 11 or Hurricane Katrina. This will help alleviate a great deal of frustration among Americans‚ who felt helpless to respond productively they felt during these tragedies. 2. Create the management-research question hierarchy for the research you think might help the Red Cross make decisions related
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Types of Variables Binary variable Obsevations (i.e.‚ dependent variables) that occur in one of two possible states‚ often labelled zero and one. E.g.‚ “improved/not improved” and “completed task/failed to complete task.” Usually an independent or predictor variable that contains values indicating membership in one of several possible categories. E.g.‚ gender (male or female)‚ marital status (married‚ single‚ divorced‚ widowed). The categories are often assigned numerical values used as lables
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Do the benefits of study abroad justify the difficulties? Studying abroad has become very popular amongst students in today’s globalized world. No wonder why‚ after all‚ it offers many attractive benefits. However‚ there are two sides to every coin and studying abroad is not an exception. More often than not‚ students encounter difficulties during their stay abroad. This brings out a question whether the advantages of study abroad justify the difficulties. In the first place‚ studying abroad
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