Paper on:- “The use of the Historical Cost convention and the accrual concept for stewardship and for decision making” Topic 1: The Historical Cost Convention Introduction The historical cost convention is unarguably one of the most debated topics in the theoretical base of accounting. Some are of the opinion that it should be done away with‚ while others believe that it plays a vital role in presenting an accurate picture of the business concern. The Historical cost convention has different uses
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Qualitative Research Article Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique of a qualitative research article written by Janey Peterson (2010) entitled: Living with Heart Disease After Angioplasty: A Qualitative Study of Patients Who have Been Successful or Unsuccessful in Multiple Behavior Change. Peterson presents a 12 month study where she observed and interviewed 61 patients three years post angioplasty. Introduction In her article Living with Heart Disease After Angioplasty: A Qualitative
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Qualitative Research by Michael D. Myers Originally published in: MISQ Discovery‚ June 1997 This is the "living version". [Welcome] [Introduction] [Overview of Qualitative Research] [Philosophical Perspectives] [Qualitative Research Methods] [Qualitative Techniques for Data Collection] [Modes of Analysis] [Writing Up Qualitative Research][References on Qualitative Research] [Resources for Qualitative Researchers] [Software Tools for Qualitative Researchers] [Teaching Qualitative Research] [Calls
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University of Phoenix Week 1 Assignment Overview of Qualitative Research Research 724 Clifford Jones 12/17/2012 What have sampling and data collection got to do with good qualitative research? My current research project is a mixed phenomenological and meta-analysis of declining membership and participation in the church. Operating on the presumption that sampling and data collection are critical to a study (Gibbs‚ 2007). Like Gibbs (2007) I want to be guided by the research goal developing
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Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Problem‚ Basis‚ Procedure Terri Morris Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Problem‚ Basis‚ Procedure Quantitative Research Study Research Problem The researchable problem is that novice special education teachers are overwhelmed by the lack of mental‚ physical‚ and technical support from their general education colleagues. In addition‚ these teachers are feeling isolated due to the lack of time to plan‚ learn‚ and communicate effectively with their
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Qualitative data analysis What Is Qualitative Analysis? Qualitative modes of data analysis provide ways of discerning‚ examining‚ comparing and contrasting‚ and interpreting meaningful patterns or themes. The varieties of approaches - including ethnography‚ narrative analysis‚ discourse analysis‚ and textual analysis - correspond to different types of data‚ disciplinary traditions‚ objectives‚ and philosophical orientations. What Is Qualitative Analysis? We have few agreed-on canons for qualitative
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attention and attitude. The authors believe that all three of these concepts reflect mindfulness. The article explores various constructs that have been developed to measure mindfulness. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) is a qualitative approach that studies mindfulness in health psychology research. According to ()‚ “The aim of IPA is to explore how people make sense of their experiences and what meaning those experiences hold for them.” The study also discussed Mindfulness –based
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accounting profits and economic profits for Gomez’s pottery. Explicit costs: $37‚000 (= $12‚000 for the helper + $5‚000 of rent + $20‚000 of materials). Implicit costs: $22‚000 (= $4‚000 of forgone interest + $15‚000 of forgone salary + $3‚000 of entreprenuership). Accounting profit = $35‚000 (= $72‚000 of revenue - $37‚000 of explicit costs); Economic profit = $13‚000 (= $72‚000 - $37‚000 of explicit costs - $22‚000 of implicit costs). 8-4 (Key Question) Complete the following table by calculating
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Introduction and Purpose Statement Defined In this week’s assigment‚ I am turning my attention to article B‚ to evaluate the introduction and purpose statement. The authors reporting on a qualitative study use the introduction to provide the audience with a narrative to introduce the topic‚ to identify that the topic is well-established‚ beginning with the general problem‚ then focusing on a specific problem and its consequences (Creswell‚ 2009; Harley‚ Buckworth‚ Katz‚ Willis‚ Odoms-Young & Heaney
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have done above is a “full-cost” analysis. This is in contrast to a “direct-cost” analysis that ignores overhead costs. Is full cost the right metric for job profitability and customer profitability? What assumptions are we making about the variability of overhead costs when we do a “full-cost” analysis? By allocating the overhead costs to jobs and customers there is an implicit assumption that these are variable with the cost driver. In reality‚ some of the overhead costs are fixed‚ at least in the
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