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    Google Confirmation Bias

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    Picking sources carefully for an argument is a necessity. Many articles and news sources aren’t always found to be credible or correct. If an argument is based off of one of these sources‚ then in turn it is going to be flawed and not credible. Unfortunately‚ in the time we live in there are lots of people who don’t check the facts behind an argument. We live in a time of Facebook news articles and biased media that people spread without ever looking into. It’s a shame considering how easy it is

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    Preventing Medical Errors

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    Prevent Medical Errors One in seven Medicare patients in hospitals experience a medical error. But medical errors can occur anywhere in the health care system: In hospitals‚ clinics‚ surgery centers‚ doctors’ offices‚ nursing homes‚ pharmacies‚ and patients’ homes. Errors can involve medicines‚ surgery‚ diagnosis‚ equipment‚ or lab reports. They can happen during even the most routine tasks‚ such as when a hospital patient on a salt-free diet is given a high-salt meal. Most errors result from

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    Identify the Industries

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    Introduction This paper aims to analyze the common-sized balance sheets and ratios of 12 companies in order to identify their respective industries (Please refer to the Appendix for an overview of the financial data). The balance sheets of the 12 companies are analyzed in four steps‚ as shown in the following table. Step Industry Common Characteristics Companies 1 Service  Almost no inventories  Inventory turnover negligible  Major passenger airline  Regional bank  Temporary office

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    Bismarck Sources

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    Bismarck and the Unification of Germany Source 1: In view of the attitude to France‚ our national sense of honour compelled us‚ in my opinion to go to war; and if we did not act according to the demands of this feeling‚ we should lose... the entire impetus towards our national development won in 1866‚ while the German national feeling south of the Main‚ aroused by our military successes in 1866;… would have to grow cold again… Under this conviction I made use of the royal authorization communicated

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    Bias in News Media

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    "Halloween’s coming up. If you could have Mitt Romney dress in a costume‚ what should he be for Halloween?" The above is quoted as an actual question asked by Douglas Brinkley of Rolling Stone to none other than the President of the United States‚ Barack Hussein Obama‚ in an interview printed in October 2012. While a periodical known primarily for mainstream music news‚ Rolling Stone does employ international caliber journalists‚ and certainly should be printing a slightly higher quality drivel

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    independent variables‚ and specific characteristics will be exhibited (Cooper & Schindler‚ 2011). A sample design for collecting data will also be attached (Exhibit A)‚ and Team A will expound upon these elements later in week four. Team A will also identify‚ analyze and research these objectives while conveying how they relate to life applications both personal and professional. Organizational Dilemma Research Question Over the past five years the Georgia Department of Transportation has been experiencing

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    Kathleen Okruhlik Bias

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    Kathleen Okruhlik: Science Cannot Escape Bias In Kathleen Okruhlik’s paper‚ she strives to show that the practice of science as a whole‚ cannot escape bias‚ particularly bias in relation to the different sexes. Her argument is thorough‚ but flawed as it is possible for science to be unbiased. She includes many outdated papers showing how the science was skewed by only using male models‚ or how scientists are basing assumptions on the idea that male is superior to female‚ so they use males in their

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    Reducing Medical Errors

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    Reduce Risk for Errors CPOE and EMR have been known to decrease medical errors. EMR help prevent unnecessary orders and diagnostic test. EMR also prevents duplication of the same test and orders. Medication are shown in the electronic medical record which providers have access to. The ability to access a patient’s medications without having to rely on just patient information will lower risk. A patient may not always be certain of a dosage or the exact name of a medication and the electronic medical

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    Racial Bias

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    When our class visited Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall I felt as if this would be a hard assignment because I felt as if none of the artwork would catch my attention‚ seeing as I’ve never had an interest in artwork while growing up. This visit was really eye opening because not only did I enjoy the time we spent there‚ surprisingly I was actually interested in some of the work that was being displayed at that time. Although all the art exhibits were simply amazing the one that stood out the most

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    defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “ the means of communication that reach or influences people widely.” It is because the purpose of the media that the media could be easily manipulated by elements in the society. With the intense division of different opinions and values in the scope of nations and this world‚ the media could often serve as the battlefield of the clash of those ideas. In the mean time‚ the media also inevitably serve to the purpose of their owner both economically and politically

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