READING QUESTIONS DAY ANSWERS 1. Which of the following reading components do you find the easiest and the most difficult? Vocabulary Sentence/Syntax Getting the main idea Comprehension Others:_______________ Easiest: _____________ Difficult: _______________ EASIEST COMPONENTS: Vocabulary - 3 Sentence/Syntax - 11 Getting the main idea - 16 Comprehension - 1 DIFFICULT COMPONENTS: Vocabulary - 5 Sentence/Syntax - 9 Getting the main idea - 5 Comprehension – 11 2. Why do you
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CONCEPTS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH (An Essay) By Deborah Sitorus One of the ways to gain knowledge is by carrying out some research. As what Zacharia (2012) stated that in daily life most people conduct research to gain knowledge. A research can be carried out qualitatively or quantitatively depends on the research purposes and needs and the type of information the researcher is seeking. My concern in this essay is to briefly share my understandings about basic concepts of qualitative research that
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Heat Treatment and Qualitative Metallographic Analysis Lab ME 3228: Mechanics & Materials Laboratory Summary Comparing a material’s initial treatment and the microstructures that are formed from different processes‚ an engineer can accurately understand why certain treated materials of the same family can be stronger than another. In this experiment annealed and cold-worked specimens of AISI 1018 STEEL are used‚ along with a Hardness tester‚ a grinding and polishing process‚ and a micrograph
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Quantitative and qualitative research Introduction: Research designs are plans and the procedures for research that span the decisions from broad assumptions to detailed methods of data collection and analysis. There are two main designs: quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative and qualitative approaches should not be viewed as polar opposites or dichotomies; instead‚ they represent different ends on a continuum. Definition of quantitative research: ▪ In the social sciences
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Flowers and Acid Call them freaks‚ the underground‚ the counterculture‚ flower children‚ or just simply hippies‚ they are all loose labels for the youth culture of the 60’s that transformed life in the West as we knew it‚ introducing the spirit of freedom‚ of hope‚ of happiness‚ of change‚ and of revolution (Miles 9). The years that made up the 1960’s were some of the most exciting and turbulent years in American history. The post World War II baby boomers grew up. A president and
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The question posed is challenging‚ because it is difficult to choose which intelligence collection techniques had the greatest effect in accomplishing U.S. objectives in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan‚ because ALL of these intelligence collection methods—collectively—had an impact‚ and each technique differed in terms of the data provided‚ timeliness‚ accuracy‚ and responsiveness. Further‚ as we consider intelligence failures of the past‚ I am reminded that no one form of intelligence collection
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Summary of Qualitative Research Article Keena M. Reesman Grand Canyon University Title of Qualitative Article The qualitative article that was selected for this assignment describes a qualitative study about patients living with chronic systemic lupus erythematosus.. This article was published in July‚2017 by the Dove Press Journal. The article was chosen because it gave a good representation of qualitative research study.The qualitative design or method used in this article was
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Quantitative research involves collecting numerical data though content analysis‚ performance tests‚ personality measures‚ questionnaires‚ etc. Quantitative research allows for experimental and non-experimental research. Experimental research tests cause and effect‚ while non-experimental research‚ such as‚ correlation research‚ relates variables‚ and survey research describes trends. There are three basic types of quantitative research questions: descriptive research questions‚ correlational research
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Question1 Quantitative data are measures of values or counts and are expressed as numbers (www.abs.gov.au). In other words‚ quantitative data are data about numeric variables (www.abs.gov.au). Four types of quantitative data are interval‚ nominal‚ ordinal and ratio. Firstly‚ interval scales are numeric scales in which we know not only the order‚ but also the exact differences between the values (www.mymarketresearchmethods.com). Other than that‚ interval data also sometimes called integer is measured
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This is a qualitative study conducted at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a lifestyle behavioral intervention to increase physical activity among patients with moderate to severe COPD. (Wortz‚ K. 2012) 54 patients of age 45 or older were randomly selected from April 2010 through January 2011 using a patient registry database with a coded diagnosis of COPD along with physician referrals. Data collection consisted
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