Determine which level of measurement— nominal‚ ordinal‚ interval‚ or ratio—is used in the following examples. The Association of Accountants is conducting a survey to determine the ranking of the top 100 accounting firms in the world. Ordinal How many years did it take you to earn your college degree? Ratio On a questionnaire which asks for gender‚ males are coded as 1 and females are coded as 2. Interval Respondents are asked to rate a list of high-tech companies as excellent‚ good‚ fair‚ or
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Research Ethics Grace N. Lockhart RES/351 March 20‚ 2012 Mr. Charles McMahon Research Ethics Webster’s Dictionary defines ethics as “a set of moral principles: a theory or system of moral values.” (Merriam-Webster‚ Incorporated‚ 2011). Every person has ethics that he or she lives by‚ but sometimes in the business world many unethical business transactions occur. People do not realize that sometimes the statistics that he or she are fed have been falsified in order to get him or her to
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Week 2 Business Research Ethics RES / 351 February 4‚ 2013 Week 2 Business Research Ethics “It ’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” – Roy Disney (Nephew of Walt Disney) Ethics in business research set the standards in which researchers use to guide them; these standards build trust not just by the honesty of a researchers work but also in their integrity in the method that they use. Without ethics a researcher’s process could prove to have great ramifications
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Business Research Ethics Maliaka M. McClendon RES/351 February 22‚ 2013 Henry Hoang Business Research Ethics When asking most people about ethics and morals‚ many think it is knowing the difference between right and wrong. A different way to define “ethics” is to focus on the disciplines that study standards of conduct‚ such as philosophy‚ theology‚ law‚ psychology‚ or sociology (Resnik‚ 2011). Regardless what area of the real estate industry you’re in finance‚ marketing‚ management‚ operations
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section 351 permits shareholders of a corporation to defer recognition of a gain or loss on the transfer of assets to the corporation. The transfer of property may be made when a new corporation is formed or may reflect additional capital contributions to an existing corporation. Without Section 351‚ a sole proprietorship or a partnership would have difficulty adopting the corporate form of organization for legal and/or tax purposes because the transfer of appreciated property would constitute a
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1. Hearsay evidence rule in Malaysia The general hearsay rule is that a statement made by a person not called as a witness is inadmissible to prove the truth of the facts stated and extends to oral evidence as to statements in documents.1 Where oral evidence is relied on‚ it must be direct in all cases.2 Section 603 has thus codified the rule against hearsay evidence. “Hearsay” does not mean that no witness can be allowed to depose anything which he has heard said by anyone else.4 It is secondary
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struck on the head and lies on the ground bleeding. Laura comes down to him. He lies on the ground and “asks” for a hand‚ she turns around and walks away‚ meanwhile a window explodes behind her‚ she is not harmed though. The story starts in medias res‚ where we land in Laura and John’s living room‚ while they watch the news about the riots. It is built so the reader initially gets sympathy with Laura. John is posed as the bad guy‚ whom the reader dislikes right away. Laura has nothing to say at home
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things continue in the same way time after time. ”Because It Is Running By” is told by a 3rd person narrator with a limited omniscient point of view starting from the main character Wil. The action takes place during a summer beginning‚ in medias res‚ with Edie’s arrival and ending with her impending departure. The story is chronological but there are several flashbacks woven into the story. The scene is laid in a small‚ isolated‚ rural society in England where Wil and his mother live in great
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Preparing to Conduct Business Research Part IV RES 351 Preparing to Conduct Business Research Introduction Business research is a must in today business world. Cox Communications is not exempt from this statement. They have a problem that needs to be solved‚ why are their customers unhappy with their services. The following will go over how to access the population‚ the instruments used to collect the data or information‚ the appropriate sampling method‚ the sampling frame and size‚ the qualitative
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SOLUTIONS MANUAL CHAPTER 10 BEHAVIORAL FINANCE AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Answers to Text Discussion Questions 1. Discuss market bubbles and offer an opinion on why you think investors have trouble spotting bubbles. 10-1. Markets are not always rational and the herd instinct of following the crowds often causes investors and others to ignore the signs that point to a bubble. Bubbles catch professional investors as well as the novice. 2. Describe the three heuristics that investors use
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