osteoporosis and consequently leaves them at a higher risk for bone fractures. Certain types of physical activities and exercises have been shown to slow the effects of osteoporosis. Objective: The authors goal was to use previously conducted studies to determine which types of exercises and prescriptions were most effective in minimizing the negative effects of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women. Design: The authors conducted a literature search using several keywords such as post-menopausal
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Four Square Company Respectfully Submitted By: Robyn Nordlund Training and Development Four Square Company is planning on transitioning four of their current employees to managers. This is a fairly complicated transition‚ but with the proper training‚ the transition should be very smooth. This paper will discuss some of the different techniques that will help with the smooth transition and the different steps used to help make this transition. Analysis: The needs assessment refers to determining
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Introduction Case studies are an important research method in areas where innovations are studied. They enable us to study contemporary and complex social phenomena in their natural context. Over the years researchers working from both epistemological perspectives have addressed important methodological issues. A case study is expected to capture the complexity of a single case‚ and the methodology which enables this has developed not only in the social sciences‚ such as psychology‚ sociology‚ anthropology
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Longitudinal Research Studies A basic type of research method in which subjects are tested one or more times after initial testing. Typically‚ subjects are assigned randomly to an experimental group (e.g. a group that performs a specific type of training) and a control group after the initial testing. Both the experimental and the control groups are tested again simultaneously one or more times during the period of the study. In this way‚ the effects of an experimental procedure can be measured
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The study of design research methodology Yoram Reich Department of Solid Mechanics‚ Materials and Structures Faculty of Engineering Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv 69978 Israel yoram@eng.tau.ac.il Transaction of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (in press) Key words: research evaluation‚ scienti c methodology‚ engineering practice‚ optimization‚ Computer-aided design‚ participatory action research Abstract Studies on design research methodology are infrequent‚ although there is
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Could this type of research be conducted today? Why or why not? 2.) What should the public have done‚ since they knew about the study? 3.) In your opinion‚ how should the data be used that is obtained from an unethical experiment and how can we prevent this from happening again? 4.) Discuss the code of ethics as it relates to this study? 5.) What are your personal thoughts on the ethical standards exhibited through this study? The Tuskegee Syphilis Research Study Any research like the Tuskegee
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benefits to the potential user. The Syd Company is diversified manufacturer of consumer packaged goods. At this time the firm has no women’s shampoo in its product line. The company’s marketing research personnel met recently with a small research firm‚ FC Associates‚ and discussed the possibility of study of young female adults living in Bombay. The Syd company had established—through a series of recently completed interviews with a small group of women consumers—that “body” (apparently connoting
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In Rosenhan’s study; “On Being Sane In Insane Places”‚ Rosenhan seeks to examine the validity and reliability of psychiatric diagnosis and the effects of labeling. Rosenhan also aims to find out whether; “the salient characteristics that lead to diagnoses reside in the patients themselves or in the environments and contexts in which the observers find them?” (Rosenhan‚ 1973‚ p.3) In other words‚ Rosenhan wants to test the ability of psychiatrists and other hospital staff‚ to correctly distinguish
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Research Paper in Communication Studies Proposal The Role of Blogs in the Media Environment Nowadays‚ blogs take a more and more important role in the media environment. When they were first considered trends that won’t live long‚ now even experts ascribe them a major part of todays mass media. But how and in what way do these online platforms actually take influence in mass media? What are blogs? „Blog“ is the short word for Weblog‚ which is composed of the words “world
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Marketing Research Test 2 Chapter 6 – Primary data: information that is developed or gathered y the researcher specifically for the research project at hand – Secondary data: have previously been gathered by someone other than the researcher and/or for some purpose other than the research project at hand – Internal secondary data: data that have been collected within the firm‚ such as sales records‚ purchase requisitions‚ and invoices – External secondary data: data obtained from outside the
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