dependability. The different types of reliability are: Alternate-form reliability‚ Item-to-item reliability‚ and Test-retest reliability. Alternate-form reliability is the degree of relatedness of different forms of the same test (Rosnow & Rosenthal‚ 2008)‚ for example a human service researcher gave his or her client the same assessment that describes their characteristics but some of the wording and questions are different the results should be the same‚ if not the assessment needs to be redone
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atrial fibrillation (Burchum & Rosenthal‚ 2016). Its metabolism occurs in the liver and eliminated in urine and feces. Due to the route of elimination‚ apixaban levels may accumulate in patients with renal impairment‚ but renal dosing for the drug is available (Burchum & Rosenthal‚ 2016). As with any anticoagulant‚ the most common adverse effect is bleeding‚ but compared with warfarin‚ the risk of major bleeding and hemorrhagic stroke is much lower (Burchum & Rosenthal‚ 2016). Patients with serum creatinine
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more and more popular in America. However‚ few people know and understand the hazards of having a necklace around a baby’s neck. This necklace inspired Roni Jacobson to write the article “Amber Teething Necklaces Pose Choking Hazard” for New York Times‚ an article located in the Health and Science section on its web site. In the article‚ Jacobson discusses how people are overlooking the serious concern about this necklace. She provides a photo of Gisele Bündchen‚ a famous super-model‚ and includes a
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practice of “temporarily detaining‚ questioning‚ and‚ at times‚ searching civilians on the street” (Spitzer 1999). The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled police stopand- frisk procedures to be constitutional under certain restrictions (Terry v. Ohio 1968). The approach of the New York City Andrew Gelman is Professor‚ Department of Statistics and Department of Political Science‚ Columbia University‚ New York‚ NY 10027 (E-mail: gelman@stat.columbia.edu). Jeffrey Fagan
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peculiar with how they conduct their study and which study method they choose to implement on their subjects. When various tools are examined for measure in behavioral research‚ researchers tend to prefer high validity and reliability (Rosnow & Rosenthal‚ 2008). To understand this concept‚ one must comprehend the meaning and the difference between reliability and validity and how this applies to human services research. Without the full knowledge and comprehension of these two important criteria
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health implications that were viewed included “injury‚ heat stress‚ obesity‚ and general health stress” (Jacobson). The positions focused on were line positions (offensive linemen [OLs] and defensive linemen [DLs]) and speed positions (wide receivers [WRs] and cornerbacks [DBs]) from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 colleges that agreed to participate in the study. Jacobson conducted his research by obtaining
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Essay on There’s No News From Auschwitz By A.M. Rosenthal I intend to prove that Rosenthal used both objective and subjective in his story about Auschwitz. There are many times in the story when Rosenthal gives only strict facts. At the same time‚ there are times were he inputs his feelings. Sometimes‚ he mixes the two to tell the fact ‚and to let you know how he feels. This is where the objective and subjective writing comes into play. I have counted the number of paragraphs that I think fit
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Shahmir Lodhi AP Language and Composition Mr. Kim 20th April‚ 2013 Learning Disabilities All my life‚ I’ve had issues with academics. For many years‚ my parents and teachers always believed that the reason I was academically challenged was because I was lazy and un interested. It was not until the eleventh grade‚ when I was diagnosed with a spacial visual disorder‚ did my parents realize that my academic downfall was not due to laziness‚ but in fact‚ due to this learning disability. After being diagnosed
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One strategy employed to manage behaviour within my nursery is distraction. Distraction is used for example if a child is clinging to their parent and does not want them to leave. The mother and child both come into the nursery room and a key worker will get a child involved with an activity for example a puzzle and once the child is focused the mother will be able to leave without the child noticing and having a tantrum or being distressed. This is effective as the child is too busy with an activity
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market‚ On-Time needed to make changes and research how to improve sales. Senior vice president of sales‚ Wayne Jacobson‚ conducted a research on the possible reasons of the continuous acquisitions of flat sales from the major branches of the company. Jacobson discovered that besides the competitors‚ there were internal business issues that directly affected their sales as well. Jacobson investigated and consulted with his key account managers and sales representations to hear the internal view point
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