ABSTRACT EXAMPLES Writing an Abstract – Examples Each student who completes a science fair project must write an abstract to be displayed with the project. An abstract gives the essence of the project in a brief but complete form — it should not exceed 250 words. Judges and the public should have a fairly accurate idea of the project after reading the abstract. The abstract must focus on the current year’s research and give only minimal reference to previous work. Details and discussions should
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When I saw Dan Brown’s quote “History is always written by winners”‚ it made me think whether he was correct; is history only written by winners? If so‚ is there bias in history because it is only written by winners? My real life situation is that Taiwanese history textbooks show bias in the information included and the view of the situation included. Whether information should be included in textbooks‚ or if both sides of an event should be included can be seen in a well-known event known as the
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confirmation bias can easily influence our perceptions and holding certain beliefs can also generate their own confirmation; regardless of the statistics‚ facts‚ or proof. Our preconception of our society‚ world‚ or even any given situation will greatly influence how we will interpret those things and situations or by the beliefs that we hold. Since most people tend to side with information that confirms how they may perceive a situation‚ a good example could be gun control and the bias that may arise
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Cognitive Bias When I think of cognitive bias‚ I think about people making assumptions about others base on either what they have heard from other people or something they have experienced themselves. In order to figure out what biases I have I had to ask my wife. After some discussion we came to the conclusion that I have a couple of biases. The two that we came up with can be very controversial‚ religion and race. I wouldn’t say that I’m a religious freak or that I’m racist‚ I just have my own
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Hindsight bias: Hindsight bias is when you know something right after it happens and not while it is happening. Some people call it the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon. This is where you watch a sports game and when the game is over‚ think to yourself that you knew they would loose‚ when in fact you were on the edge of your seat waiting to see how the game was going to end and if your team would win or not. (Myers‚ 2010‚ p.16.) I have had several instances where hindsight bias has
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about Business plans What is Business Plan? Definition: “A written document describing the nature of the business‚ the sales and marketing strategy‚ and the financial background‚ and containing a projected profit and loss statement” (Small Business Encyclopedia) Business Plan is a document that describes what you intend to do in future concerning development and promotion of your business and how you plan to do it. So business plans are inherently strategic. In few words‚ a Business plan conveys
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The Three Little Alpacas Once upon a time in a world where rabid squirrels viciously eat alpacas‚ three little alpacas sleepily woke up to terrible news. They were outgrowing their mother’s’ home and were forced to build their own. Normally their mother was a very kind person and accepting of others‚ but she was getting tired of a cramped house. “I’m sorry to do this but I’m going to have to make you leave. You are too old for my care and too big for this house.” “When you leave be careful of
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to be successful in any sort of way. So to hear that I may have been put at a disadvantage because of gender bias in the classroom upsets me in a way. I mean not to an extent where I think that every single thing I have ever learned was made so a woman could understand it‚ but just in the way that maybe something I didn’t understand could have been better explained but due to gender bias the ability to learn a certain subject to my complete potential was kept from me. But I think that the differences
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may think that this is something that just happens at this day in age‚ but this occurs everywhere and has occurred over time. This is called historical bias. This paper will investigate ways to avoid historical bias‚ how historical bias may affect how we think about our past‚ and other examples of historical bias. First‚ avoiding historical bias may be hard but it is not impossible. There are many things one can do to make an accurate decision or even a compromise of all the stories and find the
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something is true or false. When determining if something is true or false‚ bias can play a role in the final verdict. Conformational bias is “the idea that we only believe information that is similar to our beliefs is the start of the problem” of people believing fake news (Sundar). This can ultimately push a voter to one side or the another. If the voter was a Trump supporter but still had some thoughts about Hillary Clinton‚ his bias when reading an article‚ even with false information supporting Donald
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