human can possibly do. When people drink and drive‚ they are not only putting themselves in danger‚ they?re also jeopardizing the lives of other road users and pedestrians. At a young age‚ I use to watch my uncle James drink and drive thinking it was completely normal. Everything was ok until one day he got too drunk and lost control of the car and hit a tree. Today‚ I? am still pondering on what caused people including my uncle to drink and drive? Could it be pressure from your peers‚ or going
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1. Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to test whether students are able to identify a good test‚ by looking at characteristics. Students should exhibit their comprehension of what the process of developing a psychological assessment entails. Students will need to familiarize themselves with basic scaling and measurement concepts. The role of validity and reliability is an important aspect and students will be required to identify the role that they play. Students will comprehend the process
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Concurrent Validity of Money Metaphor Inventory By MUOKWUE MARTIN E. M. Department of Psychology‚ Faculty of Social Sciences Nnamdi Azikiwe University‚ AWKA. 1.1 INTRODUCTION Researchers have of recent turned their search light on the impact of money to human activities‚ especially as it concerns ethical issues about money. It is no doubt that we are really in the age of the economic man and money play a pivotal role on the day to day activities in the modern society. This work
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Define scientific reliability and validity. Reliability focuses on the consistency and stability of measurement. There are pros and cons to obtaining reliable measurements. One way to test reliability in a measure is to perform the same test on the same population multiple times which is called reliability coefficient (Branson‚2014). Another way to test reliability is by randomly splitting test questions in half‚ administering‚ then look for consistencies‚ which is called split-half reliability
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majority of situations‚ in this case crimes‚ theorists have a specific criteria that they have to meet. When developing a theory‚ theorists must construct their theory so that it can be judged by this certain criteria. This criteria is made out of: 1.) empirical validity‚ 2.) its logical consistency‚ 3.) scope‚ and parsimony‚ 4.) testability as well as 5.) The usefulness and 6.) the policy implications (Akers and Sellers‚ 5). It is important for a theory to possess empirical validity because without it
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argue her long planned war of aggression. Therefore‚ to assess the validity if the above statement‚ it’s vital to consider the long-term causes of imperialism‚ nationalism and militarism as well the short-term origins of war from all those Great Powers. Looking back upon the statement‚ it would be helpful to analyze just how much responsibility Germany carried. In the long term‚ back in the early 1870’s‚ it is noteworthy to remember Bismarck’s Policies‚ mainly that of isolating France. With several
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strategy of deceiving Polyphemus by getting him drunk and revealing that his name is nobody‚ then sneaking out of his home by attaching himself to the bottom of a ram proves how brainpower‚ in certain situations‚ is hugely favored over physical brawn. This also exemplifies why Odysseus is often times looked at as a hero‚ since his perspicacious strategy was
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Historical Validity in 2004’s "The Alamo" In the 2004 release‚ by Touchstone Pictures‚ "The Alamo" takes a famous story told throughout time and recreates it on the screen once again. This time was it really any better than the other releases? Maybe the flashy effects and better film quality could interest you in this movie but the real question is how valid is it. To the average person this story looks as if they have recreated it perfectly‚ but to a historian it might not look so genuine. Although
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A Study on Improving the Writing Ability of Middle School Students Based on Error Analysis Abstract: English writing plays a significant role in learning. However‚ for most middle school students‚ English writing‚ among the four basic skills‚ is the most difficult skill for them to master. One of the reasons may be that writing places high demands on accuracy‚ fluency‚ coherence and organization compared with other language skills; another reason may be that the English teachers
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transfer) (Ellis‚ 1994). Therefore‚ we tend to believe that most of the errors are account of negative transfer. This is partly true according to many empirical studies of errors which have showed that many errors are common to different linguistic backgrounds. The L1 is‚ therefore‚ one of various sources of errors‚ and there might be other reasons which should be considered (Krashen‚ 1988). Approaches to Errors Errors are made when learners of L2 produce incorrect language because they
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