Reliability and Validity are important aspects of research in the human services field. Without reliability and validity researchers results would be useless. This paper will define the types of reliability and validity and give examples of each. Examples of a data collection method and data collection instruments used in human services and managerial research will be given. This paper will look into why it is important to ensure that these data collection methods and instruments are both reliable
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Doctor is a noble job that is admired by a lot of people. Being a doctor itself has place the doctor to the eye of the society in a very good way. However‚ being a doctor can be really risky and a lot of things need to be sacrificed in order to fulfill the task as a doctor. There are several things that motivate me to become a doctor such as to fulfill my late father’s dream for me to become a doctor‚ my own way to help a lot of people‚ my curiosity about human being and disease‚ Firstly‚ I have
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“America is the land of opportunities‚” is the cliche manifested in Jamaicans like me from parents‚ friends‚ and the media simultaneously. The profound amount of opportunities America has to offer attracted many people here including my family and I. I identified early on that if I wanted to be successful in life I would have to leave Jamaica in order to capitalize on the educational and future career opportunities in America. As my knowledge on the ideology of life and my understanding of who
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In the future‚ when your children ask you what you have done in life that you feel must most of proud of. What will you answer be? In my life‚ I overcame many obstacles‚ achieved more success and had defeats. Up to now‚ I do not care about what I do best. Once‚ my children asked me what I have done in life that I feel must most of proud of‚ I recognized that I have not thought about it before. But I know some things that I never forget and I always feel proud of it because I did it well. That is
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What Trust and Respect mean and how it should be earned Respect as defined by the ARMY values is defined as‚ “treat people as they should be treated” I believe that this is true but that there is more to it than that. Respect to me is about doing what is asked of you without back talk or argument‚ talking to someone as they should be talked to i.e. if someone is in a greater position than you treat them as such (stand at parade rest‚ etc.) Respect is a very important quality that we are taught
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Questions 2.Do you think the strategic use and display of emotions serve to protect employees‚ or does covering your true emotions at work lead more problems than it solves? 3.Have you enter worked where emotions were used as part of a management style? Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this approach in your experience. 4.Research shows that acts of co-workers (37 percent) and management (22 percent) cause more negative emotions for employees than do acts of customers (7 percent). What can Laura’s
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How one responds to a situation is a huge factor that contributes to personal happiness‚ for the state of happiness is achieved from accomplishing a certain goal. In the 18th century‚ the 13 colonies was in feud with its mother country‚ Britain; refusing to pay taxes without representation. George Washington‚ the General of the Continental Army‚ was hopeless and at the brink of surrender. Yet through the motivational articles such as Paine’s Common Sense‚" the establishment of the Declaration
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Mass media doesn’t tell you what to think‚ but it tells you what to think about Body 1 According to Stanley J. Baran’s (2002) definition of Agenda setting‚ it is a theory that argues that the media may not tell us what to think‚ but the media tells us what to think about. Since the media cannot tell us what to think‚ it cannot dictate ones’ opinion on a subject. An example of this is the subject of taxes. This issue is commonly discussed by the media‚ but it is up to the audience’s interpretation
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Katie Merriman Stage to Screen 1/22/13 Death of a Salesman/You Can’t Take it With You Death of a Salesman opens with Willy Loman returning from a business trip. He is an older gentleman and it is apparent in the first few paragraphs of the play that he has some sort of problem. He talks to himself and has vivid flashbacks from when his children were younger (he interacts with them) and regretfully remembers when he refused to go to Alaska with his brother‚ who subsequently discovered a diamond
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In this essay I will review the question of how the Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down exemplifies the techniques of ethnographic research that we have studied in class. Also I will consider the question if there are ways in which Fadiman could have improved her methods to be a better anthropologist. In the essay I will look at the specific methods and techniques that Fadiman utilized. I will discuss where she conducted her research and also cover how she conducted her fieldwork. I suggest Anthropological
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