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This paper discusses certain research methods and types of research and the importance of ethics in research. The author feels that when carrying out research it is extremely important that the research is conducted in a safe and ethical manner. He feels that researchers must ensure that the rights of the research subjects are not violated in any way. This paper contains excerpts from studies on the matter and their conclusions.

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" "Educational researchers have good intentions, but if they are not careful, their studies can place individuals in situations that involve risk" (Gall, 1996). Data collection, and analysis, subject selection, research procedure, credibility of the researcher and the worth of the study are all ethical issues that those wishing to perform a study face. Often researchers are the victims of poor planning or inexperience and their subjects suffer for it. "

Tags:educational, ethical, ethics, research, technology, data, collection, analysis

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"A number of old people might wish they could be young again; however, being a young person today is not as easy as they assume. Young people have to cope with tons of pressure and troubles as well as adults do. In fact, there have been many teenagers who couldn't handle life and killed themselves. 'Five thousand teens successfully kill themselves each year, about one every 90 minutes."

Tags:children, divorce, life, socialization, suicidal

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In this article, the writer compares formal research and business proposals and maintains that formal research is academic in nature while a business proposal has a more practical orientation to it. The writer discusses that the most important difference between formal research and business proposals is that formal research has no financial implications while financial implications are the most important characteristics of business proposals. The writer points out that the main objective of a business proposal is to identify a need which must be addressed in order to generate either financial savings or greater revenue, while such financial implications are not relevant in formal research. Formal research is not concerned with generating findings that are practicable. The writer concludes that formal research generates a wide variety of findings that may be made applicable in a wide variety of contexts. Further, the writer notes that the advantage of business proposals is that they contextualize the findings from formal research in an existing organizational structure.

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"There is also a commonality between formal research and business proposals in that the findings in both cases may or may not be presented with headings and subheadings. Such restrictions are not applicable in the reports that contain the findings either from formal research or from business proposals. However, as mentioned before, formal research will inevitably always have an academic orientation. It has value in the practical business world only to the extent in terms of providing the starting point for further research. For example, formal research has identified that HR managers should play four roles: the employee champion, the change agent, the administrative expert and the strategic partner. However the research project stops here. When it comes to a business proposal, the proposal must list recommendations for creating a suitable structure that can incorporate the four roles. In this respect, the business proposal might include IT issues in order to enhance the process of data collection. In this respect, the scope for research becomes wider in the context of a business proposal."

Tags:financing, recommendations, academic, findings

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This paper presents a detailed discussion on the causes of violence and the risks of exposure to violence in youth. The author looks at three studies that research the above by investigating family functioning and community surroundings, personal victimization and relations to victims and effects of home and race.

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"Although the research compiled on the causation of violence in youth is endless, few studies have focused their attention onto the exposure of violence in youth as a cause of aggressive or violent behavior. Additionally, fewer studies have researched what the risks of exposure to violence in youth consist of. In order to decrease violence in our youth, we must be aware of the risks. To accomplish this goal, research must be conducted, reviewed and continued. Three recent studies on the risk of exposure to violence are discussed within. All three studies included minority adolescent participants and ranged from ages 10-19, while two of the studies included the adolescents' primary care providers. Independent variables in one study primarily focused on family functioning and community environments. The second study looked mainly at personal victimization and relationships to victims in violence witnessed. The third study's primary independent variables were devoted to household income and race/ethnicity. By conducting research through interviews and self-report questionnaires, performing statistical tests, including chi square and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), each of the studies found significant results in relation to a risk of violence exposure. Lastly, further research suggestions for different perspectives on exposure risks in youth are included."

Tags:adolescent, ethnicity, methods, race, research, risk, aggressive, behavior, criminal, juvenile, delinquency

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" Introduction
This paper compares and contrasts qualitative and quantitative research methods in three basic areas. These are: epistemological foundations, data collection methods, and data analysis methods. The paper ends with a brief summary of the primary points made.

Comparison
Gall, Borg and Gall (1996) discuss several similarities and differences between qualitative and quantitative research methods. With respect to similarities, both kinds of research formulate epistemological positions regarding the nature of causation and reality and both comprise a set of methods for designing research, collecting data, analyzing data, and..."

Abstract
This paper describes qualitative research and contrasts it with quantitative research. It discusses the characteristics of phenomenological inquiry or naturalistic research.

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"Qualitative research, broadly defined, means "any kind of research that produces findings not arrived at by means of statistical procedures or other means of quantification" (Strauss & Corbin, 1990, p. 17). Where quantitative researchers seek causal determination, prediction, and generalization of findings, qualitative researchers seek, instead, illumination, understanding, and extrapolation to similar situations. Qualitative analysis results in a different type of knowledge than does quantitative inquiry. Eisner, (1991) points out that all knowledge, including that gained through quantitative research, is referenced in qualities, and that there are many ways to represent our understanding of the world."

Tags:phenomena, logical

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"The twenty participants were required to complete an anagram task in a set time of 12 minutes within the mere presence of the other participants. (Task 1.) They were then required to complete a similar anagram task with the object of evaluation. (Task 2.) The results showed that the mean number of correct answers was significantly higher in the anticipated evaluation task than in the mere presence task."

Tags:an, animal, behavior, facilitation, in, increases, is, its, occur, of, others, presence, said, social, the, to, when

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This paper is a field study that presents the resource management for Lake Wivenhoe, a set of procedures established to maintain Lake Wivenhoe's quality at an acceptably high level, its certainty being guaranteed and its lifespan indefinite, if all appropriate decisions are made. This report investigates the theme of sustainable resource management and the implications that could occur if certain actions are not taken. The author states that the data came from local sources and field observation. Includes an attractive presentation and graphs.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Data Collection
Data Presentation and Analysis
Rural Management
Grazing
Trees
Runoff
Agriculture
Education of Framers
Monitoring
Wildlife
Fencing
Recreational Management
Fishing
Boating
Camping
Picnicking
Education
Publications
Commercial and Industrial Management
SEQ Water Board control
Hydroelectric Power
Scientific Management
Seismology
Water Quality
Rainfall and Runoff Monitoring
Flood Mitigation
Findings
Rural Management
Recreational Management
Commercial and Industrial Management
Scientific Management
Conclusion

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"The SEQ water Board is the corporation that is in control of managing Lake Wivenhoe and its surrounding lakes. The Water Board has had over 15 years' experience running the lake at the highest standard possible. It is a stable corporation that that can control its own finances without any political interference. Also, it has always followed the guidelines set up by the government on water quality. The SEQ Water Board receives no government funding and is therefore responsible for its own financial state."

Tags:australia, geography, management, sustainable

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This paper examines how psychological research has done a great deal of work in the area of understanding. It discusses how several studies of deception and its detection have examined a number of important issues such as accuracy of deception judgements, cues that give deceivers away, cues that people think give deceivers away and whether some people are better at identifying deception. It proposes a study to examine the significance of judgemental accuracy and its correlation with behavioural aspects of indicating deception.

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"Three tests and one task were administered among 376 of Macquarie University Introductory Psychology students to determine whether, on average, individuals are poor at detecting deceit. Research also intended to indicate whether there is an association between behavioural analysis ability and accuracy of deception judgements. Each participant completed computerized emotion-comparison task, "Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test", self-report chosen to reflect ability in
social and emotional information processing and, finally, a card-playing task to assess student's ability to deceive and to detect deceit. Results indicated that students? average accuracy at detecting deception is just slightly above the chance and established that indeed there is a correlation between behavioural aspects of indicating deception and the accuracy of judgements."

Tags:ability, judgement, psychology, research

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This paper relates that epidemiology studies can be classified as either observational or experimental. The paper then lists the types of studies that make up observational studies as well as the types of studies that make up experimental studies. The paper then goes on to describe the most common types of studies used in epidemiological studies such as cross-sectional studies, cohort studies and case-control studies.

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"Cross-sectional studies are typically descriptive, and because they are quick and cost efficient, are used to measure the prevalence of a disease and assess the health of populations. They are used in studying rare exposures and rare diseases as it is convenient for measuring several exposures at once for trying to find the association between the risk factor and disease outcome. A cross-sectional study begins by choosing individuals to participate and then collecting data from primary sources, such as surveys, or secondary sources, such as medical records. When measuring risk factor and disease outcome, it is never easy to find "possible causative association" because exposure and effect are measured at the same time. It is for this reason that it remains unknown to whether disease or exposure came first and so an association between the both may remain uncertain. Also bias can occur which can alter the true values. "

Tags:cohort, cross-sectional, trials, case, control, observational