...The Detection of Gravitational Waves, How Close Are We? Since the realization that the general theory of relativity predicts gravitational waves, there have been attempts to actually detect these waves. Indirect observations have been made that support their existence but no direct measurement. This paper gives a brief explanation of gravitational waves and discusses the current condition of the experimental search for gravitational waves. It deals with the newest techniques that will enable their detection. The focus of the paper is on three experimental groups: LIGO, VIRGO, and LISA. From our research of these groups we believe that the detection of gravitational waves will occur within the next decade. Gravitational waves: Understanding and Detection Gravitational waves carry information about catastrophic events in the universe. We give a brief description of gravitational waves with an overview of the current projects underway to detect them. We begin by discussing the theoretical prediction of gravitational waves from Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. We listseveral possible sources of these waves and describe how they produce gravitational waves. We also discussthe characteristic signals each source sendsto Earth. We outline advantages and challenges for several detection methods now being...
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...A Critical Review of Corruption and the Watchdog Role of the News Media by Sheila Coronel Introduction In Corruption and the Watchdog Role of the News Media, Sheila Coronel presents the role of media as a watchdog to keep the government in check. Coronel also examines the actual situation of the “watchdogging” by the media including its vulnerabilities to certain factors such as globalization, deregulation, economic impact, culture and many more. She presents the scenario in a form of research in which she shares her arguments and analysis as a veteran investigative journalist. This paper will review Coronel’s research as well as her primary arguments including her policy recommendations, and will evaluate the quality of Coronel’s research, writing, and focus. Summary Coronel begins his paper by reviewing the general premise of media as a watchdog of the society in monitoring government and exposing its excesses. She presents evidences on the retraction of this role around the world thanks to “globalization, the fall of authoritarian and socialist regimes, and the deregulation of the media worldwide.” To ponder on the watchdog role of media, Coronel asks the following important questions: Is the press acting as watchdog always desirable? In countries where the media are hobbled by draconian state restrictions or driven largely by the imperatives of profit-obsessed markets, is such a role even possible? What enabling conditions make a watchdog press...
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...In Laura Maria Agustin’s Sex at the Margins, power-knowledge is exercised over individuals by way of controlling institutions and is carried out through such things as punishment, education, and protection. This utilization of power-knowledge as a method to understand “the cult of domesticity and attached ideas of moral reclamation and regulation” was interesting, especially with its application to sex work (Agustin 99). A startling example that was illustrated in “Rise of the Social” and thoroughly discussed in class was with respect to women who are active in charity. Agustin points out how a paradox is created because the women involved in philanthropic causes are generally from the middle- and upper-class. The question that was whether this was self-police and policing of others was raised. Was it that some women were morally superior? In other words, with relation to sex work or ‘prostitution,’ can it be seen that the women who want freedom and autonomy in some fashion restrain the freedom of “bad women.” Moreover, in connection to how women may have felt the need to go out and carve out their own profession, it seems plausible that women’s role in the 18th and 19th century as caregivers in the realm of home was a catalyze in propelling women into charity work. Nevertheless, is Agustin’s argument still valid and is she perhaps too harsh on the people doing good, considering that her argument is that by doing good someone else is always punished? In general, however, “Rise...
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...journalism, fuelled by profitability in the wake of government reductions in subsidies. In addition to political liberalisation, competitive media markets, and degrees of social and political ferment, journalistic and entrepreneurial agency is a factor, fostered by the protection of journalists from physical harm, jail, harassment through lawsuits, and restrictions on access to information. The watchdog and the market: The contradictory nature of the market is described as: "On one hand, market liberalization and competition have encouraged the emergence of, and in many places, also sustained, investigative reporting. But at the same time, market pressures are a major obstacle to its continued viability.” Where donor funding is available, non-profits sometimes take on the watchdog role. "They fill a gap in media systems where market, ownership, or political pressures make investigative reporting by commercial or state-owned media difficult if not impossible. These centers are involved in training and reporting and serve as models of excellence that are helping raise the standards of local journalism. Elsewhere, startup ventures by individual journalists are taking the lead in cutting-edge investigations. In Malaysia, the web-based news site Malaysiakini is filling the information gap in a...
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...Subject: Analysis of a Professional Journal Date: Mar, 31, 2016 Introduction I am evaluating a journal article titled: Algorithmic accountability. The article was published in Digital Journalism, in November 7, 2014. The author of the article is Nicholas Diakopoulos from College of Journalism, University of M aryland . Evaluation This article focuses on the concept of “Algorithmic Accountability Reporting” as a way of investing biases and influences employed by algorithms in todays society and how new age computational journalists should approach it. This article is directed at journalists who are scrutinizing algorithms to understand biases and false analysis portrayed by algorithms. The article is well structured. Text is organized in coherent sections which logically connects the entire article. The article starts with the brief introduction which outlines the points which will be covered in the article. Introduction also answers the questions of – what is this article about, who is the target audience, what are the current issues faced in journalism and how methods described in this article will help address those issue. Author, then mentions few real world examples of software companies which collect user data and then build ingenious algorithms to classify, group and eventually target people for their benefits – and how in doing so – they often open risks and flaws. The author exposes potential flaws by raising very valid questions about the decisions made...
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...Business Research-Ramada Case 1. Build the management research question hierarchy for RAMADA RFS were eager to learn how to employ the right people and how to motivate those individuals. In planning, RFS wanted to include the “face-to-face employee input†with regard to hiring, training, and motivation. RFS must properly identify their dilemma and develop the management, research, investigative, and measurement questions. Based on the D. K. Shifflet survey of customer satisfaction, RFS could accurately state their management dilemma as increasing customer satisfaction at their many properties. Management Question: With the dilemma stated, the management question would be how do we increase customer satisfaction? Research questions, which are the objective of the research study, would include – what can management do to improve customer satisfaction, how is employee attitude and motivation connected to customer satisfaction, should we add employee incentives to reward increased customer service ratings, and should we modify hiring and training procedures? Investigative questions: The next step is determining the information decision makers need to know and answer to arrive at a conclusion – the investigative questions. Investigative questions would include how can we include employees in the decision making, how often should employees be awarded for their part in increasing customer service satisfaction, how should training be presented, and how involved...
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...The management-research question hierarchy would start with the management question. The dilemma that the publisher faces is knowing whether business publication advertising was generating fewer leads that in the past or not. Because the magazines were experiencing a decline in the use of publication readers the publisher had to make a determination on whether fewer leads were being generated. The publisher also had the dilemma of dealing with many of the publishers not tracking the source of the leads that they received. The next step in the management-research question hierarchy is developing questions that should be asked by the research department. They need to determine if business publication advertising truly was generating few leads than in the past. Secondly, they needed to develop questions that would address the number of responses that were received in ads that were run in different magazines. This company did not address ways to obtain responses by way of the Internet or sending people to their website in order to give responses. Nor did they print a telephone where they could contact some to discuss their responses. Not using the technology that is availability leaves the publishers open to missing on good contacts and not receiving the information that they are in search of. The third step in the management-research question hierarchy would be centered on the investigative process. Investigative questions would be specific questions that the researcher would...
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...Assignment One Angela Brewer Liberty University: BUSI 600 Business Research Methods November 22, 2015 Case Assignment One This discourse will first create a set of questions to investigate the problems. Then it will present a comparison of the investigative questions to the management questions. The discourse will end with a determination of the appropriateness of the measurement questions with respect to the research questions. The ultimate problem or issue with NCRCC is the declining membership. “The decline in revenue and number of clubs could be attributed to many factors including changing demographics of members, increasing competition from substitutes (i.e., pay by the day facilities for activities and fine dining for restaurants), and a sustained economic recession (Tompson, Koutroumanis, Brownlee, &Hoke, 2014, p.1)”. Management Research Question Hierarchy The following is a numbered list of the management research questions. Management Dilemma 1. What areas of concern did the marketing team point out? a. What areas of concerns did the NCRCC employees of the club have? b. What areas of concern did the NCRCC customers have? 2. What presently exists in the club that should be an area of concern for management? Management Question 1. How might management reduce the undesirable indicators? 2. How can management completely take advantage of the opportunity? Research Questions 1. Why is the membership declining? a. How can...
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...Liberty University NCRCC – Teeing Up a New Strategic Direction Today’s managers have an increasing need to take the assistance of scientific methods to help them make a decision. A management dilemma often triggers the need for a decision. More often not, this need for a decision marks the beginning of the research process. The origin, selection, statement, exploration, and refinement of the management question is the most critical part of the research process. One way this particular research can be done is by using the management-research question hierarchy. Cooper and Schindler (2014) state, “the process is designed to move the researcher through various levels of questions, each with a specific function within the overall business research process” (p.112). The steps of the management-research question hierarchy are as follows: management dilemma, management question, research questions, investigative questions, measurement questions and management decision. Build the management –research question hierarchy, through the investigative questions stage. Then compare your list with the measurement questions asked. The first step in the management research question hierarchy is management dilemma. During this step the researcher addresses the mangers concerns. Identifying management dilemma is frequently quite easy. “However, choosing one dilemma on which to focus may be difficult” (2014, p.77). The NCR Country Club should not have an issue choosing the management...
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...1) What is the management-research question hierarchy for Akron Children’s Hospital? a. Management Dilemma- Step 1 is identifying the management dilemma. The dilemma that the hospital faces is how to increase the bed-occupancy rate and what can the hospital do to gain more business than its competitors. b. Management Question- Step 2 is how to differentiate itself and step out of the shadow of its competitors. c. Research Questions- Step 3 consists of defining the research questions The questions focus on how to distinguish itself and convey its commitment to children and to the highest-quality and most medically advanced care. d. Investigative Questions- Step 4 consists of investigative questions such as “How do parents come to a decision on where to bring their children?” and “How do we gain more customers from surrounding counties?” e. Measurement Questions- Step 5 consists of some questions with supplied answers that range on a scale of 1 to 5 (bad to good). These questions can include those about distance to home, comfort of leaving children in the hospital’s care, feelings of technology and medical quality. 2) What are the advantages/disadvantages of an observation study for this research? f. Advantages- The researcher can see first-hand the experiences of parents and children in the hospital every step of the way. Researchers can instantly record their observances and findings. Recordings of audio or video are hard evidence...
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...Business Research Case Study QNT 565 Business Research Case Study When management is faced with a problem it is necessary to conduct research to get to the root cause of the problem. Before one “can describe, analyze, and explain a problem, we must define it” (Kepner & Tregoe, 1997, p. 29). To define the problem one must identify the significance, scope, magnitude, or feasibility of the situation, as well as the dilemma facing management. The research purpose must also be identified. Next management, investigative questions and measurement questions must be formed. Last one must formulate a hypothesis. The dilemma facing management, significance, scope, and research purpose Tyco Health Care is a private label diaper manufacture. Tyco has five different plants but the numbers provided here are for one plant, the plant in which a friend used to work. Tyco changed a fabric used to make diapers from a hydrophilic non-woven to a thinner non-woven to cut the cost of making the material. The product went from 21gsm non-woven to a 17gsm non-woven fabric. The price difference was dramatic and the company saved a million of dollars in cost. Once the company put the material into production workers began to run into problems. When the material is coated with glue in the production process workers began to notice that the glue was bleeding through the material because of the thinner fabric. This glue was getting stuck on the conveyers causing glue build up on the...
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...1 - The management-research question hierarchy process of sequential question formulation leads a manager or researcher from management dilemma to investigative questions. Pick one situation you are facing now at the workplace and apply the management-research question hierarchy on that situation. Answer: Management research question hierarchy is a step process of solving a dilemma from management dilemma to management decision. I work as a Team Leader for Target, which is one of the largest retailers in the U.S and Guest Surveys is one of our main focus making sure we are satisfying our customers. Management Dilemma: There is a decline in guest survey; on the other hand the district is trending up with guest survey Management Question: How can we increase the number of filled guest surveys? Research Questions: * What are the factors impacting the guest survey. * Why aren’t guests filling out get survey. * What is impact of the guest survey? * How is this impaction the view of the store? * Can we improve our store guest survey if taken the right measurements? Investigation Questions * Data of all the district stores will be taken into consideration. * Impact on how guest survey is important to the store and the company. Measurement Questions * Who are the guests who are actually filling out the survey? * How has the guest survey score impacted our sales? * Are the guests who are filling out the survey being returning customers...
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...Data Collection Method For our teams research question we have created a data collection plan which will indentify the how data was collected, observational targets, sampling strategy, and acts involved with the study. To begin the data collection process we will ask ourselves investigative questions that will allow us to break down the initial research question of “How does personal savings impact GDP?” By asking investigative questions we can break our general research question into more specific questions about which to gather data. Some investigatigative questions could be; is there a positive correlation between personal savings and GDP, and can household savings predict whether the GDP will grow or decline? After designing the investigative questions we put together a survey that we will have the participants of our sample group fill out. Using inferential statistics we took a sample group from the population and had them fill out a survey/questionaire that correlates their savings with their personal spending for the year. The study will be a communication study; this is where the researcher questions the participant and records their responses. There are four researchers involved in the study and the sample group which is made up of 100 participants. The four researchers are well trained in applied business and research statistics. The questionaire will consist of 25 measurement questions that the recipients will fill out that will allow us to see the correlation...
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...What defines if a management problem or dilemma is researchable? A research process begins with a basic dilemma that prompts the initiation of research followed by a series of related questions that are progressively elaborated in the form of a management research question hierarchy. The process begins with the discovery of the management dilemma, define the management question leading to exploration, defining the research question (explaining the objective of the research) and refining the research question, investigative question(influencing the research design, strategy, data collection planning and sampling), management questions(to be answered by respondents of survey). Examples of management dilemma include decreasing sales, increasing employee turnovers at a company, call centers low customer service—to name a few. Exploration of a problem could be accomplished by focus groups, interviews with experts, knowledge of available literature. Choosing a dilemma to focus may be difficult as opposed to identifying a management dilemma. The purpose of a good research, valuable resources like, human capital, time, money, is lost if a wrong dilemma is chosen. Several brainstorming and exploration research exercises are involved to define a management, research, investigative and measurement related questions. Poorly defined questions will misdirect research efforts. The process of research starts in the decision making phase. In order to layout the scope of a project, set...
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...Define the research Problem Because of their brainstorming, they are able to restate management’s question: “What should be done to improve the CompleteCare program for MindWriter product repairs and servicing?” After exploration, Myra and Jason brainstorm the following research and investigative questions: Research Questions 1. Should the technical representative be given more intensive training, or not? 2. Should ABC Courier Service be replaced with an overnight air transport service, or not? 3. Should the repair-diagnostic and repair-sequencing operations be modified, or not? 4. Should the return packaging be modified to include premolded rigid foam inserts, conforming-expanding foam protection, or neither? 5. Should metropolitan repair centers be established to complement or replace in-factory repair facilities, or not? Investigative Questions 1. How well is the call center helping the customers? Is it helping the customer with instructions? What percentage of customers’ technical problems is the center solving without callbacks? How long do customers wait on the phone? 2. How good is the transportation company? Does it pick up and deliver the laptop responsively? How long do customers wait for pickup? Delivery? Are the laptops damaged due to package handling? What available packaging alternatives are cost-effective? 3. How good is the repair group? What is the sequencing of the repair program, diagnostics through completion? Is the repair complete? Are customers’...
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