...CRITIQUING A RESEARCH PAPER Student's Name: Elements of the Critique: 1. TITLE: 3. ABSTRACT 4. INTRODUCTION & REVIEW of LITERATURE: 5. MATERIALS & METHODS 6. RESULTS 7. DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION, 8. REFERENCES 9. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS & IMPLICA TIONS 2. AUTHOR(s) Instructions: For each of the 39 items below respond using one of the following three options: - S for “Satisfactory” - Detailed comments concerning elements critiqued. A simple "No" is not sufficient. You must explain why the element is open to criticism. - ITJ for "Incompetent To Judge" and indicate the person in your own setting form whom you would obtain a valid opinion. The number of points assigned to each element is proportional to the number of elements that can be critiqued in each section (see decimal points in parentheses next to each item number). If you need more space to answer, please use the back of the page. Reference: Bordage G. Considerations on Preparing a Paper for Publication. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 1989. 1(1):47-52. I. TITLE 1. (.33) The title correctly represents the content and breath of the study reported: the title is not misleading. 2. (.33) The title is clear, concise and gives importance to the study; the title captures the attention of the reader. If not suggest a title. II. AUTHOR(S) _ 3. (.33) The titles (diploma. appointment) and address of the author(s) are clearly indicated: the author(s) credentials can be appreciated. III. ABSTRACT 4. (.33) The abstract...
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...E-campus E-campus Discussion Discussion Discussion JAN-18 Sat Read How Full is Your Bucket BOOK 4 5 Reading Reading , and send an email to My instructor Email JAN-19 JAN-20 Sun Mon Day off school Post on the DT Internet 2 2 Discussion Post my own thought about the course and introduction E-campus 2 JAN-21 JAN-22 JAN-23 Tue Wed Thu Post the response Post the response Reading about Bloom`s Taxonomy Internet Internet Online 0.25 0.25 3 0.25 0.25 4 Discussion Discussion Research paper Response my colleges Response my colleges Searching online about taxonomy and getting references from the library to write the paper E-campus E-campus Online JAN-24 JAN-25 JAN-26 JAN-27 JAN-28 JAN-29 JAN-30 JAN-31 Feb-1 Feb-2 Feb-3 Feb-4 Feb-5 Feb-6 Feb-7 Feb-8 Feb-9 Feb-10 Feb-11 Feb-12 Feb-13 Feb-14 Feb-15 Feb-16 Feb-17 Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon More Reading about Bloom`s Taxonomy More Reading about Bloom`s Taxonomy Research paper Talk to my instructor on the phone Post on the...
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...M.A. Social Work (Previous) FIRST SEMESTER Paper S1: 01 History and Philosophy of Social Work - 50 Paper S1: 02 Psychosocial Dynamics of Human Behavior - 50 Paper S1: 03 Methods of Working with People: Micro-Approaches - 50 Paper S1: 04 Social Welfare Administration - 50 Paper S1: 05 Research Methodology - 50 Paper S1: 06 Man & Society - 50 Paper S1: 07 Concurrent Field work three days in a week - 50 Total - 350 SECOND SEMESTER Paper S2: 01 Approaches and fields of Social Work - 50 Paper S2: 02 Human Growth and Development - 50 Paper S2: 03 Methods of working with People: Macro Approaches - 50 Paper S2: 04 Management of NGO’s and Disaster Relief Services - 50 Paper S2: 05 Statistics and Computer Application - 50 Paper S2: 06 Dynamics of Socio-Political Institutions and Organizations - 50 Paper S2: 07 Concurrent Field work (three days in a week) -50 Total - 350 M.A. in Social Work (Part-I) Preamble: 1. There shall be six theory papers of 50 marks each and field work of 50 marks as paper seventh out of 50 marks, 38 marks shall be devoted to semester paper and 12 marks shall be fixed for class/home assignments. 2. The format of the theory paper shall be the same as it is being following by the university. 3. Evaluation procedure shall be as per university norms. FIRST SEMESTER Paper S1: 01 History and Philosophy of Social Work (50) Unit – I Meaning, objectives and scope of social work; Role...
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...Youth with Financial Literacy so that they can manage their own finances and securing their financial future. The present study is carried out with the objective to find out the determinants of financial literacy of the youth. The major determinants that influence the financial literacy are required to be sought in order to deal with the complexities of current financial markets and products. Data has been collected through primary sources by framing questionnaire answered by 100 respondents in Amritsar. Factor Analysis has been used to analyse the data. The analysis revealed five underlying dimensions namely Interest in Financial Issues, Financial Behaviour, Saving habits, Financial Attitude and Financial Awareness. The results of this paper will be helpful for making people more financially literate. Keywords : Financial Literacy, Youth, Factor Analysis INTRODUCTION Financial Literacy is the ability of individual to understand and analyze the required information necessary for making decisions with the awareness of likely financial consequences. It is basically a process in which skills, resources and...
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...Course Overview The objective of this course is to have a general understanding of Research Methodology and Statistics as applicable to Business Management and its use and relevance in areas of Management Research. While mathematical material will be covered, the major goal is for the students to develop a set of skills and tools which will be important in their management careers. At the conclusion of the course students should be able to: (1) develop the skills to identify the appropriate statistical techniques for the analysis of data; and (2) learn how to collect, analyze, present and interpret research data. Course Syllabus Group I: Research Methodology: Objectives, Role & Scope in Management Research, Process of Research; Research Designs: Exploratory, Descriptive & Experimental Research Designs and their Applications; Sampling Design: Concepts, types and their applicability; Scaling Techniques including Likert, Thurston, Semantic Differential Scaling techniques, etc. Tools & Techniques of Data Collection: Primary & Secondary; Classification & Tabulation of Data. Group II: Introduction to Statistics, Statistics & Business Research, Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode; Measures of Dispersion, Coefficient of Variance; Skewness & Kurtosis: Concept and Measures; Correlation Analysis: Simple, Partial & Multiple (Elementary); Regression Analysis: Concept & Measures, Linear Regression. Elementary Probability Theory: Concepts, Definitions...
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...I @ Computing skills 2 Social Media Marketing @ 2 Legal Aspects of Business 2 Business Strategy 3 Management Control Systems 3 Micro Economics 3 Macro Economics 3 Business Environment 3 Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 2 Quantitative Methods-1 3 Business Research Methods 3 Quantitative Methods-2 3 Core Elective-1 3 Core Elective1 3 Core Elective-2 3 Core Elective2 3 Elective-1 3 Elective-1 3 Elective-2 3 Elective-2 3 Grand Project-1 3 Grand Project-2 3 Principles of Management Basic Building Blocks Autumn Break Executive Skills Organisational Behavior Human Resources Management 3 Marketing Management 1 3 Marketing Management -2 3 Understanding Financial Statements 3 Financial Mgt 3 Operation Management Management Domain 3 3 Basics of Business Planning 2 Electives Credits Autumn Break credit SUMMER INTERNSHIP Course S 1 22 S 2 24 Total Credits 2 8 S 3 21 S 4 20 95 Index Sr.No Subject Faculty Credits 1 Written Analysis & Communication Prof. Dhriti Banerjee @ 2 Soft Skills Prof. Dhriti Banerjee @ 3 Computing Skills Dr. Nidhi Arora 2 8 4 Macro economics Prof. Nasheman Bandookwala 3 10 Dr. Vipul Patel...
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...(Effective July 2012 onwards) MMS First Year: Semester I Subject/Paper Maximum Number of Marks Sessions of 90 Minutes Core Papers 1.1 Perspective Management 1.2 Financial Accounting 1.3 Managerial Economics 1.4 Operations Management 1.5 Organisational Behaviour 1.6 Business Mathematics 1.7 Information Technology & Management 1.8 Communication Skills 1.9 Marketing Management 1.10 to 1.13 Elective 1 Elective 2 Total Electives (Students need to opt for any two electives) 1.10 Selling & Negotiation Skills 1.11 High Performance Leadership 1.12 Indian Ethos in Management 1.13 Corporate Social Responsibility Projects 50 100 100 100 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 1000 18 30 30 30 30 30 18 30 30 30 30 306 Note 1: All subjects/papers for semester I will be internally assessed by the institute. Note 2: All new electives proposed to be introduced by the institute, apart from electives listed in the new syllabus; need to inform University in writing outlining the details of the course with learning objectives, learning outcomes, detail syllabus, teaching learning plan and course evaluation procedures within the pattern prescribed at least one semester in advance. Master of Management Studies First Year Semester I Sl No Code Subject/Paper No of Periods per week (90 Mins Each) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Duration of Theory Papers In Hours Examination Marks Continuous Assessment 20 40 40 40 40 40 20 Total Core Papers 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Perspective Management...
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...encouraged to build a relationship with oneself, requisite for self discovery. To this end, the course emphasizes on building the conceptual foundations and acquiring psychological skills through classroom teaching/learning consisting of reflective as well as creative engagement in exercises, projects and hands on experiences. The teaching-learning of the programme would be organized through lectures, group discussions, experiential exercises, group projects, presentations, workshops and seminars. Students would be encouraged to connect to real life issues and participate in the programs and practices in the different social context. To this end practicum is incorporated as an important component in most of the papers with hands on training in the use of various research methods such as: laboratory experiments, field experiments, observation, testing, survey, interview, case study. The programme has three components i.e. Discipline 1(DC1), Discipline 2 (DC2) and Application courses (AC). While in DC 1 practicum is a key component, AC follows a modular pattern where hands on training will be provided for developing psychological skills and their applications. Every semester, teaching will be spread over 16 weeks, including 2 weeks for review. Teaching of DC 1 and...
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...Score Aggregation Techniques in Retrieval Experimentation Sri Devi Ravana Alistair Moffat Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010, Australia {sravana, alistair}@csse.unimelb.edu.au Abstract Comparative evaluations of information retrieval systems are based on a number of key premises, including that representative topic sets can be created, that suitable relevance judgements can be generated, and that systems can be sensibly compared based on their aggregate performance over the selected topic set. This paper considers the role of the third of these assumptions – that the performance of a system on a set of topics can be represented by a single overall performance score such as the average, or some other central statistic. In particular, we experiment with score aggregation techniques including the arithmetic mean, the geometric mean, the harmonic mean, and the median. Using past TREC runs we show that an adjusted geometric mean provides more consistent system rankings than the arithmetic mean when a significant fraction of the individual topic scores are close to zero, and that score standardization (Webber et al., SIGIR 2008) achieves the same outcome in a more consistent manner. Keywords: Retrieval system evaluation, average precision, geometric mean, MAP, GMAP. 1 Introduction (or not) that was obtained relative to other previous techniques. A variety of mechanisms have evolved over the years to perform these...
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... Candidate Number Edexcel GCE Geography Advanced Subsidiary Unit 2: Geographical Investigations Monday 19 January 2009 – Afternoon Time: 1 hour You must have: Resource Booklet. Paper Reference 6GE02/01 Total Marks Instructions black ink or • Usein the boxesball-point pen. page with your name, at the top of this • Fill number and candidate number. centre in Section A and • Answer answer ONE questionspaces provided ONE question in Section B. the questions in • Answermay be more spacethe you need. – there than Information for • The total markeachthis paper is 70.shown in brackets question are • The marks forguide as to how much time to spend on each question. – use this as a • The quality of your written communication will be assessed in ALL your responses – you should take particular care with your spelling, punctuation and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression. Advice carefully • Read each questiontime. before you start to answer it. Keep eye on the • Spendanapproximately 30 minutes on Section A and 30 minutes on Section B. • Check your answers if you have time at the end. • Turn over M34720A ©2009 Edexcel Limited. *M34720A0128* 1/1/1/1/1 SECTION A Answer ONE question in this section Candidates should use the resources provided, their own ideas, and relevant fieldwork and research which they have carried out. EXTREME WEATHER If you choose to answer Question 1, put a cross in the box 1 Study Figure 1. (a) Describe the differences in the characteristics and tracks...
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...BUS3004 Research Worksheet (Template) Purpose: The worksheet’s purpose is to guide the steps for efficient Capella Library and Internet searches to find and paraphrase reliable, credible resources relevant to your research paper topic. This worksheet will lead you through the steps by doing Part A for Unit 3 and Part B for Unit 4. Your efficient, effective research will assure a solid, strong drafted paper for Unit 5. By completing this worksheet, you will have at least six paragraphs done for your draft! NOTES: You need to complete all of this Research Worksheet before drafting your paper. Substandard draft papers submitted without a completed research worksheet cannot earn a grade. Enjoy researching, paraphrasing, and citing other authors using this research worksheet! Worksheet Components: • Problem Statement and Key Words FMLA is designed to help employees balance their work and family responsibilities by allowing them to take reasonable unpaid leave for certain family and medical reasons FMLA applies to all public agencies, all public and private elementary and secondary schools, and companies with 50 or more employees. Family medical leave Paid time off Employee benefits Library Research, Source #1 Capella library Internet Research, Source #1 www.google.com References and Finalizing Unit 3 main post. • www.dol.gov/dol/topic/benefits-leave/fmla.htm • Library Research, Sources #2 and #3 • http://site...
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...Computers & Operations Research 40 (2013) 1972–1978 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Computers & Operations Research journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/caor A stochastic optimization model for real-time ambulance redeployment Joe Naoum-Sawaya a,n, Samir Elhedhli b a b Engineering Management Program, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Available online 26 February 2013 When ambulances are engaged in responding to emergency calls, the ability to respond quickly to future calls is considerably compromised. The available ambulances are typically relocated to reestablish maximal coverage. We present a two-stage stochastic optimization model for the ambulance redeployment problem that minimizes the number of relocations over a planning horizon while maintaining an acceptable service level. We conduct computational testing based on the real historical data from the Region of Waterloo Emergency Medical Services. The results show that the optimal relocation strategies can be computed within 40 s of computational time for a desired service level of 90%. & 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Emergency medical systems Integer programming 1. Introduction Ambulance deployment is a challenging problem encountered in emergency medical services (EMS)...
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...Company Struggling or Failure Paper You have a choice to work individually or in a team (maximum of 5 people). You are to pick a company from list provided that is struggling or failing and research why it is struggling. Then you will provide a solution/implementation of how to turn the company around (critical analysis). It is important to study the Business Model (file attached) of the company and utilize the model in your analysis. You will be graded to the extent of the depth, breadth and analysis of your report. Company Introduction Overall business model: How did the company come into existence? Target Market? Company changes? Current leadership? Reason(s) for Company Struggling/Failure Discussion of the major business environments – Economic challenges? Technological challenges? Legal challenges? Competitive challenges? Marketing challenges? Global business changes? Customer preference changes? Was it financial failure or marketing failure? Was leadership at fault? Was this failure avoidable? Possible Solutions List possible general solutions and with reasons why these solutions could potentially lead to business success/revival? How would each solution affect how the company currently operate? How would each solution affect the customer? – the workforce? – the competition? Utilize the business model to help explain. Detailed Recommended Solution Pick one solution and detail the action steps (who will do what and when and how things will be done)....
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...Journal of Accounting and Economics 50 (2010) 344–401 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Accounting and Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jae Understanding earnings quality: A review of the proxies, their determinants and their consequences$ Patricia Dechow a, Weili Ge b, Catherine Schrand c,n a b c University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States a r t i c l e i n f o abstract Available online 4 November 2010 Researchers have used various measures as indications of ‘‘earnings quality’’ including persistence, accruals, smoothness, timeliness, loss avoidance, investor responsiveness, and external indicators such as restatements and SEC enforcement releases. For each measure, we discuss causes of variation in the measure as well as consequences. We reach no single conclusion on what earnings quality is because ‘‘quality’’ is contingent on the decision context. We also point out that the ‘‘quality’’ of earnings is a function of the firm’s fundamental performance. The contribution of a firm’s fundamental performance to its earnings quality is suggested as one area for future work. & 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classification: G31 M40 M41 Keywords: Earnings quality Earnings management Review Survey 1. Introduction Statement of Financial Accounting...
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...have one of many points of comparison between current accounting responsibilities and older responsibilities. If I am correct, there should be notable differences in responsibilities. Davis, S., DeZoort, F. T., & Kopp, L. S. (2006). The Effect of Obedience Pressure and Perceived Responsibility on Management Accountants' Creation of Budgetary Slack. Behavioral Research in Accounting, 18, 19-35. I get the feeling this paper will provide insight as to how accountants make bad decisions. From there, I expect example cases that I can further research. Duska, R. F. (2005, July). The Responsibilities of Accountants. Geneva Papers On Risk & Insurance - Issues & Practice, 30(3), 410-424. A point of reference regarding various accountant responsibilities under different circumstances. Are there differences under the guise of insurance accountants? Gaa, J. C., & Smith, C. H. (1985). Auditors and deceptive financial statements: Assigning responsibility and blame. Contemporary Accounting Research, 1(2), 219-241. While there are dimilarities between accountants and auditors, this paper should provide insight to some of the differences and provide insight as to which applies to which. Joyce, W. B. (2005). ACCOUNTING AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Journal of Accounting & Finance Research, 13(3), 1-8. Not only do accountants have a responsibility to their firm/clients but in some regards to the public as well. This resource provides details an insight in this regard. Linowes...
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