UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND EXTERNAL STUDIES SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES. NYERI EXTRAMURAL CENTRE MASTER IN PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT COURSE: LDP 603: RESEARCH METHODS ASSIGNMENT STUDENT; GITHUNDI BEDAN. ADMISSION REF-27086/2013 LECTURER; Dr. Lilian Otieno, Resident Lecturer I am tasked to distinguish between parametric and non-parametric statistics and explain when to use each method in analysis of data. I shall first
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strategies to relive pain via emotional and physical distractions. According to WHO (2005), The nurses has to give the best quality of care for the patients and their families. N/A Independent variable “The independent variable is a stimulus or activity that is manipulated by the researcher to create an effect on the dependent variable” (Burns & Grove, 2011, p. 176). The researchers created a comfortable, quiet, peaceful, nicely
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household, health and personal care sectors and one of the fast growing multinationals. In our report we mainly deal with Multiple regression analysis of determinants of dividend payout ratio of Reckitt Benckiser. The dependent variable dividend payout depends on several independent variables such as profit, cash, tax, institutional shareholder and growth. We found that the company’s dividend payout significantly relates with profit and market/book value ratio. It is inversely related with profit, tax
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first phase, through extensive interviews, we identified three variables: passion for exploration, independence and recognition as having the maximum impact on the performance of an adventure sports professional. In the second phase, surveys were conducted on a larger sample of people and statistical analyses done to validate the hypotheses that were formed in the first phase. On the basis of this, it was found that the impact the variable passion for exploration has on job performance is completely
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BUS511 Final Project Importance of Marketing and Promotion for Commercial Banks in Bangladesh Prepared for: Dr. M Mosleh Uddin Faculty Member School of Business North South University Acknowledgements: This report has been written as a partial requirement for the MBA Program at North South University in the Summer of 2011. We would like to thank our instructor Dr. M Mosleh Uddin for his help and guidance during the process of writing
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Terminology/ Question | Definition/ Answer | Definition of job satisfaction | Collection of attitudes that people have about their jobs | Two aspects of satisfaction | Facet & overall | Compensation belongs to which aspect of satisfaction. | Facet | Definition of motivation | the extent to which persistent effort is directed toward a goal | Give 3 examples of what predicts job satisfaction. | Personality, discrepancy, fairness. | List 3 examples that job satisfaction predicts
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Abstract This paper explores the various areas of basic statistics including: descriptive statistics, correlations, t-tests for independent samples, t-test of dependent samples and data mining used during the research process. In this 2 pages summary of those listed methods, I will identify the keys aspects of its usage, importance in the research process, provide examples of its usage and value and how it will be used my future research projects throughout this coursework.
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assistance with the Monte Carlo simulations. Any errors or omissions are the fault of the authors. 2 ABSTRACT Baron and Kenny’s (1986) framework for mediation analysis has become a standard part of the consumer researcher’s toolkit: an independent variable X affects some mediator M that in turn affects some
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Examining the effect of leadership behavior and organizational culture on knowledge management Introduction: From 1993 knowledge was an important economic resources and to gain the competitive advantage organization should have emphasis on knowledge. Now a day its knowledge based economy in which knowledge based organizations have focus on the process of knowledge management which is knowledge creation, knowledge acquiring/learning, knowledge sharing and knowledge transferring. Organizational
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ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR Why do we need to study Organization Behavior? Every individual is different They exhibit different behavior at any point of time WHAT IS ORGANIZATION, ITS, STRUCTURE, DESIGN AND THEORY Organization“a consciously coordinated social entity, with a relatively identifiable boundary, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals” Consciously coordinated- imply management Social entity means composed of people
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