Exploratory research is the broadest and least theoreticaly-grounded of the three types of research. Essentially, you have no starting theory or hypothesis about a probem. In fact, you don't even know if there is a problem to begin with. In exploratory research, you simply start collecting information about something. It is similar to data mining, and it does not always produce results that can be useful. However, it generally gives you a better idea about something. Descriptive research is, in
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It became totally normal under all these “[r]ules and formulas, those mechanical aids to the rational use’’ (p.1) to not think which is at the origin self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to think by itself and use its intelligence without being guided by anyone. Immanuel Kant considers that the immaturity is self-imposed not because of the lack of intelligence, but rather because of the absence of resolution and courage to use its reason without being guided. Cowardice and laziness
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ANQ-002: Investigating Learning Organisation Dimensions in Manufacturing Enterprises (SAMPLE 2) ANQ Congress 2012 Hong Kong on Striving for Excellence through Product and Service Quality; 31 July – 3 August, 2012, pp.9-15 9 INVESTIGATING LEARNING ORGANISATION DIMENSIONS IN MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon1 and Kit Fai Pun2 1 The National Training Agency of Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguanas, Trinidad, West Indies E-mail: mnbalkissoon@gmail.com 2Department
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------------------------------------------------- Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (German pronunciation: [ɪˈmaːnu̯eːl ˈkant]; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher from Königsberg in Prussia(today Kaliningrad, Russia) who researched, lectured and wrote on philosophy and anthropology during the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century.[1] Kant's major work, the Critique of Pure Reason (Kritik der reinen Vernunft, 1781),[2] aimed to unite reason with experience to move beyond
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History of Psychology Psychology is known as the scientific study of mental and behavioral processes. We can trace psychology back to a time when philosophy was the main school of thought. Humans have always been intrigued by the mind and how it works. What a lot of people do not realize is that psychology evolved from ideas of the early philosophers into a science all of its own. I will start by going over the early philosophers that constituted the beginning of psychology. I will also examine
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Positive accounting theory (PAT) is a general term for any theory that provides descriptive information regarding the behavior of accountants. The title has been used by Watts and Zimmerman and this is largely an expansion of previous studies carried out firstly by Fama and later by Ball & Brown in the 1960’s. In looking at the apparent acceptance by politicians, firms and wide publication in academic journals PAT could easily be mistaken as being a success. A deeper analysis of the premises of PAT
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Journal of Information Systems Vol. 16, No. 2 Fall 2002 pp. 209–222 Impact of Information Technology on Public Accounting Firm Productivity Rajiv D. Banker Hsihui Chang The University of Texas at Dallas Yi-ching Kao University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ABSTRACT: In recent years, information technology (IT) has played a critical role in the services provided by the public accounting industry. However, no empirical research has evaluated the impact of IT on public accounting firms. This study focuses
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1.7 Review Problems 4. (a) measured during the experiment- measurand (b) Fixed throughout the experiment- parameter (c) Not controlled during the experiment- extraneous (d) Affected by a change made by the experimenter- dependent (e) Changed by the experimenter- independent 5. What is the main purpose of the scientific method? The scientific method is used mainly to validate a particular hypothesis or to determine the range of validity of a hypothesis. 6. Classify the following
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THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION C. WRIGHT MILLS NEW YORK Oxford University Press 1959 Appendix On Intellectual Craftsmanship TO THE INDIVIDUAL social scientist who feels himself a part of the classic tradition, social science is the practice of a craft. A man at work on problems of substance, he is among those who are quickly made impatient and weary by elaborate discussions of method-and-theory-in-general; so much of it interrupts his proper studies. It is much better, he believes, to have
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Abstract Xueying Wu Akashi-Hifuku-Kogyo Co., Ltd, Okayama, Japan Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management Vol. 14 No. 4, 2010 pp. 634-647 q Emerald Group Publishing Limited 1361-2026 DOI 10.1108/13612021011081797 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight two important strategies (private label strategy and specialty store strategy) of the Japanese wholesale apparel market and then to clarify the characteristics of those apparel wholesalers who own or intend to establish specialty
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