Positivism In a positivist view of the world, science and scientific research is seen as the way to get the truth. Positivists believe that there is an objective truth out there – to understand the world well enough so that we are able to predict and control it. For the positivists, the world operates by laws of cause and effect that we can discern if we use a scientific approach to research. Positivists are concerned with the rigor and replicability of their research, the reliability of observations
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Sustainable Business Operation in the Philippines Alsons Consolidated Resources, Inc. In partial fulfilment of the course requirements in Management Accounting By: Ma. Isabel Lagunilla Hocson sab.lagu@gmail.com Submitted to : Dr. Marivic Manalo December 13, 2013 Sustainable Business Operation in the Philippines 2 I. Introduction Just last month, the country experienced the strongest typhoon to hit the Earth. No amount of preparation is enough to survive such wrath from Mother
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Chapter 2 – Examining the Social World: How Do We Know? Ballantine, Roberts, and Korgen. Our Social World: Condensed, Fourth Edition. © 2015 SAGE Publications The Development of Sociology • Social thought before sociology: strongly influenced by religion and philosophy • Modern sociology arose in 19th century Europe, influenced by several conditions: – Colonialism: exposure to other cultures – Industrial Revolution & French Revolution: desire to know how dramatic change could be systematically
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EXPLORING THE REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER- ASSIGNMENT 1 “We teach to change the world.” (Brookefield, 1995: 1) This first section discusses reflection, as a teacher, why should I reflect upon my practice? What do I achieve? I feel that the process of reflection allows me to learn from my own experiences as a teacher, by providing me with a record of what I have done and an assessment of where I want to end up. Reflecting provides me with a focus for my teaching, where I constantly question what
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The increasing use of data mining by corporations and advertisers obviously creates apprehension from the perspective of the individual consumer due to privacy, security and the potential use of inaccurate information. The idea that there are data warehouses that contain customers’ personal information can be rather frightening. However, the use of data mining by these organizations can also lead to numerous benefits for consumers they otherwise would not have realized. Besides the obvious benefit
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Qualitative and Quantitative Abstract Quantitative and qualitative research designs have many different points that lead them down different paths to achieve results. In this paper an argument will be presented to show a few of the differences among these designs. First the goal of investigation for both qualitative and quantitative research will be explained to give understanding of what the researcher hopes to find out. Then the data collection will be analyzed and compared to
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what it is comprised of such as stars and planets. A scientist cannot simply use a ruler to measure how far away a star actually is and therefore indirect measurement techniques are needed. One such technique is the parallax method which involves triangulation. By looking at a star and record its location and then looking at it again six months later, astronomers can measure the distance of the angle of viewing. Combining this information with the orbital diameter of Earth to the sun and a little bit
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Lab Research Report 1: Procedures in the Physical Sciences Ertugrul Alsan Dr. Zahra Paraste Panah 05/05/2013 . SCI110 1. Astronomers use indirect methods to measure stellar distances. While triangulation and observation of parallax can be used for nearby stars, these methods fail for very distant galaxies and star systems. For these, astronomers use Cepheid variables – stars that change their luminosity in a known manner over precisely calculated intervals
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Roy, Donald (1952) ‘Quota restriction and goldbricking in a machine shop’, American Journal of Sociology, 57 (5): pp. 427-442. The article is available through JSTOR; you will need your ATHENS username and password to read the article. 1. What are the main aims of the article? In your own words, provide a 250-word summary of the key arguments in the paper. 2. What are the main theoretical findings of the article? 3. What are the main empirical findings of the article? 4. In a brief
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Action research is a practical approach to professional inquiry in any social situation (Dr Stephen Waters-Adams, Faculty of Education, University of Plymouth, 2006). It is a self-study, insider research undertaken by the practitioners themselves – those who carry out their professional practice. It is essentially a research on action. According to Carr and Kemmis (1986), action research is about the improvement of practice, of the understanding of practice, and of the situation in which practice
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