Essays Tagged: "inferences"

The Classification and Evolution of Sponges and Starfish.

espectively. Commonalities in physical characteristics and ancestry are obvious and inferred. These inferences are substantiated by included data and phylogenic tree depicting familial relationships a ...

(3 pages) 53 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Inferences Between Men and Women,

Inferences Between Men and WomenAlthough most people are aware that women are just as capable of doi ... he primary bread winner, some do not even want their wives to work at all.Besides household related inferences, there are many more assumptions about women not being able to be as capable as a man. Sp ... think that women cannot play football? Despite feminism there are still quite a few stereotypes and inferences about women that may never be shaken. Most women are not recognized by men as being great ...

(4 pages) 111 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Cognitive information processing.

re concerned about observable behaviors; but, unlike behaviorists, they use those behaviors to make inferences about underlying mental processes that cannot be directly observed. The basic CIP model i ... psychologist (Solso, 2001). As stated previously cognitive psychologists observe behaviors to make inferences about mental operations (e.g. detection, storage, and use of information), whereas, neuro ...

(1 pages) 133 0 0.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Critical Thinking and Decision Making.

oseful, reasoned and goal directed - the kind of thinking involved in solving problems, formulating inferences, calculating likelihoods, and making decisions when the thinker is using skills that are ...

(3 pages) 439 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Reasons for the Fall of the Western Roman Empire.

There are many pieces of writing containing facts and inferences about the reasons of the fall of the Western Roman Empire. After reading selections from ...

(2 pages) 60 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History

Critical Thinking Article Summary and Critique

AbstractIn the article I choose (Critical Thinking: Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions) the authors focus on two elements of reasoning, inference and assumption ... ically).ReferencesElder, L. & Paul, R. (2002, March). Critical thinking: Distinguishing between inferences and assumptions. Journal of Developmental Education, 20020301, 25(3), 34-35.

(2 pages) 205 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Shang Dynasty. This essay gives presumed information on the Shang Dynasty and draws conclusions from it.

hese forms of society existed throughout the culture by drawing conclusions through speculation and inferences.The Shang culture must have had an organized government to hold it together. The dynasty ...

(2 pages) 37 0 4.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The nature of job analysis inferences and the process of creating job descriptions and job specifications.

In order to understand the nature of job analysis inferences and how they are validated, it is important to attend to the reasons job analysis are con ... levels.The process of creating job descriptions and job specifications involves three cirtical inferences.The first inference involves the extent to which a job description and lists of tasks ... or job analysis research and theory. Firstly, it shifts the focus to the validation of job analysis inferences from the validation of job analysis data. This is needed because it is difficult to valid ...

(4 pages) 285 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Some say the fall of rome was due to barbarian invaders. yet its been said that the problem lay in the struggle inside the empire. how did rome fall internally?

The Fall of Rome within its BordersThere are many pieces of writing containing facts and inferences about the reasons of the fall of the Roman Empire. After reading selections from a number ...

(2 pages) 59 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History

The Promise of Schooling : Paul Axelrod review

's views can be clearly seen, but are crafted in such a way that they do not seem predominant. The inferences he draws out of the facts, and the conclusions that were made, were clear and precise bec ...

(4 pages) 46 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Critical Thinking

espond to material by distinguishing between facts and opinions or personal feelings, judgments and inferences, inductive and deductive arguments, and the objective and subjective. It also includes th ... ; integrate information and see relationships; evaluate information, materials, and data by drawing inferences, arriving at reasonable and informed conclusions, applying understanding and knowledge to ...

(3 pages) 263 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird - Atticus's Final Speech Analysis

speech, even though he knows that it is hopeless to save Tom Robinson. In spite of this, I can make inferences and use the subtle clues provided in the text to answer my questions. Atticus appe ...

(3 pages) 20 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Thinking Critically.

er than think things through rationally. In the article, "Critical Thinking: Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions, the authors go in depth about the thinking process and make valid argume ... ke the extra step to think critically, by first recognizing the differences between assumptions and inferences.Thinking critically is really not a difficult task. The human mind actually thinks critic ...

(3 pages) 180 2 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Evaluation of R. Frosts' "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

sky; you keep finding more and more little stars like you can keep finding alternate meanings, and inferences."Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," changes my mood whenever I think about it. It is ...

(3 pages) 37 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Finanical Ratio Analysis Report- Pfizer

hown on a company's financial statements. The trends shown over several periods can be used to make inferences about a company's finances, and operating efficiency. Financial ratios are not only used ...

(8 pages) 296 0 5.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Sinai Covenant: Part One - Exodus 1-24

ithstood Moses or drowned in the Red Sea does so under the weight of a truckload of assumptions and inferences.Now, back to the study of the Biblical narrative, which does not attempt to satisfy our e ...

(10 pages) 41 0 3.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Social Perception

tion.Social perception is the process through which people interpret information about others, draw inferences about them, and develop mental representations of them. Social perceptions are made up mo ...

(4 pages) 156 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Sensation & Perception

"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, perceptions of Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne

te to the theme of truth and that it is a better alternative to allowing people to make misinformed inferences. These challenges include Dimmesdale's inability to tell the truth about his adultery and ...

(3 pages) 10 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Progress in todays society

ositive aspects, and beneficial outcomes. However, through examination of historical situations and inferences of what is to come, the opposite of this assumption becomes true. Progress is not always ...

(5 pages) 43 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Wheels Keep On Rolling: Women And Foreign Policy

gy, and gender.Now at the end of our pilgrimage into the depths of Cold War historiography, what inferences can be offered? What can a novice historian with little knowledge of the Cold War or the ...

(8 pages) 18 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers