Essays Tagged: "Research"

Aspects of City Life - Crime

Really an introductory piece to research project. Good introduction to the projectAspects of City Life - Crime.Different angles can ... urther to this, the main topic can be broken down into smaller areas. I have conducted two types of research;Primary - Interviews etc.Secondary - Named Sources.The question of crime and how it affects ... ration for a variety of reasons. This leads me to the main point of my chosen topic.The focus of my research will be upon crime against students, mainly because I can use primary evidence (several of ...

(3 pages) 69 0 3.4 May/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Animal Rights is the title of this persuasive paper. It includes thesis, topics and clincher,and its about the three main reasons why animal research should not be allowed. 800 words.

Animals have been used in medical research for centuries. In a recent count, it was determined that 8815 animals were being used for r ... or research at MSU, 8503 of them were rats, mice, hamsters, and gerbils. The strugle against animal research has been one of the most debatable issues of the decade. Even though most researchers need ... ugh most researchers need to do experiments on animals in order to achieve medical advances, animal research should not be allowed because it is cruel and inhumane, it is not always accurate, and ofte ...

(2 pages) 364 1 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Book report on "Race and Place" by Susan Welch

Racial integration and attitudes have been studied extensively, however very little research has been conducted on the influence of residence on race relations and attitudes. In the bo ... ding metropolitan area is central to the study carried out in this book since Detroit presented the researchers not only how to analyze the racial attitudes of blacks and whites effected by residentia ... the central city blacks and suburban whites.In gathering information a survey was conducted by the researchers of this book in 1992, they interviewed blacks and whites in the suburban area as well as ...

(6 pages) 82 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Artificial intelligence versus human intelligence.

be satisfied yet.In the eternal battle of creating the perfect robot, which assembles human nature, researchers have created the M2 robot, which is a humanoid that was made for walking research. Since ... alking projects in Japan and Europe, control of M2 does not rely on the traditions from robotic arm research, which suggest "stiffer is better". Instead, control of M2 is 'soft' and concentrated on au ...

(2 pages) 157 1 3.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence

Business Research Design Assessment

The Board of Directors of Unitrin has just reviewed the study done by the research team. This study entitled "Business Decision" is annexed as Appendix 1. The Board did its o ... ations were kept in mind in this evaluation. The considerations were:(a) The appropriateness of the research design;(b) The adequacy of the sample design; and(c) The validity and reliability of the su ... dity and reliability of the survey instrument.It is important to note that, "the primary purpose of research design is to guideresearchers in their quest to solve the problems under study" (Davis, 200 ...

(8 pages) 530 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Animal Testing is Justifiable

dical problems, cured diseases, and developed vaccines. All this was by using animals in biomedical research. Scientists performing animal-based biomedical research recognize the importance of the hea ... g animal-based biomedical research recognize the importance of the health and care of animals being researched to produce accurate results. Each year over 20 million animals are used in biomedical res ...

(3 pages) 121 3 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Animal Testing

Action Research

Discuss the statement that a positivist approach to research would be an inappropriate approach to researching change managementThe generation of inform ... onomic environments have become the basis of modern societies and organisations and a firm grasp of research methods and processes have become an essential skill for modern managers. There are a few d ... e an essential skill for modern managers. There are a few different approaches that may be taken to research and several methods of data gathering and analysis. However, there are two main paradigms i ...

(7 pages) 318 0 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Assess the usefulness of informal interviews.

ely and honestly. This will discover the interviewee's meaning, values, attitudes and opinions. The researchers in Naming the Game spent 8 mounts building up a relationship with the girls before inter ... questions asked so it is difficult to compare the data with other interviews. Most modern pieces of research use more than one method so the researcher can combine unstructured interviews with structu ...

(1 pages) 63 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Australasian Legal Information

pared to books located through the conventional law library, is a highly desirable method for legal research. AustLII provided an excellent introduction to more structured searching for materials just ... d cut and past it into documents you are working on. This is a stark contrast to the manual library research process Also, at any time I was able to retrace my steps by clicking the "back" function on ...

(3 pages) 20 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

An assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of Quantitative research methods.

iographies and novels, information focusing on descriptive aspects of social life, thus helping the researcher experience that portion of social life.Quantitative data is usually objective, quantitati ... mples of objective data are divorce statistics, crime statistics and opinion polls; the bias of the researcher is irrelevant as long as he/she doesn't deliberately alter the findings. Exceptions apply ...

(3 pages) 296 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Science Essays

Answers to a series of questions about 'participant observation'

the data differently.The reader is also left to their own judgements both of the 'subjects' and the researcher.3. Suggest two problems that might be experienced by a researcher in undertaking covert p ... es, what is gained in terms of validity is lost in reliability.Participant observation is where the researcher joins the group of 'subjects', enters the society (covertly) and observes them 'up close' ...

(3 pages) 51 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Archival Research

This essay will critically analyse archives and documents as a tool for researching sports history and the legacy of the legendary race horse Red Rum.Archives and documents ... ondary sources of information should not be overlooked because of the usefulness of them. Secondary research is using data that has been collected by others (Scarrott, 1999) which "is borrowed" and us ... borrowed" and used "to add something to your data" (Langley, 1987, p. 43).Archival and documentary research includes sources such as historical documents, declarations and peoples accounts of events ...

(7 pages) 72 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers

Admission Essay

ed differences in race, gender, and belief systems, have liberalized my world view.My undergraduate research has occupied a large portion of my time in college. Along with this experience have come kn ... isappointments and frustrations that result when things do not always go as one expects them to. My research experience was also important to me in that it broadened my view of the medical field. Rese ...

(2 pages) 189 0 3.2 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Animal Experimentation

The Right Of Experimentation When looking at the history of animal research, it can be said that animal testing and research have helped us become healthier individual ... have helped us become healthier individuals and enabled us to live longer. Protesters of the animal research often make the claim that computer models and cell cultures can replace animal research. Ho ...

(3 pages) 29 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Business Research Analysis

es must be kept away, then again managers don't make unacceptable decisions. In the e-text Business Research Methods it says "Good business research is based on sound reasoning" (Business Research Met ... the future inventory decreases or increases basis on existing and future sales statistics. Business research may be observed as the decision-making or managerial right of mind through which managers a ...

(4 pages) 231 0 4.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

1.)Analyze And Discuss Attitudes And Reactions To

ales. The women were rarely involved in the scientific field, but the ones who were participated in research in the fields of chemistry, astronomy, biology, botany, physics, and medicine. The particip ... ored a woman when she spoke of scientific ideas, others commended them and had them joined in their research. For example, Johannes Hevelius gladly accepted hid wife's ideas and worked side by side wi ...

(1 pages) 2690 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Accounting Treatment for Intangible Assets

asurement for the entity has never ceased neither. Many authorize organizations are undertaking the Research Project to analyze the disputes of the accounting. Until now, there are many changes in the ...

(9 pages) 70 0 0.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Biceps and Body Image: The Relationship Between Muscularity and Self-Esteem, Depression, and Eating Disorder Symptoms

the relationship between muscularity and self-esteem, depression, and eating disorder symptoms. The researchers who conducted this study argue that there has been minimal research focusing on the body ... age distortions in men. The variables for this particular study are body image and muscularity. The researchers are interested in determining the relationship between those variables and their associa ...

(3 pages) 13 0 2.3 Oct/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Anthropology or Sociology

In the social sciences of sociology and cultural anthropology, researchers have developed their own unique style or research and investigational techniques. While ... ferences occur with the philosophical reasons certain techniques are used.In the field of sociology researchers strive to understand social situations and to discover repeating patterns in society (Ti ... society (Tischler, p.4, 2007). Two methods that sociologists use are direct observation and survey research. Direct observation involves first hand observations and obtaining information from knowled ...

(2 pages) 26 0 1.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology