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    Chapter 5 RESEARCH DESIGN GENERAL CONCEPT MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. General Mills conducted research on a "new, improved" version of their cereal, TRIX. Consumer taste tests showed the new version was preferred over the old TRIX, but the new version was a failure when it was introduced. It was noted that the research was flawed in that the new version of TRIX was compared with the old TRIX, a choice that consumers in the marketplace would not have. The correct research should have

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    Head down after costing the team the sectional championship is arguably the worst feeling in the world. I was a freshman at the time playing varsity baseball. I was up to bat with bases loaded and 1 out. There was one job to drive in the winning run on second. I had been our top hitter all season always coming up big in the big games. The team and coaches had given me the honor of being known as the captain. I was ready for this moment. The count got to full and I knew I was about to get my pitch

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    The Empty-Nest and its Effect on Marriage Quality An empty nest is described by a household where all children have left to venture on their own paths and leave the home permanently. Children leave the household for reasons such as school, work, or the union of their own marriage. When the act of children leaving the home happens, sometimes ENS occurs to the parents. ENS is a feeling of loneliness and sadness when children are no longer around in the home. Empty Nest Syndrome (ENS) results

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    Introduction It is well established that the aging process adversely affects a number of neurocognitive functions. Increasing our understanding of the neurocognitive aging process remains a significant public health issue. A large body of cross-sectional data (Anstey, Lord, & Williams, 1997; Anstey, Luszcz, & Sanchez, 2001a; Anstey & Smith, 1999; Baltes & Lindenberger, 1997, 1997; Lin et al., 2011; Lindenberger & Baltes, 1994; Salthouse, Hancock, Meinz, & Hambrick, 1996) and longitudinal data (Anstey

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    Sectional conflict between the North and South was the very platform of the birth of the Civil War. Slavery was a prominent dispute that played a large role in the differences throughout the U.S. at this time, but there were other causes as well including economic and social differences and the election of Abraham Lincoln. In the midst of various events in the 1850s, it was the southern secession that began the true separation of the Union and the Confederacy, which showed the reality and quickness

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    Sectional differences between the North and the South have caused the two regions to disagree on multiple issues since the establishment of the United States. The North’s economy was primarily based on industry, while the South’s economy was primarily based on agriculture, which greatly changed the two section’s desire and need for slaves. When the United States began annexing new territory, disputes over the expansion of slavery became prominent. In the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Missouri was

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    Quantitative data can take the form of either a cross-sectional design or a longitudinal design. Cross-sectional designs measure data at a specific point in time, while a longitudinal design involves collecting data at various intervals over a relatively extensive time period. This study is best suited towards a cross-sectional design method because of time constraints and the nature of our research. Longitudinal studies involve a greater time commitment than what is feasible for our study. Additionally

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    Increased Sectional Tension Between the North and the South Between 1840 and 1860, the issue of slavery was in the spotlight of American politics. With the nation’s westward expansion, whether slavery should be allowed in new territories provoked a series of fierce debates between the northern free states and the southern slave states. Witnessed by the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, the sectional tension was continually

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    The authors clearly stated that the design of their research used a cross-sectional design.. It would have been beneficial if the authors’ could have noted that the design was a non-experimental and time related. Population and Sample The population targeted used an eligibility criteria which consisted of post CAD patients between 60 and 85 years of age. The paper lacked reporting the accessible population through geographical location. Thus it was not clearly stated where the participants were

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    through 2016. The titles and abstracts were screened for eligibility, the methodological quality of the studies was rated, and data was extracted. D. What were the findings? A total of 12 articles met the inclusion criteria; four of them were cross-sectional, two longitudinal, two quasi-experimental and four interventional studies. Seven articles found a positive association between physical education or school-based physical activity and academic performance, four found no association and in one there

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