& Wilding, 2004). In the secondary study a structured, self-administered questionnaire was developed as a mode of data collection. The questionnaire comprised of three sections, students' profile; Perceived Stress Scale (PSS); and Stress Factors Survey (Rafidah, et al, 2009). 2. How were the participants protected? In the primary study ethical permission was obtained from the University and students were fully briefed about the research with assurance of anonymity and confidentiality (Andrews
Sample and Method The sample for this study consisted of 1,204 undergraduates who participated in the NSSE survey as freshmen, from the spring of 2003 through spring of 2006. The setting was a large, public research university in the southeastern United States. The school is characterized as a predominately white institution (> 85% majority students) and had
BACKGROUND: Innovations within the healthcare industry related to scientific and technical advancements often lead to changes in healthcare delivery. To cope with these changes, it is necessary to prepare and train healthcare workers to improve employees ' knowledge and the quality of care. Limited clinical experience with the mechanical ventilation approach, like high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), makes its implementation difficult in the real critical care world. The authors investigated
incorporating those scales into our research, we found that only two scales were dropped and just a few response items were dropped. After performing a factor analysis, the remaining scales were deemed reliable and valid. Being able to create the survey in a timely fashion due to the quick analysis of the scales allowed us to quickly and efficiently meet our first objective of acquiring data from women ages 18 and older who shop for their household, in relation to the variables associated with purchasing
The purpose of this memo is to introduce my chosen final proposal research paper. This proposal will address the lack of education and training centers for low-income job seekers in Baltimore County, along with the proposed solution to the specific decision makers. This memo will also explain why the problem is importance and how the solution can help improve the overall quality of life for low-income people. Lastly, I have included a few specific references at the end of this memo. Actual Problem
Stem and leaf plots. Sample survey methods are used to collect data from observational studies, and experimental design methods are used to collect data from experimental studies. The area of descriptive statistics is concerned primarily with methods of presenting and interpreting data using graphs, tables, and numerical summaries. Whenever statisticians use data from a sample., a subset of the population—to make statements about a population, they are performing statistical inference. The population
The topic of teacher evaluation encompasses the interactions of two separate pairs of variables. Two of those variables, formative and summative evaluation, pertain to the actual evaluation itself, whereas the other two, teachers and administrators, involve the professionals who take part in the evaluation process. The reader may recall from the preceding section that the prevailing literature contains certain perspectives and recommendations with regard to evaluative practices. First, formative
test the relationship between party id and ideology on physician assisted death I run two regressions using the statistical software SPSS. The survey data that is utilized comes from the Harris 2005 Public Opinion Survey Data. This survey is used because it is the only survey that I could find which conducted interviews with people nationwide. It is also utilized because it was the survey which had the most recent data available. This data was obtained from the ODUM Institute which is housed at the
The topic of teacher evaluation hinges on the interactions of two separate pairs of variables. The first pair of those variables, formative and summative evaluation, pertains to the actual evaluation itself, whereas the second pair, teachers and administrators, involves the professionals who take part in the evaluation process. The reader may recall from the preceding section that the prevailing literature contains certain perspectives and recommendations with regard to evaluative practices that
objectives. The target audience were undergraduate and graduate students of NYIT. The survey was distributed using various NYIT groups on social media. The total number of respondents was 96 out of which 53 were male, 49 were females and 4 others. Each question on the survey was verified to be answered correctly and completely. The statistical method used to analyze the data was obtained through SPSS statistical