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    METHOD In this chapter, it presented the discussions of the research design, the procedure of conducting the study and identifying the respondents, the instrument used and statistical tools employed. Research Design The study entitled ‘Utilization of Mobile Financial Services Among UM CBAE Students’ was a quantitative research that serves to supply the general populace with the necessary information. The research design that will be used in the conduct of the study is a descriptive survey method

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    valuable information that I may need for my research project and annotated bibliography. Attending the library allowed me to experience the database system and meet one of our librarians on campus. It made me feel really comfortable because of how nice the librarian was and how she was very helpful. While our class was there, I learned how to format my research question, learned how to explore the UC Merced database, and how to create the direction for my research question. All of this new acquired information

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    Definition, Structure, Content, Use and Impact of Electronic Health Records: A Review of The Research Literature, written by Kristiina Hayrinen. Definition, Structure, Content, Use and Impact of Electronic Health Records is a literature review that aims at how electronic health records are defined, how the structure of the records is described, and in what context are EHR used (“Purpose,” ijmijournal.com, 2008).” The research study was conducted on four databases with the assistance of a librarian

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    ocean in varies areas, at the same time it addresses that scientist will be able to better understand the unknown oceans. For example, the time needed to obtain and study the result, as well as answer how the change in atmosphere will cause the ocean to react and affect life. The information obtain will also provide the baseline for scientist, researcher and government agencies to make important and dangerous decisions for the future. Sometime during research amazing things happen and new resources

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    The amount of studies on the relationships between media use and substance use is miniscule in comparison to the importance of the topic. According to Primack, Kraemer, Fine, and Dalton (2009), on average, adolescents in the United States are exposed to media for over 8.5 hours per day when taking into consideration multitasking. Primack et al. aimed to study which media exposures are most strongly associated with marijuana and alcohol use among adolescents. In order to study this, the team created

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    studies have been a traditional research method in the fields of psychology and anthropology for a long time. Lately, the fields of human-computer interaction have adopted diary studies as a qualitative method for collecting user data during the product development process. From user discovery, customer experiences, user validation, or design iterations; diary studies help collect insights into the context of users’ daily lives. In this essay, I’ll explain the use of diary study, highlight the benefits

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    COMPARING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Social theory is a “system of interconnected ideas that condenses and organises the knowledge about the social world and explains how it works” (Neuman, 2006, p.8) and for many years scientists have gathered data using specialised techniques such as Quantative and Qualitative research to support or reject these theories. Quantitative research “generates numerical data or information that can be converted into numbers,” (Experiment Resources, 2009,

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    directed towards the learners’ needs and circumstances (Ehlers 2004). Hence, this research focuses on learners as the unit of analysis. A research paradigm is a set of beliefs about the knowledge on which the research is undertaken. A positivist paradigm is a belief that there is a reality, which can be measured and hence uses quantitative methods for measurement. The methodology could be an experimental or survey research. The steps followed in a positivist approach – Framing hypothesis, quantifying

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    Chapter 1: What is Research? 1. Why is research important? Research is important because it helps to develop evidence based practices. Evidence based practices provide the best social work skills for individuals, groups and agencies. Research provides a solid base of documented skills for social workers to use. The Code of Ethics states the importance of research. It also provides evidence for specific practices in order for them to be backed financially. Finally, research allows social workers

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    scholars are led by the matter they want to study and define the approaches and the methods to use according to the environment and the subject of the study. During this essay, we will describe how scholars in finance approach problems and topics, then we will explore the methods they use before examining how they ensure the quality and the publication of the result of their research. The goal of research in the science of finance is to improve the financial environment and the financial management

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