Cultural Influences on Cognition: A View of Learning for At-Risk African American Males: An Introduction
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This 20 page paper provides an overview of an introduction, review of literature and methodology on the subject of at-risk African American males and their lack of educational achievement. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Data Mining Techniques for the Detection of Fraudulent Financial Statements
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Financial statements have remained fairly stable in their appearance and content, however, wit increasing uses of technology the preparation and monitoring or measurement of the accuracy of these accounts is becoming more complex. In the US in 2002 more than $600 billion was though to be lost as a result of fraud, and in Europe it appears to be present in as many as 50% of major company failures. The use of data mining may be a way of increasing the potential to detect fraud in financial statements by trawling through the data that make up the accounts testing it. There are already tools used by auditors to test systems and data mining is a potential tool. This 17 paper presents a literature review and methodology that considers how the use of data mining may be tested to see if it is able to detect errors and the way it may be perceived by the accounting and auditing professions. The paper also includes a timetable for the study. The bibliography cites 16 sources.
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Data Warehouse Architecture Model For The NHS
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This 92 page paper examines the potential of peer to peer (P2P) as an efficient architecture for the UK National Health Service (NHS). The paper starts with an introduction, along with aims and objectives, justification and limitations. The paper explores the history and development of P2P computing, considers how it is used and the different network types and the benefits that may aid the NHS. The paper then moves on to looking at the NHS and the use of information technology in the NHS. Before any IT can be implemented it should be ensured that it will fit in with the culture and the resources that are available and help the organisation to meet its goals. The use of case studies to examine the way that information technology is used and implemented in the NHS looking at electronic patient records and the local implementation strategies. This is used as a foundation to consider the way that P2P could fit in with the culture, make use of existing resources and enhance the NHS's ability to meet its' performance goals. The bibliography cites 74 sources.
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Death Penalty; Research Results
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This 10 page paper analyses results of a questionnaire undertaken by the student and presents a series of nine graphs illustrating the results. The questionnaire assesses the attitudes towards the death penalty, breaking the answers down by gender, religion and race. The bibliography cites 1 source.
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Designing a Research Framework
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This 4 page paper helps the student design research to test an hypothesis. The framework shown is the framing of the null hypothesis (H0) and the alternative hypothesis (H1), the decision on what level of confidence to choose, looking at which statistics to test and deciding on which tests are most suitable. The example used is testing to see if genetically modified food and non modified food are the same. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Designing a Research Project
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This 16 page paper considers how a research project should be undertaken, The example used is a hotel where there been a drop in the occupancy. The paper defines the goals of the research, shows what type research will be undertaken and how the results will be analysed and presented. The paper also includes a timetable and a budget. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
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Designing Research
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This 5 page paper is a design for research to examine why a local travel agent shop is suffering a decrease in business when there is now nearby competition and prices have only increased in line with inflation. This is the outline for the secondary and primary research to identify and investigate the potential influences that explain the drop in business.
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Designing Research
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This 10 page paper is the pro-posed design for collection and analysis of data, proposing a random sampling with the consideration of external validity. The paper then looks at how the quantitative data could be statistically analysed. The process could be applied to many scenarios; in this paper it is to assess the needs and desires of air travellers. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Designing Research
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This 23 page looks at the methodology and design of a research project. Different stages in developing a survey project are shown, such as setting goals, identifying target population and sampling. The paper then discusses different ways of gathering data using surveys including the advantages and disadvantages of each method. The example of an electrical company selling undifferentiated products is used to illustrate the points raised. The paper ends with two sample questionnaires. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
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