This paper examines the design, sample, and ethical concerns utilized in the chosen research studies. The article “The Experience of Patients Undergoing Awake Craniotomy” is a qualitative study. The article “The Relationship Between Obesity and Asthma” is a quantitative study. The first step in critiquing a research study is to understand the scientific method. This … Read more
Why is it necessary to critique a qualitative study? Powers (2011a) states, “All scientific evidence is important to clinical decision making, and all evidence must be critically appraised to determine its contribution to that decision making” (p. 135). A qualitative study attempts to describe an experience from the participant’s perspective. Additionally, to enhance understanding, the … Read more
The title not only consists of the topic that is being discussed through out the paper, but it also gives the reader a clear perspective of what information will be presented to them line by line. “Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home” this title does not only embody what a … Read more
Where would people be without photography? Photography pauses time and documents memories that have taken place. The word photographer means drawing with light. (Photographer 18). If one is interested in becoming a photographer there are many job opportunities in the career. There are Commercial Photographers, Fine Art Photographers, Retoucher/Compositor, Photojournalism, Aerial Photographers, Portrait Photographers, and … Read more
Genetically Modified Organisms were developed in the mid-1990s. Since they were first created, there have always been people who have been against them. These people have made false claims using faulty scientific researches. This research paper will prove that Genetically Modified Organisms should not be feared and should be widely used around the world. This … Read more
There are so many different kinds of theories. In the language of Thomas Kuhn (1970), no single paradigm serves as a theoretical model accepted by the entire field of personality (Cloninger, S. , 2013). There different perspective theories are psychoanalysis, learning theory, trait approaches, and humanistic psychology; they all work together. Researching these different kinds … Read more
The point of the first example, the Corpuscular light theory, was to falsify the Hypothetico Model. Corpuscular light theory is a theory that says that light is comprised of miniscule particles that travel in straight lines. Another hypothesis for the theory was that instead of small particles, they were actually waves. Salmon and Earman said … Read more
If a person was walking and fell scattering a handful of paper, then more bystanders should help pick up papers if they saw another person helping out, in comparison to no one assisting them, because of the social exchange and conformity theory. The social exchange theory is also known cost-benefit analysis or as utilitarianism, where … Read more
An additional assessment method that was used was the Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL). Tenneij and Koot (2007) state that this testing instrument has demonstrated reliability in test-retest correlations and internal stability of scales. This assessment method is given to those who work closely with, or are very familiar with, the client. The questionnaire consists of … Read more
In her essay “A Feminist Primer for Philosophers of Science,” philosopher Janet Kourany describes science’s ugly history with women. From perpetuating androcentric societal biases to neglecting women’s health needs, science, Kourany argues, has been instrumental in decelerating feminist social progress. Now, in a social rebirth of feminism, does science have an obligation to undo its … Read more
In an excerpt from his book The God Delusion (2006), Richard Dawkins argues that scientific evidence is fundamental to the establishment that a scientific theory, such as the idea of creationism and theory of evolution, can become a scientific fact. Dawkins states that “if all evidence in the universe turned in favor of creationism. ” … Read more
