1093/oxfordhb/9780199566020.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199566020-e-7#oxfordhb-9780199566020-div1-45 From Case Studies to Social Science: A Strategy for Political Research Robert H. Bates The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics Edited by Carles Boix and Susan C. Stokes Abstract and Keywords This article presents a strategy for political research. It first explores the ways people comprehend and briefly discusses the forms of comprehension. The next section introduces the author’s fieldwork in the coffee zones of East Africa
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Purpose To test whether the lunar effect is a reality or simply a myth‚ I will conduct a study to see if there is any correlation between the lunar phases and birth rate. Independent variable: Lunar phases Dependent variable: Birth rate Background The lunar effect is the idea that there is a correlation between the lunar phases and changes in living beings on Earth‚ including humans. Many people believe that the lunar effect on birth rate causes more
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ABSTRACT Names: __________________ ______________________ _______________________ Abstract: Also called "non-objective art"‚ "non-figurative"‚ "non-representational"‚ "geometric abstraction"‚ or "concrete art" . Abstract uses a visual language of shape‚ form‚ color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. II. Stone Age Abstract
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Abstract Bullying is a social and psychological issue among animals and humans that emerges in an emotional‚ verbal‚ or physical form. Although the issue of bullying among humans has existed for quite some time‚ recent research of the issue has grown significantly and indicates that bullying takes many forms and effects individuals or groups of different ages‚ genders‚ races‚ geographic locations‚ and socio-economic status. There are many causes of bullying and the goal of the analysis is to
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THESIS ABSTRACT Cernal‚ Joseph Rey M.‚ SQUASH (Cucurbita Maxima) FLAVORED MAYONNAISE: ITS PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND ACCEPTABILITY‚ Eastern Visayas State University‚ Tacloban City‚ March 2008‚ Adviser: Manuel L. Pacana‚ Ed.D. Vice President for Research‚ Planning and Extension Services EVSU‚ Tacloban City This study determined the physico-chemical properties of developed squash-flavored mayonnaise in terms of titrable acidity‚ pH‚ viscosity and proximate analysis such as crude
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Review of Market Liquidity Risk Measurement Models Presented By: Kishore Rathi‚ EFPM 2008-12 Seminar Guide: Dr H K Pradhan Abstract Liquidity has been a very elusive topic with very little academic research coverage in Modern Finance. Cohesive definition of this phenomena is far from agreed upon. On the outset liquidity‚ with a number of dimensions and perspectives‚ presents a zig-saw puzzle of a common anticipation of uncertain worst loss. This loss is to be incurred while liquidating a large
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ABSTRACT The contribution to the development of any community by all members (men and women‚ young and old) Leads to the mutual benefit of all stakeholders. Studies have shown that the socialization process in all societies (developed and developing)‚ patriarchal structures and cultural gender biases have continued to encourage and perpetuate gender inequalities. The Kenyan constitution places very special emphasis on the rights of every Kenyan irrespective of race‚ gender or ethnicity and the
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Signal Processing Society; Publisher: Inst. of Elec. and Elec. Eng. Computer Society Author affiliation: 1 Center for Multimedia and Network Technology‚ School of Computer Engineering‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore 639798‚ Singapore Abstract: A working prototype of a building identification service which can be used on any camera cell phones equipped with GPS capability has been developed. Users can simply snap photos of architectures and send them‚ together with the corresponding
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The Stroop Effect: Automatic and controlled processes and the time taken to identify colours and words Abstract The aim of the experiment was test whether automatic processing could affect a colour related task. Previous research has found that the response time of reading the colour of the ink of colour associated words was greater than reading the colour of the ink of neutral words. The experiment retested the Stroop effect to measure the incursion of automatic processing. The results showed
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The Stroop effect and attention: Effect of automatic and controlled processing on the performance of a colour identification task. Abstract The present experiment aimed to carry out a modification of the experiment on automatic processes carried out by Stroop and to discover whether automatic processing could intrude on a colour identification task. Stoop’s original research found that the response time reading the colour of the ink of the words describing different colour was greater than
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