TYPES OF RESEARCH The different characteristics of research: Research May be Applied or Basic The purpose of applied research is to solve an immediate‚ practical problem. Basic Research (Pure) adds to the existing body of knowledge; doesn’t necessarily provide results of immediate‚ practical use. Research May be Obtrusive or Non-Obtrusive Obtrusive research - where the researcher introduces conditions that influence participants. Where the researcher manipulates the environment
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do not include statistics on sympathetic or political strikes or on gheraos (harassment of employers‚ etc. by workers preventing them from leaving the premises until their claims are granted) which result in work stoppages. The statistics for these types of action are collected and published separately. Working to rule and overtime bans are excluded. Minimum threshold At least 10 workers involved. Economic activities Industries performing services relating to sovereign functions are excluded‚ as
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Types of Conflict Conflict in business meetings usually falls into two categories: 1. Real professional differences – Conflict can arise from very real differences in professional opinions. In many cases‚ these differences don’t develop into open conflict. But conflict is more likely when the outcome is extremely important‚ when the decision being made is irreversible‚ or when the impact of making the wrong decision will reflect badly on those involved. When this type of conflict is left unresolved
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Types of Business Organisation GCSE Business Studies tutor2u™ Revision Presentations 2004 Introduction A business is always owned by someone. This can just be one person‚ or thousands. So a business can have a number of different types of ownership depending on the aims and objectives of the owners. Most businesses aim to make profit for their owners. Profits may not be the major objective‚ but in order to survive a business will need make a profit in the long term. Some organisations however
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However‚ different people have different tastes and viewpoints to make different types of friends. In a questionnaire answered from” World of Reading 3” by Eileen K. Blau‚ people identified the qualities of making friends and the most important is a friend keeping confidences. A sense of humor followed closely. Good conversationalist is the less valued quality. In general‚ throughout our lives we come across many types of friends: convenience friends‚ friend’s of friends‚ online friends and close
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Campus-Wide Information Systems Emerald Article: Atlantis University:a new pedagogical approach beyond e-learning Udo Bleimann Article information: To cite this document: Udo Bleimann‚ (2004)‚"Atlantis University:a new pedagogical approach beyond e-learning"‚ Campus-Wide Information Systems‚ Vol. 21 Iss: 5 pp. 191 - 195 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10650740410567536 Downloaded on: 07-11-2012 References: This document contains references to 11 other documents Citations:
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Types of letters. 1. Letters of inquiry. 2. Letters of reservation. 3. Letters of appointment. 4. Letters of invitation. 5. Letters of appreciation. 6. Letters of congratulation and good wishes. 7. Letters of condolence and sympathy. 8. Letters of introduction. 9. Letters of resignation.10. Letters of reference. 11. Letters of recommendation. 12. Longer letters of inquiry. 13. Answer to inquiries. 5 forms of indention 1. Indented style 2. Block style 3. Semi block style
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Types of Variables Binary variable Obsevations (i.e.‚ dependent variables) that occur in one of two possible states‚ often labelled zero and one. E.g.‚ “improved/not improved” and “completed task/failed to complete task.” Categorical Variable Usually an independent or predictor variable that contains values indicating membership in one of several possible categories. E.g.‚ gender (male or female)‚ marital status (married‚ single‚ divorced‚ widowed). The categories are often assigned numerical
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Types of fiction 1. Flash fiction: Flash fiction has roots going back to Aesop’s Fables‚ and practitioners have included Bolesław Prus‚ Anton Chekhov‚ O. Henry‚ Franz Kafka‚ H.P.Lovecraft‚ Ray Bradbury and Lydia Davis. New life has been brought to flash fiction by the Internet‚ with its demand for short‚ concise works. A ready market for flash-fiction works is ezines; however‚ flash fiction is also published by many print magazines. Markets specializing in flash fiction include SmokeLong Quarterly
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A discussion of the regions (or bands or types) of the electromagnetic spectrum is given below. Note that there are no precisely defined boundaries between the bands of the electromagnetic spectrum; rather they fade into each other like the bands in a rainbow (which is the sub-spectrum of visible
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