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    gender bias

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    Gender Bias in Education by Amanda Chapman of D ’Youville College "Sitting in the same classroom‚ reading the same textbook‚ listening to the same teacher‚ boys and girls receive very different educations." (Sadker‚ 1994) In fact‚ upon entering school‚ girls perform equal to or better than boys on nearly every measure of achievement‚ but by the time they graduate high school or college‚ they have fallen behind. (Sadker‚ 1994) However‚ discrepancies between the performance of girls and the performance

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    Sampling and Data Collection in Research Paper Sampling and data collection is made up of many things and is used in many things. The one main thing is research and in research it helps to obtain information about groups or individuals without being bias. Along with the research‚ making sure that it is valid and reliable is very important and knowing the ways that research can be done surveys via online or telephone. The purpose of sampling is that if a researcher

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    Bias In History

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    When I saw Dan Brown’s quote “History is always written by winners”‚ it made me think whether he was correct; is history only written by winners? If so‚ is there bias in history because it is only written by winners? My real life situation is that Taiwanese history textbooks show bias in the information included and the view of the situation included. Whether information should be included in textbooks‚ or if both sides of an event should be included can be seen in a well-known event known as the

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    Medication Errors

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    Introduction Medication errors have been a problem in the medical field for many years. Medication errors are one of the most common types of error in the health-care field that affects the lives and safety of the patient (Schoenecker‚ 2007). The prevention of medication errors is possible‚ if the nurse uses the medication rights correctly during the administration process. Medication administration is a process that involves the ordering and distribution of medicines to the patient. It also involves

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    Medication Errors

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    of Problem Medication errors are common in hospitals. The area with larger patient demand and patient with more complex cases are at higher risk for medication errors. The classification of medication errors is by prescription‚ omission‚ time‚ dose‚ inappropriate drugs‚ and disposal. Medication errors also cause emotional and financial losses to the hospitals‚ patients‚ teams‚ families‚ and societies. As the result‚ adverse reactions‚ permanent disabilities and death can occur. There are many ways

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    Process This was an interesting study to read and examine. Medication errors are a significant problem‚ but not a problem that cannot be solved. There are precautions that can be taken to minimize the errors. The three specific areas the study focused on were prescription‚ transcription‚ and administration phase. Many errors occurred during all three phases‚ however‚ not all of the errors made it to the patients. Most of the errors that reached patients did not cause harm. Ethical considerations

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    Historical Bias

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    attest to the statement that when someone is to blame in a situation‚ there can be two or more very different stories as to how the problem arose. Usually it is a matter of “he said she said” and depending on the situation‚ you pick the story that either sounds most accurate to you or that you want to believe. You may think that this is something that just happens at this day in age‚ but this occurs everywhere and has occurred over time. This is called historical bias. This paper will investigate

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    Random Sampling Method

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    Samples and Sampling The term "sampling‚" as used in research‚ refers to the process of selecting the individuals who will participate (e.g.‚ be observed or questioned) in a research study. A sample is any part of a population of individuals on whom information is obtained. It may‚ for a variety of reasons‚ be different from the sample originally selected. Samples and Populations The term "population‚" as used in research‚ refers to all the members of a particular group. It is the group of

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    Sampling Case Study

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    Sampling Case Studies Case Study 1 on Sampling Sampling Hispanic Adults by Telephone1 Problem: Researchers wanted to determine how aware adult Hispanics in the San Francisco area are of product warning messages and signs concerning cigarettes‚ alcoholic beverages‚ and other consumer products. The researchers needed to contact a sample of them to interview. A Solution: “Respondents were sampled using…random digit dialing. This procedure…avoids the use of directories with their inherent problem

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    Medication Error

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    introduction More people die each year in United States from medication errors‚ than from highway accident‚ breast cancer or AIDS. It is described best as an “unintended act or as an act that does not achieve its intended outcome.” (Wideman‚ 2010). Medication errors are among the biggest issues devoted in health care setting today in America. There are five “rights” to remember when administering medications: Right patient‚ Right medication‚ Right route‚ Right dose‚ and Right time. Documentation

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