According to Schneider‚ Elliot‚ LoBiondo-Wood & Haber (2004)‚ qualitative research methods‚ search for the meaning and understanding of human experiences in a naturalistic setting. A researcher obtains subjective facts in order to explore the experiences of each participant (Schneider‚ Elliot‚ LoBiondo-Wood & Haber 2004). As a result‚ qualitative research is a means in which a researcher gains an insight into the participant’s point of view concerning their personal experiences; in order gain an
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automobile. The car has revolutionized transportation from the day a company named "Reo" sold its first car‚ the Curved Dashed Oldsmobile in 1901‚ to today. The topic of cars can be broken into many different categories‚ from SUV and sports to European and American. One maker of cars that has branched a lot in past years is Japan. Though we do not realize it‚ most of our cars come from Japan. The top car company as of 2011 is Toyota. Toyota is a Japanese automobile manufacturer that exports its cars all around
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Sociology of Cars No invention has had a greater impact on our culture than the automobile. In the nineteenth century‚ people were generally isolated from one another. The advent of the car gave them freedom‚ allowing people to explore the world beyond their neighborhoods. Many new jobs were created as a result of the automobile industry. In the 1920s‚ declining prices and a new system of "buying on credit" allowed more people than ever before to own a car. When the first automobiles were invented
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Electric Cars Introduction to Electric Cars An electric car is a vehicle which is driven by electric engines. The engines use electrical energy which is usually stored in batteries. Electric car is a variation of electric vehicle (EV). EV speaks of any vehicles which are propelled by electric engines. “Electric car” is a general term for high-speed vehicles which are powered by electricity. In the United States‚ low-speed vehicles which are powered by electricity
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Cars and Bikes Bikes and cars are two of the many ways of transportation. Both can be used to drive people to places they want to go to without walking. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. And each has its own type and standard of people as well as its different uses and forms. Not all the people could afford buying a car. A car could be very expensive to some people. For example‚ we often see poor
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Foundation‚ 29 May 2012. Web. 15 March 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile>. "Birth of Cars." ‚ Invention of Cars‚ History of Car‚ Indian Cars‚ Indian Car Models‚ Car History by Auto Guide. Web. 15 March 2013. <http://auto.indiamart.com/cars/birth-car.html>. Davey‚ Monica. "The Car That Changed America: How Henry Ford ’s 1908 Model Tthe First Mass-produced and Affordable Carsparked the Growth of Highways‚ Surburbs‚ and the Middle Class Itself." CBS Interactive. CBS Interactive
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How Hybrid Cars Work A hybrid car is a passenger vehicle that is driven by a hybrid engine‚ which is any engine that combines two or more sources of power‚ generally gasoline and electricity. There are two types of gasoline-electric hybrid cars; the parallel hybrid‚ and the series hybrid. Both use gasoline-electric hybrid technology‚ but in radically different ways. In a parallel hybrid car‚ a gasoline engine and an electric motor work together to move the car forward‚ while in a series hybrid
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Arlene S. Rabino BSIT401C 1. Choose a car for your electric car conversion. It is best to choose a traditional car to use for your conversion. A traditional car would be one that is not too exotic or complicated. A car that you can easily find replacement parts for is ideal. Look for something lightweight since they will run better on an electric battery than a bigger vehicle will. A car with a manual transmission is better for an electric car since cars with electric motors do not necessarily
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Electric Car has a history but is there a future in the UK or will there be a better option? The invention of the first Electric Car was in 1830 but was not perfected until the creation of rechargeable batteries in 1859. By 1912 50 companies were producing 34‚000 electric cars. Once the development of the electric starting motor occurred and the price of fuel was cheap then the electric cars industry vanished. The oil crisis in the 1970’s caused some re-emergence of electric cars but the high
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I. Introduction Crash‚ boom‚ bang! In an instant‚ a car accident can change a person’s life forever. Each year‚ many unsuspecting drivers‚ passengers‚ and pedestrians are killed on the roads of the United States. The main question we ask ourselves is why? Are people killed because of high speed crashes? Did the airbags not deploy at the proper time? Were the roads in acceptable conditions? Unfortunately‚ we can not always determine the causes of all accidents‚ simply because we were not on
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