Is Wikipedia a Valid Academic Resource? Wikipedia is considered a free encyclopedia that was created by the community that uses it and according to Wikipedia founders‚ “it is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy”. Is a website that is always changing as is always being improved by its users‚ many of the changes occurs hourly (Wikipedia: Introduction‚ 2014). So what does that mean to the academic student? Who is this community? According to the Wikipedia website‚ anyone
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Evidence Based Nursing Practice in Nursing "Doing the right things right" (Craig & Smyth‚ 2002‚ p.4) Used to improve the experiences associated with health care and illness Early examples o Infection control (aseptic technique) o DVT (deep vein thrombosis) prevention Development of the EBP Concept Began with medicine o Archie Cochran‚ a British epidemiologist in 1972 published a book criticizing the medical profession for not reviewing medical research studies o Believed that
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Factual Evidence‚ examples‚ statistics‚ expert opinions‚ and images are the different categories of support that Rottenberg and Winchell outlined in chapter 6. In my view‚ factual evidence and statistics are more convincing because those are something that can’t be made up and it is always available to be researched on the Internet. But giving examples‚ including expert opinions‚ and showing images are also vital part of a strong argumentative writing. Beau Watts focused on supporting the stem cell
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Motivational factors which affect an individual to volunteer at local/major sporting events DISCLAIMER: At the Service Industry Project Scheme (SIPS) subject is undertaken by a final year student from the University of Canberra‚ as part of their undergraduate degree. No liability will be accepted by the student‚ the staff or the university‚ for any outcomes based on the findings of the student’s study. All information is subject to commercial confidentiality and there many be no use of any
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MENTOR PREPARATION FOR MIDWIFERY EDUCATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST and BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST SOUTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST NAME CLINICAL AREA TRUST COMMENCEMENT DATE COMPLETION DATE DESIGNATED PRACTICE SUPERVISOR TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Section
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religious teachings; most arguments supporting the evidence of Hell and Heaven are based on religious beliefs. In accordance with Irvine‚ 1985 atheism is the main reason why a person might doubt the existence of Heaven and Hell. However‚ there have been scientific claims that hold up the existence of Hell and Heaven. Proving the existence of has become an obsession with most people since time immemorial. Many have worked tirelessly to provide evidence backing up God’s existence. To support why I believe
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1. A. Fossil evidence has been used to support evolution. Paleontologists have dug up old bones and other things that were preserved in sedimentary rock. All of these things that were found show evidence that there was life long ago‚ however that’s not the only thing these fossils show. Fossils also show that there have been changes in the organisms that have inhabited this earth. The reason it supports that is once we compare the fossils to another organism‚ by using many different techniques‚ we
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afford the cultural practice of keeping women at home after schooling is complete.” [“Women and the Economy in India”] “In terms of skill development‚ women are impeded by their lack of mobility‚ low literacy levels and prejudiced attitudes toward women. When women negotiate with banks and government officials‚ they are often ostracized by other men and women in their community (…). Government and bank officials have preconceived ideas of what women are capable of‚ and stereotypes of
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Wikipedia as a Credible and Valid Source of Information Muideen Ayorinde MGT/521 April 6‚ 2012 Jim Bingel Wikipedia created in 2001 tagged the free encyclopedia is a multilingual web-based‚ free-content encyclopedia project based on an openly editable model written collaboratively by a largely anonymous internet volunteers who write without pay. (Wikipedia:About‚ 2012) Wikipedia has at least 4.8 billion visitors annually‚ over 85‚000 active contributors working on over 21 million articles
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secondary evidence was tendered and admitted. An objection was taken to its admission; Held: That such evidence was properly admitted and that the provision in the relevant statute “that no statement made by any person in answer to any question put by the Commission shall‚ except in cases of indictment for perjury committed in such answers‚ be admissible in evidence in any proceedings‚ civil or criminal” was not applicable‚ and did not prevent the admissibility of such evidence. In the
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