Using quantitative and qualitative methodology to improve organizational effectiveness Abstract A non-profit organization should use both qualitative and quantitative performance measures‚ based on the organization’s mission goals and objectives‚ to show financial and programmatic accountability in a transparent environment. Qualitative and quantitative research methods can be used in marketing‚ financial planning‚ fundraising and program research and evaluation. This paper will define and
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Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care Childhood Obesity HCS/465 August 2‚ 2012 Donald Steacy Introduction The purpose of the paper is to show how to develop and understand methodology of the research process when pertaining to health care. The process consists of retrieving a peer-reviewed article and applying the research methodology to the article selected. The article selected for the research methodology was Childhood Obesity: A Global Public
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respect to their epistemological position and ontological assumptions and these assumptions orientate the research strategies in a direction that will be most appropriate in developing their research methodologies (Bryman‚ 2004). This assignment will identify and describe how the different methodologies are decided for qualitative and quantitative research studies and how the methodological decisions are influenced by the researcher’s philosophical views of the world. Reference will be made to the
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Laboratory 2: Scientific Methodology & Enzyme Activity Objective: The purpose of this experiment was to simply measure oxygen production rates released from decomposed hydrogen peroxide under different conditions (concentration of enzymes‚ temperature‚ and PH level). Hypothesis: Part a: If different amounts of enzyme solution are added to the hydrogen peroxide‚ then the highest amount of enzymes will have the greatest reaction rate because enzymes catalyze reactions‚ meaning more
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1. Introduction In this report we have modelled a knowledge management system using CommonKADS methodology and conducted a social analysis of the proposed knowledge management system. We have applied the common KADS methodology to analyze a Virtual Organization established between Small Scale Machinery (SSM) enterprises and Die Cast limited (DCL). We further looked at improving this virtual organization with the help of a Knowledge Management system. We have analyzed Virtual Organization from
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Applying the Background and Methodology Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Health Care Research Utilization HCS 465 Cindy Laub‚ PhD January 18‚ 2014 Applying the Background and Methodology • Definition of the problem The problem outlined in the article is that poor children living at poverty or lower have greater occurrences of asthma and less resource for care than non-poor children do. Poor children access general care facilities for acute treatment of their asthma rather than doctor’s offices for
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What type of methodology is generally used for financial research and why? There are two different methodologies that can be used to conduct research – a quantitative as well as a qualitative one. In order to find a response to which of these methodologies is most likely to be used in financial research‚ it is important to first gain a broader understanding of the context in which they appear in theory. Also‚ it is necessary to specify important assumptions underlying those theories in order to
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Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care Jacqueline Allen HCS465 May 19‚ 2014 Instructor; Angela Miller Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care Introduction I have chosen to analyze the research and study on Childhood Obesity: Can electronic medical records (EMRs)‚ customized with clinical practice guidelines improve screening and diagnosis. The project was done to determine if customization
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TESOL METHODOLOGY IN THE GRAMMAR-TRANSLATION METHOD AND THE DIRECT METHOD In this essay I am going to give some explanations taken from different books about what a method in second language teaching is. After that I am going to explain in a brief way‚ what in my opinion a method is. Furthermore‚ I am going to set my theory in a very specific context; culture‚ country‚ education‚ system‚ characteristics of the learners… Moreover‚ I am going to define two different methods: The
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A Project Management Overview of XP Software Development Methodology This paper will discuss at a high-level how software development projects are run when implementing the extreme programming (XP) methodology‚ and explain during which step‚ XP covers the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) process groups‚ and management knowledge areas (MKA) [9]. After the XP process is discussed‚ XP’s unique way of developing code‚ its documentation management‚ and user-centric approach are explained. Since
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