who have been victimized often have stress symptoms that linger. A common form of victimization in our society today is sexual assault. The psychological impact of sexual assault on a victim is immediate and may last a long time (Comer‚ 2015). One study found that 94 percent of rape victims qualified for a clinical diagnosis of acute stress disorder when they were observed around 12 days after the assault (Rothbaum et al.‚ 1992). Although some sexual assault victims improve psychologically within
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Introduction Case studies are an important research method in areas where innovations are studied. They enable us to study contemporary and complex social phenomena in their natural context. Over the years researchers working from both epistemological perspectives have addressed important methodological issues. A case study is expected to capture the complexity of a single case‚ and the methodology which enables this has developed not only in the social sciences‚ such as psychology‚ sociology‚ anthropology
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General Vo Nguyen Giap is perhaps the most important figure in the early history of communist Vietnam -- with the exception of Ho Chi Minh. General Giap’s skills and expertise of were an essential element of the French defeat in 1954. However General Giap cannot be held solely responsible‚ the political skills of Ho Chi Minh (the leader of the Viet Minh independence movement) cannot be underestimated. There were many reasons for the French defeat in Vietnam‚ abundant mistakes were made and the Viet
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In Rosenhan’s study; “On Being Sane In Insane Places”‚ Rosenhan seeks to examine the validity and reliability of psychiatric diagnosis and the effects of labeling. Rosenhan also aims to find out whether; “the salient characteristics that lead to diagnoses reside in the patients themselves or in the environments and contexts in which the observers find them?” (Rosenhan‚ 1973‚ p.3) In other words‚ Rosenhan wants to test the ability of psychiatrists and other hospital staff‚ to correctly distinguish
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1) Could this type of research be conducted today? Why or why not? 2.) What should the public have done‚ since they knew about the study? 3.) In your opinion‚ how should the data be used that is obtained from an unethical experiment and how can we prevent this from happening again? 4.) Discuss the code of ethics as it relates to this study? 5.) What are your personal thoughts on the ethical standards exhibited through this study? The Tuskegee Syphilis Research Study Any research like the
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Post-MBA‚ I hope to become Business Development Manager in a Homeland Security Technology company such as Lockheed-Martin‚ Raytheon or Boeing. Thereafter I hope to advance to Business Development VP in a similar company‚ and finally to assume a position as CEO of a Global Business Unit‚ managing thousands‚ with annual revenues of over $500 million. As a Product Manager in my company’s System Security Group‚ I’ve had opportunity to work with the Group’s President‚ who is a Stanford GSB Executive
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Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine if a deficit in the ability to use oral communication has an effect on participation in an academic classroom discussion. The subject of the study is a seven year old girl who is an English Language Learner’s (ELL) and has educational challenges in the area of language acquisition and production. She specifically struggles with participation in academic classroom discussions. In creating this case study data was collected through interviews with
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benefits to the potential user. The Syd Company is diversified manufacturer of consumer packaged goods. At this time the firm has no women’s shampoo in its product line. The company’s marketing research personnel met recently with a small research firm‚ FC Associates‚ and discussed the possibility of study of young female adults living in Bombay. The Syd company had established—through a series of recently completed interviews with a small group of women consumers—that “body” (apparently connoting
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Practical uses of statistical power in business research studies An important use of power is in the planning of sample sizes prior to gathering data used to evaluate statistical hypotheses. A number of business statistics texts illustrate this use of power (Anderson‚ Sweeney‚ & Williams‚ 1999; Daniel & Terrell‚ 1995). Again‚ however‚ the presentation is somewhat technical and developed through formulas‚ and is restricted to simple one-sample tests involving a mean or binomial proportion as the
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Marketing Research Test 2 Chapter 6 – Primary data: information that is developed or gathered y the researcher specifically for the research project at hand – Secondary data: have previously been gathered by someone other than the researcher and/or for some purpose other than the research project at hand – Internal secondary data: data that have been collected within the firm‚ such as sales records‚ purchase requisitions‚ and invoices – External secondary data: data obtained from outside the
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