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Junior High School High School Dropouts
1,609 wordsThree of the four highest rated possible reasons for student dropout essentially support findings of previous research; "loss of interest, "scheduling conflicts, " and "lack of parental support" apparently are perceived as continuing problems with respect to loss of students in instrumental music programs. However, the reason perceived by directors as the major contributor to student dropout, student "lack of commitment to work, " had not emerged in previous research. Apparently this psychologic...
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Theoretical Framework Random Sample
1,372 wordsWhat is sociolinguistics? - It is the study of language in its social context. It is a field of investigation which describes all areas of the study of the relationship between language and society. In the late 1960 s and the early 1970 s, a widespread interest in sociolinguistics developed. The study of language in relation to society has a long tradition, but a recognizable growth in sociolinguistics took place in the 60 s and 70 s. As most other fields of investigation as well, sociolinguisti...
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Marital Status Domestic Violence
2,982 wordsDeterrence is a view that is used in hope that it will discourage other from committing illegal acts. The idea is that rehabilitation is intended to restore offenders to a constructive role in society. Many prison throughout the United States have been experiencing the problem of over crowdedness. Developments such as probation, parole and indeterminate sentencing are provided to help in deterrence. The programs must aim to change those who want to change. This kind of program would provide skil...
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Political Parties Null Hypothesis
10,064 wordsFederalism as a Facilitating Practice for Government Cartelization Many federal policies including grants, mandates, and tax expenditures closely resemble the instruments used by cartels to enforce anti-competitive agreements. Is it possible that many federal policies exist not to correct for interstate externalities or enhance equity, but to inhibit interstate competition? The current paper has two main aims: First, to develop an original model of federal-state interaction and political behavio...
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Opposite Direction Constant Speed
3,519 wordsGetting in the swim Introduction A group of swimmers are following a training schedule that requires them to dive into the water and swim one length of the swimming pool. They must keep doing this until they have completed 20 lengths. For safety? s sake they have been allocated a single lane of the pool and all the swimmers must swim in the same direction in single file. Half of the swimmers say that it will be quickest always to swim in the same direction, climbing out of the pool at the end of...
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Brand Loyalty Target Market
1,287 wordsThe main questions concerning market identification are provided in the opening quote of Rudyard Kipling- who, buys what, where, how and why? Regarding the main questions, David Tonks mentioned that market can be identified by using a mix of variables which can be grouped into two categories: general and behaviour (1995: 3). Table 1 shows the different types of general and behavior variables. The trem general is used for those variables which define and describe the customers but which do not id...
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Positively Correlated Heavy Drinkers
4,520 wordsAbstract In response to the need for research that incorporates multiple aspects of theory into a testable framework, this study attempted to replicate and extend the results of Cooper, Russell, Skinner, Front, and Mudar (1992). A modified stressor vulnerability model of stress-related drinking was tested in a homogeneous sample of 65 male and female undergraduate student drinkers. Total weekly consumption of alcohol was used as the criterion measure, whereas family history of alcoholism (Adapte...
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Factor Analysis Factor Theory
2,282 wordsThe precise definition of personality has been a point of discussion amongst many different theorists within many different disciplines since the beginning of civilisation. Personality can be defined as " the distinctive and characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behaviour that define an individuals personal style and influence his or her interactions with the environment" (Atkinson, Atkinson, Smith & Bem, 1993: 525). It can be proposed that personality psychology has two...
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Dialog Box Decisions Based
499 words3. 0 Variables Scripts may contain variables. Variable names must begin with a letter or an underscore (), and may contain any sequence of upper- or lower-case letters, digits, and underscores. You cannot use a reserved word as a variable name. For more information, see the list of reserved words at the end of this document. You must declare variables before you use them. When you declare a variable, you must also define its type. A variable of a certain type may only contain values of that same...
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Parent Child Relationship Marijuana Usage
2,401 wordsIntroduction The purpose of this study is to ascertain the affects of drug-abusing fathers on the drug usage of their young adolescent children. A special targeted population were chosen for this study; they are the children of drug-abusing fathers who are HIV-positive or at risk for becoming HIV-positive. The major factors used to determine the dependent measure of adolescent marijuana use include certain drug abusing father attributes (i. e. , illegal drug use, HIV status, and methods of copin...
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