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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"anecdotal data"”.
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A Study of the Characteristics of Chemically Dependent Nurses Disciplined by a State Board of Nursing in the Upper Midwest
… nurses disciplined by the Board of Nursing. Data was collected by retrospective analysis of disciplinary records. The variables reviewed included: sex, age, marital status, community population, nursing education, year of graduation, time elapsed since graduation, state board licensing exam …
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The effect of rational emotive education on irrational beliefs, assertiveness, and/or locus of control in fifth grade students
… assertiveness, and Iocus of control. Their anecdotal remarks were collected to provide additional information on subtle changes in students that may not have been evidenced by quantitative data. The following is a summary of the results concluded from the study: 1. There was a statistically …
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Teaching Style: An Investigation of New York City Public High School Teacher Dress Practices
… in the schools. While there is a great deal of anecdotal data available about what dress standards for teachers should be, to the best of the researcher's knowledge no one has undertaken scholarly research to investigate teacher attitudes towards their constructions of self, self-as-teacher, and …
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Mentoring in the learning community: Problematic practices and outcomes of initial implementation of formal mentoring programs in two New Hampshire public school districts
… to mentoring were observed. In addition to data collected from the two public school mentoring programs, anecdotal data of three participants in a New Hampshire state pilot mentoring program (Project ACROSS) are also examined and discussed in order to illuminate program structures that may …
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Home Repair Experiences of Older Consumers in Montgomery County, Virginia
… A telephone interview was used to collect the data. Demographic data is reported using descriptive statistics. Qualitative analysis of anecdotal data was used to determine themes and patterns in the interview data. Questions about uses of the media and knowledge of the Virginia Consumer …
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Couple Play As A Predictor Of Couple Bonding, Physical Health And Emotional Health
… couple counseling theory. The research and anecdotal data on couple play proposed a strong relationship between couple play and the factors that predict successful, long-term couple relationships, individual physical health and emotional health. This study applied current couple counseling …
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Interprofessional Education on Oral Care for Cancer Patients in Dental Hygiene and Nursing
… a pre and post survey to collect quantitative data that included a Readiness for Interprofessional Survey (RIPLS) and a PI-designed multiple-choice survey to determine students’ attitudes and learning. A module of IPE and oral cancer care was provided for the students. A case study was …
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Feminist Interventions in Curatorial Practice at Appalachian University Art Institutions
… University. This study uses qualitative and anecdotal data collection methods, such as surveys and one-on-one interviews to demonstrate how feminist methodologies are employed as a theoretically informed curatorial practice, following the framework originally developed in feminist curatorial …
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Alternative Breaks: The impact of student-to-student connections in non-classroom service-learning experiences
… breaks has arrived at claims based on anecdotal data (e.g., DuPre, 2010; Noll, 2012). This dissertation investigated two claims found in alternative break literature: students forge connections (e.g., DuPre, 2010, McElhaney, 1998) and alternative break experiences have a long reaching …
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Personal Digital Assistants: Their Influence on Clinical Decision-Making and the Utilization of Evidence-Based Practice in Baccalaureate Nursing Students
… the emphasis there has been descriptive and anecdotal. Since 2002, nurse authors have reported that PDA use has reduced medication errors and streamlined data gathering. This has lead to speculation that use of the PDA is a clinical tool that supports evidence-based practice and the complex …
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Sinking Poor Decision-Making with Best Practices: A Case Study of Artificial Reef Decision-Making in the Florida Keys
… reef proposal and many rely on existing anecdotal data and "expert" testimony. A lack of evaluation criteria adds to the difficulties of determining if an artificial reef proposal is appropriate for their community. With little empirical data available in the literature and a lack of …
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Heterogeneity of the Bc1 Complex Subunits and Qo Site Occupants From Rhodobacter Sphaeroides
For decades there has only been anecdotal data regarding how difficult it is to crystallize membrane proteins but these facts are never rigorously evaluated, because virtually no one can report all the reasons why membrane proteins do not crystallize easily. Trials to crystallize bc1 complex from …
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Filial Therapy with Court-Ordered Parents of Maltreated Children
… group? Pre- and post-measures were utilized, and anecdotal and qualitative data were also collected. Following the analysis of both the quantitative and qualitative data, it was determined that the group quantitative results detracted from the richness of the qualitative findings, and the former …
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An analysis of the role of the Baltic states ports in the trans Siberian railway market
… included in the questionnaire along with anecdotal data and comments derived from the experts in the region. The final section in this chapter presents a set of policies that is believed can be useful to the companies involved in that region. Moreover, the last chapter of this study …
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Predicting Outcomes in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers
… using the Australasia Vascular Audit (AVA) database and the financial costs of diabetic patients undergoing amputations in our institution. The following research gaps were identified during the literature review process and were factored into the research design: (1) Lack of standardisation …
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The threat of terrestrial predators to mainland penguin colonies: searching for sustainable solutions
… this conflict was to first collate all available data on mainland penguin colony demographics and to understand the relative threat posed by terrestrial predators such as caracal on their mortality. Secondly, I reviewed historical and current management interventions by conservation authorities to …
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Understanding Student Mathematical Ways of Knowing: Relationships Among Mathematical Anxiety, Attitude Toward Learning Math, Gender, Ethnicity, and Separate and Connected Ways of Knowing
… quantitative, correlational, survey design with anecdotal qualitative data was used to investigate the relationships among mathematical anxiety, attitude toward learning math, gender, ethnicity, and separate and connected ways of knowing within the context of the mathematics classroom. …