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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"research synthesis"”.
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The Effect Earning a GED While Incarcerated has on Recidivism Rates: A Research Synthesis
The purpose of this research synthesis was to determine the effect that academic education programs have on recidivism rates. The purpose of American correctional facilities is to correct the behavior of convicted felons so that they do not return to criminal activities after they are released. …
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Towards the development of music as an intervention for Insomnia treatment: A research synthesis
Though research has been conducted with regards to music and sleep over the last two decades, there is still a significant uncertainty to its effectiveness due to the lack of scientific validation through objective testing and data analysis (Jespersen et al 2015). It has been proven that music can …
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An empirical study series to investigate the research synthesis of complex health care interventions and related methodological issues
… to evaluate how theory-orientated approach to research synthesis of complex health care interventions may facilitate better understanding of intervention mechanisms. Thesis intended also to evaluate how qualitative research compliments a systematic review and meta-analysis of complex health …
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Using Discourse to Improve the Quality of Student Talk and Historical Argumentative Writing
… thinking. Chapter 2 of the dissertation is a research synthesis of studies that use discourse to improve learning outcomes in primary and secondary science and social studies classrooms. The purpose of the synthesis was to determine the impact of argumentative discourse on students’ learning …
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PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: WHAT THEY KNOW, WHAT THEY THINK THEY KNOW, AND WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PROCESS
… Education Program (IEP) planning process. Research has shown that parents’ engagement and advocacy could benefit students’ services. In order for more effective advocacy, parents must know their special education rights and process. Therefore, this dissertation study explored parent’s …
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Organizational Governance of Event Impacts
… phases were utilized in this study. I used a research synthesis to investigate what previous scholars have found regarding event legacy delivery. Next, comparative cases from the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games and the 2015 Toronto Pan Am/Parapan American Games were used to examine what …
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Han’gŭlization and romanization: two models of script change
… their endeavors, I have performed a Qualitative Research Synthesis to determine if the Han’gŭlization of Korean and the Romanization of Turkish are two distinct models of script change and if one model is more useful than the other. After describing language planning and policy making, I define …
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Power approximation for the test of study-level categorical moderators in meta-regression with dependent effect sizes
… power are key considerations when planning a research synthesis. While power analysis methods for the tests of moderators have been established for fixed- and random-effects models for independent effects, there is currently no methodology for conducting power analysis for moderator tests in …
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A theory of adverse impact: Meta-analytic update of the 3-step model
… (2004) meta-analytic methods, by conducting a research synthesis of the correlations involved in the 3-Step Model. This meta-analytic examination of the 3-Step Model is a rigorous empirical test to see which parts of the model still hold when using meta-analytic average population estimates …
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Peer relationships and the wellbeing of children with Developmental Language Disorder
… behaviour, and other psychosocial attributes. Research findings, however, are inconclusive about the relative contribution of these factors, and what is more, they tend to overly rely on adult informants whose reports of children’s language, behaviours, and social functioning vary. This …
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The impact of diversity training in organizations: a systematic review using a meta-analysis methodology from 1991-2006
… not kept pace. Therefore, the purpose of this research synthesis is to gather, summarize, and integrate past research since 1991 examining to effectiveness of diversity training in organizations. This review will be conducted with the intention of providing a clear and accessible synthesis of …
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Novel Materials for Use in Homeland Security Research
… from them have been of interest in polymer research due to their atypical environmental stability (as compared to other non-aromatic organic semiconductors) as well as their conductivity. The off-metal synthesis and characterization of several pyridazyl thallium, manganese, and rhenium …
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The more the merrier: a meta-analysis of efficacy of multi-behavior interventions to reduce substance use
… in the substance use domain. Moreover, our synthesis estimated the optimal number of recommendations for intervention efficacy and explored the influence of factors associated with the types of samples or methods used in the synthesized studies. Methods: A research synthesis of multi-target …
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The People behind the Curtain: A Proposed Succession Planning Model for University-Wide Research Institutes
Public universities and their university-wide research institutes constantly search for ways to evolve to stay relevant and "marketable" in an ever-changing environment. The scholarly literature shows that the majority of higher educational institutes do not participate in succession planning, …
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Critically questioning an African perspective on psychopathology : a systematic literature review
… study, and the specific method of the review was research synthesis (Gough, 2004; Popay, 2005). Reviewed literature was sourced between the years 1980 and 2010. The theoretical point of departure was integrative theory, thus falling within the postpostmodern framework. As such, literature …
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Theoretical foundations of meta-aggregation: insights from Husserlian phenomenology and American pragmatism
… and the international qualitative research literature regarding meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence - specifically meta-aggregation. Data analysis and synthesis used an integrative synthesis of ideas and theoretical framework development. Narrative (text) and graphical/visual …
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Social work students' perceptions of readiness to practice: a mixed methods approach
… methodology that included a mixed methods research synthesis of literature and data that was gathered from a combination of pre- and post- test questionnaires (N=74 participants) and eight semi-structured interviews including the use of pictorial images and drawings. Four meta themes were …
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NOVEL NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY RELATED APPLICATIONS
… of degree of pollution generated. In this research, synthesis, processing, characterization and application of nano materials towards energy generation and energy storage devices are studied. In chapter 2, superior corrosion resistance properties of HVOF thermal spray of TiC and TiB2 …
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ETHICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS.
… and idiographic kinds of knowledge, i.e. a true research synthesis, is relevant as evidence-base for public health actions and also needed for a valid ethical analysis in context. In each of the presented four cases, the measles vaccination programme, a hypothetical mass screening for prostate …
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The Therapeutic Alliance and Psychotherapy Outcomes for Young Adults Aged 18 to 34: A Systematic Review
… of Applied Studies, 2008), and there is little research on the impact of the alliance on psychotherapeutic outcomes for young adult clients. This study aimed to synthesize available evidence on the alliance and outcomes for 18 to 34 year olds, using current research synthesis techniques. …
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