Essays on Statistics Literature Reviews

The paper "Financial Value Accounting and Its Influence on Recent Financial Crises" is a great example of a finance and accounting literature review.... The paper "Financial Value Accounting and Its Influence on Recent Financial Crises" is a great example of a finance and accounting literature review.... With the 2008 crisis in place a lot of literature has been written both in favor or for or against FVA.... After careful scrutiny of the available literature by both sides, Laux and Leuz (2009) arrive to conclusion that the likelihood that FVA aggravated the brutality of the past financial crisis is very insignificant....

allamore and Meyer authored a valuable literature adding to the literature relating to the American railroad of the 20th century.... This book review "American Railroads: Decline and Renaissance in the 20th Century" presents the book as engaging and well-structured and focuses primarily on the economics of the railroad in the United States....

The paper 'The Roles and Responsibilities of Critical Care Nurses in Their Workplace' is a meaty example of a literature review on nursing.... The paper 'The Roles and Responsibilities of Critical Care Nurses in Their Workplace' is a meaty example of a literature review on nursing.... The paper will outline some of the basic requirements for becoming a critical care nurse and then use literature on nursing to describe what is considered as expertise in nursing by identifying the various kinds of learning required for nurses to become experts in their respective jobs....

This literature review "Brands in the Retail Market" discusses the implications and strategic significance of retail branding and its impact on customer choice and preference of stores.... These are some of the vital questions that are answered by the research paper through an analysis of existing literature and theoretical perspectives defining customer decision making process.... Observations on past research and existing literature Research studies have highlighted the significance of growing economic prosperity and wealth accumulation as vital forces shaping the changes in the retail industry (Deloitte, 2009)....

The paper "Employee Selection and Performance Measurement in Microsoft Corporation" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "Employee Selection and Performance Measurement in Microsoft Corporation" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... he report will conduct a literature review of the existing literature available on employee selection, performance appraisal methods used in practice and their legal or ethical implications....

The paper "Ways in Which Fatherhood and Motherhood Impact on Work and Organizational Careers " is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "Ways in Which Fatherhood and Motherhood Impact on Work and Organizational Careers " is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... In fact, the review of the literature related to this subject has revealed that the impact of fatherhood and motherhood on work and organizational career is significant, an issue that needs to be taken into consideration by governors and legislators worldwide. ...

Engraved in the block -shaped letters known as cuneiform on clay tablets, Gilgamesh stands as the most basic classic of world literature, a classic which is still in the making, for scholars keep on discovering and assemble slices -- in Akkadian, Sumerian, Hittite and other ancient languages intermittently adding some more lines to this story of the ancient Middle Eastern king's search for immortality and his accepting the inevitability of death (Dirda, 2007). ... In The Buried Book (2007), David Damrosch a Columbia professor of comparative literature notes that " Gilgamesh is often read as an existential tale of the fear of death and the quest for immortality, but the epic is equally a tale of tyranny and its consequences....

The author of "The Influence of Hotel Design on the Guest Experience" paper discusses some of the significant aspects of hotel designs, especially servicescape with the review of literature, and attempted to evaluate their influence of guest experience.... It is a fact that guest satisfaction is very imperative and crucial for success of hotel business, and literature has indicated that hotel design and ambience is the major factor of guest satisfaction and experience....

The role of black people in the context of Apartheid has been analyzed in the literature.... The paper "The Influence of Apartheid on the Political and Social Framework of South Africa" suggests even after the elimination of Apartheid, despite the changes toward a democratic society, black South Africans have not won social and economic justice; the poor are still black and the rich predominantly white....

Relevance of the authors' view backed by other literature ... aser, N, (2003), Planning for Urban Heritage Places: Reconciling Conservation, Tourism, and Sustainable Development, Journal of Planning literature, 17 (4), Retrieved on October 4,2012 from: ... The present report "At the Resort Southeast Asian Tourist Workers and Regimes of Global Citizenship" concerns the integrated marketing communications....

The author makes an extensive literature review of the images of English among Muslims.... English language has been perceived as a tool for imperialism among Muslim countries and many fear that teaching English literature would spread Western values and cultures among their citizens....

The development of this literature review under the title "Partnerships in Education" will focus on bridging this gap in the course of understanding the effectiveness and efficiency of the community-higher education partnerships in the 21st century.... The development of this literature review will focus on bridging this gap in the course of understanding effectiveness and efficiency of the community-higher education partnerships in the 21st century.... The researchers believe that the prospect of an engaged academy continues to surface as a critical theme in the educational literature, thus, holding the promise to the larger tasks of renewing democracy....

This has resulted to the development of a body of literature referred to as the non- western perceptions of human rights.... For instance in many contemporary Arab literature, on the topic of human rights there are a number of declarations and conventions that have embraced key standards of universal human rights....

However, the literature of the book provides intellectual insight, and the unorthodox examination of New Testament in relation to the antecedent of the early church hence highly recommended to theological students.... Journal of Biblical literature ... The paper "The Church the Apostles Left Behind" discusses that Raymond Edward Brown was a distinguished Roman Catholic biblical scholar and priest....

BRIC Countries – Background, Latest News, statistics and Original Articles.... This paper describes that BRIC economies are considered the largest market economies with a rapid growth, and accounts for more than three billion people, who are slightly under half of the total population in the world....

There are also statistics, such as the number of those families who were below the poverty line or the fact that one in ten people who died in New York from 1885-1890 was buried in the graveyard reserved for those without any money (243). ... The author analyzes the book "How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis which is about life among the poor people who lived in NYC at the end of the 1800s....

sing standardized statistics, Germany boasts a 5.... On this particular day, the economist newspaper termed Germany as ‘the sick man of Europe.... It was a big talk for a country that a decade later boasts great overall progress.... The day was perfectly set: 25th May.... ... ...

he research was not based on a particular design rather the data and figures were utilized by employing secondary research techniques extracting the statistics from already available data sources.... The paper "Public Financed Health Insurance Policies" states that the point to be considered is that researchers relied on only on few selected sources with the data stated in a certain specific structure....

This is because if we were to carry out a comparative analysis between the original logistic regression and Firm X statistics, it is apparent that the lower the returns of a firm, the higher the current ratio.... The project "Quantitative Finance and Methods Analysis" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues in quantitative finance and methods....

Due to statistics average meal travels about one thousand and five hundred miles from the farm.... "Reflection on Food Inc.... Movie" paper examines documentary movie 'Food Inc.... by Robert Kenner that states that it is the right time to see things clearly and make an attempt to change something....

For this reason, there are few young individuals doing nursing as an occupation when compared to the aged labor force in the health centers according to statistics.... Nursing Faculty and Nurses Shortage Name Instructor Task Date Introduction The Nursing Shortage Continues as Faculty Shortage Grows by Linda Allen is an article that discusses scarce resources in the health care....

The paper 'Integrated Supply Chain Risk Management via Operational Methods and Financial Instruments' is a comprehensive example of a management literature review.... The paper 'Integrated Supply Chain Risk Management via Operational Methods and Financial Instruments' is a comprehensive example of a management literature review.... Critically evaluate this point and provide various examples from the academic literature to underpin your arguments....

The policy reforms were also supported evidence from literature that describes why such policy interventions are needed to be implemented in primary health care in Australia.... The breadth of primary care: a systematic literature review of its core dimensions.... The paper "What Policy Reforms Would Address the Challenges Facing the Primary Health Care Sector in Australia" identifies the areas that hinder the effective delivery of primary health care and coming up with corresponding policy reform that will help in addressing these challenges....

Charles proved to be a highly motivated and disciplined self learner who studied German, Greek and English literature, with little help from anybody else.... Charles W.... Chesnutt bears the honor of being America's first Afro-American writer of fiction that enjoyed a more then average degree of commercial success and fan following....

Chekov wrote his short stories at a very crucial junction point in the history of European literature, when the old literary style was transforming itself into a more modern form.... Gioia also correctly tells us that Chekov paved the way for the modernism of the twentieth century to enter the world of European literature....

ased on the reviewed literature, it is evident that despite the best efforts of the adoptive parents, an adopted child will experience particular challenges that arise from the ‘adoptive' status.... The paper "Identity Formation in Adopted Adolescents: Challenges and Concerns" describes the process of identity formation....

This literature review "Is Cohabitation a Good Idea before Marriage" discusses human needs that are differentiated, as of their power in influencing human life.... However, strong doubts have appeared in the literature in regard to the actual value of cohabitation as a practice for checking the potentials of a couple to proceed to a successful marriage....

This paper analyses the literature available to know more about the financial performances of Indian retail, banking industry in recent times.... literature Review The Indian banks witnessed a mixed trend in their profitability in FY12.... From the paper "Financial Performance of Retail Banking in India" it is clear that the introduction of internet-based technologies such as mobile banking and internet banking helped retail banks in India to introduce many new products which are attractive to the customers....

Despite being a talented writer, Nelle Harper Lee never wrote another novel again aside from this one-hit piece of literature, To Kill a Mockingbird (Legge 74).... om: Classic literature.... It is clear from the paper "To Kill a Mockingbird: The Influences on Harper Lee's Life" that written from 1955 to 1958 and published on July 11, 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird garnered a Pulitzer Prize and stayed on top of the Bestseller list for 88 weeks in the same year (The Big Read 2008)....

This literature review "Independent Instructional Learning Strategy" focuses on the significant number of available instructional learning strategies that can make it difficult for a teacher in deciding which one to apply in his or her teaching area.... range of literature provides details of instructional strategies or method that can be use to enhance students' learning but not all is suitable for all learners and learning environments.... 2), the effectiveness of peer teaching in various levels of education has been widely documented in teaching literature....

This book report "The Impact of Mobile Devices on Cyber Security" examines the impact of mobile devices on cyber security.... Users' little knowledge and the growing malicious acts complexity continue to be the most threatening vulnerabilities associated with mobile devices.... ... ... ... It is critical to accept that mobile devices have remarkably evolved over time and can no longer be treated as old devices....

This research essay reviews the above book and details the Bakan's important critiques and suggestions to make the corporations around the world to be law-abiding citizens.... The paper "Corporate Power in Joel Bakan's Book The Corporation" discusses that in his book, Bakan raises his legitimate worries with the manner how our society is being administered....

n the analysis of literature and fairy tale writing, and specifically analysis of Wilde's method and style, the author used such references as: British Writers (1982) by Kilver Ian Scott, Elements of literature (1997) by Kristine E.... The year 2000 marked the centenary of Oscar Wilde's death....

he critical review and appraisal of the literature on organized crime shows that its popular definition actually describes many legitimate business organizations as to hierarchical structure, the limited and exclusive membership, a monopolistic stranglehold, the setting of rules and regulations, the bureaucratic model and the patrimonial or patron-client network.... The same gap between the literature and reality can be observed in the line that has been drawn between terrorism and the activities associated with organized crime as noted by Wagley (2006)....

The study 'The Pathophysiological Treatments of Alzheimer's Disease' aims at reviewing the pathophysiology of the AD and examines the relevant literature on the AD.... To examine the role of the research, this study aims at reviewing the pathophysiology of AD and examines the relevant literature on AD.... The gaps in literature will only be closed if researchers choose to make use of the available evidence to decipher future needs of AD patients....

This literature review "Indigenous Knowledge and Australian Heritage" discusses the perspective that the propensity to force indigenous postgraduate students into using western ethnocentric research methodology is a cause for frustration among this group of students.... Based on document analysis of published literature on indigenous knowledge and indigenous studies, Phillips et al.... n her review of literature, Wane (2013) shows that Western education has received full acceptance in indigenous communities....

This literature review "To What Extent have Standard Charges Improved the Practice of Planning Obligations in the UK" discusses reference that is made to the potential differentiation of Standard Charges from other approaches of planning obligations practice, such as the negotiated approach.... Critical review of planning obligations practice The framework of the planning obligations practice in Britain has been extensively examined in the literature; the contribution of these obligations in community development has been considered as one of the most important causes of this phenomenon....

The paper "Classical Approach to Organisational Effectiveness " is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "Classical Approach to Organisational Effectiveness " is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... However, in the mid-1970s, organisational effectiveness gave rise to the new concept of multiple constituency models in the literature, with four approaches including the relativistic, power, social justice, and evolutionary....

This book report tells about the great novelist Virginia Woolf and her A Room of One's Own and Orlando.... The author discussed the androgynous quality of the human mind.... The main issue which is describes in the book review is the differences and similarities between the men and the women.... ....

Consider the statistics in the pie chart above; ... The paper 'The Interpretation of Prothero's Thoughts in the Book Catastrophes' presents Catastrophes in the context of the book by Prothero which refers to events resulting in loss and misfortune.... They represent a manifested risk to the human population....

He showed that he was not just thinking of himself but he was thinking about their future, giving them statistics that he knew would speak well to the students.... The paper "Being an Effective Leader" highlights that throughout the movie, communication was a basic part of the team....

The purpose of this survey was to establish the attitude of the college students and the staff in the College of Technology concerning their plan of introducing the services of Express Café inside the college.... The survey intends to do a customer analysis in order to rate the.... ... ... The response of the customers will lead to the conclusion on whether to open the Café in the College of Technology or elsewhere....

statistics has proven that wars are designed at least to secure necessaries as oil and geopolitical advantage, but for psychological grip it is just a wrong belief (Ehrenreich, 1998).... The author of the essay "Ecstasy of war" focuses on the book written by Barbara Ehrenreich.... It is emphasized that Barbara Ehrenreich is an American feminist....

Levering completely frees the book from statistics that often renders historical study boring.... Cold War is a very important event in modern history.... The paper "The History of The Cold War Period" discusses the main way of showing antagonism through the race of nuclear weapons, surveillance, proxy wars and technological competitions pertaining to the space race....

In this literature review "Managing Employee Daily Routine" a critical examination of the context of a routine, its use, and application in business organizations as well as in the field of psychology where the routine is sometimes integral to the intervention strategies, is explored.... n this literature review a critical examination of the context of a routine, its use, and application in business organizations as well as in the field of psychology where a routine is sometimes integral to the intervention strategies, is explored....

This paper "The Ask Italian Retail Brand Management" focuses on the management which is fundamentally regarded as the positioning of a particular brand, which is determined and based on factors like price and product usage.... Branding is recognised as a potential marketing strategy for the firms....

The paper "Changing Business Environment and Future Growth of Tourism and Hospitality" states that with variable guest requirements and increasing competition, information and communication technologies have emerged as one of the important themes impacting change in tourism and hospitality industry....

This however according to statistics by the United Nations is not enough as even America does not reach its target budget for providing aid and it is way under board.... According to them, people have become so selfish that they think only about their own personal wellbeing and luxuries and not of....

Robbery statistics in the US do not salvage this assumption either.... Robbery statistics in the US do not salvage this assumption either. ... The writer of the essay "Breaking the Chain of Psychological Slavery" suggests that some of the current African Americans associate work with slavery because this tradition passed on from their enslaved and freed ancestors....

A combination of these factors has made Hollywood, according to Cowen, a cultural imperialist, with more of the European revenues being directed to America's movie industry due to the huge audience of American films in Europe, yet America is not by statistics a leading maker of movies. ...