Essays on Statistics Literature Reviews

eview of literature and theories ... The object of analysis for the purpose of this paper "Cultural Values and International Differences in Business Ethics" is ethics which is a very important consideration for most people when they have to make decisions on long-term associations in personal and business lives....

literature Review 3.... UK has a net migration population of 230,000 based in 2009-2010 based on Population Change report of National statistics (2011).... The National statistics Office (2011) bared that Somalis in UK cannot be exactly determined as there is constant in-flow and out-flow of asylum seekers (p.... Office of the National statistics.... hp%3Fid%3D354+statistics+of+somali+in+UK&hl=tl&gl=ph&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShCK0dIzDh7LP3ITfTl3XVJv3h-ogHg2sa4EnKskjS5LdipTkqfBxbP601PxVxMM018rJo_i2YnJbyIcMTVy6KzYmOz17Y1sPGbL4hpJu3u70Dmrn7BcunJBmV-TecwPF08HOJy&sig=AHIEtbQwA5NCwh4_4C4_u_938qtJJl_kDA Accessed: July 25, 2011....

The systematic review 'Impact of Community Sports Promoting of Social Inclusion in Glasgow' anticipates a few positive outcomes surfaced: solution for the issue of social exclusion, crime reduction, raise of environmental value, economic advantages, and skilled sports leaders' appearance.... ... ....

For instance the researcher reviews a study conducted by McCollum and Ostrosky which suggested that parents can support the development of their children's peer relationships through strategies such as parent's roles as supervisors and positive child- parent interactions.... The researcher also reviews other useful studies such as those of Ainsworth and Wittig (1969) which were used to parent-child interactions during one-hour play sessions and how this can contribute to the child's ability to make friends....

The purpose of this literature review is to scan research published over the last two decades and draw an accurate portrait of juvenile correction institutions.... But unfortunately, scholarly literature on this subject since the time of the above research does not reflect this paradigmatic shift in policy making (Mason, et.... From the literature review done so far (ranging from years 1991 to 2001), it is obvious that a majority of correctional facilities across the United States are either under-functioning or producing results contrary to the stated objective....

May2004) "Integrative literature reviews And Meta-Analyses Home care needs of patients with long-term conditions: literature review" Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol.... This literature review "The Complex Nature of Informal Care in Home-Based Heart Failure Management" discusses informal care that has been taking on increased importance in conditions like Chronic Heart Failure (CHF).... (2004 May) "Home care needs of patients with long-term conditions: literature review" Journal Of Advanced Nursing Vol....

This literature review follows a systematic literature map on organizational transparency.... Organizational Transparency of Affiliate CHAPTER 2 literature REVIEW Introduction Organizational culture and procedures are important in determining various aspects of employees that eventually affect their output, and the long term business position and relevancy of an organization.... The literature review will follow a systematic literature map on organizational transparency....

literature Review Divorce as an International Phenomenon A divorce is the dissolution or termination of marital union between two people thereby cancelling their legal duties and responsibilities within the marriage under the rule of law of a particular state.... literature review on the history of divorce in Saudi Arabia has established various remarkable facts on the family as unit and the role of women in the traditional society that are worth looking into depth....

he introductory section of the study includes a solid review of relevant literature.... ources triangulation - the thematic findings are triangulated with the literature review.... "Qualitative research methods in health technology assessment: a review of the literature", Health Technology Assessment, Vol.... Police-recorded crime statistics is the principal source of data, though census data (socio-demographic) is also used together with public attitude surveying before and after intervention....

"The Impact of HIV on Women in South Africa" paper is a qualitative study on HIV-infected women using narratives and descriptions reviewed from secondary resources aimed at providing substantial literature on the impact of HIV on women in South Africa by exploring.... This paper aims to provide a substantial literature review of the impact of HIV on women in South Africa by exploring (a) the epidemiological basis of HIV, (b) examining the socio-economic impact of the HIV-positive diagnosis on women, (c) explore the inequalities associated with HIV diagnosis, and (d) evaluate the psychological effects of living with HIV infection....

The work involved the construction of a hypothesis about the connections between ADHD and LD after a literature review on the subject, and validation of the hypothesis based on quantitative analysis of data generated through telephonic responses of parents selected at random from a national database. ... he literature review focuses on ADHD, and covers relationships with LD adequately as well (Smith, and Adams, 2006)....

This literature review and research paper will take a deep comprehensive study on the vital important role that the dieticians and the occupational therapist play in the slowing down on the effects and symptoms of patients with Alzheimer's disease (Small and Vorgan, 2011, p.... literature Review Alzheimer's disease has in the recent past turned out to be a widespread dementia complication among old people in the society.... The subsequent literature review is intended at examining how the extra intervention of a dietician and occupational therapist will maintain a healthy body mass index and improve quality of life, depression and dyskinesia in the patient with Alzheimer's disease....

In the paper 'The Improvement of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Control' the author utilized both qualitative as well as quantitative design in reviewing its ten key articles.... She also utilized a systematic review of books as well as websites that provided scholarly content.... ... ... ...

This paper has confined the review of the corpus of literature to those relating or relevant to a proposal to introduce English in elementary education in Saudi Arabia among young learners.... he extant literature on English as a Second Language (ESL) is quite extensive.... For the purpose of this study, however, this paper has confined the review of the corpus of literature to those relating or relevant to a proposal to introduce English in elementary education in Saudi Arabia and in the curriculum development in studying ESL among young learners....

The literature review conducted for a research study assists the researcher to develop a theoretical knowledge regarding the subject matter with the help of the research works of eminent authors and scholars.... The literature review of the current paper has been framed on the basis of books, journals, and other scholarly publications.... Decision Analysis of the Contents Basic Outline 3 Introduction to the Topic 3 Analysis of the Topic 4 literature Review 5 ...

literature Review Sociology by Inequalities and Incentives in the Nigerian Education System: Investigating the Origins and Outcomes of the Public-Private Split ... One instant that supports above literature is a poor students who gets admission in high ranked university is not given a good job but a student who attended low ranked university and is having wealthy background can easily secure his future.... ccording to researcher's literature on the issues of teacher's motivation in Nigeria, relevant documents and the views of key stakeholders suggest that there is a teacher motivational crisis among primary school teachers in Nigeria....

The current literature review "Community Residential Services and People with Learning Disabilities" aims to answer the following question: are community residential services significantly affecting the quality of life of individuals with learning disabilities?... ... ... ... The 1990s saw a significant transition in the services available for individuals with learning disabilities – from residential hospitals to community residential services....

The book could be regarded as an important contribution to the literature focusing upon the issue of Asian Americans education in the foreign countries.... [Professor Name] [Course Number] [Professor Name] [Date] Book Review – Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity among Chinese American The book Compelled to Excel has been written by sociologist and educationalist Vivian Louie in 2006....

This literature review shall review four peer-reviewed articles on mobile phone addiction.... A literature search would first be carried out via an internet search using the following search words and similar combinations of these words: mobile phone addiction, cell phone addiction, causes of cell phone addiction, impact of cell phone addiction.... Only peer-reviewed articles carried out by credible authors will be included in this literature review....

The paper "Stock Market Efficiency and Behavioural Finance" is a good example of a literature review on finance and accounting.... The paper "Stock Market Efficiency and Behavioural Finance" is a good example of a literature review on finance and accounting.... Business cycle scholars felt that following the development of a few monetary variables about whether might illuminate and anticipate the advancement of the....

The paper "The Impact Facebook Has on Productivity Levels within an Organization" is an outstanding example of an information technology literature review.... The paper "The Impact Facebook Has on Productivity Levels within an Organization" is an outstanding example of an information technology literature review.... literature review: The impact face-book has on productivity levels within an organization. ... The survey (Mills, 2008) showed the following statistics: ...

This study is being carried out in order to establish a scholarly and comprehensive assessment of available literature on larval therapy on venous leg ulcers; it also seeks to assess the future general applicability of this therapy in the clinical practice.... The introduction and the literature review were able to establish the concept and the idea behind the research, including its possible benefits to the clinical practice.... The introduction and the literature review established the framework of the research, as well as the impact of the research in actual clinical practice....

Conclusion: The conclusion in the literature, reviews approximately from employee engagement point, of that engagement can be enhanced through accepting exacting behaviors.... he Link between Employee Engagement and Organization Performance literature Review: Employees Engagement is all about obtaining workers to ‘give ittheir all'.... literature Review: One of the primary problems confronted in accessibility to literature is the deficiency in the universal description of employee engagement....

The following literature reviews various case studies on factors affecting vaccine uptake by mothers and pregnant mothers in Northwestern Nigeria.... "Factors Associated with Low Uptake of Vaccines among Mothers and Pregnant Women in Western Nigeria" paper reviews case studies on factors affecting vaccine uptake.... literature Review: Factors Associated with Low Uptake of Vaccines among Mothers and Pregnant Women, in North-Western Nigeria.... Still too far to walk: literature review of the determinants of delivery service use....

It provides decision support with the analytical model employing tools of decision analysis, financial, algebraic, optimization, simulation, stochastic, statistics as well as logic modelling (Demirkan & Delen, 2013).... The review "Decision Support System for Managing Complex Construction Projects" focuses on the critical analysis of the peculiarities of the decision support system for managing complex construction projects....

Experimental research about cooperative learning was positively on track since the 1970s and numerous reviews of the research literature facilitated the establishment of significant findings concerning cooperative learning and its advantage.... literature Review ... ne of the most important and reliable findings from the social loafing literature is that people put forth effort when they see it to be necessary and idle when they perceive their labours as superfluous....

esearch literature found on the research is composed of discussions of facts and principles to which the present study is related.... For instance, the present study deals with the quality of life the patients with heart failures, literature that was reviewed or surveyed was composed of materials that deal with the consequences of having heart failures such as endless pain, restricted life and the need to cope with the clinical problem.... he sources for the research literature are mixed since mostly were from British Journal while others were from internationally published books, journals and dissertations....

The impact of exposure to domestic violence on children and young people: A review of the literature.... statistics have shown that in most cases of domestic violence, women are the victims of their male partners.... The paper "Effect of Domestic Violence on Children" states that research about the effects of domestic violence is required so that the public can be sensitized on its effects....

Risk-taking behaviour in adolescence: a literature review.... Psychosocial factors related to adolescent smoking: a critical review of the literature.... According to (Australian Bureau of statistics 2008), adolescent at and above the age of 14 years do consume alcohol at high and risky levels.... ustralian Bureau of statistics (2008) retrieved 22/09/13 from Australian Bureau of statistics http://www....

It is based on these reviews and case studies that the authors come up with suggestions on how unions can play an active role in impacting literacy and numeracy policy debates so as to create spaces for numeracy and literacy that develops social capital which in turn is important for developing human capital as well.... This citing of numerous sources of literature is clear evidence that the authors conducted adequate research to obtain facts about the issue at hand....

This creates a need to critique earlier arguments on the subject and review earlier literature.... Empirical research almost always uses a non-empirical literature review.... The researcher appears to understand the ramifications of both a positive and negative answer and had studied literature on both sides of the facts. ... There is much evidence in the literature to that affect.... There are not clear lines as to what is the best way to do a research study that is related to education and there is much controversy in the literature as to what techniques are necessarily used....

The paper 'Business and Management Research Methods' is a thoughtful example of a management literature review.... The paper 'Business and Management Research Methods' is a thoughtful example of a management literature review.... odsakoff, P M, MacKenzie, S B, Lee, J Y & Podsakoff, N P 2003, Common method biases in behavioral research: a critical review of the literature and recommended remedies, Journal of Applied Psychology vol.... Quantitative data refers to any data, which is in numerical form such as percentages, statistics, etc (Fields et al....

literature Critique: ... he introduction although clearly relates the objective of the current study but still the background of the literature review presented was limited one and the importance and the subjected significance of the issue is not that much illustrated as required.... bjective of the present literature review: ...

The paper 'The Monopoly of Telecommunication in UAE' is a valuable example of a technology literature review.... The literature review summarizes and synthesizes the arguments of other researchers on the impact that different providers of telecommunication in Europe and other developed countries.... The paper 'The Monopoly of Telecommunication in UAE' is a valuable example of a technology literature review.... The literature review summarizes and synthesizes the arguments of other researchers on the impact that different providers of telecommunication in Europe and other developed countries....

In order to complete these objectives secondary research of the available literature will be undertaken, including newspaper articles, journal articles, reliable web sources, reports and books.... Secondary research was chosen as a method for research, and there is a wide range of literature that looks at seasonal sales, consumer loyalty, and consumer response to the market, already present.... This will be collected through examining the literature surrounding Saudi consumers, international brands and seasonal sales in detail, collating the information and using statistical analysis to look for patterns and trends....

esearch Proposal User satisfaction about Mobile phone Network in the East Midland area of the UK literature Review Mobile phones enable people to call using the radio link.... (2011a) records some statistics that can be referred to in order to understand the criteria for the user satisfaction of mobile phone networks in East Midland, UK....

The literature indicates that there is a positive correlation between the percentage of income spent on trips and total household expenditure.... Chi-square statistics and ANOVA were used for analysis of categorical variables and continuous variable respectively....

One important aspect involved in literature review is the comparison of the research findings in with those of other research works.... This research paper has fared well in literature review since it has quotes and citations from tangible authors.... In analysis, descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis were done to gain a deeper understanding of the research results....

This literature review "Semi-independent Housing as a Way of Dealing With Social Seclusion of Teenage Mothers" focuses on Maynard who argues that most girls who drop out of school before becoming parents are the ones with low educational aspirations.... This has led to a wide variety of literature regarding this topic and the view the society has on teenage mothers.... owever, literature provided by Jane and Martha (2010) tries to discourage the perception that the society have on teenage mothers, seclusion and teenage pregnancy....

In the existing literature there are also many research papers claiming that applying appropriate methods can provide successful predictions.... Evidence against the EMH There are a large number of studies of the weak-form EMH in the finance literature.... Examining the efficient market literature, Ball (1994) discusses the early consistent evidence supporting the efficient market hypothesis and the subsequent empirical research which apparently contradicts it....

It also reviews criminological theories that explain the underlying causes of crime and drug use then concludes with an attempt to understand why the association is a component of society. ... This literature review "Drug Use and its Contribution to Crime" presents substantive evidence, both theoretical and contextual reasoning regarding the relationship between crime and drug use.... Drugs such as amphetamines, cocaine, phencyclidine, (PCP), barbiturates and alcohol are more closely connected to criminal acts of violence than are heroin and marijuana according to current scientific literature (Wright & Klee, 2001)....

The "Evidence-Based Practice and School Improvement in the United Kingdom" paper contains a review of literature pertaining to people in support of using creative literacy strategies to raise educational standards in primary schools in the United Kingdom.... Their responses are clearly more enthusiastic than when engaged in dull activities Evidence based practice and school improvement Review of literature pertaining to people in support of using creative literacy strategies to raise educational standards in UK primary schools ...

Financial literature.... The paper "The Concept of Market Efficiency and Empirical Approaches to Test for It" is a good example of a literature review on finance and accounting.... Financial literature has developed immense perspectives pertaining to the development of efficient market hypothesis.... The distinguished characteristic of the EMH is that despite wide range of literature that claims to the falsification of the EMH theory, the concept still retains the strong acceptance in the finance and almost all concepts and events in the financial market are tested against this concept for adding establishing their respective attributes (Maloney & Mulherin, 2003)....

he review of the literature was impressive from the manner in which the writer stated the various existing sources of information on... Through these branches, there is an increased chance of the company obtaining even higher profit margins.... Despite the fact that going.... ... ...

literature REVIEW The literature in General The present corpus of literature on market efficiency is quite extensive.... A very important aspect in the existing literature on stock market efficiency is the testing process and methodology.... A review of the corpus of literature demonstrate high amount of work done on weak market efficiency....

It will be important during this analysis to consider whether these films represent a typical or atypical death penalty case as these are defined within criminal justice literature, primarily as issues pertaining to race, class, economic and other social factors come into play.... he available literature demonstrates a tendency within Hollywood to choose only those stories of death row inmates who have a sympathetic side, such as the death row inmate Stanley ‘Tookie' Williams who was recently executed in California....

The literature review comprises an evaluation of the different asset pricing models and examines the best model for the Hong Kong capital market.... The literature considers the facts regarding Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and its augmented version.... Views of numerous authors are depicted in this literature review regarding the use of asset pricing models in the Hong Kong market.... literature review Table of Contents literature Review 3 Asset pricing models 3 Development of Asset Pricing Model 3 Standard and international CAPM 5Implication of the augmented model in the Hong Kong market 7 ...

The paper "Economic Growth and Government Spending in Saudi Arabia" is a great example of a literature review on macro and microeconomics.... A critical review of current literature on this topic will also be carried out.... In the current literature on economic growth, the fundamental question asks if an increase in the government spending can promote economic growth.... In the literature today, the statistics on government spending prove that the amount of government expenditures has escalated from 1....

This literature review "The Pharmaceutical Needs of Patients" focuses on the pharmaceutical needs of those patients who experienced a stroke or TIA and were discharged from the hospital are dependent on the quality of their conditions.... A literature Review submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the award of an MPharm Honours Degree in Pharmacy February 2013 “I certify that this work has not been accepted in substance for any degree, and is not concurrently being submitted for any degree other than that of the MPharm Honours Degree in Pharmacy....

The paper "Real Wage and the Classical, Keynesian, and New Keynesian Perspectives" reviews some of the studies on the cyclicality, acyclicality, and countercyclicality between the real wage and the business cycle, paying attention to the short-run fluctuations in output and employment that constitute the business cycle.... arlier literature on acyclical real wage in an efficiency wage model succeeded in generating acyclical real wage through a "countercyclical effort"....