Essays on Statistics Literature Reviews

There are so many different issues that are present in the world today which need to be addressed and discussed, and in two books in particular - The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things by Barry Glassner, and The Stranger Next Door: The Story of a Small Community's Battle Over Sex, Faith, and Civil Rights by Arlene Stein - prove this point to a fault....

It would not be an overstatement if said that Alexander's book has delivered immense value to past literature related to mass incarceration of African Americans.... Similar claims have been made by many other critics also in the past criminal justice literature, but what makes Alexander stand apart from everyone else is a direct accusation made by her.... Her work is strange and disproportionate, let alone worthy of adding solid value to existing literature on criminal justice of America....

This paper focuses on those theoretical underpinnings and literature that basically determine the causal correlations and regressions between variables that immediately impact on the macroeconomic outcomes.... literature review Currently available literature on the of price stabilization policy in a modern economy has both a theoretical approach and a broader empirical approach.... Thus this paper would essentially focus on those theoretical underpinnings and literature that basically determine the causal correlations and regressions between variables that immediately impact on the macroeconomic outcomes....

Meta-analyses, observational studies, random controlled trials and systematic reviews report scientific evidence against the hypothesis.... Several studies and reviews have been conducted and the findings do not point any specific relation between fatty acids and heart disease (Mozaffarain et al.... So many studies, including observational studies, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses have proven that the theory is based on very little and conflicting evidence and, therefore, should not continue being supported....

The paper "Financial System in China " is an outstanding example of a finance and accounting literature review.... Financial System in China Contents Introduction 3 literature Review 3 Financial Systems of China 6 The Banking Sector 6 The Bond Market 8 The Stock Market 9 ... In this paper, a literature review will be done on the economic model of state capitalism and all the important aspects of Chinese financial system such as banking sector, the bond market, and the stock market will be critically examined to analyse to what extent the financial system of the country reflects state capitalism....

The paper "Chinese Policies and Strategies of Growth" is a perfect example of a macro & microeconomics literature review.... The paper "Chinese Policies and Strategies of Growth" is a perfect example of a macro & microeconomics literature review.... Isaksson (2007) provides a broad literature review of changes that were done on land tenure systems in China, in order to improve agricultural productivity and avoid shocks in case of famines.... “Determinants of Total Factor Productivity Growth: a literature Review....

“Speculative Investor Behaviour in a Stock Market with Heterogeneous Expectations” Review of the relevant and accompanying literature ... his work sheds light on the major issues emerging from the speculative behavior effects on a broader investment based analysis of the financial markets: under the assumption of perfect markets, the main hypotheses concerning the investment technical approaches are fully respected and have already been analyzed by the Body of literature on an extensive and comprehensive basis. ...

espite of the progress made by majority women towards equity and especially in the west, Norris & Inglehart (2001) argues that women have still a long way to go, according to worldwide statistics.... According to Norris & Inglehart (2001), the statistics reveal that women have a possession of only 1 per cent of the globe's wealth, and earn only 10 percent of the globe's income, regardless of the fact that they make up to 51 per cent of the globe's population....

he literature related to resource-based view (RBV) of companies reviews the level of employees' knowledge, expertise, and capabilities along with their motivation and loyalty to be inseparable with the human capital of companies.... The paper 'Human Resource Management Overview in Health Care ' is an engrossing example of human resources literature review.... In this regard, past literature review can be helpful for healthcare human resource managers to manage their roles efficiently with the ever changing focus. ...

The assertion by these researchers was also supplemented and reinforced by the works of Schofield who through his surveys and reviews of managers undertaking MBA, found out that in one and half years, 50% of the managers had advanced in their careers while and about 50% of them received promotions to higher levels of management (Baruch & Peiperl, 2000, p.... IMAPACT OF MBA ON CAREER ADVANCEMENT By literature Review Introduction Education is an essential component ofindividual advancement and life achievement....

Kirkus reviews, a collection of book critiques, asserts that Leap perceives the young ‘homies' (home boys and girls) as lost causes trying to flee destitute childhoods.... Marking out three previous generations of the gang members' family hierarchies, the literature reveals the powerful influence that clan mentality has over the community combined with the depth of kinship links and states: ... In addition to Jumped In, Leap has authored more literature including evaluation reports, book chapters, articles etc....

revious researchers examined media source credibility but their reviews relied on existing source credibility measures of traditional Internet or news media giving consideration to media users' perspectives (Entman 2004; Benelli 2003).... The paper "CNN Influence Public Opinion" presents detailed information, that the literature field on public opinion research has been dominated by different strands including the existing relationship between public opinion, electoral politics, and mass communication....

literature Review Contents literature Review 3 Health as a Social Good 3 Importance of Youth Health in China 3 Lifestyle of Chinese 4 Customers Decision on Fast Food 6 ... rom the above literature survey, Chinese students are found to exhibit unhealthy edible habits.... The literature has proved that expensive and strategic marketing activities of the fast food companies ensure a wide base of customers.... he above graph shows the basic statistics pertaining to food business in the U....

However, these causes are not clear and there is considerable gap in literature about the impact of driver awareness and traffic laws in reducing road accidents involving motorists and cyclists.... literature Review ... number of literature corroborate the existence of conflict between the motorists and cyclist (Li, 2011; Purcher, 2011; Roads and Traffic Authority, 2000; O'Connor, 2010; and De Smet, 2008).... A comprehensive literature review can provide this research considerable number of important information about the causes of conflict and approaches used to reduce or resolve such conflict without compromising the privacy of any individual....

The current literature was published online on March 2011with the open access at Springerlink.... With this in mind, I feel the current literature falls within a range of contemporary literature and the outcome can be effectively used.... In addition, the literature reviewed is logically organized to help the readers effectively follow and determine whether the literature review supports the purpose of the study....

Managing Diversity in Organisations Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 literature review 3 Introduction 3 Equality at work: Global Perspective 3 Managing Diversity in Hotel Industry 6 ... Research works done by various management scholars on the topics like diversity management have influenced the researcher to write this literature review.... The study will try to analyze the literature on selected topic from the view point of strategic human resource management....

The research entitled "Breast Cancer Screening: Women's Experiences of Waiting for Further Testing" by Patricia Pineault, RN, MSN aims to discuss the anxiety and stress that women who underwent abnormal screening mammography and help identify the type os social support needed by the patient appropriate for their anxiety level. ...

A review research Oshodi had reviewed literature pertaining to the various aspects of pre-operative fasting (2004).... Summary The scope and requirement for future research was collected from the literature review.... The review "Pre-Operative Fasting in Nursing Practice" focuses on the critical analysis of the methods that could ensure that the elective surgery patients had the benefit of shorter pre-operative fasting times as per guidelines and the improved outcomes of having the pre-carbohydrate drink....

A review of the literature on maternal health indicates that there are various strategic approaches and policies which would be effective in reducing maternal mortality.... A survey of the literature on maternal mortality shows little if any evidence of policies and programs that recognize the cause and effect relationship between domestic abuse, the length of maternal leave, female literacy and abortion legislation and maternal mortality ().... A review of the literature suggests a variety of policy and technical interventions which would be effective in reducing maternal mortality....

The paper "The Growing Effectiveness of E-mail Marketing" is an outstanding example of a marketing literature review.... The paper "The Growing Effectiveness of E-mail Marketing" is an outstanding example of a marketing literature review.... The paper "The Growing Effectiveness of E-mail Marketing" is an outstanding example of a marketing literature review....

This literature review examines the various research findings and the BREQ tool in connection to the Self Determination theory.... Summary health statistics for U.... National Centre for Health statistics.... ealth statistics, 10, 232....

iterature reviews of transformational leadership generally have found positive associations with follower motivations and self-rated performance (House & Aditya, 1997; Lowe, Kroeck, & Sivasubramaniam, 1996; Yukl, 2002).... The paper "Organizational Change and Development of Transformational Leadership" is a worthy example of a literature review on psychology....

Eventually, the researcher will conduct a literature review to examine and discuss the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to the causation, development and maintenance of each type of eating disorders.... This paper "Eating Disorders: Compulsive Overeating, Anorexia, and Bulimia" presents the different eating disorders related to compulsive overeating, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa based on the definition set by DSM-IV-TR and other related journals....

The paper "Human Resource Management Might Not Be One of the Most Valuable Activities in an Organisation" is an outstanding example of a human resources literature review.... HRM may not be the most valuable organisational activity based on literature indicating that other, supplementary activities have better results for an organisation.... Though HRM literature often suggests that a more decentralised organisation provides more motivation and encouragement to employees, historically the command-and-control system has made many organisations profitable....

Following the limitations on the extent of the researches carried out on the same issue, the paper had to include other reviews in addition to the survey and borrowed information from already conducted studies (Billings and Moss, 1998).... per is out to examine the researches on the correlation between smoking and anxiety in relation to the anxiety disorders, nicotine dependence, factors determining how anxiety impacts smoker's habits and looks at the already researched empirical literature....

Moreover, it has been claimed that the literature streams of existentialism and the absurd overlap in the novel (Baker 8).... However, according to Baker, even though Camus himself claimed not to be an existentialist, he experimented with different genres of literature, like many great writers did; he grew up in the same ideological climate as, for instance, Nietzsche and Kafka, and existential ideas are present in his works, including The Stranger (53).... o summarize, it is necessary to stress that the three writers whose works have been analyzed in this paper have equally made important contribution into the sphere of literature and philosophy....

This literature review discusses the emergence of the new middle class in Thailand and its political role since 2006 to present. ... There is no clear literature that has explored the emergence of social class divisions and conflicts in Thailand and the political roles of the middle class.... There are gaps in the existing literature since they treat just one of the actors in the revolution without examining the source of confrontations.... Review of Economics and statistics, 85: 645–652....

The paper "Do Mergers and Acquisitions Give the Expected Returns" is a perfect example of a finance and accounting literature review.... The paper "Do Mergers and Acquisitions Give the Expected Returns" is a perfect example of a finance and accounting literature review.... 651), past researchers on the topic to a great extent considered M &A in developed economies, however, with the rapid changes in financial markets, there is available literature in emerging economies and their efforts in participating in M & A....

The paper "Major Issues Related to Entrepreneurial Finance" is an outstanding example of a finance and accounting literature review.... Finally, the last section of the paper sums up the entire paper, including the apparent gaps in literature.... As seen in Rassoul (2006) as well as Kaplan and Stromberg (2002), finance related literature has continuously evolved, and in an era where there are problems related to moral hazard, agency dilemmas, signaling, and asymmetric information, other related issues that should be researched and focused on include the nature of the contracts, numerous restrictive clauses, ways to monitor the investments, and the main costs or expenses used when financing....

This section will review the literature on healthy eating and fast food outlets as well as present the problem, research objective and justification.... his section will review literature on health eating and fast food outlets as well as present the problem, research objective and justification.... his chapter will review literature on healthy eating, comparison of healthy options against other menu options in the fast food outlets and comparison of the popularity of healthy options compared to other options in fast food outlets' menu....

Trustworthy source, evidence of quality control, author's credentials, known or respected authority and organizational support must be evident in any literature; readers must be allowed to verify some good evidence that allows one to trust it (Purdue University, 2008).... The jobless total in the capital is now 294,000, the data from the Office for National statistics showed, down from 297,000.... If based on the national statistics, unemployment continuous to be a trend and this is supported by the fact that, the jobless population has now reached a total of 294,000, lower as compared to the previous data which is 297,000 (Office for National statistics, 2009)....

he literature review has mentioned the fact that social capital is a vital ingredient for healthy and successful aging.... In this case, policy makers too can use the various data on social capital together with other socioeconomic statistics to determine suitable levels of service provision and funding.... In addition, some particular issues of health, which policy stakeholders normally consider, can be determined by statistics on social capital such as suicide, mental health, premature death, and drug use....

Hot Desking Chapter 2: literature Review This chapter focuses on the evaluation and analysisof secondary research conducted pertaining to the topic under consideration in the form of journal articles, reports, statistical reports, and websites.... The literature review further explains the causes and circumstances in which the practice should most appropriately be implemented.... The management literature indicates that flexibility in an organization has two aspects; the functional perspective and the temporal perspective (Bulent 2011)....

hat I found rather disappointing from the essay or a factor that keeps it from being a really good piece of literature is that, on occasion an entirely irrelevant sentence would pop up in a paragraph – distracting the focus of the reader.... statistics and those with specific data and figures must always be attributed to the source....

0 literature Review The problem of domestic violence is one which is often not regarded as important, specifically because of the number of women who report abuse and the unspoken amount of violence which occurs among men.... However, the psychological components of this state that an abusive relationship is usually inclusive of both partners being perpetrators of the violence, indicating the reports and statistics don't align with the realities of abuse (DVRC, 2011)....

This literature review "Health and Safety at the Workplace" discusses the health and safety of employees that is a very important aspect that needs to be regulated.... A systematic review of the literature: workplace violence in the emergency department.... The statistics by CSEW 2013/14 also provided that an estimated 1....

Physical Activity in Patients with Advanced-Stage Cancer: A Systematic Review of the literature.... The paper "Review on Lung Cancer Counseling" describes that lung cancer is the second type of cancer that results in too many deaths in the world.... It is also one of the diseases that impact negatively on the economy of countries with a high incidence of lung cancer....

This literature review "Acceptance of Learning Management System" has four chapters with the first chapter providing an introduction to LMS, Saudi Arabia, and the status of women in the universities in the kingdom.... The second chapter contains a detailed review of existing literature.... The second chapter contains a detailed review of existing literature while the third chapter provides a succinct explanation of the research methodology adopted for use in the research....

This literature review focuses on "Corporate social responsibility and sustainability".... It discusses the literature which provides us information about the work done in the specific area with a theoretical framework on which the suggested solution of the problem can be built....

This literature review "Toward Delivery of Effective Mobile Government" discusses mobile government that has proved to be more efficient and effective in terms of delivery of services to all the stakeholders.... Toward Delivery of Effective Mobile Government Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 literature Review 4 Conclusion 11 List of References 13 Introduction Mobile government is defined as the government's effort to use information and communication technology to transform the efficiency, transparency, effectiveness and accountability of information and transactional exchanges within the government, between the governments and between the government and its citizens....

Emotional labor Name Institution Tutor Date Emotional labor literature Review This section presents studies reviewed based on the following headings; The notion of emotional labor Consequences of emotional labor The use of emotional labour at work Factors that motivate the display of worker's emotions in the banking sector Emotional labor Emotion function is the initial point for acknowledging emotional labor (Hochschild, 2003)....

literature Review on Peer Pressure ... The essay will also present a literature review of other sources on peer pressure in social psychology.... The paper "Peer Pressure Issue" discusses that adults ought to make informed decisions on how to help young people overcome the challenge of peer pressure....

he following research questions are formulated using knowledge gathered from different literature concerning crown management and control and analysis of circumstance surrounding Hajj pilgrimage. ... literature Review ... n order to realize the aims and objectives, the research intends to conduct a literature review of the technical aspects of GSM mobile phone technology including GSM tower components....

The literature of the issue is scattered, disorganized and full of weaknesses.... n the literature review, it is essential that the researcher carries out a thorough investigation of the previous researches in the field.... A literature review is conducted in terms of the three basic elements of academic reading: ... In the context of the paper at hand, this categorization is missing in the introduction where the literature review comes across as being haphazard and random....

The paper "Home Health Care at Saudi Arabia" is a good example of a literature review on nursing.... The paper "Home Health Care at Saudi Arabia" is a good example of a literature review on nursing.... The paper "Home Health Care at Saudi Arabia" is a good example of a literature review on nursing.... Where necessary, the review references sources from Saudi Arabian literature....

This paper "Entrepreneurs' Skills and Traits in Small Business Organizations" reviews the literature on concepts of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs, classification of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs' traits, entrepreneurs' skills, the difference between entrepreneurs and managers.... his chapter reviews literature on concepts of (1) entrepreneurship, (2) entrepreneurs, (3) classification of entrepreneurs, (4) entrepreneurs' traits, (5) entrepreneurs' skills, (6) difference between entrepreneurs and managers, and (7) success of small business organizations and entrepreneurs' skills and traits....

The paper 'Econometric Modelling and the Effectiveness of Hedging Exposure to Foreign Exchange Risk' is a well-turned example of a finance & accounting literature review.... The paper 'Econometric Modelling and the Effectiveness of Hedging Exposure to Foreign Exchange Risk' is a well-turned example of a finance & accounting literature review.... Summary of literature ... literature review ... The model approximates the hedge ratio from past statistics by using linear OLS regression at the initial variation....

The aim of this paper is to develop a framework that will help the companies in order to control their oil spillage risks in oil exploration programs.... Besides this, the paper has also focused on different methods used to manage the risk of oil spillage.... ... ... ... The objectives of the research are to investigate the nature of oil spillage risks; identify and summarize the existing understanding about oil spillage risk management; discover good practices in managing oil spillage risks and to provide a new framework that summarizes the findings and can be used further for managing oil spillage risks....

The paper "Understanding Business and Management Research Methods" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "Understanding Business and Management Research Methods" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... he literature review section of the study analysed the research techniques, methods and concepts of the research methodology by connecting them with the model of research onion (Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill, 2009)....

They have cited literature which provides evidence for a better patient outcome when staffing and education of the healthcare staff have exerted positive influence on patient outcomes.... he literature review is quite comprehensive and the majorities of the sources are primary in nature and come from reputed journals.... All literature cited by the authors is current and incorporates the latest data obtained from studies conducted at diverse locations....