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romandavis112

How To Write Your First Case Study Like A PRO? - 1 views

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    Case study refers to the detailed study of a certain object, process, examination, or organisation. The general definition of a case study refers to exploring something in detail. But it has more structural variations throughout different disciplines. Case study is a common research design that is used in the context of social, business, educational, and clinical research. In medical sciences, case study refers to a detailed account of a patient's history, treatment, analysis, and
romandavis112

Importance, Uses And Benefits Of Ethnographic Studies - Top News Review - 0 views

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    Every research demands central theme that provides a ground base for technical study. You can find systematic procedures for better understanding of a shift from one field of research to another. One of the fields of research is ethnographic studies. Ethnography is a study of culture and social organisations. You can study these aspects in a group as well as in the form of a community. The most common use of ethnography can be seen in exploring a cultural phenomenon. As a researcher of ethnography, you need to highlight a single culture from different angles. As per its importance, this article aims to discuss ethnographic studies in detail.
romandavis112

Importance of Studying Sociology as a Student - 1 views

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    A lot of people question studying sociology. They say that sociology does not lead to a definite career path, unlike engineering, medicine, and law. But many students are enrolling themselves in the subject of sociology. Studying sociology as a student holds immense importance. It allows students to evaluate social changes that happen over a period of time. Based on their evaluation, they conclude different social issues and problems. Keeping this in view, the epicentre of today's discussion will be the importance of studying sociology as a student. I will discuss the reasons for choosing sociology and its benefits. But before that, let's start with the importance of sociology in everyday life.
enrique garcia

Rethinking Information Diversity in Networks - 0 views

    • enrique garcia
       
      See also Janis (1972) "Group Thought". Probably assessing close contacts vs distant ones could be a nice clue for assessing FB profiles' "Innovative Information Ratings" .
  • See also Janis (1972) "Group Thought". Probably assessing close contacts vs distant ones could be a nice clue for assessing FB profiles' "Innovative Information Ratings" . I Keep reading...
  • Social Networks as Information Pathways
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  • Economic sociologist Mark Granovetter
  • The Strength of Weak Ties
  • 1973 paper
  • people are more likely to acquire jobs that they learned about through individuals they interact with infrequently rather than their close personal
  • We are connected to core groups of strong ties that we interact with frequently and weak ties that we interact with infrequently
    • enrique garcia
       
      See Moreno (1951), Lewin (1947), etc.
    • enrique garcia
       
      Moreno (1951:1931)
  • the "strength of weak ties" states that weak ties facilitate information flow from disparate clusters of people
    • enrique garcia
       
      Innovation related to distant people (weak connections)
  • tight-knit social circles tend to be small relative to people's entire social network, and when it comes to information about future job opportunities, it can be hard to find new leads.
  • Weak ties help spread novel information by bridging the gap between clusters of strong tie contacts
  • homophily [3], the tendency of individuals with similar characteristics to associate with one another.
    • enrique garcia
       
      Inbreeding (Endogamia)
  • Individuals are connected to each other through workplaces, professions, schools, clubs, hobbies, political beliefs and other affiliations.  The homophily principle holds true for any kind of social network you can think of:
  • even the people you ride the bus with.
  • these commonalities not only shape how often people interact and what they talk about, but also what kinds of information they as individuals seek on the Web.
  • Homophily suggests that people who interact frequently are similar and may consume more of the same information. 
  • Individuals that interact less often tend to be dissimilar and may consume more diverse information. 
  • We found that people are more likely to share the information they were exposed to by their strong ties than by their weak ties on Facebook (Figure 3).   
  • strength between two individuals is measured by the number of comments a person received from their friend on Facebook
  • Other measurements of tie strength, like the number of messages, co-appearances in photos, and discussion on posts are discussed in our paper [5].
  • There are many possible explanations for the increased flow of information across strong ties
  • information shared by a person's weak ties is unlikely to be shared at a later point in time independently of those friends.
  • seeing content from a weak tie leads to a nearly tenfold increase in the likelihood that a person will share a link
  • In contrast, seeing information shared by a strong tie in News Feed makes people just six times as likely to share.
  • weak ties have the greatest potential to expose their friends to information that they would not have otherwise discovered.
  • though a person is more likely to share a single piece of information from one of their close contacts,
  • weak ties are collectively responsible for the majority of information spread. 
  • example (illustrated in Figure 5). Let's say a person has 100 contacts that are weak tie friends, and 10 that are strong tie friends.  Suppose the chance that you'll share something is very high for strong tie friends, say 50%
  • but the weak tie
  • sharing is only 15%
  • Therefore the amount of information spread due to weak and strong ties would be 100*0.15 = 15, and 10*0.50 = 5 respectively
  • so in total, people would end up sharing more from their weak tie friends.
  • because of their abundance, weak ties are primarily responsible for the majority of information spread on Facebook.
  • majority of people’s contacts are weak tie friends
  • We are exposed to and spread more information from our distant contacts than our close friends.
  • Since these distant contacts tend to be different from us, the bulk of information we consume and share comes from people with different perspectives
  • Our work
  • shows that online social networks can serve as an important medium for sharing new perspectives, products and world events.
  • very often, information does not "cascade" very far along the network.  This phenomenon has been observed in earlier research on Twitter in Everyone's an Influencer: Quantifying Influence on Twitter
  • and has been studied across other networks
  • by Sharad Goel and Duncan Watts at Yahoo! Research, NY.
  • person who click 'like' is in the weak ties group, and then who write a reply is in the strong ties group ?
  • share opinion , please
    • enrique garcia
       
      Not necesarily but it's a good idea to assess FB behaviour.
    • enrique garcia
       
      Answer to Pudjo Radharjo
  • See also Janis (1972) "Group Thought". Probably assessing close contacts vs distant ones could be a nice clue for assessing FB profiles' "Innovative Information Ratings" . I Keep reading...
  • How do your friends shape the information you see online? See also Janis (1972) "Group Thought". Probably assessing close contacts vs distant ones could offer a nice clue for assessing FB profiles' "Innovative Information Ratings" . More comments inside, see also Diigo.
  • See also Janis (1972) "Group Thinking". Probably assessing close contacts vs distant ones could offer a nice clue for assessing FB profiles' "Innovative Information Ratings" . More comments inside, see also Diigo.
romandavis112

7 Best Platforms to Gather Research Study Material - 0 views

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    Even you can gather data from a variety of sources such as blogs, social media posts, quora, and teacher's notes, but they are not considered credible sources for searching the research study material. The most probable reason behind it is that almost everybody has access to upload or publish data on such forums. However, for using material one must have to consider the validity and reliability of data that will be difficult to access for the material uploaded on these forums. Comparatively, platforms such as Google Scholar, online libraries, books, and academic journal contain information that is published after a detailed review.
Jeff Johnson

What Kids Learn from Social Networking | 21st Century Connections - 0 views

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    Researchers at the University of Minnesota have documented the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. Students observed for the study listed technology skills as the top lesson learned, followed by creativity, being open to new or diverse views and communication skills Data were collected over six months this year from students, ages 16 to 18, in thirteen urban high schools in the Midwest. Beyond the surveyed students, a follow-up, randomly selected subset were asked questions about their Internet activity as they navigated MySpace, an online forum that provides users with e-mail, web communities and audio and video capabilities.
Marty Daniel

TATN- Adapting Through Life - 8 views

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    This site goes with a TCEA TATN presentation on using a program called Build Your Wild Self to teach writing, science, and social studies.
Mats Öström

Thousands of Free Lesson Plans and Educational Resources for Teachers | Verizon Thinkfi... - 14 views

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    Over 55,000 Free Lesson Plans in Math Social Studies Art Language Arts Music Physical Education Reading Writing Geography Science Projects Science Lesson Plans and Thematic units. K-12 educational resources and activities for teachers, parents and students
romandavis112

5 Excellent Ways to Prepare for Tests and Exams without Pressure - 0 views

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    You have your tests coming up, and all you can do is scroll through your social media timeline aimlessly? Or you are more interested in your phone than getting back to work, or perhaps essay writing is keeping you from studying. Unknowingly you are wasting precious time that you might regret later. So first things first, you must do is get rid of all of the distractions around you before your tests and exams, and there are simple ways to do so. First of all, check the place you are studying i
Allison Burrell

How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement - 0 views

  • Fortunately, educators (including myself) have found that Twitter is an effective way to broaden participation in lecture. Additionally, the ubiquity of laptops and smartphones have made the integration of Twitter a virtually bureaucracy-free endeavor. This post describes the two main benefits professors find when using Twitter in lecture.
  • Students in another Twitter-friendly classroom at Purdue University agree that digital communication helps overcome the shyness barrier. “It’s just an easy way to answer questions in class without embarrassing yourself and raising your hand in a big lecture hall,” said one student. Studies frequently discover that greater participation translates into better academic performance, motivation, and a likelihood of adopting different points of view, which is why it is so striking that Twitter can foster that type of communication.
Clif Mims

Mnemograph: Web Based Timeline Software - 0 views

    • Clif Mims
       
      This web application could be used with the following: -Research/ Reports in any content area -Lab reports -Data collection/ analysis (research journal/ log, data trail, notes, formation of ideas and early possible findings, etc.) -Pre- and post-assessment -Ogranizer -Group or whole-class projects -Self-paced instruction -Journal writing exercise spanning an extended timeframe -Group/ Project management
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    This web application could be used with the following: -Research/ Reports in any content area -Lab reports -Data collection/ analysis (research journal/ log, data trail, notes, formation of ideas and early possible findings, etc.) -Pre- and post-assessment -Ogranizer -Group or whole-class projects -Self-paced instruction -Journal writing exercise spanning an extended timeframe -Group/ Project management -In IDT 7/8052
romandavis112

What Are 5 Standards of Critiquing Qualitative Research Designs? - 0 views

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    Qualitative research always focuses on "why" rather than "what". It is a process of naturalistic questioning that seeks comprehension of social phenomena. It relies on the first-hand experience of the people. Qualitative research does not interpret through statistical and logical procedures and uses different inquiry systems. Such systems include case study, biography, grounded theory, discourse analysis and phenomenology. The critiquing qualitative research designs are about their' small scale and biasness. In qualitative research critique, the collection of small samples is on the top. These samples cannot represent the larger population. The impact of such insufficient samples is on the generalizations of outputs. At the same time, it is difficult to consider how the findings are biased
khurshid-ahmad

Premium Office Spaces & Workspaces for Rent India - CorporatEdge - 0 views

Taking advantage of more efficient ways of managing workspaces could save companies millions annually, according to a study. As a result, organizations are taking steps to reduce the number of Busi...

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