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Ronald Walters' analysis of American reformers from 1815 to 1860

Walters, Ronald. American Reformers, 1815-1960. New York: Hill and Wang, 1978. The main purpose of American Reformers is to reconstruct the story of reformers who tried to change what they considered the wrongs of the society in antebellum America.

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Quota purposive sampling: applications and limitations in research

sampling is best utilized when a researcher knows which subsection of a given population he or she wishes to analyze and is limited on time or budget, or when it is not necessary to have a very accurate sample.

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Strengths and limitations of Likert and semantic differential scales

Rating scales are often used in judgment of material objects relative to other objects with similar attributes and properties (Cooper & Schindler, 2008).

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Digital photography program empowers primary school children through creative learning

Technology today is an undeniable fact of life. Increasingly, teachers and students alike are realizing the potential of the many new tools available to acquire new skills in new ways. Technology offers new ways to not only learn these new skills, but also to do so in a more collaborative way.

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Sociological arguments for medical marijuana legalization policy

Supports of legalization argue that the benefits of medicinal usage outweigh any personal or social harms; however, opponents argue that any pro-marijuana policy would have detrimental effects on society as a whole.

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Consuming citizenship: Asian immigrant children and American belonging

Sun-Hee Park, Lisa. Consuming Citizenship: Children of Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurs. (2005) Stanford: Stanford University Press.

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Psychological factors in effective advertising campaigns

In the hit television series Mad Men, clever, award-winning campaigns are the brainstorms of boozy account executives in smoke-filled rooms. They banter back and forth, drinks in hand, until someone proposes a tag line or roughs out a storyboard on the back of a cocktail napkin.

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God's recognition of Gideon's potential and divine leadership

The biblical story of Gideon is essentially meant to relate to how people are all the same before God, and that He recognizes one's value even when the respective person appears to be worthless.

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Self-supervision and professional autonomy in counseling practice

Given the nature of psychotherapy it inevitably requires, even in controlled, clinical environments, that a counselor perform some degree of self-supervision. To disallow some degree of freedom of self-assessment would be akin to parrying single-handed.

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Audiological findings and hearing loss in Alport Syndrome

Alport Syndrome (also known as hereditary nephritis and nerve deafness) is a genetic syndrome affecting the kidneys, inner ears, and eyes. It was recognized by Dr. Cecil Alport in 1927, and named for him in 1961. (NKF, 2010) the disorder results from genetic mutations affecting collagen proteins.

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