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Survey findings on property market performance in Jordan, Egypt, and Syria

The previous chapters have constituted the preamble to the analysis to be conducted at this stage. Specifically, this chapter reveals the distribution of the survey, the collection of answers and the processing of the findings in order to generate conclusions.

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Transformational and servant leadership theories compared

Leadership has become a prominent topic of research in recent years. One of the main reasons for this is that leadership is a major factor in the performance of employees and, by association, the performance of the company.

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Plagiarism in academic writing: perspectives from writers and educators

In David Edelstein's (2006) article, "Where have I read this before?," the author focuses on literary writers who have been found to have plagiarized in their works.

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Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement

Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's Classroom instruction that works: research-based strategies for increasing student achievement (2001) gives a thorough overview of recent research on effective teaching methods for elementary, middle, and high school grade levels.

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Experimental design for studying negative advertising's effect on voter turnout

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Qualitative and quantitative research methods for studying workplace diversity

Compare and contrast elements of qualitative and quantitative research methods in terms of survey and case study designs. Which characteristics of qualitative and quantitative analysis would be useful to acquire a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of cultural diversity in the workplace?

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Ethical issues in using animals for psychological research

Both psychologists are addressing the ethical issues involved in using animals for experimental psychological research.

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Logical fallacies in Edwin Meese's Miranda ruling critique

The Supreme Court's Miranda ruling (giving defendants the right to have a lawyer present during questioning) is wrong and only helps guilty defendants. Suspects who are innocent of a crime should be able to have a lawyer present before police questioning.

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How the healthcare market differs from competitive service markets

The healthcare market is basically different from other economic organizations. The two main differences are that the doctor is both the supplier of healthcare services and the advisor who make a decision about what a person needs for healthcare, and the dissociation of payer and customer.

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Gestalt, behaviorist, and social learning theories of learning

There are different theories to how people learn and interpret the world around them. According to Gestalt psychologists, "people see patterns in stimuli before them and conjoin isolated events into meaningful structures" (Gilbert, 1998, p. 67). In order to learn, we use proximity and equality.

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