& #8230; What they have to say contains next to no useful instruction." Wolfe here indicates that, despite the prejudice of the crabs table dealers, they were in fact more similar to the man they threw out than different. The only difference was that he was not imitating their chants in their way, although the sound "hernia" could be easily distinguished in the casino by anyone who would care to try. The prejudice is therefore socially imposed, but entirely unjustified. Finally, Barbara Tuchman argues that bias can in fact be a good thing, particularly where the work of the historian is concerned. For Tuchman, it is important to present historical facts in such a way that readers find it entertaining. However, she also emphasizes that the facts are important to maintain within historical writings. Tuchman believes that it is important to carefully select facts, in order to create a unique and artistic document of facts that is her own work rather than a regurgitation of others. Tuchman's bias is then against using secondary sources for the main part of her research: "My feeling about secondary sauces is that they are helpful but pernicious… Furthermore, the facts in a secondary source have already been pre-selected, so that in using them one misses the opportunity of selecting one's own." Another part of Tuchman's bias is when selecting...
She does so to optimize the creativity and art that she brings to her work. In this way, bias can be very effective to achieve focus when presenting a set of facts, as well as to boost the presentability of a piece of writing. The role of bias here is therefore both beneficial and functional. It focuses the historian for the work that she intends to present to the public.
As Mokoaleli-Mokoteli et al. (2009) point out, though, previous research has confirmed that while it is accurate to suggest that analysts provide optimistic reports on the majority of the stocks they include in their analytical portfolios, such recommendations do not routinely affect the market in any substantive way. According to these researchers, "After accounting for risk and transaction costs, investors do not earn better than average returns from following
Role of Family Physician It is important for us to understand the role of a family physician before we begin our discussion on the importance of family physicians in any health care system of the community. Many reforms have been made in the health care systems of various communities all over the world. Almost all of these reforms lay their focus on the prevention as well as the treatment of any
Bias in Textbooks Davidson, J.W. And Stoff, M.B. (2010) America: History of Our Nation. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. The objective of this work is to review a K-12 textbook in terms of the seven forms of bias which include: (1) invisibility; (2) stereotyping; (3) imbalance and selectivity; (4) unreality; (5) fragmentation and isolation; (6) linguistic bias; and (7) cosmetic bias. Toward this end this work has chosen to relate
Without taking into account these factors, strategic planning will not measure up to the requirements of planning adequately for the future. The author also notes that the complexity of strategic planning is increased by the flexibility of the all the factors involved. Thorough analysis is therefore required to construct a viable strategy that takes into account as many factors as possible. As an example, Habegger (2009: 3) mentions the United
Bias in Curricula Native American Bias in K-12 Literature There are many artifacts used in curricula that illustrate a racial bias towards marginalized groups. American Indians are one such group adversely affected by stereotypical and offensive portrayals in educational material and literature. Native Americans are typically not even mentioned in American history textbooks past 6th grade curriculum. When they are referenced, it is often in terms of Pilgrims and Thanksgiving. Other times
" (Walsh, Best, and Rai 133) Neither does the article pay sufficient attention to the motivational aspects that led Walensa to enter the Solidarity movement, and the reason for the rejection of communism. For example, the important aspect that personally motivated Walensa was not so much any intellectual disagreement with communism - in fact he virtually ignored the student protests of 1968, which he felt was "... A problem for the
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