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Research examining the possible effects of deceptive research participation on participants' perceptions of psychology has yielded equivocal results. The present study's goal was to clarify the possible effects of participation in mildly deceptive research on participants' impressions of scientific and applied psycholo…

(1) Much of the variation in hospital ownership effect on financial performance can be explained by a study's research focus and methodology. (2) The majority of studies reported no statistically significant difference between not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals in quality of care defined as mortality or other adve…

This study investigated the possibility of making compliance data from the public and private sectors more amenable for multiple uses, by studying data from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspections during 1979-1989. The potential association of five variables with mean and upper-end (in upper qu…

Compared to previous studies, the 2004 Replacement Ratio Study from Aon Consulting/Georgia State University shows an increase in the amount of income today's workers need at retirement to maintain their preretirement standard of living. After describing the study's replacement ratio findings, the authors estimate lump…

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether systematic reviews (SRs), the gold standard for scientific research, can offer valuable support in evidence-based psychiatry in the treatment of schizophrenia. METHODS: We used three database services (Ovid, PubMed and Cochrane) to identify SRs related to schizophrenia, found 163 reviews a…

Ethical and practice issues regarding the beneficiary of social work services in the workplace have been raised in the literature. However, no empirical studies could be found that specifically address these issues. This study's findings indicate that although personal stress and employee productivity are related, empl…

A major research project of the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) analyzes how the health system is evolving in 60 communities across the United States and the effects of those changes on people. Underway since 1996, the Community Tracking Study, which is funded exclusively by the The Robert Wood Johnson F…

Nineteen years ago Douglas (1976), a sociologist, vigorously recommended team field research. As Douglas noted, most ethnography is carried out using the "Lone Ranger" approach, which--while producing a number of excellent studies--generally limits the researcher to small groups or parts of large groups. In the few cas…

A number of initiatives are currently under way to address the Canadian Nursing Sector Study's recommendations for integrated human resource planning, including some of the particular challenges posted by international nurse migration. This article identifies and discusses some of the initiatives currently being undert…

A recent study shows a link between very high-risk sexual behavior and meeting sex partners on-line. Investigators theorize that the results may mean that traditional messages about the dangers of HIV are not reaching the younger, Internet-savvy crowd. But the study's results also may offer inspiration that the Interne…