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Using Research to Improve Your Business

Do you ever find yourself pondering over articles in the newspaper that cite new studies and research that has been done on various “problems”? I find that as I read about study after study, I often wonder how it applies to me and how I can apply it to my life. With all the research and studies going on all the time, there are certainly studies and information that apply to you and your home business and there is a way you can tap into all that knowledge to improve your business. Understanding economics, human behavior, psychology, sociology and other … Continue reading →

Marrying for Pleasure

According to a report by the National Marriage Project, marrying voluntarily out of love is one of the problems with marriage today. Marriage was once considered a mandatory economic and political institution according to the report titled 2006 State of Our Unions. The co directors of the National Marriage Project David Popenoe and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead wrote the report. Marrying for pleasure is not the only reason Americans are less likely to marriage. Unfortunately, the other reasons cited in the report are not something I necessarily agree with. Those reasons included: The birth control pill that allowed for sexual relations … Continue reading →

Medical Research: Our Family’s Affair

Well, the “study folks” finally made contact with me. They had left several messages and I had intended to return their calls…sort of. I knew that participating in a research study was something our family would be asked to do. Perhaps I was intentionally not making myself very available. But I knew that eventually they would track me down, and yesterday they did. The Request “Mrs. Crow? This is Jeannie…” She went on to explain that because our family had two children with juvenile diabetes, we were eligible to participate in a study called the Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium. … Continue reading →

Public Schools vs. Private Schools Courtesy of the Department of Education

A study released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Education claims that public schools are performing better than private schools. Having worked with different types of schools over the past few years, I found this difficult to take at face value, so I began reading the full 66 page report titled “Comparing Private Schools and Public Schools Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling.” I did not have to look far to see that the results seem skewed. Now, I certainly do not want to detract from the progress that some of the public schools have made over the past few years, but … Continue reading →