I recommend visiting http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com if you haven’t heard about it. The website, created by a few guys in Iceland, gives anyone with internet access to vote for who they wish to be the next US President, no matter where in the world they are. Of course, only American votes in the November 4th elections count, [...]
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Dear Editor,
Flooding in Phnom Penh city and the surrounding areas has been featured in the news almost every day. This is alarming for the city and its uncertain future.
That some officials in the Phnom Penh authority have laid the blame for such flooding on rainy season is ridiculous. However, this is, to [...]
Written by Sophan Seng
Monday, 27 October 2008
Dear Editor,
I am dismayed by the government’s rehearsal for the national independence celebration (‘Bigger and better’ Independence Day, October 23). Of course, Cambodia’s Independence Day on November 9 is important as Cambodia gained full freedom from the French on that day, but I believe the Paris Peace Agreement [...]
Kandace J. Landreneau, RN, PhD, CCTC, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of California-San Francisco, Walnut Creek, CA, Research Committee Member
What is a sample?
A sample is a subset of your population by which you select to be participants in your study.
What is sampling?
Sampling is simply stated as selecting a portion of the population, in your research area, [...]
Issue(s) to be researched
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Review literature/theories relating to topic/area
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Formulate research question(s)
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Consider whether a social survey is appropriate (if not, consider an alternative research design)
Written by Sophan Seng
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Dear Editor,
I am also uneasy [re: Letters October 9] with the very explicit words of Kith Meng in an interview “From ATMs to fried chicken” (October 6). But I understand [interviewer] Roger Mitton’s intention to maintain the original version articulated by Kith Meng.
In his speech, Kith Meng is [...]
Dear Editor,
I am also at unease with very derogatory and explicit words of Kith Meng in an interview “From ATMs to fried chicken” (PPP, Oct. 06, 2008). But I understand Roger Mitton’s intention to maintaining original version articulated by Kith Meng.
In his speech, Kith Meng is understandable as a very aggressive capitalist. He elaborated [...]
Written by Sophan Seng
Thursday, 09 October 2008
Dear Editor,
It’s just the same song with different melodies. The change of world politics from barbarianism, to colonialism and to contemporary neo-liberal globalism lie on the same latitude: the strong exploit the weak. The change is just moving from explicit exploitation to implicit exploitation.
Civil society has become institutionalised; [...]
Written by Moeun Chhean Nariddh
Tuesday, 07 October 2008
Dear Editor,
As Cambodian people are returning from P’Chum Ben, they might have fulfilled their traditional obligation to appease the ghosts of their ancestors who have been roaming different pagodas in search of food offered by their living relatives during the two-week-long festival.
However, probably very few people apart [...]
Written by Vicente Salas
Friday, 03 October 2008
COMMENT
BY VICENTE SALAS
New global challenges call for different leadership styles
VANDY RATTANA
Voters display evidence of casting their ballots.
“Leaders do not have to be heroes, but they must not be afraid to face reality.”
If globalisation means anything, it means that local events have international consequences.
For better or [...]
