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In the early stages of education, girls over performed boys. This was because girls’ concern in education was underachievement. However, from GCSE level, girls fell behind
boys and were less likely to gain three A Levels and progress into
higher education. A major change occurred in the early 1990's when
girls outperformed boys in all areas and at all levels of the
education system. Boy's underachievement suddenly became the major
concern The general trend in attainment over recent years has been both upward female and male attainment, however the femal According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product es improve more leading
to an increasingly wider gender gap. Now that trends have been
identified, we can speculate reasons. When sociologists first
investigated gender, the focus was on female underachievement in
education, and the ways that traditional ideas about the proper role
of women in society prevented them from achieving their full
potential. There are relatively few studies detailing boy's
underachievement due to the new nature of the issue. However, there
are many different viewpoints on the emergence of boys
underachievement with reasons ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in put forward ranging from biological
differences to different teacher attitudes and labeling within the
classroom. For example, in Arnold's study 'Raising levels of
Achievement', he identified four main reasons as to why girls
outperform boys. These are inborn differences; differences in the
development of the brain hemisphere between boys and girls,
stereotypes and self-perceptions and the way boys over perceive their
own ability. The issue of differential gender achievement has great social significance. Our society claims to be liberal and democrati lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. c with
commitment to social equality. We supposedly live in a meritocratic
society, meaning that status, income and attainment is based upon
merit - the individual talent of a person. If any variable such as
ethnicity, social class, or in this case gender is seen to have an
effect on educational opportunities and attainment, it disregards the
idea of meritocracy. This raises social issues that there is
inequality in education and that the educational outcomes of one
gender are limited. Boy's underachievement has societal importance relating to changes here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe in
wider society. It has been suggested that economic changes have
impacted upon female achievement, which in turn has led to relative
male underachievement. The decline in manual work and increase in
non-manual work may have provided more job opportunities for women and
less for men. The introduction of equal opportunities legislation has
increased the number of women in middle management positions. This has
resulted in traditional gender roles disappearing with more positive
role models for girls to follow. This change in female attitudes has
been d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro studied by a number of sociologists. Sue Sharpe's 1976 study of
the working class girl found that they prioritized marriage and family
before education and careers. In her 1994 revisit of this study, she
found that girls were now more focused on their careers and were less
likely to want to marry or start a family at an early age. This new
focus on education and careers has arguably led to an increased
motivation to succeed at school. This further reinforces the
significance of boy's underachievement by showing its close links with
wider societal issue ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc s. Research Questions and Objectives The aim is to substantiate some of the possible explanations of boy's underachievement. My study is based on a number of research questions: 1. To what extent are females outperforming males in education? 2. What are the current priorities of males and females? 3. Do males and females hold different self-perceptions and different attitudes towards the education system? 4. To what extent do the following have an effect on boys underachievement 5. a. attitudes of school and teachers, b. social and economic factors easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi such as lack of positive male
role models and the assessment process including coursework
content of subjects? 6. What can be done about improving boy's achievement? The objectives are to: 1. Examine the trend in gender attainment 2. Identify the difference in the current life priorities of males and females 3. Establish reasons for boy’s underachievement 4. Develop initiatives to help narrow the gender gap Methods When designing data collection methods, it is important to note the methodological direction of the study to ensure that the data prod nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically uced
is going to be useful. I will be following the positivist theorists.
They emphasis reliability, reliability and representativeness when
collecting data. Positivists prefer quantitative methods such as
structured interviews, official statistics, questionnaires and
laboratory experiments. Quantitative methods reflect a more scientific
approach and will present tables and charts with statistical data as
evidence of a piece of research. In a questionnaire, they favor
questions with fixed response categories so that patterns and trends
can be uncovere and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ d. Data produced by the use of quantitative type methods is also said to have the benefit of bringing greater reliability to the study. From a positivistic viewpoint, a study that is reliable must be replicable and uncover relationships between certain factors. To gain all of this any questionnaire must have fixed response questions for answers to be 'grouped' and analyzed. Too much restriction of answers in this way can be criticized for being purely statistical and hence lack any real understanding and meaning. There would be obvious doubts about the ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
accuracy of my study if at least some consideration was not given to
qualitative methods. Overall, the general methodological direction of
my study is geared towards being more quantitative than qualitative
whilst still maintaining the necessary balance in the data which means
that it can be both reliable and valid. The general trend recently has been towards 'triangulation' where a researcher uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative research techniques to produce a more comprehensive picture of social life. It is hard to find a research me ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a thod that satisfies all three key
criteria; that is, one, which provides data that is reliable,
representative and valid. Researchers find themselves forced between
choosing quantitative methods, which are highly reliable, but lacking
in validity, or qualitative methods which are very hard to repeat, but
which are high in validity. For these reasons, I intend to make use of
both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The main research methods that I will use are two self-completion questionnaires - one for pupils and one for teachers. I chose w dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod ritten
questionnaires for a number of reasons. Firstly, they allow me to
employ the method of triangulation as questionnaires can use both
qualitative and quantitative methods. Pre-coded questions with fixed
response categories generate statistical data, which is easy to
analyze. Open-ended questions allow the respondents to speak freely
about certain issues, in their own words. The two types of questions
complement one another and often an open question follows a closed
question allowing the respondent to expand on their response. The data
produced w cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin ill be easily comparable and as a result patterns and trends
can be identified meaning that the criteria of research from a
positivistic angle can be met. At the same time, validity can be
retained in the data with the presence of some open questions. There
will be no interviewer bias, which may have had an effect on the data.
If I was to complete an interview instead of a questionnaire, in some
cases my presence will have had an effect on the responses given. Any
interviewer bias that is reflected in the data produced from an
interview reduces the dat tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen a reliability and the study as a whole. A
questionnaire that is handed out in school and collected in on
completion is a relatively quick, cheap and easy method of research. A
questionnaire allows me to survey a relatively large sample of year 11
pupils and teachers in the time that is available. As a result, the
representativeness and reliability is likely to be improved. I am going to use probability sampling by selecting a simple random sample of the research population. This is to obtain a statistically representative sample, so that when the resul t? As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel ts of the research are
analyzed valid generalizations to the wider population can be made.
The pupils will all come from year 11, as I can only ask a limited
number of pupils in the available time and cannot consider more than
one year group. At this age, just before sitting their GCSE
examinations, any possible causes of differential educational
attainment are likely to have taken their toll. Studying one year
group will allow me to come to more comprehensive and detailed
conclusions rather than sketchily analyzing all year groups within a
school. To ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust distribute my questionnaire, all boys and girls in year 11
from three different schools will be entered into random number
tables. 50 girls and 50 boys will be chosen using random numbers so
that a representative sample of mixed ability males and females is
gained. The same technique will be used to issue 100 teacher
questionnaires to teachers of both genders, all subjects etc. As with any study concerning differential educational attainment purely on the basis of social characteristics, there are ethical issues. Although this issue is not as sensitiv y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products e as some e.g. abuse, it
is still important to select the words that I use carefully in both
research methods, particularly the teacher questionnaires. It is
important not to suggest that there is widespread and obvious gender
discrimination occurring in the classroom. It is for this reason that
the teacher questionnaire uses more qualitative methods such as
open-ended questions, as qualitative methods are generally regarded as
best for dealing with sensitive issues and to prevent any supposed
accusations. This is another important benefit of triangula . As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de tion as
this way my own opinions on any of the subjects will have no effect on
my data collection. Another ethical issue is confidentiality. This is
will people reading the research be able to recognize and identify the
individuals who have taken part in the research? It may be the case
that a teacher in my study holds stereotypical attitudes about males
and females, which could lead to a guess who type scenario. My
questionnaires will be completed anonymously and I will not be there
when they complete them, so there will be a certain degree of
confid elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip entiality guaranteed. Timescales It is vital that I manage my time effectively throughout this project. The deadline date for the dissertation is 26th April, so I have worked backwards to estimate how long each stage will take to complete. I have produced a schedule for my research using a Gantt Chart to provide a visual representation of the tasks that need to completed for my project. The timescale is realistic and I have set aside two months at the end to allow for any unforeseen problems that may occur and mean that I run over on any of the tasks. tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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