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All guides pagesAm I using too many commas?Am I using too many semicolons?Am I using too many transition words?Are cheaper services worse?Can a paragraph be one sentence?Can a thesis statement be more than one sentence?Can a topic sentence be a question?Can editing change my argument?Can I change my thesis while writing?Can I cite the same source many times in a row?Can I just use a grammar checker?Can I say a study is bad?Can I start a sentence with And or But?Can I use a semicolon before a word like however?Can I use humor in academic writing?Can I use rhetorical questions?Can I use the outline as my headings?Do abbreviations take an apostrophe when pluralized?Do decades take an apostrophe?Do I cite my own previous work?Do I cite the same source in every sentence of a paragraph?Do I cite when I paraphrase?Do I include the retrieval date for a website?Do I need a comma after a short introductory phrase?Do I need a page number for a paraphrase in APA 7?Do I need an abstract?Do I need both?Do I need the Oxford comma?Do I need to cite common knowledge?Do I need to include a DOI?Do I need to write the introduction first?Do I put a comma before because?Do transitions matter for my grade?Does a complete sentence have to come before a colon?Does a student paper need a running head?Does every paragraph need a topic sentence?Does grammar checking software catch these?Does MLA 9 use a title page?Does reading aloud actually help?Does the reference list go before or after appendices?Does the topic sentence have to be first?Does turnaround change the price?How detailed should an outline be?How do I check my topic sentences are working?How do I cite a direct quotation of 40 words or more?How do I cite a source with three or more authors?How do I cite a whole paragraph from one source?How do I cite something I read about in another source?How do I connect paragraphs without linking words?How do I disagree with a well-known researcher?How do I do in-text citations in MLA?How do I fix a paragraph that feels like it rambles?How do I improve beyond fixing individual errors?How do I make a name ending in s possessive?How do I order the reference list?How do I write about limitations without undermining my work?How do the five heading levels work?How formal is too formal?How is a topic sentence different from a thesis statement?How is the works cited list ordered?How long should an academic paragraph be?How long should I leave a draft before proofreading it?How many authors do I list before using an ellipsis?How many paragraphs should an essay have?How much does academic proofreading cost?How specific does a thesis need to be?Is a colon or a semicolon more formal?Is data singular or plural?Is editing more expensive than proofreading?Is it acceptable to use emotive language?Is it plagiarism if I cite but keep the original sentence structure?Is it the participants' responses or the participants responses?Is my writing too formal?Is proofreading my own work enough?Is the passive voice wrong in academic writing?Is using a proofreader allowed?Should every paragraph have a topic sentence?Should I avoid contractions?Should I outline before or after researching?Should I pay for AI editing?Should I sound confident or cautious?Should I use a grammar checker?Should I use contractions in academic writing?Should I use in conclusion?Should I write which or that?Should the thesis say what the essay will do?Should the topic sentence contain a citation?Should the whole paper be double spaced?Should the word after a colon be capitalized?Should there be a comma after however at the start of a sentence?Should URLs be hyperlinked?What goes on the title page of a student paper?What if my essay changes as I write it?What if there is no author?What if there is no date?What is a comma splice?What is a container in MLA 9?What is a dangling modifier?What is a hanging indent and how do I make one?What is collocation?What is developmental editing?What is hedging and how much should I do?What is reading backwards?What is the difference between a colon and a semicolon?What is the difference between a thesis and a research question?What is the difference between affect and effect?What is the difference between however and nevertheless?What is the difference between its and it's?What is the difference between MLA and APA?What is the header in MLA?What is the PEEL structure?When do I use commas around a phrase in the middle of a sentence?When do I use semicolons in a list?Where do citations go in a paragraph?Where do tables and figures go?Where does the apostrophe go for a plural possessive?Where should the thesis statement go?Which font should I use?Which one do I need?Which tense should I write my dissertation in?Why do articles cause so much difficulty?Why do I keep missing my own typos?Why is per-word pricing better than per-page?Why would a draft cost more to edit?Will an editor make my writing sound like someone else?
Exams & Certifications
All exams & certifications pagesAre practice exams enough?Are practice exams representative?Are question banks enough?Are there really pass-rate differences between demographic groups?Can I go back and change an answer?Can I retake it?Can I start preparing before my credential evaluation is finished?Can I start preparing for the NCLEX before my evaluation is complete?Can I use RN study materials?Can you guarantee I pass the fourth time?Can you look at my video?Can you tell me my state's exact rule?Do all states require a CGFNS evaluation?Do I have to reapply to my board of nursing for a retake?Do I have to take a remediation course?Do I need a CGFNS report to sit the NCLEX?Do I need hands-on experience?Do I need project experience to pass?Do I need to study all four sections again?Do the Next Generation item types apply to the PN exam?Do you help during the exam?Do you help international medical graduates?Do you use the official ATI materials?Does a failed attempt appear on my nursing license?Does a failed attempt show on my license?Does practice experience help or hurt?Does the 45 days start from the test date or the result date?Does the evaluation test my English?Does the number of questions tell me whether I passed?How are sessions arranged if I am not in the United States?How current do my materials need to be?How do I prepare for case-based items?How do I prepare for task-based simulations?How do I write about student evidence?How is clinical judgment tested?How is the HESI different from the TEAS?How is the NCLEX-PN different from the NCLEX-RN?How long do I have to pass all four sections?How long do I have to wait before retaking the NCLEX?How long do I have to wait between NCLEX attempts?How long do I wait to retake the NCLEX-PN?How long does a credential evaluation take?How long is the credit window?How long should I wait before the fourth attempt?How long should the commentaries be?How much agile content is on the exam?How much can I realistically improve?How much hands-on experience do I need?How much is the exam?How should I handle the time?How soon can I retake a failed CPA section?How soon can I retake an ASWB exam?How soon can I retake the NCLEX?How soon can I start after failing?I am planning to bridge to RN later. Does that change anything?I am sitting this around a full-time job. Is that realistic?I am teaching full time. When would sessions be?I am working full time. Is that realistic?I am working full time. When would sessions be?I am working full time. When would the sessions be?I failed a Step. What should change?I have failed more than once. Is this still worth doing?I have not received my Candidate Performance Report yet. Should I wait?I have ten years of experience. Do I still need to prepare?I keep failing the writing section. What helps?I studied hard and still failed. What went wrong?I trained outside the United States. Does that change the plan?I trained outside the United States. Is the plan different?Is getting help with edTPA allowed?Is it agile or predictive?Is it true that Praxis pass rates differ hugely by race?Is it worth paying for help at this point?Is Step 1 still scored?Is there a limit on how many times I can take the NCLEX?Is there a state where three failures ends it?Is this just a question bank with a person attached?My Candidate Performance Report has not arrived yet. Do I wait?My English is fluent. Is this still relevant?My school has closed. What happens?My score was in the seventies. Is that close?Should I answer if I am unsure?Should I book the retest straight away?Should I just do more practice questions?Should I keep using the same question bank?Should I take the CAPM instead?Should I take the CAPM or the PMP?What are performance-based questions?What happens if I fail the NCLEX three times?What if I do not have my score report yet?What if I have to resubmit?What is a CES report?What is a passing score?What is an Authorization to Test and why does it expire?What is the CAPM pass rate?What is the difference between the NCE and the NCMHCE?What is the pass rate?What is the PMP pass rate?Which AWS certification should I start with?Which CompTIA certification should I start with?Which Discipline section should I take?Which exam level am I taking?Which level should I be sitting?Which one does my state require?Which Praxis tests do I need?Which section should I sit next?Which sections will I have to sit?Why did I score low when my lessons went well?Why did the exam feel so hard?Why do ethics questions feel ambiguous?Why do I keep choosing answers that seem right?Why do I keep choosing answers that would work?Why do internationally educated nurses fail the NCLEX more often?Will my program see that I retook it?
Nursing & Healthcare
All nursing & healthcare pagesCan a DNP project be a literature review?Can I do a DNP while working full time?Can I use qualitative studies in an EBP paper?Can I write about a case from my clinical placement?Can I write within normal limits?Can you check my calculation answers?Can you help me prepare for the certification exam?Can you help me with the presentation as well as the paper?Can you help with a case study involving a complication?Can you help with a case study rather than a care plan?Can you help with discussion board posts?Can you help with my DNP project?Can you help with my specialization's assignments?Can you just give me an example care plan?Do concept maps need to follow a particular format?Do I have to reach a conclusion?Do I need to cite sources in a care plan?Do I need to include developmental theory?Do I need to memorize every bone and muscle?Do you work with RN-to-BSN students?Does a DNP project need IRB approval?English is my second language. Is that a problem?How current do my sources need to be?How detailed does the plan need to be?How detailed should a head-to-toe write-up be?How do I choose a capstone topic?How do I choose a DNP project?How do I do safe dose range calculations?How do I document a fundal assessment?How do I document a mental status examination?How do I get better at dosage calculations?How do I know which problem to prioritize?How do I prioritize between the mother and the newborn?How do I structure a disease process paper?How do I structure a policy brief?How do I use the ANA Code of Ethics?How do I write a community nursing diagnosis?How do I write a good lab report?How do I write a good PICO question?How do I write a NANDA diagnosis correctly?How does this connect to pathophysiology?How is a DNP different from a PhD in nursing?How is a pediatric care plan different from an adult one?How is an MSN different from a DNP?How long should a capstone paper be?How long should implementation run?How many articles do I need?How many differentials should I include?How many interventions per diagnosis?How many nursing diagnoses do I need?How many practice hours does a DNP require?How much detail on cost is expected?How much mechanism of action detail is expected?How much normal physiology should I include?How much should I write about the family?How much time do these programs take?How quickly can you turn a care plan around?How specific should my community be?I am working full time. Is an MSN realistic?I failed A and P once. Can I get through it on a retake?I have not written an academic paper in years. Where do I start?My goals keep getting graded down. What am I doing wrong?My plan got graded down for being too generic. What does that mean?My preceptor says my notes are too long. What do I cut?My program says my writing is too informal. What does that mean?Should I record a conversation that went badly?What are levels of evidence?What are primary, secondary and tertiary prevention?What are the common postpartum nursing diagnoses?What are the four principles?What are therapeutic communication techniques?What does each letter of SOAP stand for in practice?What if my intervention does not improve the outcome?What if the evidence is mixed?What if the site withdraws partway through?What if there is no baseline data?What is a rationale and how detailed does it need to be?What is a root cause analysis?What is a scholarly project?What is a windshield survey?What is OLDCARTS?What is the difference between a nursing diagnosis and a medical diagnosis?What is the difference between pathophysiology and etiology?What is the difference between subjective and objective data?What makes something an ethical dilemma?What measures should a QI project have?What nursing diagnosis should I use for a patient with hypertension?What should a drug card actually contain?What should a newborn assessment cover?What should the assessment section of an NP SOAP note contain?When should I start thinking about the project?Where do I find data about my community?Which adverse effects do I need to know?Which appraisal tool should I use?Which change model should I use?Which pain scale should I use?Why are my grades lower than in my BSN?Why do I have to learn nursing theory?Why is anatomy and physiology so hard?Will you write my care plan for me?
Services
All services pagesAre sessions recorded?Are the prices fixed?Can coaching help with a licensure exam?Can I buy this alongside editing?Can I combine services?Can I get this on one chapter?Can I pay for a thesis in instalments?Can I send a partial draft?Can I send my dissertation chapter by chapter?Can you format my whole thesis?Can you help before I submit for publication?Can you help with corrections after the viva?Can you work to my institution's editing policy?Do you charge for a quote?Do you fix my references or just format them?Do you fix my references?Do you offer student discounts?Do you rewrite anything?Do you store my card details?Do you take payment up front?Do you translate documents?Do you work on the assignment I have due?Does a rush job cost more?How do I know whether I need proofreading or copy editing?How do I know which service I need?How fast can you turn it around?How fast is it?How is it different from rubric-based feedback?How is this different from copy editing?How is this different from editing?How is this different from proofreading?How long does a full dissertation take?How long does a refund take to reach me?How long does it take?How many sessions do people need?How many sessions will I need?How much does academic editing cost?How much does dissertation editing cost?How much is the transaction fee for each payment method?How much time should I leave after delivery?How quickly do I get it back?Is it confidential?Is it online?Is the follow-up read really included?Is the quote fixed?Is this allowed if English is being assessed?Is this cheaper than editing?Is using a dissertation editor allowed?Should I send it chapter by chapter or all at once?What currency are your prices in?What happens to my payment if I cancel?What if I disagree with a change?What if I disagree with the feedback?What if I disagree with the report?What if I do not have a rubric?What if my deadline moves?What if the work is late?What is the difference between copy editing and proofreading?What is the on-time guarantee?What payment methods do you accept?When do sessions happen?When does my deadline start counting?When should I get developmental editing?Which styles do you work in?Why per word rather than per page?Will I have the same coach each time?Will it still sound like me?Will my writing still sound like me?Will you change what I meant?Will you check my references?Will you explain the corrections?
Business & Management
All business & management pagesCan I use Excel rather than SPSS?Can I write about my own workplace?Can something be legal and unethical?Can you help with the DBA dissertation?Can you just check my answers?Can you write my case study analysis?Do I need a real client?Do I need to draw diagrams if the question does not ask?Do you check the numbers as well as the writing?Do you help with Excel?Do you help with simulation assignments?Do you help with the Excel model?Does my recommendation need to be the one the company actually chose?How do I apply a theory rather than describe it?How do I choose a discount rate?How do I explain a variance?How do I find the bottleneck?How do I handle a group project where people are not contributing?How do I handle terminal value?How do I interpret a regression coefficient?How do I make a SWOT analysis analytical?How do I measure a campaign recommendation?How do I narrow a capstone topic?How do I read a case in an hour?How do I survive research methods?How do I use elasticity in a pricing question?How do I write for the client and the faculty?How do I write the application section?How do you fit around a full-time job?How is a DBA different from an MBA?How long should a management report be?How many alternatives do I need?How much interpretation do I need to write?How much of the case should I summarize?How much real-world evidence should I include?How much safety stock is right?How much theory should I include?How personal should a reflective essay be?I am doing an MBA around a full-time job. How does that work?I am not from a quantitative background. Can I catch up?I keep getting debits and credits backwards. Is that fixable?Is a DBA easier than a PhD?Is activity-based costing always better?My essay was graded as too descriptive. What does that mean?My result is not significant. Have I done it wrong?My valuation looks wrong. How do I tell?My writing gets graded down for being too academic. What does that mean?NPV or IRR?What does a good implementation section contain?What does the p value actually tell me?What goes in a case brief?What if I am behind on several weeks of material?What if my analysis says the client should do nothing?What if my client goes quiet?What is IRAC?What is the difference between a shift and a movement along a curve?What makes a cost relevant?What makes a good market segment?When does EOQ stop applying?Where do I find market data for an assignment?Which ethical framework should I use?Which framework should I use?Which motivation theory should I use?Why do absorption and variable costing give different profits?Why do my cost curve answers keep losing points?Why does the queue get so long near full utilization?
Dissertation & Thesis
All dissertation & thesis pagesCan I change my question after approval?Can I research my own company?Can I start recruiting while I wait?Can I study my own school or district?Can I use headings for each research question?Can you do a mock defense for a master's viva?Can you help before I start collecting data?Can you help me choose a practice problem?Can you help with a chapter my committee rejected?Can you run my statistics?Can you write my literature review?Do I have to be critical of every study?Do I need IRB approval for interviews with colleagues?Do I really need a philosophy section?Do you help with the defense?Do you work with candidates outside the United States?Does my DNP project need IRB approval?How do I find the gap?How do I know if my research question is any good?How do I present qualitative findings?How do I write about my own role in the study?How far in advance should we do the mock?How is a DBA different from a PhD in business?How is a PhD different from an EdD or DBA?How is a systematic review different?How is doctoral work priced?How long does IRB approval take?How long is a defense?How long should a dissertation proposal be?How long should a methodology chapter be?How many participants does a DNP project need?How many sources should a literature review have?How many tables and figures should I have?How much literature do I need in the proposal?I am working sixty hours a week. Is this realistic?I have not written anything for months. Is that recoverable?I teach full time. When am I supposed to write?Is a single-organization case study enough for a doctorate?Is an EdD easier than a PhD?My application was returned. Is that bad?My committee keeps sending the proposal back with different feedback. Can you help with that?My committee rejected my proposal. What now?My committee says my problem is not theoretical enough. What now?My committee wants more theory. What do they mean?My design changed partway through. How do I write that?My intervention did not improve the outcome. Have I failed?My results do not support my hypothesis. How do I write that?My review is too long. What do I cut?My supervisor and committee disagree. What do I do?My supervisor and my committee want different things. What do I do?Should I defend a weak point or concede it?Should I include every analysis I ran?Should I write the proposal or the IRB application first?Should it be chronological or thematic?What counts as an original contribution?What if I change jobs during the doctorate?What if I do not know the answer?What if my study changes after approval?What is a problem of practice?What is SQUIRE 2.0?What is the difference between a DNP project and a PhD dissertation?What is the difference between methodology and methods?What is the difference between results and discussion?What questions will my committee ask?What review category will my study be?
Data Analysis
All data analysis pagesANOVA or multiple t-tests?Can I run several tests on the same data?Can I use a web sample size calculator?Can I use tables straight from SPSS?Can NVivo find themes automatically?Can you help before I collect data?Can you help if I have already done the analysis?Can you help with ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA or Dedoose instead?Can you just code my transcripts for me?Can you just run the analysis for me?Can you look at coding I have already done?Can you run my SPSS analysis for me?Do I have to report non-significant results?Do I need a second coder?Do I need NVivo for my dissertation?Do I need NVivo?Do I need to report Cronbach's alpha?Do the same participants have to be in both strands?Do you work in R as well as SPSS?Do you work in SPSS, R or something else?Does it work on Mac?Does this work for focus groups as well as interviews?How do I get my survey data into SPSS?How do I justify the test in my methodology chapter?How do I report a t-test in APA 7?How do I show how common a qualitative theme was?How long does it take to learn?How many codes should I have?How many interviews do I need?How many participants do I need?I did not get a significant result. What now?I have already run everything and my supervisor has questions. Can you help?Is 30 participants enough?Is mixed methods more work than a single method?Is SPSS better than R?My assumptions failed. Is the study ruined?My committee says my themes are just descriptive. What does that mean?My data is not normal. What do I do?My data is not normally distributed. Is the analysis ruined?My ethics board wants a sample size justification. What do they need?My frame changed halfway through. Have I ruined it?My output does not look like the examples in my textbook.My project is already a mess. Can it be fixed?My results contradict my hypothesis. Is that bad?My two strands disagree. What do I do?Parametric or non-parametric?Should I code on paper first?What about mixed methods?What does it mean when Levene's test is significant?What goes in results and what goes in discussion?What is a good effect size to assume?What is a joint display?What is G*Power?What is saturation and how do I show I reached it?What is the difference between a code, a category and a theme?What makes a study mixed methods rather than just having two datasets?What test do I use for Likert scale data?Which design should I use?Will you just run my statistics for me?
Education & Teaching
All education & teaching pagesCan I really do this while leading a school?Can I use a unit I already teach?Can I use data the district already collects?Can I use more than one theory?Can I use my own school as the context?Can I write a plan for a classroom I do not have yet?Can I write about a student from my placement?Can you help with discussion posts?Can you help with the EdD problem of practice?Do I have to cite learning theory?Do I need permission to study my own class?Do you know my state's standards framework?How detailed should procedures be?How do I anticipate learner problems?How do I apply a theory to a case?How do I find research for my assignments?How do I get district approval for my capstone?How do I structure a school improvement plan?How do I use assessment data to change instruction?How do I write a good rubric?How do I write a measurable IEP goal?How do I write a measurable objective?How do I write a philosophy statement?How do I write about learner errors?How do I write about Piaget without overgeneralizing?How do I write about resistance without sounding negative?How is an EdD different from a PhD in education?How is this different from a PhD dissertation?How many cycles do I need?How much APA 7 do I need to know?How much budget detail is expected?How much differentiation detail is expected?How narrow should the problem be?How should I stage a language lesson?I am teaching full time. How do people finish these?I teach full time. When would sessions happen?My feedback says the work is not doctoral level. What does that mean?My professor says my writing is too anecdotal. What does that mean?What about IEP work?What counts as evidence?What does item analysis tell me?What goes in a language analysis?What goes in present levels?What if my intervention did not work?What if the intervention does not work?What is a functional behavior assessment?What is backward design?What is the difference between action research and reflective practice?What is the difference between an accommodation and a modification?What is the difference between formative and summative?What makes a goal measurable in an improvement plan?What makes an assessment valid?What should a classroom management plan contain?What sources are expected?Which management model should I use?Which SLA theory should I reference?Which theory should I choose?Will you write my action research project?
Computer Science & IT
All computer science & it pagesCan you help with a machine learning project write-up?Can you help with a penetration testing assignment?Do I always need third normal form?Do I need to memorize sorting algorithms?Do you help with certifications?Do you help with the implementation?Does documentation actually carry points?How ambitious should my capstone be?How do I choose a baseline?How do I get better at debugging?How do I get faster at subnetting?How do I handle class imbalance?How do I justify an architecture choice?How do I model a many-to-many relationship?How do I prepare for the demo?How do I present to a non-technical stakeholder?How do I prove an algorithm is correct?How do I read a paper critically?How do I report uncertainty properly?How do I score risk in an assessment?How do I work out the Big O of my own code?How do I write up a packet capture?How is a thesis different from a large project?How much documentation is expected?How much theory should the report contain?How technical should the executive summary be?I am lost and it is week nine. Where do I start?My capstone results are inconclusive. What do I do?My code works but I keep losing points. Why?My model performs badly. Is my project ruined?My team is not contributing. What do I do?What counts as evaluation?What does reproducible actually require?What goes in a database design document?What goes in a testing strategy document?What if I cannot finish everything?What if my method is not better than the baseline?What is data leakage?What is the difference between the OSI and TCP/IP models?What makes a good requirement?What makes a good security policy?When can I use causal language?When should I add an index?When should I use TCP rather than UDP?Which data structure should I use?Which evaluation metric should I use?Which framework should I map to?Which language should I learn first?Which UML diagrams do I actually need?Why does my O(n log n) solution run slower than an O(n squared) one?Why does TCP use a three-way handshake?Why is my query returning too many rows?Will you fix my code?Will you write or fix my code?
Engineering
All engineering pagesCan you check my calculations?Can you help with FE or PE preparation?Can you help with the design project?Can you just show me how to do this problem?Do units really matter that much?Do you help with CAD or simulation software?Do you solve engineering problem sets?Does the sign convention matter?How do I choose between energy and force methods in dynamics?How do I do uncertainty analysis?How do I evaluate the final design?How do I know which method to use?How do I write up a circuits lab?How many concepts should I generate?How many significant figures should I report?I am behind. Where do I start?My prototype does not work. Is the project a failure?My result is a long way from the theoretical value. What do I write?My simulation and my hand calculation disagree. Which is wrong?Nodal or mesh analysis?What do you actually help with?What goes in the design rationale?What goes in the discussion?What makes a good engineering requirement?When should I use Thevenin?Why do I lose points when my answer is right?Why do I lose points when the answer is right?Why do my AC answers keep coming out wrong?Why do my free body diagrams keep being wrong?Why is the boundary stricter here?
Admissions
All admissions pagesCan I use the same statement for several programs?Can you tell me if my profile is competitive?Do you know what a specific program wants?Do you know what my program wants?How do I answer a behavioral question?How far ahead should we do a mock?How long should a nursing personal statement be?How many drafts are included?How specific does my research interest need to be?I do not have healthcare experience. What do I write about?I do not know what to write about.I do not know what to write about. Can you help with that?Should I mention a bad grade or a gap?Should I prepare questions to ask them?Should I write a different version for each program?What do I say about my weaknesses?What if I am over the word limit?What is an MMI?What is the difference between a statement of purpose and a personal statement?What questions will they ask?Will editing make it sound like someone else?
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