In 1692, several women in a Massachusetts village were accused of witchcraft. Though hard to imagine now, people really did believe and fear witchcraft at that time. Here are two introductory paragraphs, taken from an organic college paper and standard five-paragraph theme respectively, following advice from the University of North Carolina Writing Center’s writing center; each introduces fascinating questions or puzzling scenarios with surprising and vivid anecdotes as openers.
Introduction
Bryan Kelly, Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management and Head of Machine Learning for AQR Capital Management. His specialties include asset pricing, financial econometrics and machine learning.
Thresa Kelly found Kansas University the ideal fit for her as an engineering physics major with minors in both astronomy and physics. Here she discovered her research interests that she hopes to further explore in graduate school.
Methods
Bryan Kelly is currently the Frederick Frank ’54 and Mary C Tanner Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management and Head of Machine Learning for AQR Capital Management. His areas of research expertise include asset pricing, machine learning, financial econometrics, Research Fellow at National Bureau of Economic Research as well as co-editor of Journal of Financial Econometrics. Prior to academia he worked as biophysicist in Volker Dotsch’s laboratory at UC San Francisco.
Results
Kelly is an expert in Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and qualitative research methods, currently teaching methodology courses and providing advice to current MPH students. Her research explores the intersections between culture, housing and health to achieve equitable outcomes within public housing communities.
Dr. Kelly Smith focuses her research efforts on sexual health education, CBPR implementation in community settings and culturally responsible research methodologies. She is particularly keen to use research to advance equity for vulnerable populations.
Bryan Kelly specializes in asset pricing, machine learning and financial econometrics – three fields which he holds an expert expertise. As the Frederick Frank ’54 and Mary C Tanner Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management.
Conclusions
Kelly is conducting meta-analysis research, an established methodology within research methodology and psychology fields, that involves gathering and comparing findings from many existing studies on one topic in order to arrive at an overall conclusion. For her case study on birth order and personality traits she is reviewing hundreds of existing studies so as to establish an estimate of all that has been discovered so far. Meta-analysis is an effective research technique with applications in both methodology and psychology disciplines.
