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Trullols, Soler Esther. "Validation of qualitative analytical methods." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/9004.
Full textD'acord amb tota aquesta varietat, els mètodes analítics es classifiquen en dos grans grups: els mètodes d'anàlisi qualitativa i els mètodes d'anàlisi quantitativa. Segons les característiques del problema analític es triarà un o altre tipus de mètode d'anàlisi. Quan l'objectiu és saber què hi ha en una mostra desconeguda, un mètode qualitatiu serà el mes adequat. En els darrers temps, aquests mètodes han estat objecte d'estudi, i s'utilitzen avui dia, en molts camps d'aplicació. Per exemple, en l'anàlisi d'aliments és habitual l'ús d'un mètode qualitatiu per determinar si un o més analits es troben presents en la mostra per sobre o per sota d'una determinada concentració.
Però si l'interès és saber la quantitat d'un determinat component en una mostra, l'opció d'un mètode quantitatiu serà la més adient.
Aquesta tesi s'ha centrat en els mètodes d'anàlisi qualitativa pels nombrosos avantatges que presenten. Aquests mètodes poden ajudar a destriar mostres en funció de si aquestes presenten una quantitat d'un cert analit al voltant d'un valor de concentració prèviament establert, abans de ser quantificades. És a dir, s'utilitzen com a pas previ a l'aplicació del mètode quantitatiu, implicant un estalvi de feina, de temps i de diners important si es tracta de quantificar contaminants, detectar adulteracions o qualsevol altra situació en la que no es pugui sobrepassar una certa concentració. En aquests casos només s'ha de quantificar la mostra que en el mètode qualitatiu revela un resultat en el que es sobrepassa aquesta certa concentració.
En d'altres àmbits d'aplicació, els mètodes qualitatius estan perfectament integrats en el procediment estàndard d'operacions, pel que, llevat en situacions molt específiques, un resultat positiu no necessita ser confirmat mitjançant una anàlisi posterior amb un mètode quantitatiu.
A més de la importància de triar un mètode analític adequat a cada problemàtica, cal destacar que és igual d'important tenir fiabilitat sobre el resultat trobat i, per tant, sobre el mètode emprat. Això vol dir que qualsevol mètode analític ha de tenir definits els seus requeriments i qualitats analítiques i que s'ha de comprovar que aquests paràmetres prèviament definits, realment tenen el valor que se'ls ha assignat. D'aquesta confirmació se'n diu Validació, i és una condició indispensable per a poder emprar un mètode analític. D'aquesta manera es poden garantir els resultats demanats pels clients/usuaris. A més, des de l'aprovació de la norma ISO 17025 aquesta comprovació del mètode analític i dels seus resultats encara s'ha fet més recomanable.
Fins fa poc temps, la validació de mètodes analítics s'ha centrat en els mètodes quantitatius. El resultat ha estat una sèrie de guies/pautes perfectament establertes d'ús molt comú. Però no hi ha cap protocol general per a validar un mètode qualitatiu. Amb aquesta tesi es vol contribuir a millorar aquesta situació.
Es comença amb una revisió de les classificacions i de les definicions lligades a aquests mètodes, a més d'un repàs sobre quines institucions han fet esment d'aquest tema. Es segueix amb una proposta de classificació d'aquests mètodes i, finalment, es defineixen aquells paràmetres de qualitat que es consideren més importants en la validació.
En les tres aplicacions pràctiques presentades es descriuen les característiques intrínseques del mètode d'anàlisi qualitativa. Després, es defineixen els paràmetres que s'adeqüen millor als requeriments del mètode i, finalment, es proposa un protocol de validació que permet el seu establiment.
El cas de la revisió de les classificacions i definicions emprades en aquest àmbit, com en el cas de la presentació de les contribucions corresponents a diferents institucions, s'han traduït en dues publicacions que s'adjunten en la tesi. Pel que fa a les aplicacions pràctiques, una d'elles també s'inclou com a article publicat i les altres dues, s'inclouen com a articles acceptats.
The chemical information about the composition of a sample can be of different nature: which species are in the sample, their concentration or if they are structurally related, etc.
In order to fit any of these requirements, either a qualitative or a quantitative analytical method may be used. If the aim is to identify species, a qualitative method will suit the problem at hand. These types of methods have been recently studied and nowadays are being increasingly used in several fields of analysis. For example, it is common to use qualitative methods as far as food analysis is concerned.
On the contrary, if the aim is to quantify one or more analytes of a sample, a quantitative method will be very useful.
This thesis has focused on qualitative analytical methods because they provide several advantages and they are being increasingly used. These types of methods can screen samples according to the presence or absence of certain analytes with regard to a pre-set level of concentration. That is to say, they are used as a step before the quantitative method and results in lower analysis time and costs because analyte quantification is not required in all situations.
There are some particular analysis fields where qualitative methods are used as routine methods. Therefore, analyte quantification is not always necessary.
Moreover, it is also important to provide reliable results, that is to say, to assure that the method performs with reliability. Any analytical method must have its requirements and its analytical properties previously defined, and their values must be proven. To confirm that the requirements and the analytical properties are the right ones and to confirm that they have the right values is to validate the analytical method. This is a necessary condition to use an analytical method. In this sense, the reliability of the results given to the clients or to the users is assured. Moreover, the ISO Standard 17025 strongly encourages method validation.
Method validation has focused on quantitative methods. Therefore and as a result, there are more standards or guidelines addressed to quantitative methods validation. These guidelines are commonly used by several communities of practitioners. However, there is no generally accepted standard or validation procedure addressed to qualitative methods. In this sense, this thesis aims to contribute with the development of several validation procedures.
The starting point is to provide an overview as a result of a bibliographic search concerning qualitative methods validation. This overview includes the criteria existing for qualitative methods classification as well as the institutions committed the validation of these methods. After that, a classification of these methods is suggested and the most relevant performance parameters in the validation process are defined.
The subsequent practical applications describe the intrinsic characteristics of the corresponding qualitative analytical method. After that, the performance parameters that best fit the requirements and the characteristics of the method are defined and, finally, a validation strategy is proposed. Bear in mind, that the strategy considers the intrinsic characteristics of the analytical method.
The overview including relevant aspects such as qualitative methods classification, performance parameters definitions and the institutions committed to qualitative method validation, among others, are presented as two publications included in the thesis. Regarding the three practical applications, they are presented as three accepted papers.
Aramini, Riccardo. "Computational inverse scattering via qualitative methods." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2011. https://hdl.handle.net/11572/368061.
Full textAramini, Riccardo. "Computational inverse scattering via qualitative methods." Doctoral thesis, University of Trento, 2011. http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/556/1/PhD-Thesis-Aramini.pdf.
Full textWestphal, Matthias [Verfasser], and Bernhard [Akademischer Betreuer] Nebel. "Qualitative constraint-based reasoning: methods and applications." Freiburg : Universität, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1119805627/34.
Full textLiu, Ting. "METHODS DEVELOPMENT IN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE PROTEOMICS." UKnowledge, 2008. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/838.
Full text楊謹鴻 and Kim-fong Roseline Yong. "Exploring hikikomori: a mixed methods qualitative research." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41712146.
Full textYong, Kim-fong Roseline. "Exploring hikikomori a mixed methods qualitative research /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41712146.
Full textMallory, Richard Smith. "Tools for explaining complex qualitative simulations /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textBellis, Cédric. "Qualitative Methods for Inverse Scattering in Solid Mechanics." Phd thesis, Ecole Polytechnique X, 2010. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00557545.
Full textJohansson, Emil, and Jakob Wallgren. "Implemented Analytical Methods for Qualitative Analysis of Carbohydrates." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-85276.
Full textNiu, Wei. "Qualitative analysis of biological systems using algebraic methods." Paris 6, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA066170.
Full textJackson, Kirsti. "Qualitative methods, transparency, and qualitative data analysis software| Toward an understanding of transparency in motion." Thesis, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3621346.
Full textThis study used in-depth, individual interviews to engage seven doctoral students and a paired member of their dissertation committee in discussions about qualitative research transparency and the use of NVivo, a Qualitative Data Analysis Software (QDAS), in pursuing it. The study also used artifacts (an exemplary qualitative research article of the participant's choice and the student's written dissertation) to examine specific researcher practices within particular contexts. The design and analysis were based on weak social constructionist (Schwandt, 2007), boundary object (Star, 1989; Star & Griesemer, 1989) and boundary-work (Gieryn, 1983, 1999) perspectives to facilitate a focus on: 1) The way transparency was used to coordinate activity in the absence of consensus. 2) The discursive strategies participants employed to describe various camps (e.g., qualitative and quantitative researchers) and to simultaneously stake claims to their understanding of transparency.
The analysis produced four key findings. First, the personal experiences of handling their qualitative data during analysis influenced the students' pursuit of transparency, long before any consideration of being transparent in the presentation of findings. Next, the students faced unpredictable issues when pursuing transparency, to which they responded in situ, considering a wide range of contextual factors. This was true even when informed by ideal types (Star & Griesemer, 1989) such as the American Educational Research Association (2006) guidelines that provided a framework for pursuing the principle of transparency. Thirdly, the QDAS-enabled visualizations students used while working with NVivo to interpret the data were described as a helpful (and sometimes indispensable) aspect of pursuing transparency. Finally, this situational use of visualizations to pursue transparency was positioned to re-examine, verify, and sometimes challenge their interpretations of their data over time as a form of self-interrogation, with less emphasis on showing their results to an audience. Together, these findings lead to a new conceptualization of transparency in motion, a process of tacking back and forth between situated practice of transparency and transparency as an ideal type. The findings also conclude with several proposals for advancing a transparency pedagogy. These proposals are provided to help qualitative researchers move beyond the often implicit, static, and post-hoc invocations of transparency in their work.
Rowley, Rebecca. "Media constructions of 'arthritis' : a mixed methods qualitative study." Thesis, Keele University, 2016. http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/2432/.
Full textSchier, Christa Marianne. "Qualitative Internet research : its objects, methods and ethical challenges." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4356.
Full textBoukari, Yosra. "Qualitative Methods for Inverse Scattering by an Impedant Crack." Palaiseau, Ecole polytechnique, 2012. https://theses.hal.science/index.php?halsid=utgisp3o23e1vmcr3q46abm537&view_this_doc=pastel-00738976&version=1.
Full textThe inverse scattering problem for crack identification is increasingly gaining applications in many domains. Examples of applications include non destructive testing, geophysical prospection. . . The research work in this thesis focuses on the crack identification using qualitative methods, particularly the sampling methods. We use the Linear Sampling Method and the Factorization method to retrieve the geometry of cracks from multi-static far field data in the case of impedance boundary conditions on both sides of the crack embedded in a homogeneous domain. Moreover, an application of the Reciprocity Gap Linear Sampling Method is proposed to retrieve the geometry of cracks embedded in an inhomogeneous domain with the same boundary conditions. A completion method for the Helmholtz-Cauchy problem is also proposed to widen the applicability of the latter method. The efficiency of the proposed methods is shown through numerical experiments for different crack shapes and for several impedance values
Liao, Hongjing. "Reporting Credibility in Educational Evaluation Studies that Use Qualitative Methods: A Mixed Methods Research Synthesis." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426115203.
Full textLiao, Yi-Hui. "Profiling caesarean birth in Taiwan using quantitative and qualitative methods." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.514479.
Full textBaker, Louise Adele. "Computational Methods and Qualitative Data: Trailblazing Women and the Law." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/143751.
Full textWiggins, Bradford J. "The Dilemma of Mixed Methods." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2810.
Full textLópez, Vilardell Maria Isabel. "Development and validation of multivariate qualitative methods in the food field." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/294599.
Full textEl objetivo general de esta tesis es el desarrollo y validación de metodologías enfocadas al análisis cualitativo multivariante. Los métodos cualitativos son una alternativa a los métodos cuantitativos, generalmente caros, cuando estos están diseñados para solucionar problemas que requieren una respuesta binaria (si/no). Estas metodologías pueden ser utilizadas en una gran diversidad de ámbitos analíticos y, en esta tesis, se han aplicado en alimentación (contaminación o adulteración de alimentos). Los trabajos llevados a cabo inciden en las diferentes etapas asociadas al análisis cualitativo multivariante: (1) Fuente de datos: se han implementado diferentes técnicas espectroscópicas como NIR e IR y se ha evaluado una modalidad de Raman, Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering spectroscopy (SERS). La técnica SERS se ha utilizado poco en el ámbito analítico multivariante a pesar de ser una técnica similar a otras ampliamente utilizadas (NIR e IR). (2) Tratamiento quimiométrico: se han aplicado diferentes técnicas de clasificación basadas en su poder modelador. Se han utilizado técnicas bien establecidas (SIMCA e UNEQ), técnicas recientes (OCPLS) y una técnica nueva desarrollada en esta tesis (partial least square density modelling, PLS-DM). Además, se han estudiado diferentes estrategias de modelado, una clase (untargeted) y múltiples clases (targeted). En la literatura, muchos estudios se basan en el modelado de dos o más categorías (targeted) mientras que pocos estudios basan su estrategia en el modelado de solamente una categoría, la categoría de interés (untargeted). A pesar de no ser una estrategia nueva, está poco explotada. (3) Validación: se ha llevado a cabo un estudio encaminado a clarificar la terminología usada en la validación de métodos cualitativos. Se ha propuesto un protocolo de validación que incluye el uso de las Performance Characteristic Curves para estimar los parámetros de calidad con connotación cuantitativa (limites de concentración y región de incertidumbre).
The main objective of this thesis is the development and validation of analytical methodologies focused on multivariate qualitative analysis. These methods are used to address problems that require a binary response (yes/no). In this way, the number of quantitative characterizations, which are usually more expensive, is reduced and decision-making is made quicker by the use of simple and low-cost analytical instrumentation. Multivariate qualitative methodologies can be used in a wide variety of analytical fields and, in this thesis; they have been applied to the food field (contamination or adulteration of foodstuff). The works carried out in this thesis tackle the different steps that cover multivariate qualitative analysis: (1) Data source: several spectroscopic techniques such as NIR and IR have been used and a Raman modality called Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering spectroscopy (SERS) has been evaluated. Although SERS technique is similar to other implemented spectoscopies (NIR and IR), it can be still considered as an emergent technique in the analytical multivariate field. (2) Chemometric data treatment: several classification techniques based on their modelling power has been applied; well-known techniques (SIMCA e UNEQ), recent developed techniques (OCPLS) and a new technique developed in this thesis (partial least square density modeling, PLS-DM). Moreover, two different modelling strategies have been studied, one-class (untargeted) and multiclass (targeted). In the literature, most of the studies are based on the modelling of two or more categories (targeted) whereas few of them are based on the modelling of just one category (targeted). Although untargeted strategy is not new, it has been low exploit. (3) Validation: An attempt to clarify the terminology used in the qualitative method validation has been presented. A validation protocol has been proposed which include the use of Performance Characteristic Curves to estimate the performance parameters with quantitative connotation (concentration limits and unreliability region).
Wang, Kai. "Novel computational methods for accurate quantitative and qualitative protein function prediction /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11488.
Full textGao, Yang. "On the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in data fusion." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240463.
Full textWeigel, Annalisa L. (Annalisa Lynn) 1972. "Bringing policy into space systems conceptual design : qualitative and quantitative methods." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29214.
Full textIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-168).
A change in government policy can send waves of crippling impacts through the design and development of publicly funded complex engineering systems. Thus it is important for system architects and designers to understand the interaction of policy with their systems, and to strive for policy robustness in their systems. To be policy robust is to successfully pass through policy changes that might arise during the course of system development in order to bring the system into operational use. The goal of this thesis research is to enable the creation of policy robust system architectures and designs through making policy an active consideration in the engineering systems architecting and design process. Qualitative and quantitative analysis methods are brought to bear on the problem using space systems as the application domain, and a process is set down through which policy can become an active consideration instead of a static constraint. Unique contributions of this thesis in the qualitative analysis of policy robust systems include new heuristics describing the interaction of policy and publicly funded engineering systems, as well as impact flow path diagrams for tracing policy interactions with technical engineering system parameters. Quantitative contributions include general relationships for the behavior of engineering system architecture sets under downward annual budget policy pressure, and the application of real options to measure the value of designing an engineering system to be policy robust to budget policy instabilities. Lastly, this research presents the first comprehensive quantification of U.S. space launch policy economic costs, and contributes relationships for estimating these costs on new space systems.
(cont.) The analysis techniques presented in this thesis for assessing and insuring policy robustness can be applied as early as the conceptualization phase of system architecting and design, and the earlier they are applied in the process, the greater the benefits that can be derived. As the architecture and system design solidify, time and opportunities are lost to tailor a system for policy robustness.
by Annalisa L. Weigel.
Ph.D.
ROSANO, MARIANGELA. "Mixing quantitative and qualitative methods for sustainable transportation in Smart Cities." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2744154.
Full textSonday, Farhaana. "Medicine therapy management for diabetic club Patients at a primary health care clinic: exploring a Potential role for pharmacists." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7479.
Full textDiabetes mellitus is a complex chronic condition and has become a major public health concern worldwide. Many diabetic patients are accessing primary health care (PHC) clinics for diabetes care. Diabetic patients who are considered stable are referred to chronic diseases of lifestyle club at the PHC facility. Effective management of this chronic condition requires a multidisciplinary team approach to diabetes care. Pharmacists are not often included in a multidisciplinary team and would consist of doctors, nurses and dieticians. Teams may be expanded and require specialist healthcare members’ expertise who can assist in the management of this disease, for example, ophthalmologists and podiatrists. Adherence to standard treatment guidelines (STGs) for the management of diabetes by healthcare professionals at a primary care level can improve glycemic control, decrease health costs and reduce the development of long-term diabetic complications.
Pallotti, Phoebe. "Young mothers' negotiations of infant feeding : a qualitative study with ethnographic methods." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15751/.
Full textGittins, Robert Godfrey. "Strategies in qualitative research methods in the evolution of software development processes." Thesis, Bangor University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412260.
Full textPerry, Michelle P. A. "Combining quantitative and qualitative methods in signal detection and evaluation in pharmacovigilance." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.618567.
Full textAmbrose, Aimee Rebecca. "Using qualitative methods to understand non-technological aspects of domestic energy efficiency." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2017. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/15576/.
Full textKnapke, Jacqueline M., Erin N. Haynes, and Lisa M. Vaughn. "Using Qualitative Methods to Improve Physician Research Training: Understanding the Student Perspective." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/ijhse/vol4/iss1/3.
Full textBendell, Katherine. "Using Methods that Matter: A Critical Examination of Photovoice for Studying Supportive Housing." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31996.
Full textPapadopoulou, Constantina. "Making sense of acute leukaemia : an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of patients and family caregivers." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2014. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/942fa3ef-db44-4899-a550-5f5059f4ec92.
Full textStuart, Simon Robertson. "Exploring recovery from severe and enduring mental illness using qualitative methods : a portfolio thesis." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/28695.
Full textRougny, Adrien. "Méthodes qualitatives pour la construction et l'analyse des réseaux moléculaires SBGN." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLS325/document.
Full textTwo fundamental tasks of Systems Biology are the construction of molecular networks from experimental data, and their analysis with a view to discovering their emergent properties. With the increase of available experimental data, these two tasks can no longer be realized by hand. Based on this observation, numerous bioinformatics methods aiming at the automation of these two task have been developped.In parallel, standards aiming at defining and organizing terms of systems biology, or representing networks and mathematical models, have been developped. Among these standards, the Standard Biology Graphical Notation is composed of three languages that allow the representation of molecular networks. The two main SBGN languages are SBGN-PD for the representation of reaction networks, and SBGN-AF for the representation of influence graphs. The SBGN notation not only standardizes the representation of networks, but also gives the concepts of systems biology that are most often used to express knowledge of the field.Our work takes its root in this general background. We have developped a number of methods to construct molecular networks and analyze their dynamics. All the methods that we propose are based on qualitative formalisms, such as logics or automata networks. These formalisms have solid theoretical bases and can be used by numerous pieces of software. All our methods also rely on the biological concepts given by the SBGN standard, and can therefore be blended in the same theoretical framework.First, we introduce two sets of predicates that allow to translate any SBGN-PD or SBGN-AF network into a set of ground atoms. Then, we show how these sets of predicates can be used to reason on networks, by proposing a transformation method of SBGN-PD signaling networks into SBGN-AF influence graphs.Second, we present a first-order logic based method to construct signaling networks from experimental results. This method formalizes and automatizes biologists' reasoning using explicit reasoning rules.On the contrary to existing methods, it allows to take into account numerous types of experimental results while reconstructing precise molecular mecanisms.Third, we show a new method to compute the finite traces and attractor points of Boolean networks that model SBGN-AF networks and that are parameterized using general principles.Finally, we introduce two new qualitative semantics for the computation of the dynamics of SBGN-PD reaction networks. These semantics are expressed using automata networks. The first semantics extends the classical Boolean semantics by taking into account inhibitions. As to the second one, it relies on the concept of story which introduces a new point of view on reaction networks. Indeed, it allows to model different physical states of the same molecular entity using a unique variable.All the methods that we have developped show how qualitative formalisms can be used to reason on the relations represented by molecular networks in order to discorver new knowledge in systems biology
Sullivan, Paul W. "Qualitative data analysis using a dialogical approach." SAGE, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5842.
Full textBurnay, Rita Maria Pires Pisani. "A passagem à reforma : um estudo exploratório sobre mulheres profissionalizadas na sociedade portuguesa." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/5638.
Full textPan, Peng, and Qing Li. "Mental disorder : A qualitative study of treatment and professional methods in modern Sweden." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-14019.
Full textBarnett, Inka. "Physical activity and the transition to retirement : combining quantitative and qualitative research methods." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648141.
Full textBritton, Richard. "Investigating how the subjective experience of worry is constructed by qualitative research methods." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2016. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2049179/.
Full textSales, Clay Alan. "Computer-assisted item and test pre-analysis: a new direction in qualitative methods." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44681.
Full textTo date, the major emphasis in test and item evaluation has been directed toward statistical post-measures which rely heavily on data gathered from the administration of the instrument. These primarily summative techniques are limited, however, in that they are incapable of providing information about and item/test before it has been sent for field trials. This research presents a new direction in test and item analysis which, using test/item writing heuristics, provides a previously unavailable technology for instrument pre-analysis. The new field of "qualitative item and test pre-analysis" is proposed and described. The implications to the field are discussed in addition to specific suggestions for the use of this new technology.
The design and creation of a baseâ case item and test pre-analysis expert system (ITAX) is also detailed, including the heuristics incorporated, implementation methodologies and limitations. The heuristics incorporated into the system include the detection of: two varieties of grammatical cues, negation/multiple negation, repetition of phrases within an options list, presence of too few options, inconsistent length of distractors, use of all- and none-of-the-above, repetition of significant words from the stem to the options, randomness of multiple choice answer placement, balance of true/false items and length of true/false items. A comprehensive reference to the system is also provided.
Master of Arts
Hickenbottom, Sabrina. "Progressive methods utilized in the qualitative and quantitative analysis of human carotenoid metabolism /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2002. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
Full textSteketee, Abby Meadema. "Methods, paradigms, and practices: Advancing Dissemination and Implementation Science." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101664.
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Scientific evidence does not automatically translate to real-world behavior change. For example, despite considerable research about the health benefits of physical activity, only one in four American adults meets the national physical activity recommendations. To bridge the research-practice gap, Dissemination and Implementation (DandI) Science has emerged as the study of how scientific findings are integrated in typical settings such as schools and communities. Recent research illustrates multiple barriers to DandI Science and a need for methods that capture hard-to-measure, chaotic implementation processes and outcomes. Therefore, the overarching goal of this dissertation was to explore novel approaches to DandI Science and bridging the research-practice gap. This exploration is presented in three manuscripts and one report. The first manuscript describes a perinatal health fair intended to connect local parents to community resources. The second manuscript is a 12-month autoethnography (i.e., first-person narrative) about the culture of DandI Science, including the role, impact, and practices of researchers themselves. The third manuscript presents the development and preliminary testing of FUEL (focus, unplug, exercise, love), a one-on-one coaching program for DandI researchers. The final report includes the history of randomized controlled trials as the gold standard for physical activity research, as well as critical analysis of using phenomenology to reduce the research-practice gap. Findings from the first manuscript suggest that (1) authentic relationship building was the key to launching a perinatal health fair that developed into a non-profit organization and (2) the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) Framework is a user-friendly DandI tool for implementing and evaluating a health fair. Findings from the second manuscript include descriptions of (1) blind spots within the DandI Science culture, (2) potential of autoethnography as a novel DandI method, and (3) strategies to optimize DandI researchers' capacity to thrive amid challenges. Findings from the third manuscript suggest that the FUEL coaching program is a promising and feasible approach to support researchers in leading "a more productive, healthier, and happier life," as one participant wrote. Future research on the program is needed to evaluate causation and whether organizations would adopt it. Conclusions in the final report include that (1) the applicability of physical activity research to daily life may be limited by deeply held scientific ideologies and (2) phenomenology, as the study of human meaning, may facilitate the translation of research to real-world behavior change. Based on the research presented in this dissertation, three pathways for advancing DandI Science are methods for how we conduct research studies, paradigms for how we collectively approach health science, and practices for how we manage our energy and awareness. In all three pathways, the heart of elevating DandI Science is to embrace process, person, and presence.
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