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Sousa, Helena Alexandra Soares Gama de. "Drug utilization studies: Focus on questionnaire design." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/22094.
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Дядечко, Алла Миколаївна, Алла Николаевна Дядечко, Alla Mykolaivna Diadechko, and E. I. Nagornyy. "The key principles of effective questionnaire design." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2008. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16075.
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Sousa, Helena Alexandra Soares Gama de. "Drug utilization studies: Focus on questionnaire design." Dissertação, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/22094.
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Vate-U-Lan, Poonsri, and poonsri vate@gmail com. "Internet-Based Survey Design for University Web Sites: A Case Study of a Thai University." RMIT University. Education, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080530.152800.
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In recent years with the increasingly world-wide introduction of the Internet, the use of online questionnaires has increased dramatically. However in Thailand, there has been only very limited systematic research on web-based design in Thailand, including for Thai undergraduates who are the biggest group of Thai internet users. The particular characteristics of the Thai language (e.g. no capital letters, no break between words, Thai script etc.) present some interesting challenges for online Thai surveys. This experimental study investigated web-based survey design principles based on an English language background trial at a Thai university with individual interviews and focus groups with the use of think aloud and other research techniques. The findings of two types of web usability tests revealed that the scrolling web-based format was the most suitable for conducting surveys and that such surveys are most likely to attract higher response rates when endorsed by a trusted organization, when instructions are short, simple and specific, when closed and dichotomous questions provide sufficient answer options and when matrix and semantic differential questions are limited. Research also indicates that the font, Ms Sans Serif of size
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Sherman, Karen, Emery Eaves, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Clarissa Hsu, Daniel Cherkin, and Judith Turner. "Cognitive interviews guide design of a new CAM patient expectations questionnaire." BioMed Central, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610365.
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BACKGROUND:No consistent relationship exists between pre-treatment expectations and therapeutic benefit from various complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies in clinical trials. However, many different expectancy measures have been used in those studies, with no validated questionnaires clearly focused on CAM and pain. We undertook cognitive interviews as part of a process to develop and validate such a questionnaire.METHODS:We reviewed questions about expectations of benefits of acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, or yoga for pain. Components of the questions - verbs, nouns, response options, terms and phrases describing back pain - were identified. Using seven different cognitive interview scripts, we conducted 39 interviews to evaluate how individuals with chronic low back pain understood these individual components in the context of expectancy questions for a therapy they had not yet received. Chosen items were those with the greatest agreement and least confusion among participants, and were closest to the meanings intended by the investigators.RESULTS:The questionnaire drafted for psychometric evaluation had 18 items covering various domains of expectancy. "Back pain" was the most consistently interpreted descriptor for this condition. The most understandable response options were 0-10 scales, a structure used throughout the questionnaire, with 0 always indicating no change, and 10 anchored with an absolute descriptor such as "complete relief". The use of words to describe midpoints was found to be confusing. The word "expect" held different and shifting meanings for participants. Thus paired items comparing "hope" and "realistically expect" were chosen to evaluate 5 different aspects of treatment expectations (back painback dysfunction and global effects
impact of back pain on specific areas of life
sleep, mood, and energy
coping). "Impact of back pain" on various areas of life was found to be a consistently meaningful concept, and more global than "interference".CONCLUSIONS:Cognitive interviews identified wordings with considerable agreement among both participants and investigators. Some items widely used in clinical studies had different meanings to participants than investigators, or were confusing to participants. The final 18-item questionnaire is undergoing psychometric evaluation with goals of streamlining as well as identifying best items for use when questionnaire length is constrained.
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Hume, Colette. "Enhancing questionnaire design through participant engagement to improve the outputs of evaluation." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2017. http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/7065/.
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Questionnaires are habitual choices for many user experience evaluators, providing a well-recognised and accepted, fast and cost effective method of collecting and analysing data. However, despite frequent and widespread use in evaluation, reliance on questionnaires can be problematic. Satisficing, acquiescence bias and straight lining are common response biases associated with questionnaires, typically resulting in suboptimal responses and provision of poor quality data. These problems can relate to a lack of engagement with evaluation tasks, yet there is a lack of previous research that has attempted to alleviate these limitations by making questionnaires more fun or enjoyable to enhance participant engagement. This research seeks to address whether ‘user evaluation questionnaires can be designed to be engaging to improve optimal responding. The aim of this research is to investigate if response quality can be improved through enhancing questionnaire design both to reduce common response biases and to maintain participant engagement. The evaluation context for this study was provided by MIXER, an interactive, narrative-based application for intercultural sensitivity learning, used and evaluated by 9-11 year old children in the classroom context. A series of Participatory Design studies with children investigated engagement and optimal responding with questionnaires. These initial studies informed the design of a series of questionnaires created in the form of three workbooks that were used to evaluate MIXER with over 400 children. 3 A mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the questionnaires. Results demonstrate that by making questionnaire completion more enjoyable data quality is improved. Response biases are reduced, quantitative data are more complete and qualitative responses are more verbose and meaningful compared to standard questionnaires. Further, children reported that completing the questionnaires was a fun and enjoyable activity that they would wish to repeat in the future. As a discipline in its own right, evaluation is under-investigated. Similarly user evaluation is not evaluated with a lack of papers considering this issue in this millennium. Thus, this research provides a significant contribution to the field of evaluation, highlighting that the outputs of user evaluation with questionnaires are improved when participant engagement informs questionnaire design. The result is a more positive evaluation experience for participants and in return a higher standard of data provision for evaluators and R&D teams.
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Stewart, Douglas Malcolm. "Importance of business environment to forecast accuracy." Thesis, Brunel University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327116.
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Zanatta, Colín Elizabeth, Dávalos Teresa Ponce, Iturriaga Sergio Luis García, Calderón Claudia Angélica Sánchez, and Vilchis José Luis Gama. "Questionnaire design: identity strategies in university academics in response to the educational reforms." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100545.
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We designed a questionnaire that aims to understand what happens to the identity of the teacher as a guiding element of its educative practice in response to the educational reforms –which have generated a constant change in what is expected from their role. The questionnaire was applied to 228 academics from different disciplines in a state public University with an educational model based on competencies. The data were processed by factor analysis and Cronbach’s Alpha. The results were consistent with the hypothesized factor structure, obtaining an acceptable percentage of variance (43%), which explains four factors of identity strategies: resistant-diffuse, attributed, simulated and assumed. The instrumentreported an adequate level of internal consistency (.94). Therefore, the questionnaire has both construct validity and internal consistency.Se diseñó un cuestionario que tiene la finalidad de comprender qué sucede con la identidad del académico, como elemento rector de su práctica docente, ante las reformas educativas que han generado un cambio constante en lo que se espera de su función. El cuestionario se aplicó a 228 académicos de diferentes disciplinas de una Universidad pública estatal con un modelo educativo centrado en competencias. Los datos fueron procesados considerando el análisis factorial y el alfa de Cronbach. Los hallazgos fueron congruentes con la estructura factorial hipotética, con un porcentaje de varianza aceptable (43%), que explica cuatro factores de estrategias identitarias: resistente-difusa, atribuida, simulada y asumida. El instrumento reportó un adecuado nivel de consistencia interna (.94). El cuestionario cuenta con validez de constructo y consistencia interna.
Desenhou-se um questionário com a finalidade de compreender o que aconteceu com a identidade do acadêmico, como elemento principal da sua prática docente, mediante as reformas educativas as quais têm gerado mudanҫas no que se refere à sua funҫão. O questionário foi aplicado a 228 acadêmicos de diferentes disciplinas numa universidade pública estadual, que possui um modelo educativo orientado às competências. A análises foi fatorial e Alpha de Cronbach. Os descobrimentos foram congruentes com a estrutura fatorial hipotética, com a obtenҫão da porcentagem duma variável aceitável (43%), a qual explica quatro fatores de estratégias identitárias: resistente-difusa; atribuída; simulada e assumida. O instrumento reportou um adequado nível de consistência interna (94). O questionário conta com a validade do construto e da consistência interna.
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Ogle, Alfred W. "The hotel guest questionnaire: an assessment of its role as a service encounter interface." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2008. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/208.
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This exploratory study on hotel stakeholder behaviour uses a 'service innovation' approach to investigate how the hotel guest questionnaire can function in a way not previously considered in the hospitality management literature. viz as a remote service encounter interface between the hotel management and guest. The paper-based guest questionnaire. also commonly known as comment card. is an old hotel tradition that is the most widely used method or guest feedback elicitation by hotels. Primarily a method of measuring guest satisfaction. studies show that its inherent limitations as a survey Instrument result in inaccurate and ungeneralisable data. The trend for e-based questionnaires as a complement to or even a replacement of. The paper questionnaire provides timely impetus for re-evaluation of its role in contemporary hotel management.
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Shields, Christopher A. "Examination of self-handicapping in exercise, the design of the Self-Handicapping Exercise Questionnaire, SHEQ." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0018/MQ55242.pdf.
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Neijens, Peter. "The choice questionnaire design and evaluation of an instrument for collecting informed opinions of a population /." Amsterdam : Free University Press, 1987. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/16306038.html.
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Baxter, Nancy. "The Body Image after Breast Cancer questionnaire, the design and testing of a disease-specific measure." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0025/NQ35108.pdf.
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Grinnell, Edward (Edward M. ). "Development of a questionnaire to test the impact of scarce materials on design in Developing Countries." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69510.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2011."June 2011." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).
The objective of this thesis is to create a questionnaire that tests how designers in developing countries design with scarce resources. The questionnaire will be given to mechanical engineering students in Mexico and will ask them to design and sketch ideas for several products that would help physically disabled shopkeepers. However, each student must use only materials provided on a specific list to manufacture their products. The list of materials has very basic items like plywood, aluminum bars, and springs. Along with these materials, found objects were also added to the list of materials. These included things that can be found rather easily in a developing country like an iron or a tire. Making the students design using only these sparse raw materials and found objects should simulate designing in a developing country with limited resources. The questionnaire and materials list underwent several revisions before it was sent to Mexico, wherein American engineering students took the questionnaire and then gave feedback that was used to make changes to the questionnaire. After three rounds of revising, the questionnaire and materials list were finalized and then sent to Mexico where they were taken by engineering students at local universities.
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Niklasson, Alfred. "Game design of multiple genre, testing player experience on shifting combat." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Interaktiva och kognitiva system, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-159834.
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As more and more people get in to video games. We look at what makes for a good experience. Psychological factors which enriches gameplay like flow and immersion. And Game design factors which provides conditions for flow and immersion. We gather knowledge and use these factors to implement a video game prototype with two versions for testing a scenario. In this scenario the player is set out in the world to fight terrorists in a top-down shooter. Version 1 keeps top-down shooter throughout the entire level while version 2 changes the combat system to a Japanese Role-Playing Game style on the end boss. We then sent out both versions to testers to measure their experience with both versions. Measurement is done with the Game Experience Questionnaire and interviews were held with the testers. The results from this study indicates that the experience is largely unaffected. This may however be due to many causes as, sample size, the scenario itself and more.
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LeGros, Theresa A., Vern L. Hartz, and Laurel E. Jacobs. "Reliability of a Kid's Activity and Nutrition Questionnaire for School-Based SNAP-Ed Interventions as Part of a Tiered Development Process." ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623471.
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Objective: To assess the reliability of the Kids' Activity and Nutrition Questionnaire (KAN-Q) as part of a tiered process for developing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education tools. Methods: The KAN-Q was administered at 2 time points to assess internal consistency using standardized values of Cronbach alpha and test-retest reliability using the intraclass correlation coefficient for continuous variables, Cohen's kappa (k) statistic for categorical variables, and the weighted k statistic for ordinal data. Results: Data were collected from 119 fourth graders. Cronbach a was adequate for behavior (.71) and knowledge (.72) scales and nutrition behavior (.78) and nutrition knowledge (.75) subscales. Test-retest reliability was generally acceptable, with intraclass correlation coefficients from 0.40 to 0.75 and k coefficients showing fair to substantial agreement (0.30 to 0.72). Conclusions and Implications: The KAN-Q is a practical and reliable questionnaire for school-based administration that aligns directly with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education evaluation priorities.
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Rouquette, Alexandra. "Mesures subjectives et épidémiologie : problèmes méthodologiques liés à l’utilisation des techniques psychométriques." Thesis, Paris 11, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA11T097/document.
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L’utilisation des mesures subjectives en épidémiologie s’est intensifiée récemment, notamment avec la volonté de plus en plus affirmée d’intégrer la perception qu’ont les sujets de leur santé dans l’étude des maladies et l’évaluation des interventions. La psychométrie regroupe les méthodes statistiques utilisées pour la construction des questionnaires et l’analyse des données qui en sont issues. Ce travail de thèse avait pour but d’explorer différents problèmes méthodologiques soulevés par l’utilisation des techniques psychométriques en épidémiologie. Trois études empiriques sont présentées et concernent 1/ la phase de validation de l’instrument : l’objectif était de développer, à l’aide de données simulées, un outil de calcul de la taille d’échantillon pour la validation d’échelle en psychiatrie ; 2/ les propriétés mathématiques de la mesure obtenue : l’objectif était de comparer les performances de la différence minimale cliniquement pertinente d’un questionnaire calculée sur des données de cohorte, soit dans le cadre de la théorie classique des tests (CTT), soit dans celui de la théorie de réponse à l’item (IRT) ; 3/ son utilisation dans un schéma longitudinal : l’objectif était de comparer, à l’aide de données simulées, les performances d’une méthode statistique d’analyse de l’évolution longitudinale d’un phénomène subjectif mesuré à l’aide de la CTT ou de l’IRT, en particulier lorsque certains items disponibles pour la mesure différaient à chaque temps. Enfin, l’utilisation de graphes orientés acycliques a permis de discuter, à l’aide des résultats de ces trois études, la notion de biais d’information lors de l’utilisation des mesures subjectives en épidémiologieRecently, subjective measurements have increasingly been used in epidemiology, alongside the growing will to integrate individuals’ point of view on their health in studies on diseases or health interventions. Psychometrics includes statistical methods used to develop questionnaires and to analyze questionnaire data. This doctoral dissertation aimed to explore methodological issues raised by the use of psychometric techniques in epidemiology. Three empirical studies are presented and cover 1 / the validation stage of a questionnaire: the objective was to develop, using simulated data, a tool to determine sample size for internal validity studies on psychiatric scale; 2 / the mathematical properties of the subjective measurement: the objective was to compare the performances of the minimal clinically important difference of a questionnaire, assessed on data from a cohort study, computed using the classical test theory (CTT) framework or the item response theory framework (IRT); 3 / its use in a longitudinal design: the objective was to compare, using simulated data, the performances of a statistical method aimed to analyze the longitudinal course of a subjective phenomenon measured using the CTT or IRT framework, especially when some of the available items used for its measurement differ at each time of data collection. Finally, directed acyclic graphs were used to discuss the results from these three studies and the concept of information bias when subjective measurements are used in epidemiology
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Musta'amal, Aede Hatib. "An empirical investigation of the relationship of CAD use in designing and creativity through a creative behaviours framework." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2010. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6602.
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This thesis reports a study of the relationship of CAD use in designing and creativity through a Creative Behaviours Framework. This thesis provides a description of the establishment of a framework for gathering empirical evidence to support the analysis of links between CAD and creativity. The Creative Behaviours Framework consists of seven categories including novelty, appropriateness, motivation, fluency, flexibility, sensitivity, and insightfulness. The framework was developed from published literature largely relating to the area of cognitive psychology. The research reports findings concerning the use of this framework in analysing the use of CAD at Loughborough University and involved four postgraduates, two finalist undergraduates, and the researcher s own design project. Multiple data gathering methods including interviews, observations, protocol analysis, and design diaries have been used in this study to provide data reliability and validity. The results demonstrate the occurrence of creative behaviours in relation to the use of CAD when designing. Most of the categories had a significant number of occurrences observed and identified in the case studies using the data gathering methods (in particular protocol analysis and design diaries). However, novelty was only reported from the design diaries in Case studies 1 and 2. Some findings that linked the emergence of xvi creative characteristics of product outcomes with CAD usage were also established from data analysis of the design diaries. Hence, a key research output is the development of a framework which enabled researchers to observe and identify creative behaviours whilst CAD was used in designing. This framework has shown its reliability by also capturing creative behaviours in other than CAD activities such as 2D sketching and 3D sketch modelling. The findings from Case studies 1 and 2 indicated that creative behaviours were consistently identified during the observations of these design modelling activities. It shows that the Creative Behaviours Framework is not exclusively useful to observe creative behaviours during CAD use, but can also be applied in identifying these behaviours in other designing activities. An online questionnaire explored whether this framework could also be useful in wider application such as in supporting teachers in developing effective classroom and studio practice to encourage the emergence of creative behaviours by their students. The research study (using case studies and paper questionnaires) was undertaken with students of the Design and Technology Department, Loughborough University and the findings could be biased to this particular population. Hence, the online questionnaire was carried out with Malaysian CAD users to provide broader feedback. Although there was a small number of responses received from Malaysia, the data still provided a useful foundation to make the comparison between the UK and Malaysian CAD users perceptions about the relationship between creativity, in particular creative behaviours and the use of CAD in designing.
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Bastian, Mauresa. "Effects of Panelist Participation Frequency and Questionnaire Design on Overall Acceptance Scoring for Food Sensory Evaluation in Consumer Central Location Tests." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4446.
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Two studies were conducted to determine the effect of panelist participation frequency and specific aspects of questionnaire design on overall acceptance scoring in consumer central location tests. Regarding participation frequency, research subjects who participate frequently in some survey types are known to provide responses that differ from subjects who participate less frequently, known as panel conditioning. With respect to questionnaire design, overall acceptance (OA) question placement and usage of pre-evaluation instructions (PEI) in questionnaires for food sensory analysis may bias consumers' scores via carry-over effects. To investigate these concerns, data from consumer sensory panels previously conducted at a central location, spanning 11 years and covering a broad range of food product categories, was extracted, compiled, and analyzed. For the first study, data was analyzed to determine evidence of panel conditioning by measuring the effect of participation frequency on mean consumer OA scoring among frequent, moderate, and infrequent participants. Practical significance and occurrence of panel conditioning, defined as mean scoring differences of ≥ 0.50 on a discrete 9-point scale hedonic point, were examined. Results indicate that for overall acceptance, in general, mean scoring differences were not practically significant and did not signify occurrence of panel conditioning. For the second study, OA question placement was studied with categories designated as first (the first evaluation question following demographic questions), after non-gustation questions (immediately following questions that do not require panelists to taste the product), and later (following all other hedonic and just-about-right questions, but occasionally before ranking, open-ended comments, and/or intent to purchase questions). Additionally, each panel was categorized as having or not having PEI in the questionnaire; PEI are instructions that appear immediately before the first evaluation question and show panelists all attributes they will evaluate prior to receiving test samples. Post-panel surveys were administered regarding the self-reported effect of PEI on panelists' evaluation experience. OA scores were analyzed and compared (1) between OA question placement categories and (2) between panels with and without PEI. For most product categories, OA scores tended to be lower when asked later in the questionnaire, suggesting evidence of a carry-over effect. Usage of PEI increased OA scores by 0.10 of a 9-point hedonic scale point, which is not practically significant. Post-panel survey data showed that presence of PEI typically improved the panelists' experience. Using PEI does not appear to introduce a meaningful carry-over effect.
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Breytenbach, Elizabeth. "A revision of a maternal interview questionnaire used in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder prevention programmes in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86474.
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Thesis (M Speech Path)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was done in collaboration with the Foundation for Alcohol Related Research (FARR), a non-governmental organization whose primary objective is to develop and maintain Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention programmes across South Africa. Research has shown the occurrence of FASD in South Africa to be much higher than in other parts of the world. As part of their prevention programmes, FARR uses a three part diagnostic process, including a maternal interview, a dysmorphological examination, as well as a general developmental assessment. The maternal interview questionnaire that FARR currently uses takes an average of two hours per interviewee to complete. Even though a recent study indicates that FASD prevention programmes administered by FARR can potentially reduce FASD prevalence, shorter maternal interviews could improve the use of FARR resources and the ability of FASD research studies to gather meaningful information and inform future prevention efforts. The main purpose of this study was to adjust the maternal interview questionnaire used by FARR in order to make interviews with mothers shorter while delivering the information needed for successful FASD prevention programmes. Data related to the adequacy of the adjusted maternal interview questionnaire was collected and analysed according to an action research approach in four consecutive phases. The research procedures consisted of two separate focus group interviews with five key role players from FARR. During the first focus group interview the main problems with the questionnaire was identified as being (i) the length of the questionnaire, (ii) the unsuitability of the questionnaire to interview someone other than the biological mother, and (iii) inconsistency between interviewers when using the questionnaire. During the second phase of the study the questionnaire was adjusted and revised as part of a second focus group interview. The interviewers, data capturer and data analyst who used the adjusted questionnaire as part of a larger FASD prevention programme made several suggestions on how the questionnaire could be further adjusted to suit the needs of FARR. These suggestions were addressed during the final phase of the study, after which the adjusted questionnaire was finalized. Findings from the study suggest that identified problems with FARR’s original maternal interview questionnaire were successfully addressed by the adjusted questionnaire, while simultaneously satisfying the objectives of a maternal interview as identified by participants during the first focus group interview. Results confirmed that more maternal interviews could be conducted in the same time period using the adjusted interview questionnaire compared to when the original questionnaire was used, due to the fact that the questionnaire was shorter and took less time to administer. As part of this study an additional questionnaire was developed specifically for caregiver interviews. According to FARR role players, inconsistency between interviewers was for the most past successfully addressed by the development of this additional questionnaire and the development of an interviewer guideline. Recommendations for future research include the further development and evaluation of the caregiver questionnaire and interviewer guideline.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is uitgevoer in samewerking met die “Foundation for Alcohol Related Research” (FARR), ‘n nie-regeringsorganisasie met die primêre objektief om Fetale Alkohol Spektrum Afwyking (FASA) voorkomingsprogramme in Suid-Afrika te ontwikkel en te handhaaf. Volgens navorsing is die voorkoms van FASA in Suid-Afrika beduidend hoër as in ander dele van die wêreld. ‘n Drie-delige diagnostiese proses word as deel van FARR se voorkomingsprogramme gebruik, insluitend ‘n onderhoud gefokus op moeders, ‘n dismorfologiese ondersoek, asook ‘n evaluasie van die kind se algehele ontwikkeling. Die moeder-onderhoudsvraelys wat tans deur FARR gebruik word neem gemiddeld twee ure om te voltooi. Alhoewel ‘n onlangse studie aandui dat die voorkomingsprogramme deur FARR oor die potensiaal beskik om die prevalensie van FASA te verlaag, kan korter moeder-onderhoude potensieël daartoe lei dat bronne beter benut word, asook dat FASA voorkomingstudies betekenisvolle inligting versamel vir die ontwikkeling van toekomstige voorkomingsprogramme. Die hoofdoel van die huidge studie was om die moeder-onderhoudsvraelys wat tans deur FARR gebruik word aan te pas, om sodoende die onderhoude met moeders korter te maak terwyl die nodige inligting vir suksesvolle FASA voorkomingsprogramme steeds verkry word. Gedurende hierdie studie is data rakende die toereikendheid van die aangepaste moederonderhousdvraelys versamel en geanaliseer volgens ‘n aksie-navorsingsbenadering in vier opeenvolgende fases. Die navorsingsprosedures het bestaan uit twee afsonderlike fokusgroeponderhoude met vyf van die sleutelrolspelers van FARR. Gedurende die eerste fokusgroeponderhoud is die hoofprobleme met die vraelys geïdentifiseer as (i) die lengte van die vraelys, (ii) die ongeskiktheid van die vraelys om ‘n onderhoud met iemand anders as die biologiese moeder te voer, en (iii) die inkonsekwentheid tussen onderhoudvoerders met die gebruik van die vraelys. Gedurende die tweede fase van die studie is die vraelys aangepas en hersien as deel van ‘n tweede fokusgroeponderhoud. Die onderhoudvoerders, data verwerker en data analis wat die aangepaste vraelys gebruik het as deel van ‘n groter FASA voorkomingsprogram het verskeie aanbevelings gemaak rakende hoe die vraelys verder aangepas kan word om te voldoen aan FARR se behoeftes. Laasgenoemde aanbevelings is aangespreek gedurende die laaste fase van die studie, waarna die aangepaste vraelys gefinaliseer is. Die bevindinge van die studie dui aan dat die geïdentifiseerde probleme met FARR se oorspronklike moeder-onderhoudsvraelys suksesvol deur die aangepaste vraelys aangespreek is, terwyl die objektiewe van ‘n moeder-onderhoud (soos geïdentifiseer deur die deelnemers aan die eerste fokusgroeponderhoud) steeds vervul is. Resultate het bevestig dat meer moeder-onderhoude in dieselfde tydsperiode met behulp van die aangepaste vraelys gevoer kon word as met die oorspronklike vraelys, as gevolg van die feit dat dit korter was en minder tyd geneem het om te voltooi. As deel van die studie is ‘n bykomstige vraelys spesifiek vir sorggewer-onderhoude ontwikkel. Volgens die FARR rolspelers is inkonsekwentheid tussen die onderhoudvoerders grootliks suksesvol aangespreek deur middel van die ontwikkeling van hierdie bykomstige vraelys asook die ontwikkeling van ‘n riglyn vir onderhoudvoerders. Aanbevelings vir verdere navorsing sluit die verdere ontwikkeling en evaluasie van die sorggewer-vraelys en onderhoudvoerder riglyn in.
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Emde, Matthias Verfasser], Marek [Akademischer Betreuer] Fuchs, and Michael [Akademischer Betreuer] [Bošnjak. "Open-ended questions in Web Surveys - Using visual and adaptive questionnaire design to improve narrative responses / Matthias Emde. Betreuer: Marek Fuchs ; Michael Bošnjak." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1110979401/34.
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Marshall, Antonio Devon. "A Prototypical Approach to Developing a Junior Golf Facility for Diverse Participants Using Survey Instruments and Advanced Computer Visualization Tools." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35673.
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Can a prototypical process involving literature reviews, interviews, questionnaires, design charrettes, and advanced computer visualization tools, be applied to create golf facilities valid to the subjects involved in the process? The research attempts to create a prototypical process by exploring and applying various research schemes that attempts to solve a selected design issue.
Thus, the issue selected: How can the golf course be designed to attract, accommodate, and educate today's youth? Children should be introduced to activities at an early age to build character and self worth. The golf course acts as a place for today's youth to build relationships, test and enhance their character, and expand their education. This research is a result of these ideals. It focused on creating a prototypical process to create a junior golf facility, using data collection methods inclusive to: literature reviews, interviews, questionnaires, and design charrettes. As an addendum to this prototypical process, these methods of data collection were validated through computer visualization. These preceding methods, along with the basic ideals of youths in golf, were the main focus in researching golf course design catered to the youth.
The First Tee junior golf program was the model used to compare the conceptual golf facility prototype, because it is the leader in making golf accessible to the youth. The First Tee Program, established in 1997 by the World Golf Foundation, teaches kids of all backgrounds the game of golf, including fundamentals, etiquette, and sportsmanship: elements that are of value to our society. It also educates them on how to become a valuable member of his/her community. The goals of The First Tee are in two phases: to create one hundred golf facilities by the year 2000, and to reach 500,000 youths by the year 2005. While the First Tee program is successful, this research attempts to improve upon junior golf facility development by addressing the youths' interest in a customized, conceptual golf facility built upon the principles of a state-of-the-art facility created by programs like The First Tee. The results of this research could potentially serve as an addendum to junior golf development, and also act as a resource for future designers, by assisting to acquire user needs and demands for buildings, interiors, landscapes, and products.
The conceptual golf facility was created from two major resources. Students in Montgomery County, Virginia, were the subject resources, while the available literature, designers, and superintendents were the professional resources. A research strategy was created to serve as a guide for better organization. As a result, the Conceptual Research Diagram was implemented to serve as the prototypical process of the research. The subjects were Montgomery County students of various ages, skills, physical dependants, and also of various cultural backgrounds. Although the subjects were randomly selected, it was necessary to have an adequate amount of subjects to each subject group for a well-formed response to the research. The subjects were given a questionnaire, asked to participate in a design charrette, and given the option to participate in the C.A.V.E. (Cave Automated Virtual Environments) experiment. The CAVE is a three-wall cell, each wall with a dimension of 10x10x9 feet in diameter, which uses a Silicon Graphics Machine, plus projection devices, to project three-dimensional computer images onto its walls and floor. As a result, life size, three-dimensional computer models are created for an experience in virtual reality. All of the data was complied to obtain requests and demands to create a custom golf facility in virtual reality. The youth input and site location was limited to the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, with an attempt of creating a prototypical process that can possibly be applied to any town or city around the world.Master of Science
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Matějková, Pavlína. "Vnitřní a vnější komunikace na příkladě produkční společnosti." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-16728.
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This final thesis deals with the topic of internal and external communication within concrete production company. The major part is mainly about analysis of data which were gathered together thanks to questionnaire research. Given conclusions were summarized and reasonable possibilities of solutions were also proposed. The description of making commercial and setting corporate design is possible to find here as well.
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Матвійчук, Світлана, and Єдуард-Юрій Туряниця. "Застосування мобільних додатків SurveyMonkey та PicsArt при проектуванні нових моделей одягу." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2021. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/18124.
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Метою дослідження є аналіз можливостей практичного застосування мобільних додатків SurveyMonkey та PicsArt в процесі проектування нових моделей одягу.The work is to study the analysis of the possibilities of practical application of mobile applications SurveyMonkey and PicsArt in the process of designing new clothing models. As a result of the work, a questionnaire was developed and sketches of men's clothing were created, the advantages and disadvantages of using these mobile applications in designing men's clothing for young people were identified and systematized.
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Brown, Simon. "“They're learning, I'm learning, everybody is learning” : the design and use of a questionnaire to deepen an appreciation of the role of formative assessment in primary teaching." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7809.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-132).In trying to establish how teachers use assessment for learning, researchers have drawn on findings from questionnaires or interviews and/or classroom observations but, have usually only been able to describe what teachers say they do. With this problem in mind, the researcher set out to design a questionnaire that would allow them to demonstrate and comment on their current assessment practice.
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Early, Kirstin. "Dynamic Question Ordering: Obtaining Useful Information While Reducing User Burden." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2017. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/1117.
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As data become more pervasive and computing power increases, the opportunity for transformative use of data grows. Collecting data from individuals can be useful to the individuals (by providing them with personalized predictions) and the data collectors (by providing them with information about populations). However, collecting these data is costly: answering survey items, collecting sensed data, and computing values of interest deplete finite resources of time, battery, life, money, etc. Dynamically ordering the items to be collected, based on already known information (such as previously collected items or paradata), can lower the costs of data collection by tailoring the information-acquisition process to the individual. This thesis presents a framework for an iterative dynamic item ordering process that trades off item utility with item cost at data collection time. The exact metrics for utility and cost are application-dependent, and this frame- work can apply to many domains. The two main scenarios we consider are (1) data collection for personalized predictions and (2) data collection in surveys. We illustrate applications of this framework to multiple problems ranging from personalized prediction to questionnaire scoring to government survey collection. We compare data quality and acquisition costs of our method to fixed order approaches and show that our adaptive process obtains results of similar quality at lower cost. For the personalized prediction setting, the goal of data collection is to make a prediction based on information provided by a respondent. Since it is possible to give a reasonable prediction with only a subset of items, we are not concerned with collecting all items. Instead, we want to order the items so that the user provides information that most increases the prediction quality, while not being too costly to provide. One metric for quality is prediction certainty, which reflects how likely the true value is to coincide with the estimated value. Depending whether the prediction problem is continuous or discrete, we use prediction interval width or predicted class probability to measure the certainty of a prediction. We illustrate the results of our dynamic item ordering framework on tasks of predicting energy costs, student stress levels, and device identification in photographs and show that our adaptive process achieves equivalent error rates as a fixed order baseline with cost savings up to 45%. For the survey setting, the goal of data collection is often to gather information from a population, and it is desired to have complete responses from all samples. In this case, we want to maximize survey completion (and the quality of necessary imputations), and so we focus on ordering items to engage the respondent and collect hopefully all the information we seek, or at least the information that most characterizes the respondent so imputed values will be accurate. One item utility metric for this problem is information gain to get a “representative” set of answers from the respondent. Furthermore, paradata collected during the survey process can inform models of user engagement that can influence either the utility metric ( e.g., likelihood therespondent will continue answering questions) or the cost metric (e.g., likelihood the respondent will break off from the survey). We illustrate the benefit of dynamic item ordering for surveys on two nationwide surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau: the American Community Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
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Esgin, Tuguy. "Evaluation of acceptance and efficiency of exercise for Indigenous Australians to benefit physiological, anthropometric and metabolic syndrome outcomes." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2017. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2003.
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The proposed study will provide an increased understanding in a much-understudied area of how the Australian Indigenous community perceives physical activity and the beneficial effects for improving health outcomes.
The PhD will be made up of three studies:
1) To design an exercise prescription that is culturally appropriate and specifically addresses the major Indigenous health issues around metabolic syndrome.
The first will be a cross sectional study that surveys the motivators and barriers to physical activity within the Perth Noongar community. The results of this study will be used to enhance the intervention section of the PhD. It will provide a more accurate and the best means of ensuring not only a greater uptake, but also ways of developing positive lifelong physical activity habits.
2) Determining the amount of physical activity taking place within the Noongar community.
Utilising the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire to measure the amount of physical activity and sedentary rates within the Indigenous community.
3) Evaluate the compliance and effectiveness of the developed intervention to inform future exercise therapy programmes for this population.
The second study will be a randomised control trial looking at the physiological responses to a combination of aerobic and anabolic (resistance) exercise. The significance of this aspect of the PhD will be to capture and record physiological and quality of life measures some not previous recorded in the Indigenous community. This will inform policy relation to the most appropriate targets for eliciting successful behaviour change to improve health in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations
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Kucharczyk, Erica. "The occupational impact of sleep quality." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/11336.
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While the importance of assessing the occupational consequences of insomnia and other sleep disorders is emphasised in clinical nosologies and research guidelines, there is little consensus on which aspects of occupational performance should be assessed, how such impairment should be measured, and how outcomes should be reported. The research programme described in this thesis aimed to address this issue. Chapter 1 presents a systematic review and methodical critique of studies reporting those aspects of occupational performance most impacted by (or most frequently associated with) insomnia symptoms and degraded sleep quality. Equivocal results, wide variations in reporting conventions, and the overall lack of comparability among studies, strongly indicated the need to develop a standardised metric able to quantify sleep related occupational performance and serve as an assessment and outcome instrument suitable for use in research and clinical settings. Informed by the literature review, Chapters 2-4 describe the development and validation of the Loughborough Occupational Impact of Sleep Scale ( LOISS ), a unidimensional 19 item questionnaire that captures sleep-related occupational impairment across a number of workplace domains over a 4-week reference period. Chapters 5-7 describe LOISS outcomes from: i) surveys in a random population sample; ii) a representative sample of the UK workforce; and iii) a clinical sample of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (before and after treatment with CPAP). Overall, the scale showed strong internal consistency (Cronbach s alpha range=0.84-0.94) and test-retest reliability (r=0.77, r2=0.59, p<0.001), high levels of criterion validity (significantly discriminating between good and poor sleepers), and proved an effective outcome measure in OSA. From the survey data reported in Chapters 2-7, LOISS score distributions showed no consistent gender difference but did show a significant ageing gradient, with sleep-related occupational impairment declining with increasing age. In conclusion, the work presented here supports the usability, validity and reliability of the LOISS as an assessment and outcome instrument, and also demonstrates the utility of this instrument in exploring the dynamics of sleep-related occupational performance
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Tomczak, Robert S. "A greenway management plan for Salisbury & Sharon, CT." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08292008-063009/.
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Rousseau, Jennifer J. "Designing A Survey Instrument To Operationalize Faculty Perceptions Of Military-Connected Student-Faculty Interaction At Civilian Colleges And Universities." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2019. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1141.
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The ways in which faculty navigate the relationship between their personal identity and the identities of their military connected students, especially concerning their approaches to teaching behaviors (Barnard-Brak, Bagby, Jones, & Sulak, 2011) are influenced by normative values that their institution or department supports (Weidman, 1989) as well as by the values that they themselves hold (Barnard-Brak et al., 2011). Given the fraught history of academia and the military (Summerlot, Green, & Parker, 2009; Downs & Murtazashvili, 2012), such variables are especially important to measure as student-faculty interaction impacts student learning outcomes (Cruce, Wolniak, Seifert, & Pascarella, 2006; Ethington, 2000; Kim, 2010; Kim & Sax, 2009, 2011, 2015).
Toward that end, the primary purpose of this study was to create a multi-institutional survey instrument that operationalizes perceptions of teaching behaviors amongst faculty who educate military-connected students (MCS) at civilian colleges and universities. Main objectives included creating and developing items specific to unique teaching behaviors and ensuring validity of this instrument.
I used a variety of analyses to create the instrument and to ensure validity of content within the survey. I followed DeVellis’ (2017) model for scale development to create and validate the Military-Connected Student-Faculty Interaction Questionnaire (MCSFI-Q). Eleven field experts participated in cognitive interviews to provide sources of evidence for construct validity (Miller et al., 2014) as well as to uncover and resolve content validity and construct validity issues (Padilla & Benítez, 2014).
Following data collection, I conducted content and construct validity analysis to develop a valid and more parsimonious survey instrument. Results from all analyses led to the conclusion that the MCSFI-Q is comprised of conceptually valid items that operationalize teaching behaviors amongst faculty who educate MCS at civilian colleges and universities and that the MCSFI-Q has the potential to collect accurate data. Research next steps include further empirical testing in order for the MCSFI-Q to be useable in measuring teaching norms amongst faculty who educate MCS at civilian colleges and universities.
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Pettersson, Anna. "Diet and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients with Prostate Cancer Treated with Radiotherapy." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Enheten för onkologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-215410.
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Objective The main objective of this thesis was to explore the effects of diet on gastrointestinal symptoms in prostate cancer patients treated with local curative radiotherapy, by evaluating dietary intake prior to treatment (Study I), the psychometric properties of a new questionnaire on patient-reported gastrointestinal side effects (Study II), and the effect of a dietary intervention on acute and long-term gastrointestinal symptoms up to 2 years after radiotherapy completion (Study III-IV). Methods A total of 130 men with localized prostate cancer referred to dose-escalated radiotherapy (ED2 87-102 Gy, α/β=3 Gy) were recruited to a dietary intervention trial. Patients were randomized to receive either standard care plus the dietary intervention of a fibre- and lactose-restricted diet (intervention group, IG; n=64) or standard care alone (standard care group, SCG; n=66). Data on gastrointestinal symptoms and dietary intake were collected pre-treatment and at seven time points during a follow-up period of 26 months. Results Prior to treatment, grain products and milk products were major sources of energy. Unbalanced fatty acid intake and low intake of selenium were observed (Study I). Validation of the Gastrointestinal Side Effects Questionnaire (GISEQ) revealed satisfactory internal consistency, moderate concurrent validity and adequate responsiveness (Study II). There were no significant effects of the intervention on acute or long-term gastrointestinal symptoms, but a tendency towards lower prevalence and severity of bloating and diarrhoea in the IG compared to the SCG during radiotherapy. Gastrointestinal symptoms were predominantly mild, and the frequency of clinically relevant symptoms was merely a few percent. Dietary adherence in the IG was initially good, but tended to decline beyond 12 months post-radiotherapy (Study III-IV). Conclusions A fibre- and lactose-restricted diet was not superior to the habitual diet in reducing gastrointestinal symptoms in patients undergoing high-dose, small-volume radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. The GISEQ enables assessment of patient-perceived change in symptoms, but further work is needed to strengthen its psychometric qualities. It is suggested that continued research in this area target patient categories referred to irradiation of larger pelvic volumes with a higher risk of gastrointestinal symptoms, and that dietary interventions incorporate established strategies to enhance adherence and effectiveness.
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Jarnerö, Kirsi. "Vibrations in timber floors : Dynamic properties and human perception." Doctoral thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för bygg- och energiteknik (BE), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-39305.
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Springiness and vibrations of timber floors are familiar to many as a ‘live’ feelwhen walking on them, especially if living in single family housing with timberframework. Since the building regulations in Sweden changed to performancedependentrequirements in 1994 the use of timber in multifamily housing hasincreased. New timber building systems have been developed and increasedbearing capacity of floors has made it possible to build with longer spans. Thelow mass of timber floors makes them more sensitive to dynamic loading byhuman activities, such as walking, running and jumping, compared to heavyfloors e.g. concrete floors. To improve vibration performance it is possible tochange the structural properties of the floors by increasing mass, stiffness ordamping properties. The most practicable solution is to increase the stiffness.Improved damping is also highly effective, but is difficult estimate and designaccurately since it originates from many sources in the finished building. In thepresent thesis the effects on dynamic properties from increased stiffnesstransverse to the load bearing direction of a floor have been assessed from testsin laboratory. The effect on dynamic performance of a timber floor fromelastic/damping interlayers (polyurethane elastomers) installed in the junctionsbetween walls and floors have been assessed in laboratory and in situ. Also thechange in dynamic properties of an in situ floor has been investigated atdifferent stages of construction and compared with results from laboratory tests.The present criteria for design of timber floors with respect to vibrationperformance were developed at a time when timber floors were mainly used insingle-family housing. The traditional timber joist floors differ in structuralbehaviour from the new types of floors developed recently. The experiencedvibration annoyance by residents in single- and multifamily housing differs asthe source of vibration disturbance and those who become disturbed aredifferent. The changed conditions give cause for a review of present designcriteria. A laboratory and field study on vibration performance was conductedwith questionnaires and dynamic performance measurements. The subjectiveand objective results were correlated and indicators for vibration acceptabilityand annoyance were assessed and new vibration performance criteria andvibration performance classes were suggested.
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Seiss, Mark Thomas. "Improving Survey Methodology Through Matrix Sampling Design, Integrating Statistical Review Into Data Collection, and Synthetic Estimation Evaluation." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/47968.
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The research presented in this dissertation touches on all aspects of survey methodology, from questionnaire design to final estimation. We first approach the questionnaire development stage by proposing a method of developing matrix sampling designs, a design where a subset of questions are administered to a respondent in such a way that the administered questions are predictive of the omitted questions. The proposed methodology compares favorably to previous methods when applied to data collected from a household survey conducted in the Nampula province of Mozambique. We approach the data collection stage by proposing a structured procedure of implementing small-scale surveys in such a way that non-sampling error attributed to data collection is minimized. This proposed methodology requires the inclusion of the statistician in the data editing process during data collection. We implemented the structured procedure during the collection of household survey data in the city of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. We found indications that the data resulting from the structured procedure is of higher quality than the data with no editing. Finally, we approach the estimation phase of sample surveys by proposing a model-based approach to the estimation of the mean squared error associated with synthetic (indirect) estimates. Previous methodology aggregates estimates for stability, while our proposed methodology allows area-specific estimates. We applied the proposed mean squared error estimation methodology and methods found during literature review to simulated data and estimates from 2010 Census Coverage Measurement (CCM). We found that our proposed mean squared error estimation methodology compares favorably to the previous methods, while allowing for area-specific estimates.Ph. D.
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Scott, Andersson Åsa. "Development of an Environment-Accident Index : A planning tool to protect the environment in case of a chemical spill." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Kemi, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-178.
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The increasing mass and complexity of chemicals being produced and transported has resulted in more rigorous demands on both authorities as well as chemical-handling industries to assess the risks involved. The Environment-Accident Index (EAI), has been proposed as a planning tool created as an equation in which chemical properties (variables describing the chemical involved) are combined with site-specific properties (variables describing the accident site). The EAI is intended to facilitate assessment of the environmental effects related to chemical accident scenarios and hence assist the organisation of preventative programs. The main objective of the work described in this thesis was to evaluate, develop and improve the proposed EAI. The steps involved in the development process included I) evaluation of the feasibility of the EAI approach, II) selection of a representative and diverse set of chemical accidents to be used in the development III) the use of questionnaires and expert judgements to develop response values for environmental effects of a chemical accident, and IV) to create a new EAI model using multivariate modelling (PLS). The EAI approach proved to be useful in the work to protect the environment in case of a chemical accident. A representative set of accidents was selected by means of statistical multivariate design (PCA) based on assembled data related to a set of 55 chemical accidents. The selection generated a set of accidents representing a diverse spectrum of chemical accident scenarios. To develop a measure of environmental effects of the chemical accidents i.e. responses, an expert panel was asked to judge their environmental effects (such as effects on animal life in the aquatic or terrestrial environment). The results showed that the judgements give a rough estimate of environmental effects that could be used as responses in the development of the EAI. The developed responses were then related to the chemical and site-specific properties to create a new EAI model. This resulted in a PLS-based EAI connected to a new classification scale. The advantages of the new EAI are that it can be calculated without the use of tables; it can estimate the effects for all included responses, and make a rough classification of chemical accidents according to the new classification scale. Finally, the new EAI is a more stable model than the previously proposed EAI, and it is founded on a valid base of accident scenarios, making its use for a variety of chemicals and situations more reliable since it covers a broader spectrum of accident scenarios. The new EAI can be expressed as a regression model to facilitate calculation of the index for people that do not have access to PLS. The highest priorities for further refining the new EAI in the future are: external validation of the EAI; further refinement of the formula’s structure; adjustment of the new classification scale; and real-life evaluation of the EAI.
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Johnson, Joel D. "A Test for Question Order Effects in a Conjoint Choice Survey." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/JohnsonJD2007.pdf.
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Selent, Jette, and Michael Minge. "IM-UX – Fragebogen zu intrinsischer Motivation in der User Experience." Thelem Universitätsverlag & Buchhandlung GmbH & Co. KG, 2019. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A36919.
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Intrinsische Motivation gilt als wesentlicher Einflussfaktor dafür, dass Verhaltensweisen mit erhöhter Wahrscheinlichkeit und über längere Zeiträume hinweg stabil gezeigt werden (Ryan & Deci 2000a, Vallerand 1997). Dies lässt sich auch bei der Nutzung von Software-Produkten beobachten, deren Nutzung nicht aus Notwendigkeit sondern freiwillig erfolgt. So gilt etwa die Playfulness (Verspieltheit) von Systemen nicht nur als Quelle für intrinsische Motivation, sondern auch als einer der wichtigsten Faktoren für das Entstehen und Aufrechterhalten von Akzeptanz und der Bereitschaft zur Nutzung eines Systems (Venkatesh 2000). Hwang und Yi (2002) sowie Lee, Cheung und Chen (2005) beschreiben, dass das Erleben von Lernerfahrungen bei der Nutzung eines Systems die Wahrscheinlichkeit erhöht, dass es langfristig genutzt wird. Sowohl Spaß, als auch Wissens-, Fähigkeits- und Fertigkeitserwerb sowie spielerische Erfahrungen können demnach als Quellen intrinsischer Motivation betrachtet werden und es gibt Grund zu der Annahme, dass sich das Hervorrufen intrinsischer Motivation positiv auf die Wahrscheinlichkeit, Häufigkeit und Dauer der Nutzung eines Software-Produktes auswirkt. Auch die User Experience (UX) bei der Nutzung interaktiver Produkte wird mit Faktoren intrinsischer Motivation in Verbindung gebracht. So beschreibt etwa Hassenzahl (2008) eine gute UX als Konsequenz der Befriedigung des Bedürfnisses unter anderem nach Autonomie, Kompetenz, und
Verbundenheit. Diese Bedürfnisse gelten laut der Selbstbestimmungstheorie (Self-Deter-mination Theory, SDT) von Deci und Ryan (1985) als Grundlage für das Entstehen intrinsischer Motivation. Kompetenz beschreiben Deci und Ryan (2002b) hier als das Gefühl dafür, in welchem Ausmaß eine Person einen effektiven Einfluss auf ihre soziale und physische Umwelt ausüben kann. Darüber hinaus beinhaltet Kompetenz im Sinne der SDT das Erleben von Möglichkeiten, die eigenen Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten auszuüben und in kontrollierbarer Art und Weise weiterzuentwickeln (Deci & Ryan 2002a, White 1959). Nimmt eine Person sich selbst als Ursprung und Initiator ihrer Handlungen wahr, so wird dies als Erleben von Autonomie bezeichnet. Diese Empfindung wird dadurch begünstigt, dass die Person erlebt, die eigene Umwelt beherrschen und beeinflussen zu können (Angyal 1941). Autonomes Handeln bedeutet ebenso, dass das gezeigte Verhalten als Ausdruck des eigenen Willens verstanden, aus eigenem Interesse initiiert und im Sinne der eigenen Wertvorstellungen ausgeführt werden kann (Deci & Ryan 2002a). Als drittes Grundbedürfnis wird Geborgenheit, Einbettung in ein emotional stabiles soziales Umfeld sowie die Bindung an Bezugspersonen und eine Gesellschaft beschrieben (Ainsworth 1989, Baumeister & Leary 1995, Bowlby 1979). Das Gefühl von Verbundenheit im Sinne der SDT wird ebenfalls durch das Erleben einer Verbindung zu anderen Menschen, die auf gegenseitigem Füreinander-Sorge-Tragen beruht, gefördert (Ryan & Deci 2000b). Für den langfristigen Erfolg von Technik und die Integration von Produkten in den Alltag von Nutzern ist die Frage entscheidend, ob es gelingt, diese intrinsischen Bedürfnisse zu befriedigen. Bestehende Fragebögen zur Erfassung intrinsischer Motivation, wie z.B. die Kurzskala intrinsische Motivation (KIM, Wilde et al. 2009) oder der Fragebogen zur aktuellen Motivation (FAM, Rhein-berg et al. 2001) sind allerdings nicht für den Bereich UX validiert und bilden in ihrer Struktur nur selten etablierte theoretische Modelle ab. Daher wurde auf Grundlage der SDT ein neues Messinstrument konstruiert und anhand mobiler Applikationen validiert [...] Das Ziel war demnach, mit Hilfe semantischer Differenziale ein kompaktes Messinstrument für die Betrachtung der Befriedigung der drei Grundbedürfnisse nach der SDT bei der Nutzung interaktiver Softwareprodukte zu entwickeln. [... aus der Einleitung]
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Mergler, Amanda Gay. "Personal responsibility : the creation, implementation and evaluation of a school-based program." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16382/.
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We live in a society where the individual is prioritised over the collective. Newspaper articles abound lamenting adolescents' lack of personal responsibility and social commentators are increasingly highlighting the need to recapture and interweave an agenda of personal responsibility into the social fabric. Personal responsibility has been defined as being accountable to oneself and the needs and well-being of others (Ruyter, 2002). Doherty (1998) has argued that there is an increasing trend in society to refuse accountability and to blame others for one's situation. Despite these assertions, there is little empirical research that has attempted to define and examine personal responsibility. This dissertation is about the role of personal responsibility in the lives of adolescents. The research program was divided into three studies utilising quantitative and qualitative research methods to answer four research questions. Study 1: How do adolescents and teachers understand 'personal responsibility?' Study 2: Can a quantitative questionnaire define and measure an adolescent's level of personal responsibility? Study 3: Can a program aimed at enhancing the personal responsibility level of adolescents be taught in a high school and demonstrate measurable effect? Is there a relationship between personal responsibility, emotional intelligence and self-esteem? Study 1 used focus groups to address research question 1. Four focus groups with a total of 20 Year 11 students, and two focus groups with a total of 10 teachers were conducted. The results revealed that key components of the personal responsibility variable were choices and consequences, behavioural control, thoughts and feelings, and consideration for others. This finding complemented the definition derived from the literature review. Additionally, the focus group data served to inform Study 2, the development of the Personal Responsibility Questionnaire and Study 3, the creation, implementation and evaluation of the Personal Responsibility Program. Study 2 involved examining appropriate literature, focus group data from Study 1, and related measures to create a quantitative measure assessing personal responsibility in adolescents. A 100-item measure was created and tested on more than 500 adolescents. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were used to determine a final 30-item Personal Responsibility Questionnaire with two factors (factor 1 - 'self control of emotion and thoughts' and factor 2 - 'self control of behaviour'). This measure was to serve in the evaluation of the Personal Responsibility Program. A fundamental aim of the study was to determine whether a Personal Responsibility Program could be implemented in a high school and demonstrate measurable effect. Study 3 involved the creation of the Personal Responsibility Program through examining other values-based education programs and the focus group data obtained in Study 1. Once created, the five-lesson program was implemented twice in one high school, with approximately half of the Year 11 students undertaking the first implementation (the experimental group), and the remaining Year 11 students completing the program during its second implementation (the control group). To assess whether the program had generated any changes in the adolescents' levels of personal responsibility, the Personal Responsibility Questionnaire developed in Study 2 was administered pre- and post-intervention to both the experimental and control groups. Additionally, the well-established constructs of emotional intelligence and self-esteem were assessed using the Emotional Intelligence Scale (Schutte et al., 1998) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) to determine potential relationships between these variables and to provide additional construct validity for the measure. The results from Study 3 revealed no significant findings on any variable at any time (pre- or post-intervention). Despite this finding, certain data trends were apparent between males and females across the experimental and control groups. Overall, females demonstrated slightly higher mean scores on emotional intelligence and personal responsibility than males, while males had slightly higher mean scores than females on self-esteem. In order to gather additional feedback about the program and the students' learning, qualitative data were gathered from the students and the teachers by completion of a feedback sheet at the end of each lesson and a teacher focus group interview after the first implementation of the Personal Responsibility Program. In relation to student learning, the qualitative data offered by the students showed that learning in the key areas targeted had occurred, with students reflecting on their growth and changing understandings about personal responsibility. With reference to the program, the students commented that the program was fun, interesting, relevant, valuable, and enabled them to learn new things about themselves. Feedback from the teachers highlighted that the students appeared to engage with the program, and that teaching it was rewarding. This research program has contributed to the literature by providing a theoretically and empirically derived definition of personal responsibility. The focus group process highlighted that personal responsibility could be understood and considered by adolescents due to the cognitive and moral sophistication that develops early in this developmental timeframe. Study 2 generated a Personal Responsibility Questionnaire that can be used to assess personal responsibility in adolescents, and Study 3 contributed a Personal Responsibility Program which has been developed from conceptual and empirical literature. The program was designed to be "teacher friendly' and allowed the schools to gather qualitative and quantitative feedback on the success of the program's implementation. As school administrators and teachers often lament the lack of personal responsibility in their students (Lickona, 1992), this program could be used to address this concern and put the issue of personal responsibility firmly on the agenda in high schools.
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Mergler, Amanda G. "Personal responsibility : the creation, implementation and evaluation of a school-based program." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16382/1/Amanda_Mergler_Thesis.pdf.
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We live in a society where the individual is prioritised over the collective. Newspaper articles abound lamenting adolescents' lack of personal responsibility and social commentators are increasingly highlighting the need to recapture and interweave an agenda of personal responsibility into the social fabric. Personal responsibility has been defined as being accountable to oneself and the needs and well-being of others (Ruyter, 2002). Doherty (1998) has argued that there is an increasing trend in society to refuse accountability and to blame others for one's situation. Despite these assertions, there is little empirical research that has attempted to define and examine personal responsibility. This dissertation is about the role of personal responsibility in the lives of adolescents. The research program was divided into three studies utilising quantitative and qualitative research methods to answer four research questions. Study 1: How do adolescents and teachers understand 'personal responsibility?' Study 2: Can a quantitative questionnaire define and measure an adolescent's level of personal responsibility? Study 3: Can a program aimed at enhancing the personal responsibility level of adolescents be taught in a high school and demonstrate measurable effect? Is there a relationship between personal responsibility, emotional intelligence and self-esteem? Study 1 used focus groups to address research question 1. Four focus groups with a total of 20 Year 11 students, and two focus groups with a total of 10 teachers were conducted. The results revealed that key components of the personal responsibility variable were choices and consequences, behavioural control, thoughts and feelings, and consideration for others. This finding complemented the definition derived from the literature review. Additionally, the focus group data served to inform Study 2, the development of the Personal Responsibility Questionnaire and Study 3, the creation, implementation and evaluation of the Personal Responsibility Program. Study 2 involved examining appropriate literature, focus group data from Study 1, and related measures to create a quantitative measure assessing personal responsibility in adolescents. A 100-item measure was created and tested on more than 500 adolescents. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were used to determine a final 30-item Personal Responsibility Questionnaire with two factors (factor 1 - 'self control of emotion and thoughts' and factor 2 - 'self control of behaviour'). This measure was to serve in the evaluation of the Personal Responsibility Program. A fundamental aim of the study was to determine whether a Personal Responsibility Program could be implemented in a high school and demonstrate measurable effect. Study 3 involved the creation of the Personal Responsibility Program through examining other values-based education programs and the focus group data obtained in Study 1. Once created, the five-lesson program was implemented twice in one high school, with approximately half of the Year 11 students undertaking the first implementation (the experimental group), and the remaining Year 11 students completing the program during its second implementation (the control group). To assess whether the program had generated any changes in the adolescents' levels of personal responsibility, the Personal Responsibility Questionnaire developed in Study 2 was administered pre- and post-intervention to both the experimental and control groups. Additionally, the well-established constructs of emotional intelligence and self-esteem were assessed using the Emotional Intelligence Scale (Schutte et al., 1998) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) to determine potential relationships between these variables and to provide additional construct validity for the measure. The results from Study 3 revealed no significant findings on any variable at any time (pre- or post-intervention). Despite this finding, certain data trends were apparent between males and females across the experimental and control groups. Overall, females demonstrated slightly higher mean scores on emotional intelligence and personal responsibility than males, while males had slightly higher mean scores than females on self-esteem. In order to gather additional feedback about the program and the students' learning, qualitative data were gathered from the students and the teachers by completion of a feedback sheet at the end of each lesson and a teacher focus group interview after the first implementation of the Personal Responsibility Program. In relation to student learning, the qualitative data offered by the students showed that learning in the key areas targeted had occurred, with students reflecting on their growth and changing understandings about personal responsibility. With reference to the program, the students commented that the program was fun, interesting, relevant, valuable, and enabled them to learn new things about themselves. Feedback from the teachers highlighted that the students appeared to engage with the program, and that teaching it was rewarding. This research program has contributed to the literature by providing a theoretically and empirically derived definition of personal responsibility. The focus group process highlighted that personal responsibility could be understood and considered by adolescents due to the cognitive and moral sophistication that develops early in this developmental timeframe. Study 2 generated a Personal Responsibility Questionnaire that can be used to assess personal responsibility in adolescents, and Study 3 contributed a Personal Responsibility Program which has been developed from conceptual and empirical literature. The program was designed to be "teacher friendly' and allowed the schools to gather qualitative and quantitative feedback on the success of the program's implementation. As school administrators and teachers often lament the lack of personal responsibility in their students (Lickona, 1992), this program could be used to address this concern and put the issue of personal responsibility firmly on the agenda in high schools.
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Kim, Sul-Hee. "New methodology for the measurement of underemployment with regard to questions of survey and data quality, statistical efficiency and cost with application to the labour force survey (LFS)." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2001.
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Adawi, Rahim. "Preventing fatal effects of overworking : Product design solution." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-15473.
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“Overworking to death” is a phenomenon that has been noticeable in developing countries. The cause of death is mainly through ischemic strokes. While the victims’ occupations differed, they all shared a common characteristic, being positioned in a sedentary work, ranging from IT workers to doctors. This project’s aim was to develop a product that prevented or decreased the strokes that derived from sedentary overwork. This was mainly tackled by preventing one of the three causes of developing blood props, slowed blood flow. In order to gather rich data of the phenomenon, a qualitative study was conducted in China, during two months. By doing an extensive structured sampling, information rich data could be gathered during a short period of time. Data were derived from observations, questionnaires and an interview, which then was interpreted to customer needs and the final product specification. The final product became a trouser with an in built dynamic compression mechanic, that can compress the veins mostly during sitting activities, in order to prevent blood stasis. The compression mechanic works like the Chinese finger trap; compressing the calves while sitting and stretching the legs forward. It is made only out of polysaccharides fibres; cotton and corn."Guolaosi" eller död från överarbete är ett fenomen som i regel uppkommer bland utvecklingsländer. Dödsorsaken är huvudsakligen genom stroke. Offrens yrken varierar allt från professorer, IT-arbetare till läkare. De delar dock en sak gemensamt; att arbeta under långa perioder stillasittande. Projektets mål var att utveckla en produkt som minskar dödliga följderna av sedentära överarbete, genom att förebygga en av de tre orsakerna för att utveckla blodproppar; saktad blodström. Målgruppen var då kineser av de yrken som hade tidigare drabbats av fenomenet. För att samla informationsrika data om fenomenet genomfördes en kvalitativ studie i Kina under två månader. Genom att göra en omfattande strukturerad provtagning kunde informationsrika data samlas under en kort tidsperiod. Fältstudien bestod av observationer, frågeformulär och en intervju, som då tolkades till kundbehov och eventuellt produktspecifikationen. Den slutliga produkten kom att bli ett par byxor med en inbyggd dynamisk komprimeringsmekanism, som kan komprimera venerna under sittande aktiviteter, för att förhindra saktad blodström. Kompressionsmekanismen fungerar som den kinesiska fingerfällan. Den komprimerar blodkärlen medan personen sitter och sträcker benen framåt. Produkten är konstruerad på så sätt att den kan tillverkas endast av polysackariders tråd, från bomull och majs. Vilket är lämpligt för Kinas lokala resurser.
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Chong, Teik Ee 1952. "UNCERTAIN RECREATION QUALITY AND CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING: IMPLICATIONS FOR WILDLIFE VALUATION AND QUESTIONNAIRES DESIGN (ARIZONA)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275447.
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Архипов, Я. В. "Розробка плану маркетингу для підприємства ТОВ «Рекар»." Thesis, Одеський національний економічний університет, 2021. http://local.lib/diploma/Arhipov.pdf.
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Доступ до роботи тільки на території бібліотеки ОНЕУ, для переходу натисніть на посилання нижчеУ роботі визначено поняття маркетингового планування, підходів до нього та видів маркетингових планів. Проведено дослідження процесу маркетингового планування: його етапів, методів, технологій та видів аналізу. Розглянуто ринок підприємств, що надають послуги call-центрів та контакт центрів та визначено їх мету та цілі маркетингового планування. У практичній частині роботи досліджено маркетингове середовище ТОВ «Рекар», визначено рівень вдоволення клієнтів підприємства надаваними послугами. Також розроблено ключову продукцію для підприємства, сформульовано мету та цілі маркетингової діяльності. У роботі розроблено детальний план маркетингу із ефективним маркетинговим бюджетом на майбутні 18 місяців та обґрунтовано контроль за впровадженням плану. Автор дає практичні поради та рекомендації щодо вдосконалення маркетингової діяльності на підприємстві.
The paper defines the concept of marketing planning, approaches to it and types of marketing plans. The marketing planning process is studied: its stages, methods, technologies and types of analysis. The market of enterprises providing call-center and contact center services is considered and their purpose and goals of marketing planning are determined. In the practical part of the work the marketing environment of Reсar LLC is investigated, the level of satisfaction of clients of the enterprise with the rendered services is defined. Also developed key products for the company, formulated the purpose and objectives of marketing activities. The paper develops a detailed marketing plan with an effective marketing budget for the next 18 months and substantiates the control over the implementation of the plan. The author gives practical advice and recommendations for improving marketing activities in the enterprise.
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Nesterud, Mårten, and Andreas Svanlund. "Effektiviteti gränssnitt : Mentalamodellers inverkan på klickkostnad." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för data- och systemvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-31463.
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Efficiency as a part of usability is a much researched topic. How we design user interfaces though, is often a matter of convention rather than scientifically validated patterns. There is however a reason for this; research has shown that users form clear mental models, or expectations of how an interface should look and work. Designing with these models in mind should therefore yield efficient results according to some researchers. This study aimed to test the extent to which these models affect efficiency through a quantitative quasi-experiment. The experiment was designed to measure click cost while designing for, or contrary to, the mental models. This was achieved by adding or subtracting the variables: placement conventions, saliency, clutter, appearance conventions and help text to an experimental group and a control group respectively. To ascertain the impact of these independent variables the click cost in milliseconds has been recorded in a web questionnaire environment, aggregated and comparatively analyzed between the groups. The result is a clearer picture of each variables independent effect on click costs and efficiency. The main result show a tendency towards higher click costs for badly handled placement conventions, saliency and appearance conventions, however the differences are small. In the case of clutter no increase in click cost could be recoded. The single largest increase in click cost is incurred when help texts are omitted.Effektivitet,som en del av användbarhet, är ett väl undersökt område. Hur gränssnittutformas grundar sig oftast i allmänt accepterade normer snarare än påvetenskapliga validerade mönster. Det finns dock en anledning till detta:forskningEffektivitet,som en del av användbarhet, är ett väl undersökt område. Hur gränssnittutformas grundar sig oftast i allmänt accepterade normer snarare än påvetenskapliga validerade mönster. Det finns dock en anledning till detta:forskning visar att användare skapar mentala modeller eller förväntningar på hur ett gränssnitt bör se ut och fungera vid interaktion. Att utforma gränssnitt med dessa modeller i åtanke bör därför, enligt vissa forskare, ge effektiva resultat. Syftet med denna studie var att testa i vilken utsträckning dessa mentala modeller har en inverkan på effektiviteten i gränssnitt genom ett kvantitativt kvasiexperiment. Experimentet utformades för att mäta klickkostnaden i gränssnitt som överensstämmer med, eller strider mot, de mentala modellerna. Detta uppnåddes genom att tillföra eller ta bort variablerna: placeringspraxis, visuellt framträdande, brus, utseendepraxis och hjälptext till en testgrupp och en kontrollgrupp. För att fastställa till vilken grad dessa oberoende variabler påverkar har klickkostnaden i millisekunder uppmätts i ett webenkätsgränssnitt, aggregerats och jämförts mellan grupperna. Resultatet är en tydligare bild av varje variabels grad av påverkan på klickkostnad och effektivitet. Det huvudsakliga resultatet visar på en tendens till högre klickkostnad när placeringspraxis, visuellt framträdande och utseendepraxis frångår normerna. Differenserna är dock små. Vad gäller brus har ingen ökning i klickkostnad kunnat uppmätas. Den enskilt största ökningen i klickkostand sker när hjälptext utelämnas.
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Myers, Emily Anne. "Improving Non-nutritive Sweetener Study Design Methodology." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97991.
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Non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) are frequently used as substitutes for added sugars. NNS are difficult to study due to the inability to accurately measure the amounts individuals consume, as well as limitations in study design and methods, including reliance on observational study designs, the use of diet soda as a proxy of total NNS intake, and the grouping of NNS into a single category rather than studying NNS as individual products. New dietary assessment methods and improved study design and methods are needed to advance researchers' abilities to study NNS and their impact on consumers' health. The objectives of this dissertation were to 1) determine validity and reproducibility of a novel NNS food frequency questionnaire (NNS-FFQ), 2) develop methodology for an objective NNS urinary biomarker, 3) identify an appropriate carrier for NNS intake in studies, and 4) examine the literature on the relationship between NNS and weight-related outcomes based on study design and methods.
Objectives 1 and 2: participants (n=125) completed three 24-hr dietary recalls, the NNS-FFQ, and 2 24-hr urine samples. NNS intake via NNS-FFQ and recalls were compared using Bland-Altman analyses, with agreement levels ranging from 92.7-99.2% for individual NNS types and total intake. The NNS biomarker methodology was developed using ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC-MS/MS), which analyzes each sample for the presence of NNS and related metabolites. This method observed a range from very strong presence of NNS to not detectable, indicating that this biomarker could identify specific NNS consumption (n=9). Objective 3: a sensory evaluation (n=67) was conducted to identify if applesauce or water was a more appropriate carrier for NNS for future interventions. Applesauce was preferred (sucralose=83.6%; aspartame=79.1%; stevia=74.6%) significantly more than water (p≤0.001), indicating that applesauce could be used as an acceptable carrier of NNS in research studies. Objective 4: a systematic literature review focusing on study design and methods used in investigations on NNS and weight-related outcomes found that 81% of RCT had improved weight outcomes, while 76% of observational studies had higher weight outcomes. Improving NNS study design and methods will increase the quality of research conducted on NNS and related health outcomes.Ph. D.
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Káčerová, Martina. "Návrh efektivní personální politiky ve společnosti DSG International SSC,s.r.o." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222322.
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Tato diplomová práce hodnotí způsob řízení lidských zdrojů ve společnosti DSG International SSC s. r. o. Na základě teoretických východisek se zabývá rozborem jednotlivých personálních činností. Dotazníkové šetření odhaluje silné a slabé stránky týkající se spokojenosti zaměstnanců a charakteristických rysů jejich práce. Navržené kroky na zlepšení poskytují možnost jak v budoucnu dosáhnout větší efektivity v oblasti řízení lidského kapitálu.
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Gusdal, Annelie K. "Family caregiving for persons with heart failure : Perspectives of family caregivers, persons with heart failure and registered nurses." Doctoral thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Hälsa och välfärd, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-35194.
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Heart failure is a growing public health problem associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Family support positively affects outcomes for the person with heart failure while also leading to caregiver burden. Registered nurses have a key role in supporting and meeting the needs of family caregivers. The overall aim was to explore the situation and needs of family caregivers to a person with heart failure, and explore requisites and ways of supporting and involving family caregivers in heart failure nursing care. Two interview studies, one web survey study and one intervention study were conducted between 2012 and 2017. A total of 22 family caregivers, eight persons with heart failure and 331 registered nurses participated in the studies. Family caregivers' daily life was characterized by worry, uncertainty and relational incongruence but salutogenic behaviours restored new strength and motivation to care. Family caregivers experienced that their caregiving was taken for granted by health care professionals. Family caregivers expressed a need for a permanent health care contact and more involvement in the planning and implementation of their near one’s health care together with health care professionals. Registered nurses acknowledged family caregivers’ burden, lack of knowledge and relational incongruence. A registered nurse was suggested as a permanent health care contact to improve continuity and security. Registered nurses neither acknowledged family caregivers as a resource nor their need for involvement. Registered nurses working in primary health care centres, in nurse-led heart failure clinics, with district nurse specialization, with education in cardiac nursing care held the most supportive attitudes toward family involvement in heart failure nursing care. Family health conversations via telephone in nurse-led heart failure clinics were found to successfully support and involve families. The conversations enhanced nurse-family relationship and relations within the family. They also provided registered nurses with new, relevant knowledge and understanding about the family as a whole. Family health conversations via telephone were feasible to both families and registered nurses, although fewer and shorter conversations were preferred by registered nurses. This thesis highlights the divergence between family caregivers’ experiences and needs, and registered nurses’ perceptions about family caregivers’ situation and attitudes toward the importance of family involvement. It adds to the knowledge on the importance to acknowledge family caregivers as a resource and to support and involve them in heart failure nursing care. One feasible and successful way is to conduct Family health conversations via telephone in nurse-led heart failure clinics.
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Esson, Rachel Margaret. "How good is survey design in medical libraries? a systematic review of user surveys : submitted to the School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library and Information Studies /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1282.
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Žilinskas, Tomas. "Klausimynų projektavimo šablonų kalba." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2007. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070116_130006-81185.
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This thesis describes a methodology presented in a pattern language for design of questionnaire / survey information systems. It is intended to be used by professional programmers with negligible experience in the domain of questionnaire / survey software. A system of individual and discrete design patterns of various types is interconnected by varying relations enabling the user to navigate effortlessly and to implement a customizable level of expertise contained within the language. The design patterns contain expert knowledge about construction and contents of a universal high-end questionnaire / survey information system. Data structures, graphical user interface and psychological ramifications of questions’ formulations are discussed in detail. The descriptions of two different prototypes of information systems are supplied. They were created using the expertise of the pattern language and serve as a proof of eligibility for it. The innovation in the thesis is driven by the absence of pattern language for questionnaire design, usage of various types of design patterns / relations in the created language and the very design of universal metadata-based questionnaire information system described in the created language.
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Bennasar, Veny Miguel. "Estilos de vida y salud en estudiantes universitarios: la universidad como entorno promotor de la salud." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/84136.
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Este estudio pretende conocer y analizar estilos de vida del alumnado de la Universitat de les Illes Balears. Para ello, hemos diseñado y validado un instrumento que evalúe los estilos de vida y el estado de salud de los universitarios (ESVISAUN).
Entre los resultados obtenidos podemos destacar que el cuestionario ESVISAUN puede considerarse un instrumento válido y fiable para identificar hábitos de vida saludables y problemas de salud con el objetivo de diseñar intervenciones en el marco de la promoción de la salud en el entorno universitario. Destacar que los resultados reafirman la idea de que los comportamientos de salud de los universitarios no deben de considerarse de forma aislada unos de otros, ya que se observa una tendencia a la conglomeración de factores de riesgo como fumar, dieta no saludable e inactividad física.
Finalmente, con estos datos hemos planteado una serie de implicaciones de intervención y de investigaciónIn this study we pretend to know and analyse the lifestyles of the Balearic Islands University students. So, we have designed and validated an instrument to assess the lifestyle and health status of university students (questionnaire ESVISAUN). Among the obtained results we emphasize that ESVISAUN questionnaire can be considered a valid and reliable instrument to identify healthy lifestyles and health problems in order to design interventions in the context of health promotion in the university. The results confirm the idea that health behaviours should not be considered in isolation from each other, since there is a tendency to clustering of risk factors like smoking, poor adherence to the Mediterranean diet and physical inactivity among university students. Finally, with these data we have raised a number of implications for intervention and research ambits.
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Almeida, Marcela Santos de. "Análise de um processo de elaboração de um teste de desempenho em ciências." Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática, 2014. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/5069.
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We propose to investigate the process of developing a question bank of Portuguese, Mathematics and Science to constitute a performance test, which is in the context of a proposal for a collaborative work developed by a multidisciplinary panel. Our objective was to describe and analyze the processes of establishment of the performance test in Science. The characteristics of the analysis process were based on concepts of Instructional Design. This paper presents a qualitative approach. We start from a theoretical and descriptive perspective by working with a significant variety of situations arising or educational phenomena of collective construction and performance test of the perceptions of members of the working groups. Data collection was made possible by the technique of participant observation which enabled a description and analysis of the elements involved in episodes collected during the months of January 2012 to March 2013, from reports of some informal conversations with teachers, students scientific research and transcriptions of recordings of six meetings prepared. As the data analysis, the observations of reports of selected episodes were analyzed from two categories constructed a priori, and extracted from the theoretical framework of Instructional Design. We developed two categories with subcategories, viewing: first category - Design and second - Execution. The first addresses the following subcategories: Analysis, Design, Development; and the second covers: Implementation and Evaluation. We observed that the group´s intention was not to build a new test, but the development of new forms of questions that addressed contextualize the guiding themes and greater simplicity in his reading to also facilitate the achievement of students with learning difficulties. Furthermore, we understand that the group used the reference matrix of Portuguese and Mathematics for the preparation of the test, but the array reference to the issues of Sciences was different, as it encompassed the concerns of teachers with experience in the classroom, undergraduate students as well as researchers, masters and doctors. This dialogue between the different approaches can make our original matrix. Thus we see that the collaborative work of the multidisciplinary panel may have innovated in the way of developing questions for the school performance test, since the reference matrices of other testesnacionais Proof Provinha Brazil and Brazil does not have a strong participation of teachers Basic education in the construction of the same, and more, there is an array of Sciences clearly and objectively for all years evaluated. The group also presented some features of Instructional Design to develop a methodology for collaboratively with planning and organization of activities involving reflection and action continuously, which can enrich the way you think, act and solve problems, creating opportunities for success in proposal to develop a set of educational issues to be inserted into a program for performance evaluation in science, in order to also meet students with learning difficulties.Propomos investigar o processo de elaboração de um banco de questões de Português, Matemática e Ciências a fim de constituir um teste de desempenho, que se insere no contexto de uma proposta de trabalho colaborativo desenvolvido por um grupo de estudo multidisciplinar. Nosso objetivo foi descrever e analisar os processos de elaboração do teste de desempenho em Ciências. As características da análise do processo foram fundamentadas em conceitos do Design Instrucional. Esse trabalho apresenta uma abordagem qualitativa. Partimos de uma perspectiva teórico-descritiva por trabalhar com uma significativa variedade de situações ou fenômenos educacionais advindos da construção coletiva do teste de desempenho e das percepções dos integrantes dos grupos de trabalho. A coleta dos dados foi viabilizada por meio da técnica de observação participante que permitiu uma descrição e análise dos elementos envolvidos em episódios coletados durante os meses de janeiro de 2012 a março de 2013, a partir de relatos de conversas informais com alguns professores, alunos de iniciação científica e das transcrições de gravações de seis reuniões de elaboração. Quanto à análise dos dados, as observações de relatos dos episódios selecionados foram analisadas a partir de duas categorias construídas a priori, e extraídas do referencial teórico do Design Instrucional. Elaboramos duas categorias com subcategorias, a ver: primeira categoria Concepção e segunda Execução. A primeira aborda as seguintes subcategorias: Análise, Design, Desenvolvimento; e a segunda, abrange: Implementação e Avaliação. Observamos que a intenção do grupo não foi a construção de um novo teste, mas a elaboração de novas formas de questões que contemplassem uma contextualização em temas norteadores e maior simplicidade em sua leitura para facilitar também o alcance de alunos com dificuldades de aprendizagem. Além disso, compreendemos que o grupo utilizou a matriz de referência de Português e Matemática para a elaboração do teste, mas a matriz de referência para as questões de Ciências era diferente, pois ela abrangeu as preocupações de professores com experiência em sala de aula, de alunos de graduação e também a de pesquisadores, mestrandos e doutores.Esse diálogo entre as distintas abordagens pode fazer da nossa matriz original. Assim,percebemos que o trabalho colaborativo do grupo de estudo multidisciplinar pode ter inovado na forma de elaboração de questões para teste de desempenho escolar, visto que as matrizes de referência dos outros testesnacionais como Prova Brasil e Provinha Brasil não apresentam uma participação intensa de professores de educação básica na construção das mesmas, e mais, não há uma matriz de Ciências clara e objetiva para todos os anos avaliados. O grupo também apresentou algumas características do Design Instrucional ao desenvolver uma metodologia de maneira colaborativa, com um planejamento e organização das atividades envolvendo ação e reflexão de forma contínua, que pode enriquecer a maneira de pensar, agir e resolver problemas, criando possibilidades de sucesso na proposta de desenvolver um conjunto de questões didáticas para serem inseridas em um programa para avaliação de desempenho em Ciências, com intuito de atender também alunos com dificuldades de aprendizagem.
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Ostrovská, Nina. "On-line marketingová komunikace." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-442880.
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