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Yu, Jingyuan. "Discovering Twitter through Computational Social Science Methods." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671609.

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Visibilitzant la vida quotidiana de la gent, Twitter s'ha convertit en una de les plataformes d'intercanvi d'informació més importants i ha atret ràpidament l'atenció dels científics. Investigadors de tot el món s'han centrat en les ciències socials i en els estudis d'Internet amb dades de Twitter com a mostra del món real, i en l'última dècada s'han dissenyat nombroses eines d'anàlisis i algorismes. La present tesi doctoral consta de tres recerques, en primer lloc, donats els 14 anys (fins a 2020) d'història des de la fundació de Twitter, hem assistit a una explosió de publicacions científiqu

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Kumlin, Terese. "Social science students’ perceptions of motivational methods and approaches in science class." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-36394.

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How to motivate students effectively is a question teachers have asked for thousands ofyears. In my teaching program at Malmö University, a variety of teaching methods andapproaches, that also increase motivation, have come into focus. These include:teaching at the right level, using a variety of teaching methods, seeing every student,being enthusiastic about the material, using formative evaluation, connecting lessons tostudents’ everyday life, and adapting classes to students’ interests. The aim of this studyis to find out how secondary students in a social science program perceive teachingm

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NOVELLO, NOEMI. "The Quest for Integration in Mixed Methods Inquiry: A Research Synthesis on Mixed Methods Studies in Social Sciences." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/241259.

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Nel campo dei mixed methods nella ricerca sociale, l’integrazione può seguire due possibili logiche generali: una prospettiva di complementarietà, secondo cui com binare strategie qualitative e quantitative sarebbe un tentativo di arricchimento informativo – per ottenere una comprensione più completa di un determinato fenomeno sociale – e una di convergenza, che pone l’attenzione sulla possibilità di superare il bias legato a singoli metodi, attraverso l’integrazione. Mentre il primo punto di vista sembra piuttosto aproblematico, sia da un punto di vista teorico che nell’implementazione empiri

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van, Romondt Vis Pauline. "Changing social scientific research practices : negotiating creative methods." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2016. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/22639.

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In recent decades social scientists have started to use qualitative creative methods1 more and more, because of epistemological and methodological developments on the one hand and demands of innovation by governmental funding agencies on the other. In my thesis I look at the research practices of social scientists who use these qualitative creative methods and answer the following main research question: How are practices and approaches from the arts (specifically visual lens-based arts, poetry, performance and narrative) negotiated in social scientific research practice? This question has bee

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Toupal, Rebecca Stuart. "Landscape perceptions and natural resource management: Finding the 'social' in the 'sciences'." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279917.

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Multi-cultural demands of public lands in the United States continue to challenge federal land managers to address social and cultural concerns in their planning efforts. Specifically, these individuals lack adequate knowledge of cultural concerns as well as a consistent strategy for acquiring that knowledge for use in decision-making. Current federal approaches to cultural concerns include public participation, conservation partnerships, government-to-government consultations with American Indian tribes, cultural resource inventories, and landscape analysis. Since cultural knowledge arises fr

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Christian, Richard Dennis Rhodes Dent. "A design for teaching preservice secondary social studies teachers methods for teaching critical thinking skills." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1995. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9633389.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1995.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed May 10, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Dent M. Rhodes (chair), Larry Kennedy, Kenneth Jerrich, Frederick Drake. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-204) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Hampton, Jennifer. "The nature of quantitative methods in A level sociology." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2018. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/118019/.

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British sociology has been characterised as suffering from a 'quantitative deficit' originating from a shift towards qualitative methods in the discipline in the 1960s. Over the years, this has inspired a number of initiatives aimed at improving number work within the discipline, of which the Q-step programme is the most recent. These initiatives, and the work that supports them, primarily concern themselves with the curricula, attitudes, and output of students and academics within Higher Education. As such, the role that the substantive A level plays in post-16 quantitative education has been

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Fang, Zhou. "Reweighting methods in high dimensional regression." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:26f8541a-9e2d-466a-84aa-e6850c4baba9.

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In this thesis, we focus on the application of covariate reweighting with Lasso-style methods for regression in high dimensions, particularly where p ≥ n. We apply a particular focus to the case of sparse regression under a-priori grouping structures. In such problems, even in the linear case, accurate estimation is difficult. Various authors have suggested ideas such as the Group Lasso and the Sparse Group Lasso, based on convex penalties, or alternatively methods like the Group Bridge, which rely on convergence under repetition to some local minimum of a concave penalised likelihood. We prop

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Hildreth-Blue, Cynthia. "Enlivening California's sixth grade history/social sciences curriculum with historical fiction." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/562.

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Hanappi, Hardy, and Manuel Scholz-Wäckerle. "Evolutionary Political Economy: Content and Methods." Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2017.1287748.

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In this paper we present the major theoretical and methodological pillars of evolutionary political economy. We proceed in four steps. Aesthetics: In chapter 1 the immediate appeal of evolutionary political economy as a specific scientific activity is described. Content: Chapter 2 explores the object of investigation of evolutionary political economy. Power: The third chapter develops the interplay between politics and economics. Methods: Chapter 4 focuses on the evolution of methods necessary for evolutionary political economy.

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Johansson, Erik. "Testing the Explanation Hypothesis using Experimental Methods." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-57308.

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<p>The Explanation Hypothesis is a psychological hypothesis about how people attribute moral responsibility. The hypothesis makes general claims about everyday thinking of moral responsibility and is also said to have important consequences for related philosophical issues. Since arguments in favor of the hypothesis are largely based on a number of intuitive cases, there is need to investigate whether it is supported by empirical evidence. In this study, the hypothesis was tested by means of quantitative experimental methods. The data were collected by conducting online surveys in which partic

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Amartey, Philomina. "A COMPARISON OF SOME ESTIMATION METHODS FOR HANDLING OMITTED VARIABLES : A SIMULATION STUDY." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statistiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412896.

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Omitted variable problem is a primary statistical challenge in various observational studies. Failure to control for the omitted variable bias in any regression analysis can alter the efficiency of results obtained. The purpose of this study is to compare the performance of four estimation methods (Proxy variable, Instrumental Variable, Fixed Effect, First Difference) in controlling the omitted variable problem when they are varying with time, constant over time and slightly varying with time. Results from the Monte Carlo study showed that, the prefect proxy variable estimator performed better

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Hwang, Heungsun 1969. "Structural equation modeling by extended redundancy analysis." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36954.

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A new approach to structural equation modeling based on so-called extended redundancy analysis (ERA) is proposed. In ERA, latent variables are obtained as exact linear combinations of observed variables, and model parameters are estimated by consistently minimizing a single criterion. As a result, the method can avoid limitations of covariance structure analysis (e.g., stringent distributional assumptions, improper solutions, and factor score indeterminacy) in addition to those of partial least squares (e.g., the lack of a global optimization procedure). The method is simple yet versatile enou

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Enkhbat, Javzmaa, and Patrik Wikström. "Swedish Social Workers’ Perceptions of Harm Reduction Methods in Substance Abuse Treatment." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-30220.

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The aim of this study was to explore how harm reduction methods are perceived by Swedish social workers working with treatment of substance abuse. In doing so, qualitative research method with semi-structured interviews was conducted with five social workers practicing within the social services adult unit from three different municipalities in mid-Sweden. The gathered data was analyzed through the perspective of the two related theoretical frameworks of social constructionism and discourse theory. The result revealed diverse perceptions and perspectives regarding harm reduction methods which

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Loesch, III George F. "A Replication and Validation Study of Methods for Calculating Self-Conception Disparity." DigitalCommons@USU, 1993. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2410.

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Self-esteem has been defined by James as a ratio of one's successes to one's pretensions. There are two formulas which have been utilized to calculate self-conception disparity. These formulas are the subtraction-absolute value formula and the ratio formula, which was derived from James. Stuart compared and contrasted these two formulas utilized to calculate self-conception disparity. THe purpose of this study was to replicate the work of Stuart, utilizing the same construct scales and statistical methodology, adding to the Moos Family Environment Scale, and taking into account the age and

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Geraci, Andrea. "Three essays in microeconometric methods and applications." Thesis, University of Essex, 2016. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/19599/.

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This thesis comprises three essays. The first two make use of individual-level data on British workers from the British Household Panel Survey to study different aspects of nonstandard employment. The first essay, co-authored with Mark Bryan, presents estimates of the implicit monetary value that workers attach to non-standard work. We employ and compare two alternative methods to measure workers’ willingness to pay for four non-standard working arrangements: flexitime, part-time, night work, and rotating shifts. The first method is based on job-to-job transitions within a job search framework

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Perry, Brea L. "The ripple effect social network dynamics, social location, and strategies of interaction in mental illness careers /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3330810.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Sociology, 2008.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 21, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 4133. Adviser: Bernice A. Pescosolido.

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Meskarian, Rudabeh. "Stochastic programming models and methods for portfolio optimization and risk management." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2012. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/347154/.

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This project is focused on stochastic models and methods and their application in portfolio optimization and risk management. In particular it involves development and analysis of novel numerical methods for solving these types of problem. First, we study new numerical methods for a general second order stochastic dominance model where the underlying functions are not necessarily linear. Specifically, we penalize the second order stochastic dominance constraints to the objective under Slater’s constraint qualification and then apply the well known stochastic approximation method and the level

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So, Moon-tong, and 蘇滿堂. "Applications of Bayesian statistical model selection in social scienceresearch." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39312951.

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Pålsson, Andreas, and Daniel Szerszen. "Sentiment Classification in Social Media : An Analysis of Methods and the Impact of Emoticon Removal." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-187481.

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Sentiment classification is the process of analyzing data and classifying it based on its sentiment conveying properties and the process has a multitude of applications in different industries. However, the different application areas also introduce diverse challenges in implementing the methods successfully. This report examines two of the main approaches commonly used for sentiment classification which entail the use of machine learning and a glossary of weighted words respectively. In addition, preprocessing is explored as an enhancement to the previously mentioned approaches. The approache

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Sandlin, Carter. "An Analysis of Online Training: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Implementation Methods in a Corporate Environment." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/57.

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The current research will assess online training specifically as it relates to learning effectiveness in a corporate environment. Currently, research concerning the effectiveness of online learning is abundant; however, none of this recent research is compiled in one place, nor does this research specifically interpret the information to determine the applicability of online training in a corporate environment. The thesis will analyze numerous secondary sources to compile relevant statistics related to the effectiveness of online training resources. Using this research, the thesis will culm

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Colino, Juan. "Audience engagement for presentations via interactive methods." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22447.

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Keeping the audience engaged when presenting a topic in a conventional setting (a class presentation or a keynote in a conference) can be challenging. Often, presenta- tions tend to be linear and non-engaging. It was my intention to research how the ex- perience can be improved by using different methods to engage the audience.In this thesis the reader will find the results of my exploration and research on how to make presentations more engaging for the audience via interactive methods.After some background information, I go through the process of developing concepts that could improve the pr

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Perkins, Jessica M. "Conducting Social Network and Social Norm Research in Low-Resource Settings: Food Insecurity, Depression, and HIV Testing in Rural Uganda." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17467207.

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This dissertation examines the role of social networks and social norms in health outcomes and behaviors among low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), with a particular focus on Uganda. Paper 1 presents a systematic review of sociocentric network studies conducted in LMICs on health-related outcomes and other development topics. I first discuss the sociocentric network study designs employed in 36 selected papers, and provide a catalog of 105 name generator questions used to measure social ties. Second, I show that network composition, individual network centrality, and network structure are

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Du, Hailiang. "Combining statistical methods with dynamical insight to improve nonlinear estimation." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2009. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/66/.

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Physical processes such as the weather are usually modelled using nonlinear dynamical systems. Statistical methods are found to be difficult to draw the dynamical information from the observations of nonlinear dynamics. This thesis is focusing on combining statistical methods with dynamical insight to improve the nonlinear estimate of the initial states, parameters and future states. In the perfect model scenario (PMS), method based on the Indistin-guishable States theory is introduced to produce initial conditions that are consistent with both observations and model dynamics. Our meth-ods are

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Goonan, Kelly A. "Integrating Social and Ecological Methods to Assess and Inform Park Monitoring and Management." DigitalCommons@USU, 2017. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6692.

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Managing outdoor recreation requires that managers do the following: (1) consider the user experience, environmental and cultural resources, and type and intensity of management actions; (2) specify desired conditions to be maintained, monitor conditions, and take appropriate action if unacceptable impacts occur; (3) adapt to new conditions and information; and (4) exercise good judgment based on their professional experience and the best information available to them. Social science studies of visitors and studies of significant recreation resources like campsites are important sources of inf

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Kilianson, Nicole, Annie Larsson, and Ramona Lindholm. "Empowerment- Paternalism. A study about Försäkringskassans tools and methods." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24971.

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Försäkringskassan har på sista tiden varit ett föremål för diskussioner i media. En stark negativ bild av myndighetens handläggare tenderar att framkomma ur mediala sammanhang. Samtidigt finns det en medvetenhet hos handläggarna kring vikten av att arbeta med hänsyn till individen. Studiens syfte är att studera de redskap och arbetssätt som används av Försäkringskassans handläggare i arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering utifrån ett empowermentperspektiv. Vi gjorde en kvalitativ studie som bygger på intervjuer med nio handläggare på Försäkringskassan som arbetar med sjukpenningsärende på enheten f

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Yu, Michael Lee. "A comparison of stimulus preference methods in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder." Scholarly Commons, 2003. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2710.

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The purpose of this study was to compare three methods of assessing preference for stimuli in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A paired-stimulus method, a multiple stimulus with replacement (MSW), and a multiple stimulus without replacement (MSWO) preference assessment were conducted with participants. All assessments were conducted verbally. The paired method was the most accurate at correctly identifying the preference of stimuli and took the least amount of time to administer. After the stimulus preference assessments, a reinforcer assessment was conducted in o

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Reiter, E. Miranda. "The Impact of Social Support, Psychosocial Characteristics, and Contextual Factors on Racial Disparities in Hypertension." Thesis, Utah State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3683497.

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<p> Hypertension is a serious medical condition. Although men and women of all racial groups in the US suffer from high blood pressure, black women have the highest rates of hypertension. For instance, the age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension among black women ages 20 and over is 44.3, compared to 28.1 among white women, 40.5 among black men, and 31.1 among white men.</p><p> Past research has focused on SES and behavioral factors as potential explanations for blood pressure disparities between black and white women. But, even after controlling for such factors, considerable disparities re

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Hall, Karen I. "Teaching for Equity and Justice| Methods and Best Practices of Effective Anti-bias Educators." Thesis, Webster University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13814340.

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<p> This study is the result of the researcher’s 25-year tenure in public education. That tenure developed a passion for disrupting racism and modeling social justice pedagogies to dismantle the barriers to educational equity in classrooms. The researcher wants to enact a vision of denouncing oppressive structures for students by positioning teachers to play a critical role in transforming society. The researcher contextualizes multicultural education, critical race theory, and social justice education to develop an overview of anti-bias teaching. Moreover, the researcher suggests the th

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Braddock, Addison, Ryann Lipcon, Abigail King, and Kristen Kocher. "Depression and Social Media Use of Undergraduate Females." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2020/schedule/31.

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Women who spend more time on social media platforms have a greater chance of developing symptoms of depression (Burnborg & Burdzovic, 2019). When women are using social media, they spend the majority of their time looking at the lives and social accomplishments of other users. This comparison may cause them to experience hopelessness, anxiety, and depression (Litchtfuss, 2019). Women are the most likely to experience symptoms of depression (Harvard Health, 2011). With the increased popularity of social media, depression is becoming a growing problem. Published research shows a relationship bet

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Cyr, J. "The Pitfalls and Promise of Focus Groups as a Data Collection Method." SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/615820.

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Despite their long trajectory in the social sciences, few systematic works analyze how often and for what purposes focus groups appear in published works. This study fills this gap by undertaking a meta-analysis of focus group use over the last 10 years. It makes several contributions to our understanding of when and why focus groups are used in the social sciences. First, the study explains that focus groups generate data at three units of analysis, namely, the individual, the group, and the interaction. Although most researchers rely upon the individual unit of analysis, the method’s

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Åstrand, Mikaela. "'Sorry, I didn't understand that' : A comparison of methods for intent classification for social robotics applications." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-272124.

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An important feature in a social robot is the ability to understand natural language. One of the core components in a typical system for natural language understanding (NLU) is so called intent classification; the action of classifying user utterances based on the underlying intents of the user. Previous research on intent classification has mainly been performed on dialogues very different from what can be expected in social robotics. There, dialogues are of a more social nature with utterances often being very short or highly context dependent. It has also been performed under the assumption

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Murdock, Susan Jan. "Conceptualizing Hoarding Behavior Among Elderly Women: A Mixed-Methods Approach." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1368.

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Hoarding in the community involves substantial cluttering and impaired functioning, often exposing the hoarder to extensive health and safety risks. This research, based on Functionalism social theory, explores the three elements of hoardingrelentless acquisition, intense possessiveness of objects, and a reluctance to discard possessionsas a sociocultural phenomenon. The mixed methods methodology entailed a quantitative study involving a survey completed by 134 adult protective services workers throughout Virginia and a qualitative study of five randomly-selected adult protective services wo

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Forss, Norstedt Hampus, and Jasmine Effie Malmqvist. "Non-state crime prevention methods : Preventing youth crime." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41212.

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The purpose for this qualitative study is to examine the crime prevention strategies against youth crime within non-state actors' work. As well as obtaining views of successes and challenges of this work in practice. Youth crime is a major area of interest within criminology, and in recent years much interest has been directed at problems that arise in the so-called vulnerable areas of Sweden, where young people are at risk of being drawn into crime. Information has been gathered through semi-structured interviews with nine people representing seven different organizations / associations. The

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Lewis-Ferrell, Genell Dawn. "Democracy renaissance civic education as a framework for elementary education methods courses /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3274918.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, 2007.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: 2902. Adviser: Terrence C. Mason. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Apr. 14, 2008).

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Lugnet, Einar. "Användbara behandlingsmetoder för sexmissbruk : Useful methods of treatment for sex addiction." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-166592.

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Syftet med denna studie är att i forskningslitteraturen hitta evidensbaserade behandlingsmetoder och terapier för sexmissbruk samt ta reda på hur de fungerar och varför de används. För att öka förståelse och kunskap inom ämnet har tre intervjuer med behandlare för sexmissbruk utförts. Intervjuempirin och forskningen visar sammantaget att det saknas definition på sexmissbruk. Beroendet yttrar sig på olika sätt, varav de vanligaste symptomen är förlust av impulskontroll, svår psykisk påfrestning, försämrat familje- och arbetsliv, skam och otrohet. Skam, uppgivenhet och ekonomiska förutsättningar

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Cain, Lafaun. "Social Security Administration Employee Lived Experiences of Job Satisfaction and Employee Turnover." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5311.

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Employee turnover continues to be an issue in federal organizations, including the Social Security Administration (SSA). While issues such as retiring baby boomers and budget constraints are beyond the control of any agency, retaining employees is critical to maintain essential services. The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to explore SSA employee's lived experiences of job satisfaction and employee turnover to uncover motivators and satisfaction strategies. The conceptual framework for the study was based on Maslow's human needs and Herzberg's two-factor theory. Data

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Wilcox, Gladys M. "The challenge: Effective learning through whole language, literature, thematic units and the social science framework for third grade." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/850.

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Huziak, Tracy Lynn. "Verbal and social interaction patterns among elementary students during self-guided "I wonder projects"." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1058301820.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.<br>Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xv, 294 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes abstract and vita. Co-advisors: Christopher Andersen and Michael E. Beeth, College of Education. Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-262).

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Blank, Melissa D. "Comparison of Three Methods for Measuring Smoking Behavior." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1516.

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Lee, Sharen Woon Yee. "Bayesian methods for the construction of robust chronologies." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:49c30401-9442-441f-b6b5-1539817e2c95.

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Bayesian modelling is a widely used, powerful approach for reducing absolute dating uncertainties in archaeological research. It is important that the methods used in chronology building are robust and reflect substantial prior knowledge. This thesis focuses on the development and evaluation of two novel, prior models: the trapezoidal phase model; and the Poisson process deposition model. Firstly, the limitations of the trapezoidal phase model were investigated by testing the model assumptions using simulations. It was found that a simple trapezoidal phase model does not reflect substantial pr

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Pryssander, Lina. "Preventive methods aimed at siblings to criminal juveniles - a literature review." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25060.

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Syftet med denna systematiska litteraturöversikt är att undersöka vilka förebyggande metoder och/eller modeller som finns för att bemöta syskon till grovt kriminella ungdomar. Studien syftar dessutom på att jämföra metodernas olika för- och nackdelar. Resultaten i denna studie är framtagna genom att använda databaserna Libsearch och ProQuest. Vald litteratur har lästs och analyserats upprepade gånger, och två teman valdes för att beskriva artiklarnas fokus, och koppling till studiens syfte och frågeställningar. Valda teman är 1) intervention metoder, och 2) fördelar med MST. Trots en bristande

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Spadola, Christine E. "A Mixed-Methods Examination among Young Adult Racially/Ethnically Diverse Bariatric Surgery Patients." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2271.

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Bariatric, or weight loss, surgery (WLS) is known as the most effective treatment for severe obesity, and the number of bariatric surgeries performed in the United States has more than tripled over the past two decades. Despite the potential health benefits of WLS (i.e., reversal of type 2 diabetes), research has revealed problematic alcohol use among WLS patients, in part associated with the following risk factors: the prevalence of a lifetime alcohol use disorder (AUD), the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) procedure, younger age, and an increased post-surgical sensitivity to alcohol. There is

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Seed, Lawrence. "The dynamics of BIM adoption : a mixed methods study of BIM as an innovation within the United Kingdom construction industry." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2015. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/26167/.

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Building Information Modelling is an approach that fully integrates people, systems, business structures and practices into a collaborative and highly automated process, applicable to the design, construction and operation of buildings. With the United Kingdom Construction Industry (UKCI), the UK Government, as the industry’s largest client, has mandated the use of BIM on all public sector projects by 2016. By considering BIM as an innovation, a total of 104 potential dynamics of BIM adoption were identified from literature along with potential variations by company type and size. Through the

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Brookfield, Charlotte. "'Quantification is the root of all evil in sociology' : what does it add up to? : the place of quantitative research methods in British sociology." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2017. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/111416/.

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The study presented in this thesis explores how professional sociologists view the nature and function of their discipline. Specifically, the research has developed as a result of findings from a series of previous studies demonstrating the relative absence of quantitative methods in British sociology and further ad-hoc studies which have highlighted sociology students’ resistance toward learning quantitative methods. It was hypothesised that sociologists in Britain are increasingly relying on qualitative techniques to explore micro-sociological topics. A realist approach was adopted in the st

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Bennett, Natasha. "The impact of video-communication on older adults' psychological well-being : a mixed methods study." Thesis, University of Essex, 2015. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/16840/.

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Greater life expectancy has resulted in older adults becoming more vulnerable to social isolation, with increasing numbers of British older adults reporting loneliness in recent years. This trend is of concern as it has been documented that feeling a connection to others is a fundamental need for psychological well-being. It is therefore important to support older adults to maintain connections with others, in order to help increase, and prevent deterioration of, their well-being. The social presence theory asserts that visual presence during conversations can enhance the quality of communicat

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Chounlamany, Kongsy, and Bounchanh Khounphilaphanh. "New methods of teaching? : refroming education in Lao PDR." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Pedagogiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-40938.

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This thesis is about the recent education reform in Laos as a global and a local process. When the economy was deteriorating in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), the so called New Economic Mechanism (NEM) was introduced and the country opened up for global donors and markets. This also had an effect on the education system. To get hold of financial support there were demands on Lao PDR to replace the previous strong centralised governing of education with more decentralised strategies. There were further demands to replace teacher-led lessons and rote learning with more student-centred c

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Bhattacharya, Sanmitra. "Computational methods for mining health communications in web 2.0." Diss., University of Iowa, 2014. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/4576.

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Data from social media platforms are being actively mined for trends and patterns of interests. Problems such as sentiment analysis and prediction of election outcomes have become tremendously popular due to the unprecedented availability of social interactivity data of different types. In this thesis we address two problems that have been relatively unexplored. The first problem relates to mining beliefs, in particular health beliefs, and their surveillance using social media. The second problem relates to investigation of factors associated with engagement of U.S. Federal Health Agencies via

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Stuart, Diane Marie. "A Comparison of Two Self-Conception Disparity Methods as Operationalized within an Adolescent Population." DigitalCommons@USU, 1990. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2383.

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It is posited that self-conception disparity is the amount of difference between an individual's ideal self-conception and his or her real self-conception. Such a postulation arises directly from the literature wherein the self-concept is conceptualized as a multitude of self-conceptions an individual has. During the evaluative phase (i.E., the comparison of the ideal self-conception against the real self-conception), an image (self-image) of one's self is evoked. This self-image is associated with an affective response referred to as self-Esteem. Two methods of computing self-conception di

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Hollenberger, Jason. "A qualitative study on the use of computer gaming teaching methods in a high school social studies curriculum." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009hollenbergerj.pdf.

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