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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Application evaluation"”.
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FOCES: An experimental expert system to select appropriate foster care homes for children
… work profession about foster home selection and evaluation, serious methodological and philosophical difficulties associated with defining a good "person-environment fit", and the volatile, free-form narrative nature of the information maintained by social services agencies about children and …
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Inequality in the work visa approvals of U.S. immigrants
… potential immigrants. Controlling for important application evaluation criteria, I find that immigrant workers from sending countries with lower levels of economic development are less likely to receive approvals for initial and continuing employment requests, all else equal. Government agents' …
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An evaluative study on attempts to improve the quality of processes for the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia
… of Virginia. Overall, this thesis is a formative evaluation of the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia. This research reviews the processes used in determining winners for this award. Recommendations are made to improve the application evaluation and feedback processes, in …
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Spreadsheet instruction and their use for teaching mathematics in the business computer applications course in Virginia
… the use of spreadsheets in business computer applications (BCA) courses and identifies and evaluates the use of spreadsheets for emphasizing and teaching mathematics in BCA courses. Survey instruments in the form of questionnaires were sent to all of the Virginia high schools with the BCA …
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Research on Environmental Performance-oriented Evaluation Method of Indoor Arena Roof System
… complexity of performance-oriented design and evaluation. This study aims to address the core issue of scientifically and effectively evaluating the roof systems of indoor arenas in performance-oriented design. Accordingly, this research proposes a performance-oriented evaluation method for …
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Menstrual tracking applications in women's health studies
… After comparing the top 10 menstrual tracking applications, there are no applications that address symptoms specific to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). This thesis demonstrates the need for a comprehensive menstrual tracking application that caters toward all populations, including patients …
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Development of a construction methodology of goal directed, optimal complexity, flexible and task oriented (GOFT) training materials for novice computer users: application and evaluation in adults with mental health problems
… of the computer interfaces and their real task applications; (b) consider the ways adult novice users prefer to learn and the skill acquisition theories; (c) facilitate a goal directed interaction with the computer system; (d) maintain an optimal complexity level across training; and (e) allow …
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Essays on the Economics of Science and Innovation
… male and female patent examiners treat patent applications submitted by women differently. The first chapter, joint with Ryan Hill, investigates how competition to publish first and thereby establish priority impacts the quality of scientific research. We begin by developing a model where …