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Showing 1 to 20 of 121 for “"Expert Opinion"”.
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Customer Focussed Technology Selection Using Expert Opinion. Incorporating the 'Voice of the Customer' and Expert Opinion in Technology Selection.
… experimentally due to resource limitations, expert opinion has been employed. A questionnaire has been developed to capture the experts’ opinions of the performance of the technologies in a non-linear Likert-type scale. The combination of expert opinion, where the experts are specialists in a …
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Components and issues of an exemplary middle level physical education program: expert opinion
… obtain consensus from a national panel of sixty experts in the fields of physical education, middle level education, and middle level physical education. The final analysis of data resulted in a consensus-based list of components of an exemplary middle level physical education program and the …
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Development of an Aggregation Methodology for Risk Analysis in Aerospace Conceptual Vehicle Design
… empirical statistics, historical information and expert opinion. In much of the aerospace conceptual design environment, the lack of historical information and infeasibility of gathering empirical data relegates the data collection to expert opinion.</p> <p>The conceptual design of a space vehicle …
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DISPERSAL BEHAVIOR OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE
… range, 3) create and test the performance of expert opinion and step selection function resistance models at predicting deer dispersal movements, and 4) fit single and multiple random walk models to dispersal path data to determine movement states occurring within this behavior. During …
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A Comparison of Three Basketball Skill Tests
… ability of senior high school boys as rated by expert opinion.
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The Positioning Of Iran And Iranians In The Origins Of Western Civilization
… faculty. The researcher reviewed and collected expert opinion on the following five themes: (1) terminology and definition of Iran, Iranians, and Iranian languages; (2) roots and origins of Iranian peoples; (3) which Iranian peoples are noted in general; (4) which Iranian peoples in ancient …
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Naval Ship Design and Synthesis Model Architecture Using a Model-Based Systems Engineering Approach
… (OMOE) used at Virginia Tech is based on expert opinion and pairwise comparison. This thesis researches methods for building a Design Reference Mission (DRM) composed of multiple operational situations (OpSits) required by the ship's mission. The DRM is defined using a Model Based Systems …
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Partially Bayesian Variable Selection in Classification Trees
An algorithm that dynamically incorporates expert opinion in this way has two potential advantages, each improving with the quality of the expert. First, by de-emphasizing certain subsets of variables during the estimation process, unnecessary computational activity can be avoided. Second, by …
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A Framework of Transformational Leadership Concepts Proposed for Undergraduate College and University Student Development and Student Affairs Leadership Programs
… The study's objectives were: (1) to obtain expert opinion regarding transformational leadership concepts to be used; (2) to verify whether or not the concepts are found in the current literature and presently included in a select number of leadership programs; and (3) to provide a framework …
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Media Services in Higher Education: A Delphi Study for the 1990s
… The study's objectives were: (1) to obtain expert opinion regarding future media services; (2) to identify innovative media services and applications of instructional technology; and (3) to provide researcher recommendations for implementing innovative instructional technologies. The …
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A comparison between predictive and formative cost-effectiveness evaluation techniques for the assessment of lecture and computer-based multimedia training
… operational benefits were classified based on expert opinion. Quantification concerned the assignment of values (-1 or +1) based on expert opinion. The costs to design, develop, and disseminate the training programs were determined based on the parameters of the project. Finally, based on all …
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Use of synaesthesias and informal consumer communities in empowering wine consumers
… investigation into the utility of wine consumer opinion as a viable source of information to wine consumers in South Africa. The research demonstrates that existing marketing and expert opinion is inappropriately constructed, using paradigms that are overly simplistic or language that is not …
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Determining the most appropriate criteria for selection to Brigadier General.
… The criteria were determined by analyzing the expert opinion data of 327 Brigadier and Major Generals, Univariate and multivariate statistical techniques were used to analyze questionnaire data and to suggest selection criteria. The final selection criteria determination was based on results …
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Economic guidelines for establishing loblolly pine plantations in Virginia
… in Virginia. Results indicate the use of expert opinion is an acceptable procedure for developing economic guidelines. The guidelines appear to be useful in determining which regeneration method to use, as well as aids in determining the future financial yield necessary to justify the …
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Rapid Quantitative Assessment to Assist in Identification of Imperiled Fishes
… range from a rapid qualitative method (e.g., expert opinion) commonly used by state agencies to time-consuming quantitative method (i.e., Species Status Assessment; SSA) currently used by US Fish and Wildlife Service. Purpose of this study was to develop a rapid but quantitative methodology …
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The perceived impact of financial condition reporting on the structute of the shortterm insurance indusrty in South Africa
… Delphi technique was used to solicit expert opinion and consensus on the key issues facing the short-term insurance industry in the transition to FCR.The survey indicates that whilst there are several challenges in moving to a more rigorous regulatory environment, that the benefits of …
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Mapping the elements of physical security towards the creation of a holistic physical security model
… the knowledge matrices have been gathered from expert opinion and converted to numerical data as a demonstration for a holistic approach to modelling physical security elements. A profile for each respondent and each category group has been developed to be compared for their degree of similarity …
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Robben Island penguin pressure model: a decision support tool for an ecosystems approach to fisheries management
… is stochastic and spatially explicit, and uses expert opinion where data are not available. The model has been produced and revised with the help of the Penguin Modelling Group, based at the University of Cape Town. The modelling process culminated in a workshop where participants experimented …
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An analytics approach to hypertension treatment
… yet to achieve consensus and continue to rely on expert opinion for recommendations lacking a sufficient evidence base. In practice, trial and error is typically required to discover a medication combination and dosage that works to control blood pressure for a given patient. We propose an …
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Soft Computing-based Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Tools for Transportation Infrastructure Management
… tools cannot practically and effectively utilize expert knowledge and handle ambiguous uncertainties. The main objective of this dissertation was to develop enhanced LCCA models using soft computing (mainly fuzzy logic) techniques. The proposed models use available "real-world" information to …
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