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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Subjective Data"”.
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Effect of Joystick Versus Control Yoke Use on Personal Computer (PC) Flight Training: A Comparative Analysis
… generic joystick device. The comparison provided data needed for further evaluation of personal computer (PC) aircrew training device (ATD) potential. Both devices were used in support of the same PC flight simulation software program, and were evaluated using the experimental research method. …
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Impact of a Short-Term Shelter Program on Selected Outcome Indicators Among Youths and Their Parents
… these programs, there is a relative paucity of data to substantiate these claims. This study has attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of respite programming using outcome indicators which include both objective and subjective measures. This study focused upon families utilizing a short-term …
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Concurrent versus retrospective verbal protocol for comparing window usability
… both methods of verbal protocol. The verbal data collected by the two protocol techniques was compared to assess any information differences due to the methods of collection. No performance differences were found between the two protocol methods. Reasons for this lack of degradation due to …
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A Training Program to Develop Specific Manual Dexterity Skills of Down’s Syndrome Children
… involving arm, hand, and finger manipulation. Subjective data recorded during each session by the investigator indicated that, generally, all three subjects appeared to improve on the manual dexterity tasks. These results were supported by gains generally found in the Purdue Pegboard, the …
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Drinking from the Wellspring: An Embodied Inquiry at the Confluence of Ecological Identity, Water, and Wellbeing
… sources: existing literature and poetry, and subjective being-in-the-world experiences of sitting, listening, and learning from the wisdom of Mission Creek, “speaking”. I explored how this kind of embodied inquiry might shape me as a burgeoning environmental educator and communicator …
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Collecting Student Data for Accreditation Assessment
… by schools often contains qualitative or subjective data and does not directly correlate the learning outcomes being measured to student performance. The lack of quantitative measurements at a granular level means that it is difficult for the academic institution to prove that it was …
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Post Surgical Outcomes Following Limited-Open Carpal Tunnel Release or Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release
… there were significant differences within all subjective data measures (p≤0.017) from the preoperative time-period to most recent follow up for all subjects despite the surgical technique, however; there was no significant difference within the objective measures. There was no significant …
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Optimally aggregating elicited expertise : a proposed application of the Bayesian Truth Serum for policy analysis
… is a formal, structured method of obtaining subjective expert judgment in scenarios where objective data is unobtainable. It is designed to reduce the influence of ambiguity on expert judgment, meaning that analysts may use such subjective data as if it were objectively generated. Expert …
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Quality in crowdsourced experience-based evaluations : handling subjective responses
… topic by experience. Although XBEs can be highly subjective, imprecise, and diverse, information extracted from them can result in significant benefits for companies and organizations. However, handling XBEs can entail several challenges especially when potential data quality issues, such as a …
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A comparison of quality of and satisfaction with life between people with an intellectual disability and those without
… three decades, particularly the development of subjective measures. The concept of satisfaction with life is explored, as is the evidence of its consistently high rating and stability. Methodological difficulties in assessing subjective factors in people with intellectual disabilities are taken …
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Health care needs of sheltered homeless women
… structured interviews where both objective and subjective data were collected. Frequencies were calculated in order to describe the population and identify similarities. Data indicated that this group of sheltered homeless women were mostly Caucasian (60%), single (32%) or divorced (32%), and …
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Innovation Dynamics Between Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier-1 Suppliers in the Automotive Industry
… competition and collaboration, using objective data sources. Treating the OEM, its tier-1 supplier, and the competitors in the whole product market as a system, a system-level quantitative study on the buyer-supplier relationship is conducted. A system dynamics (SD) model is proposed to describe …
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Performance measures and subjective evaluations for two color displays
… study investigated the task performance and subjective preference for two color displays with differing image generation technologies, the standard cathode ray tube shadow mask (CRT) display and the newer liquid crystal/cathode ray tube (LC/CRT) display. Six subjects performed three different …
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Using a voice synthesizer to increase reading comprehension levels of learning disabled adults:implications for training
… time. Also, using a seven-point Likert scale, subjective data regarding various aspects of the voice synthesizer was collected. The Passage Comprehension subtest of the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised was also administered to each subject by the experimenter. Comparisons of …
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Factors that influence teacher turnover in Texas: Correlations with variables from the academic excellence indicator system for the year 1998-99
… Many of the studies deal with affective and subjective data regarding teacher turnover. The studies on teacher turnover often do not address quantifiable data collected uniformly across districts. Few studies address a comprehensive set of quantitative data to determine the variables …
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Minimalist and Traditional Training Methods for Older Adults: A Comparative Study in a Software Environment
… adults. This study attempted to gain empirical data to test the hypothesis that minimalism is more beneficial as well as to gain initial subjective data from participants. This study also endeavored to conduct a preliminary examination of individual difference factors and their affects on …
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Correlation of subjective and objective handling of vehicle behaviour
… which sought to find links between driver subjective ratings and objective measures of vehicle handling. The experimental data used in this project has been made available from a previous research project. The experimental data was collected using a prototype vehicle which was used in 16 …
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Perceived Deprivation in Active Duty Military Nurse Anesthetists
… perception of unfairness dependent on feelings (subjective data) as well as facts (objective data). Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure relative deprivation in active duty military nurse anesthetists, to explore variables which correlate with relative deprivation, and to validate or …
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Analyzing the Effects of Display Characteristics and Cognitive Variables on Performance Using Keystroke and Eye Movement Data
… displays evolved from using reaction time and subjective data as dependent variables to using oculometric measures. In the current research conventional performance measures are coupled with oculometric measures to evaluate the influence display characteristics and cognitive variables have on …
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