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Showing 1 to 20 of 116 for “"Theory and Methods"”.
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Likelihood Theory and Methods for Generalized Linear Mixed Models
… sets, especially those that contain non-normal and correlated response data. Despite the large volume of research concerning this group of models, there is very little theory concerning the statistical properties of maximum likelihood estimators for generalized linear mixed models. Existing …
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Theory and methods of analyzing infrastructure inspection output : application to highway pavement surface condition evaluation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1990.
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Ex-ante valuation of United States agricultural support programs: An application of option pricing theory and methods
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Spatial analysis of development potential in South Africa : a study of theory and methods for the spatial analysis of urban and regional systems in the South African context
… view of space - determined by height, length and breadth - is giving way to a richer concept . Physical space seems to be merely one aspect of the multi-dimensional framework within which men and women carry out their daily activities. It is becoming possible to visualize social and economic …
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Coded aperture and coded exposure photography : an investigation into applications and methods
… to the field of computational photography, and provides a survey of recent research. Specific attention is given to coded aperture and coded exposure theory and methods, as these form the basis for the experiments performed.
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Transmission and Transformation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Indigenous Communities From the Amazon and the Peten: Cultural and Generational Variations
Implications of these generational and migratory differences in TEK and TEK transmission are discussed in terms of theory and methods in cross-cultural human development, cognitive, and social psychology. Practical applications of the findings for programs aimed at the protection of TEK …
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KORYDULLO: A STUDY OF A GREEK PRISON FOR WOMEN OFFENDERS
<p>A review of the literature reveals that more and more attention is being focused on the prison as an object of scientific study. Despite its vast dimensions the field has been confined--except in a few instances--to the study of male prisons. The female prison, in the United States and in other …
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THE SOCIOLOGICAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY, 1960-1978: ITS SHORTCOMINGS AND ITS PROMISE
… dissertation represents an attempt to explicate and critically analyze an important movement in contemporary American sociology. This movement, which I am calling the sociological critique of American sociology, aimed to change predominant trends in American sociology. Basic tenets of …
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De l'État et autres associations humaines
Abstract not available.
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Toward a Cultural History in the Korean Present: Locating the Cultural Politics of the Everyday
"The aim of this thesis is to explore the complex and messy terrain of Korean cultural studies by working through and articulating a number of explanatory frameworks and problematics---in particular, the cultural politics of theory, the national-popular culture, the urban place/space, and the …
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Discontinuance of Innovations: Social Network Characteristics, Product Attributes, and Adopter Traits Related to Post -Adoption Behavior
… network characteristics, innovation attributes, and adopter demographics/use patterns. Discontinuance, the post-adoption rejection of an innovation, is among the least frequently investigated aspects of diffusion of innovations theory (Parthasarathy & Bhattacherjee, 1998; Rogers, 1995). The …
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Street Kids in Search of Humanization: Expanding Dominant Narratives Through Critical Ethnography and Stories of Lived Experience
… study draws on social theories such as critical theory and poststructuralism to deconstruct the current dominant narratives about street kids in large urban centers in Brazil, as well as to ground the method of this study: critical ethnography. The writing genre I chose to represent the street …
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Emotions and Leisure Experience Evaluations: Investigating Relationships From a Temporal Perspective
… were used. Data were collected from one hundred and fifty hikers in a popular Midwest state park. Emotions were assessed before, periodically during (at 20-minute interval), and after the hike. Satisfaction judgments were assessed periodically during (at 20-minute interval) and after the hike. In …
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Brand Community
… essential notions in sociology, community, to branding in order to guide an exploration of the socially situated nature of brands. Data were collected in two distinct spheres: face-to-face (FtF), and Computer Mediated Environments (CMEs). The findings of this dissertation support the assertion …
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Risk, Reputation, and Interdependence in the Market for Initial Public Offerings: Embedded Networks and the Construction of Organization Value
… increasingly interested in the study of markets and have provided insights regarding how distinctly social phenomena such as reputation and embedded networks of relationships among the transacting parties affect market behaviors and outcomes. These theorists have not, however, examined the role …
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Scope and Scale Economies for Multi-Product Firms: Microeconometric Evidence From Firm-Level Panel Data
… significant firm differences in output mixes and production efficiency. Finn-specific effects are found to be positive and significant. That is, technology of a firm that produces corn, soybeans and wheat can be different than one that produce only corn, or corn and soybeans. Even though this …
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A Composite Theory and Practical Model of Forced Displacement
"The second contribution is that composite theory and computational model will inform us on a key theoretical weaknesses in existing displacement literature. As the ultimate goal of the computational model is forecasting, the theory of forced displacement represents an improvement on existing …
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Struggles for Recognition: Analyzing Democratization Effects of Social Movements
… of the regime process encountered, identity and claim formulations used, and the shifts in the scale and scope of a movement. Movements having such a broad impact are termed struggles for recognition and culminate from the combined impact of interactions and discourses in the form of …
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The Development of a Sociometric Model for Selecting Contact Farmers
Descriptive statistics, correlational, and stepwise regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results showed that opinion leaders were more likely to use a wider range of sources of information that contact farmers. Opinion leaders were predominantly male household heads. Both male and …
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Towards a Hermeneutic of Meaningful Social Action
… a "philosophical" investigation of meaning and understanding and a discussion of the sociological methods which follow from, and preserve integrity of, a correct view of the nature of meaningful social action. My analysis is inspired by Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer. Following …
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