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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Theory testing"”.
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A logic for feature structures and unification with disjunctive and negative values
… HPSG, and LFG in particular, both as a means of theory testing and for the purpose of developing natural language processing systems. A logical language, called LFD, is proposed to describe feature structures and unification as common components across different theories.
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Toward a Theory of Information System Development Success: Perceptions of Software Development Team Members
… dissertation was conducted in two phases: 1) theory building and 2) theory testing. The theory building phase began with a thorough literature review. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and the data analyzed to add emergent concepts to the model. The result of the theory building phase …
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Intergroup conflict in organisations:predictors and relationships with team working effectiveness
… the critical incident technique. Within the theory testing part, drawing upon a sample of 53 British health care teams from five organisations, an empirical test of both intergroup contact and social identity theory is provided. In a next step, a measure of intergroup effectiveness, the …
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Neišpildytos separatistinės ambicijos bei vidinės (de)stabilizacijos požymiai: SNP partijos atvejo studija /
… The research employs extreme case study and theory-testing process tracing methods to examine SNP party change over the period of 2014-2023. Utilising an integrated theory of party goals and party change, the nature of the SNP was established as a party seeking policy implementation. It was …
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A Longitudinal Study of the Stress-buffering Effect of Social Support on Postpartum Depression
… this study either. Neither the stress-buffering theory of social support nor the main-effect model of social support was endorsed by the longitudinal study. Conclusions: The findings encourage social workers to be mindful of the impact of parental distress and difficult life circumstances on new …
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Questioning the efficacy of violence to achieve security : the 1991 Gulf War
International Relations theory tends to assume that the use of violence is both necessary and effective. Supporters of non-violence however propose that violence is not effective to achieve ones aims. This study will question these contrasting perspectives by asking to what degree violence is …
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Development and pilot testing of two bowel management scales
… continuing to breast-feed to 6 months. A theory of participation in an enlightening experience was deduced from the theory of enlightenment which was derived from Rogers' science of unitary human beings. Duration of breast-feeding was selected as the enlightening experience. A theory …
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Self-Preserving: Patterns Guiding the Experience of Interpersonal Conflict for Female Nursing Faculty
… of this study was to identify a substantive theory to explain and predict interpersonal conflict as it is experienced by nursing faculty. Gaining an understanding of this process may assist faculty and administrators of nursing education programs in dealing with interpersonal conflict in more …
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When Do Ties Bind? Foreign Fighters, Social Embeddedness, and Combatant Repertoires of Behavior During Civil War
… insurgencies from 1989-2011, and also conduct a theory-testing comparison of the experiences of local and foreign armed actors within one conflict: soldiers in the Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina during the Bosnian War from 1992-1995. Responding to limitations in explanations of rebel behavior ranging …
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A Comparative Analysis of Free Trade Between the U.S. and the EU : A Case Study of the U.S./Chile FTA and the EU/Chile FTA
… within Chile, it is possible to use the theory-testing method of difference case study approach. This framework helps to test the validity of one leading theory of economic negotiations posited by Odell. Moreover, any shortcomings in the applicability of Odell's theory to these specific …
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An evaluation of Greene's resource theory of party dominance with reference to the South African case
… this dissertation seeks to explain whether his theory explained the ANC's party dominance and its declining electoral and ideological dominance. Methodologically, a theory-testing case study incorporating process-tracing approach is taken. The ANC's hyperincumbency advantages are described …
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An exploration of ehealth and digital literacy in pharmacy practice.
… in ehealth research. Socio-technical systems theory and the computer supported cooperative working framework were adopted to explore healthcare practitioners perceptions of ehealth in relation to integrated care. Findings from the review indicate ehealth research continues to focus on doctors …
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An Integrative Approach for Examining the Determinants of Abnormal Returns: The Cases of Internet Security Breach and Ecommerce Initiative
… We report that the incomplete contract theory is unable to effectively explain the relationship between cumulative abnormal return and the organizational variables. Other ecommerce theories provide support to the findings from our analysis. We show that both attack and firm …
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Getting to know QM(s) : exploring the actor-networks of quantitative methods across higher education social science subjects
… gap in the literature by adopting Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to explore the learning-teaching of QM(s) within four Higher Education Social Science subjects. To investigate the actor-networks that QM(s) is comprised of, and located within, an assemblage of methods was used, including: …
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Replication, bias, and meta-research in animal cognition research
… outline the relationship between replication and theory testing, generalisability, representative sampling, and between-group comparisons in animal cognition. Chapter 4 then explores deeper issue in animal cognition research, examining how the academic systems that might select for research with …
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The Political Economy of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): A Policy Analysis of the Prospects and Challenges
… Africa and International Political Economy (IPE) theory testing. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the critical importance of both economic and political aspects of regional integration, which are often de-emphasised in conventional theoretical standpoints. The analysis highlights the need to …
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The Effects of Native Advertising Disclosure and Advertising Recognition on Perceptions of News Story and News Website Credibility: A Consumer Neuroscience Approach
… the purpose of this study was to undertake theory testing guided by the tenets of the Persuasion Knowledge Model [PKM] (Friestad & Wright, 1994) to uncover insights on whether disclosure serves as an effective measure in publishers' efforts of mitigating the potential of consumer deception. …
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What influences government policymaking? The case of childhood obesity in England
… England published between 1992 and 2020 using a theory-based analytical framework, content analysis and applied thematic analysis. The interpretation drew on both thematic analysis and quantitative findings. I found that the government has published 14 strategies either wholly or partially …
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Agricultural libraries and information centres in China: cooperation, resource-sharing and networking
… planning, i.e. investigation of situation, theory-testing, explanation of model and prediction. A number of investigations were made to fulfil the objectives of data collection. The descriptions of those investigations are given and the results arc discussed. The barriers to data collection …
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