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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"case comparison"”.
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Diversity in the fitness industry : a cross-case comparison /
This cross-case study explored the extent to which two fitness facilities were accommodating diversity with respect to age, ethnicity, gender, social class, sex-role socialization, and persons with a disability among both members and staflf. The sites were purposely chosen in a large city and a …
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Using Case Comparison to Support the Development of Instructional Design Problem-Solving Strategies
… for developing problem-solving abilities is case-based instruction (CBI). One limitation of CBI is that problem solvers, especially novices, often fail to recall relevant cases from memory when needed. Analogical encoding is a promising approach to CBI for overcoming this limitation. …
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THE POLITICS OF LONG-TERM CARE IN SOUTHERN EUROPE: A CROSS-CASE COMPARISON OF SPAIN, ITALY AND PORTUGAL
… conducted between 2023 and 2025. The Spanish case illustrates how a cohesive pro-reform coalition successfully reframed care dependency as a universal social right, institutionally consolidated through compensatory bargains with regional governments and market actors. The Italian case …
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Case Study of Parents Caring for a Child Having Type-1 Diabetes With Optimal HgA1c
… potentially harmful hypoglycemic episodes. Yin's case study methodology was utilized in this study with Parse's human/becoming theoretical framework as an analytic basis. Careful attention throughout the study was paid to demonstrating rigor. Data were triangulated using rival midrange theories, …
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Into the fold: security fears and power sharing, the credible commitment of rebel military integration and durable peace
… provisions with a two-by-two qualitative case comparison. Using the unique dataset that I created based on the UCDP Peace Agreement Dataset (Harbom et al. 2006, Högbladh 2012), I found that military integration of rebel fighters was just as successful, if not more so, than deploying …
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Quality assurance in Saudi Arabian higher education
… assurance model. This is a qualitative, multiple-case study that takes up data on the opinions and perceptions of university administrative staff and faculty at both KAU and PSU related to QA. Document analysis and semi-structured interview were collected to address the research questions, and …
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Um modelo constitutivo para o escoamento através de um arranjo de barras de seção circular
… and its behaviour analysed for a standard case. Comparison of these equations with Bottgenbach's experiments shows good agreement of the direction of the pressure, although direct comparison between present theory and his theory is not possible. For the confirmation of the model an …
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Two Tales of a Region: Japan, the Philippines, and the Economic Theory of Alliances
… the perception of external threat. A critical case comparison was used to test this hypothesis using the cases of Japan and the Philippines. The analysis supported the hypothesis. A state's economic condition, coupled with perception of external threat, affects its alliance maintenance in a …
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Standing closest to the flame: Community wildfire planning and the Healthy Forest Act
… in the development of CWPPs through a case study analysis of four communities in two western states. The social and decision-making processes used in the development of CWPPs are examined in each community using the policy sciences approach and decision process framework. A cross-case …
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Supporting Educator Professional Growth In Times Of Change
<p>This action research cross-case comparison study is set at an independent school in Maine which serves approximately 1,600 students in grades 6-12. Recently, the administrative team of the school articulated an academic strategic plan focused on increasing student achievement as measured by …
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Characteristics and Resource Utilization of Patients of a Proprietary Home Health Agency in Rural South Central Kentucky
… and frequency of disciplines intervening in each case. Comparison was made between the characteristics of the sample and the resource use. The study provided a composite view of the typical patient: Caucasian, literate, low income female, between 70-80 years of age, without family support. No …
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Reuse and Repurposing of Online Digital Learning Resources within UK Higher Education: 2003-2010
… is presented through research analysis of five case examples from UK HE and a sixth example from HE in Ireland. The mesoenvironmental review examines the significant changes in resource facilitation and practice during the research period. This thesis is particularly concerned with identifying …
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An investigation into the use of the person-centred approach to counselling in a Syrian context
… societies. There is however little available case material through which to substantiate this claim and examine how issues of culture relate to the theoretical concepts underlying the approach. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the approach can be effectively used in a Syrian …
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Ghana: From fragility to resilience? Understanding the formation of a new political settlement from a critical political economy perspective
… This approach enables a fine grained within-case comparison with Ghana’s collapsed post-independent settlement. The analysis illustrates that while there has been no transformation of the Ghanaian state, however, continuous incremental structural change has occurred within it, as demonstrated …
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Prisoner Release as Conflict Management
… are likely background conditions for APRI. Cross-case comparison of four democracies (Israel, UK, US, Spain) uncovers specific commonalities. Prisoner Discourse (international law/norms; "terrorist" belligerents; "worthy" prisoner) dictates state negotiation posture; societal support for …
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Ethnicity, Nature, and Community Gardens
… dissertation draws empirically on a cross-case comparison of Puerto Rican gardeners across three community gardens in the South Bronx. Narrative and semi-structured interviews enabled gardeners to directly voice their sentiments of self and community, and in conjunction with …
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Selling Government: The Evolution of Government Public Relations In Alberta From 1971-2006
… comparative. This dissertation is a within-case comparison of the evolution of government public relations practices under the three Progressive Conservative administrations of Premiers Lougheed, Getty and Klein. The theoretical framework rejects democratic justifications for government …
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Gardening across the life course : A qualitative study of the meaning of everyday gardening and its links with well-being
… analysis builds on narrative methods and on case by case comparison. The analysis indicates that most of the meanings associated with gardening emerged in childhood and include „escape‟, „fun and pleasure‟, „aesthetic appreciation‟, „care and responsibility‟, „control‟, and „connections‟. …
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Art information use and needs of non-specialists: evidence in art museum visitor studies
… of empirical evidence and from the cross-case comparison of interpretive behavior models created by art museum visitor researchers. The framework outlines of the types of information---visual, contextual, and interpretive---that museum visitors use in combination with their …
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Do they know why they know? Student nurses’ experiences of mentors’ judgements of their clinical competence: an interpretative phenomenological study
… assessment of their clinical competence. A cross case comparison was then undertaken with common themes being drawn across participants aligned to the complexities of being a student, the impact of the mentor role, the contribution of the clinical learning environment, relationship with your …
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