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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"comparative design"”.
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Comparative design, modeling, and control analysis of robotic transmissions
… transmission types most commonly used in robot designs. Simple lumped-parameter linear/nonlinear models are shown to predict stability margins and bandwidths at these margins fairly closely. Simple nonlinear lumped- and fixed-parameter models were unable to properly predict time responses when …
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Comparative design, modeling, and control analysis of robotic transmissions
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1990.
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Relationships of the meaning and value of work, job satisfaction, and performance factors of medical laboratory personnel
The study was an ex-post facto comparative design with the purpose of exploring the relationships between selected demographic variables of medical laboratory personnel and their perceptions about the meaning and value of work, job satisfaction, and performance factors.
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The Influence of Teacher Preparation Programs on Student Achievement and the Use of NCTM Standards and Principles in Middle School and High School Algebra I Classrooms
… I classrooms was explored through a mixed method comparative design. The data analysis revealed that alternative teacher preparation programs are a viable avenue to explore in meeting the needs of public schools for providing qualified teachers in mathematics classrooms at the middle school and …
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The Effects of Partial Hospitalization on Acute Psychiatric Hospital Readmission Days
… days over a 12 month period using a causal-comparative design. Two hundred and forty cases were randomly selected from an existing database which contained information on a population of urban insurance beneficiaries who had accessed psychiatric care during a two year period. The group …
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Exposición a la violencia: Análisis comparativo en estudiantes de familias biparentales y monoparentales en el distrito 26 de Octubre - 2024
… approach was used with a descriptive-comparative design, use was made of the instrument called the Exposure to Violence Questionnaire (CEV), created by Izaskun Orue and Esther Calvete (2010) and adapted by Martell and Vites (2019) in adolescents of the city of Piura. The sample was …
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A comparison of decontextualized and contextualized reading skills in persons with severe aphasia
A repeated measures comparative design compared the reading comprehension accuracy scores of three participants across two conditions: Condition A -- Decontextualized Stimulus Reading Task (DSRT), resembling traditional reading therapy, and Condition B -- Contextual Choice Reading Conversation …
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An Investigation of the Representation of Black, Hispanic, and White Female Students in Exclusionary Discipline Outcomes at the Middle School Level in a Virginia School Division
… systemic inequities, the study employed a causal-comparative design using secondary data from the division's data warehouse. Descriptive statistics summarized enrollment and suspension patterns, while two-proportion Z-tests determined whether statistically significant differences existed among …
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Nursing Students' Perceived Preparedness: the Impact of Apprenticeship Programs in Alabama Community Colleges
… environments.A cross-sectional, nonexperimental comparative design was used. The sample included 199 final semester Associate Degree Nursing students enrolled in Alabama community colleges, consisting of 64 student nurse apprentices and 135 non-apprentice students. Perceived professional …
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A comparative study on the social support systems of Somali and Ethiopian migrant traders in Cape Town
… as conducting focus group discussions, and using comparative design which focusses on the similarities and disparities between groups. Theories used in the study include migration theory, social capital theory and ethnic enclave theory. The significance of the study is that knowledge and deeper …
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The Relationship Between National Board Certification and Teachers' Perceived Use of Developmentally Appropriate Practices
This study utilized a causal-comparative design to investigate a relationship between the independent variable, National Board certification, and the dependent variable, perceived use of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP). A self-developed survey, the Early-childhood Teacher Inventory of …
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Knowledge of menopause and attitude toward menopause in nurses and non-nurses
… study utilized a descriptive correlational, and comparative design. The non-probability sample consisted of 189 women who were nurses and non-nurses between 20 and 60 years of age. Relationships were analyzed using Pearson's Correlation and a $t$-test for independent samples was used to test for …
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URINARY INCONTINENCE AND WOMEN’S QUALITY OF LIFE IN OMAN
… and general QoL. The study is of quantitative comparative design, and the researcher used the World Health Organization’s (WHOs) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), as a conceptual framework. The researcher randomly chose four-hundred and one participants …
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Technology Access, Integration, And Student Achievement: Examining Diverse Technology Learning Environments And College And Career Readiness In Rural North Mississippi High Schools
… districts. The approach incorporated a causal-comparative design and an exploration of attitudes and perceptions about technology’s impact on college and career readiness. The study found statistical significance in differences of ACT® mean scores for the composite, English, reading and science …
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Detecting Electromagnetic Injection Attack on FPGAs Using In Situ Timing Sensors
… two different FPGA platforms. We present their comparative design analysis concerning their accuracy, precision, and cost. We propose an in situ timing sensor to overcome the disadvantages of the previously proposed detection approaches. This sensor can successfully detect most of the …
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The relationship between arabic language proficiency, english language proficiency, and science academic achievement of 11th grade arabic speaking english language learners
… and science academic achievement. A causal-comparative design was used to examine these hypotheses. The investigator selected sixty 11th grade Arabic-speaking students based on a nonrandom sampling method from one high school in the Metropolitan Schools (pseudonym) in Southeast Michigan. The …
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Comparing diabetes self-care activities and health promotion lifestyles among South Asian women with new and established Type 2 Diabetes diagnoses
… than 1 year). A cross-sectional descriptive comparative design was utilized with a convenience sample of 60 South Asian women (30 for each group) attending various religious facilities, a local business and a health clinic. Data was collected by survey method using a demographic …
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Art Response to Confusion, Uncertainty, and Curiosity During Group Art Therapy Supervision
<p>This research project used a causal comparative design to examine differences between intact groups of graduate art therapy students using art as a response to emotions and sharing the art during group supervision. There is scant research on group art therapy supervision thus in this study the …
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