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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"hard data"”.
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Comparison of Achievement in 7A/B Block Scheduled Schools and 7-Period Traditional Scheduled Schools in Virginia
… boards to adopt this schedule, there is little hard data available to assess its efficacy. In this study the relationship between two types of schedules(7A/B block and 7-period traditional) and student achievement at the eleventh grade was examined. No differences were found between the two …
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Performative counter-memory: A Foucaultian-based theory of dramatic discourse analysis for verbatim theatre
… models. However, there is very little hard data by means of which to evaluate the overall effectiveness of these unconventional approaches. In response, I establish a critical framework for analyzing verbatim theatre that I call Performative Counter-memory. Rooted in the epistemological …
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Comics-based literary trails: the case of Tintin and the Saint-Nazaire landmarks
… approach while relying on interviews and hard data collected from local sources to the trail as material for analysis. Two main interviews were conducted with the founder of the trail and president of the association Les 7 Soleils, which helped provide an insightful outlook on the literary …
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Essays on the Quantification of Newspaper Articles
… add predictive information beyond standard hard data. Chapter 2 analyzes how central bank communication affects media reporting and, through the media, household inflation expectations. Based on more than 2.1 million German newspaper articles and ECB press conferences from 2002 to 2023, it …
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Barriers and facilitators to transitioning of small businesses (SMME’s) from the second to the first economy in South Africa
… process. The study was motivated by the lack of data on the South African context of the barriers and facilitators of the formalization process. The conversion of enterprises from informal to formal concerns is not well researched and understood. In the absence of hard data, experienced observers …
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Turning quicksand into bedrock : understanding the dynamic effects of disease-focused global health aid on health systems
… and medical products. Unfortunately, a lack of hard data makes quantitative analysis extremely difficult. Using the tools of system dynamics, this thesis consolidates the collective wisdom of previously published investigations and anecdotal observations to reveal the field's prevailing "mental …
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Outlining a future of supply chain management-coordinated supply networks
… of few current examples in industry, lack of hard data and absence of structured frameworks in the field. For each of the coordination dimensions, the structures and mechanisms to efficiently coordinate a supply network were identified, described, and categorized. The result is a structured …
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Go Cry About It!
… of ceramics. Tracking emotions through cold, hard data negates the gravity of those feelings while contrasting them with bulbous, illustrative images of tears brings back the human touch. The subtle themes of grief—of people, relationships, and time itself—highlight the ways repressed emotions …
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Image of Self as Teacher Mediated by Computer Technologies in Learning to Teach
… step to helping students, there are almost no hard data on the impacts of technology on teachers; research has focused primarily on the implications of technology use for classroom students. Through qualitative methodologies, including intensive in-depth interviews, ethnographic observation, …
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Computer aided tool management system : an implementation model.
… a CATMACS.</li> <li>It is constructed using hard data.</li> </ul>
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Formation of the plural in English : a study of native speakers of English and native speakers of Spanish
… was placed on carefully controlled sampling, data collection and analysis procedures in an attempt to provide a methodological model which might prove useful to other investigators in their research. This was a descriptive study, and accordingly, all data are reported, amenability to …
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An assessment of the effectiveness of Quality Assurance Systems in the construction industry
… without any direct reference to any hard data. Most of the reported advantages and disadvantages are based purely on perceptions and views of individuals involved. The British Standards Institution (BSI) acts as a collaborating establishment for this research. This is the first …
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Implications from a geotechnical investigation of liquefaction phenomena associated with seismic events in the Charleston, SC area
… of seismicity in the Charleston region, little hard data exists in terms of ground motion characteristics or levels of seismic loading. A two-year field investigation was undertaken by Virginia Tech to study the liquefaction findings associated with the 1886 event from the perspective of …
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Implementing computer aided design in small businesses
… firms. In particular:- it is constructed using "hard" data- it provides guidance on a "best" way of implementing- it forms the basis of an implementation "toolkit"- it addresses the needs of the small firm, which can least afford specialist help and can least afford failure.
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A Descriptive Study of Accredited Counseling Programs.
… the after CACREP column. Third, the survey data collected on courses that were offered by programs beyond the core were based upon memory and/or opinion and may be inaccurate. A recommendation for future research would be to study the hard data collected prior to and after accreditation.
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Assimilating Non-Probabilistic Assessments of the Estimation of Uncertainty Bias in Expert Judgment Elicitation Using an Evidence Based Approach in High Consequence Conceptual Designs
… in the information due to lack of historic data. This becomes of increased concern especially in high-risk industries. This document reports a developed methodology that allows for the cognitive bias, estimation of uncertainty, to be elucidated to improve the quality of elicited data. It …
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Developing General Practice: The Role of the APO method
… to develop the APO instrument to measure softer data. We found that a holistic view pervades the clinical work of general practitioners. A holistic view means being able to offer biomedical and psychosocial knowledge and draw on the patient’s experiences. The field of knowledge is under constant …
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Writing Practical Mathematics in Greek and Roman Antiquity
… and abstract points and lines interacts with the hard data and the hard board of a map). The final chapter summarises the findings and highlights areas for future research.
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Graduate recruitment at professional entry level: clinical judgements and empirically derived methods of selection
… (Holland, 1976; Owens and Schoenfeldt, 1979; Eberhardt and Muchinsky, 1982a; Super, 1980; Wernimont and Campbell, 1968) and using a predictive model approach to scoring biographical data (biodata) is explored here as a means of improving the selection function. Part I of this study develops …
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O Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida no Rio Grande do Norte: uma análise comparativa da habitação popular em contextos urbanos distintos
… approaches related to theoretical and secondary data collection, emphasizing essentially the character and the general aspects of the object in the screen, and methodological approaches of empirical-quantitative, focusing on the collection of hard data in place, in order to provide tangible …
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