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Showing 1 to 20 of 221 for “"inductive approach"”.
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An inductive approach to ω-categories and their computads
… Street and Batanin. In this thesis, we give an inductive description to computads and the free weak ω-categories they generate. We then generalise this approach to other higher structures. The first part of the thesis is concerned with strict ω-categories and globular pasting diagrams. We give …
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Patterns in information technology portfolio decision making: an inductive approach
… strategic alignment and risk-taking from an inductive perspective. Findings reported in this dissertation, based on minimal assumptions, indicate that a pattern-enabled approach to planning for IT portfolios can potentially alleviate the planning paradox. Decision trees I present offer …
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Ruin Probabilities with Dependent Forces of Interest.
… ruin probability estimation are derived by an inductive approach. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the application of these results.</p>
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Strategy management process in higher education: a case study on a Malaysian public university
… process of a public University in Malaysia. An inductive approach was adopted in the study to illuminate strategy issues from participants’ experience. Thirty semi-structured interviews were conducted with three groups of participants comprising the Executive Management Team, the Operation and …
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Integration of Strategy and Economics: Triangulating on Agribusiness Competitiveness Through Strategy and Economic Theories
… be classified as a ""deductive"" or a posteori approach, since there is no conceptual definition of efficiency groups in strategic groups literature. On the other hand, strategic groups (resource and structural) are regarded as a ""inductive"" approach, since it is developed based on a priori or …
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The effect of instructional coaching on teachers' sense of self-efficacy
… ANOVAs. Qualitative data was analyzed using an inductive approach. Quantitative analysis demonstrated teachers’ sense of self-efficacy overall was not significantly influenced coaching. Qualitative analysis did show that particular coaching types were preferred over traditional models of …
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The Reticulation of Communication Networks
… social collectives more generally. The principal approach to this phenomenon has been the study of communication networks, and this study has generated a considerable body of research. However, the utility of this research is limited by three issues: (1) the accuracy of sociometric data has been …
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Teaching Forests as Living Museums: Case Study Research in Innovative Practices that Further National, Community, and Environmental Sustainability
… imperatives in forest sustainability. Using an inductive approach, attributes, and activities of 54 Teaching Forests in the Northern Hemisphere, selected from Canada, the United States of America, and Europe, were reviewed online and from email interviews of management to identify three types of …
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Identifying Motivators, Facilitators, and Barriers to Engaging in an Online Fine Motor Exercise Program
… up member checks. Data were analyzed through an inductive approach by developing generalizations from themes based on the interview data. Results: Three common themes were developed, ‘integrating and forming habits’, ‘acknowledging participation in exercise can fight the disease’, ‘recognizing …
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Understanding the experience of immigrant workers: A qualitative examination of the work demands, resources and barriers to achieve optimal wellbeing
… 4 to 8 participants each. Using a deductive and inductive approach to code the data, and after conducting a thematic analysis, it was found 27 demands and barriers and 13 resources. Some of the most common demands and barriers to achieve optimal well-being I discrimination, workload, learned …
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Saudis’ attitude toward principles of modernity: Social progress, individualism, and democracy
… were conducted to analyze survey data, and an inductive approach was used to analyze the semistructures interviews. The results show that the Saudi youth have an acute awareness and cautious attitudes regarding their own social, cultural, and political circumstances in dealing with modernity …
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Paediatric caregivers: The characteristics of inpatient and discharge advice
… long term health outcomes. METHOD A qualitative inductive approach allowed caregiver experience to emerge from ten randomised caregiver interviews. Children were under 15 years of age and who had their first admission to hospital with a medical condition. FINDINGS Emergent themes were: 1) Health …
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Towards a tool to gauge the success levels of housing-led urban regeneration schemes
… by a pragmatic philosophy, mixed method and inductive approach and uses two sub case studies – an environmental-led programme and a high rise scheme, both developed as part of City West Housing Trust’s stock in Salford, United Kingdom. The ‘SuHousingImpact’ artefact was created through Design …
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Understanding the criteria for successful community based co-operatives – the case for co-operative schemes as a vehicle for successful land reform in agriculture.
… analysed using descriptive analysis and an open inductive approach. Triangulation of results was achieved through in-depth focus group interviews, background depth through secondary research and literature control making use of specific research objectives. The results suggest that a co-operative …
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VETERAN TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES IN CONNECTION TO TEACHER EMPOWERMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL
… purposeful sampling. The researcher used an inductive approach to the analysis of the data, to identify themes within the narratives. Analysis of the data determined that teacher empowerment does impact veteran teachers’ experiences and overall morale within the school. The data that was …
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From Perceiving To Achieving: Experiences Of An Adolescent With Autism Spectrum Disorder In A Summer Day Program
… interviews were transcribed and coded using an inductive approach. Two major themes were identified including, perception is critical to adolescent experiences and the just right challenge’s role for adolescent engagement and memory building. Results suggest reinforcement of typical adolescent …
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The challenges and successful strategies of secondary school administrators /
… This research is a qualitative study, using an inductive approach. Five participants were chosen, based on convenience sampling, with semi-structured interviews that were audio recorded. The theoretical research found that school violence and stafS'school morale were key challenges facing …
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Big data analytics strategy formulation: a case study of big data analytics organizations in South Africa
… continent. The research followed a general inductive approach, through a multiple case study of two prominent BDA organizations in South Africa. The research was conducted as a cross- sectional study and followed an inductive approach to formulate theory based on gathered evidence. In …
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Guarding Polygons With Mutually Visible π-Guards
… partitioning. For simple polygons, we provide an inductive approach to decompose the initial polygon into smaller polygons of fixed sizes, serving as base cases of induction. In the case of orthogonal polygons, we use their structural properties, particularly the dual tree of a convex …
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