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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"interpretive analysis"”.
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Factors influencing seniors’ community projects: a descriptive and interpretive analysis
… by seniors' groups, networking is key. Content analysis of interview transcripts revealed ten subthemes about senior involvement in projects: (i) seniors' groups as vehicles for companionship and belonging; (ii)awareness of marginalized social status; (iii) volunteering and advocacy; (iv) …
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Communication in the classroom: An interpretive analysis of empowerment and choice theory
This analysis synthesizes the psychotherapeutic Choice theory classroom management model with a communication theory of learner empowerment. Four dimensions of learner empowerment: meaningfulness, competence, impact, and choice are illuminated as inherent in the classroom management techniques and …
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An interpretive analysis of Matrakçı Nasuh's Beyan-ı Menazil : translating text into image by Yonca Kösebay.
Beyan-ı Menazil (1537) is one of the most distinguished illustrated manuscripts of Ottoman art. It marks the transition from an exclusive textual historiography to one which includes illustrations. It contains 109 folios containing over 130 illustrations connected with Sultan Siileyman's campaign …
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Bridging the Gap between Medical Science and Communication: An Interpretive Analysis of Messages Portrayed on Endometriosis Websites.
… with endometriosis are incorporated into the analysis.</p>
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The 1970's as Hollywood's Golden Economic Age: A Critical, Interpretive Analysis of the Blaxploitation Cinematic Movement
The direction of this dissertation is to focus on the relationship between Hollywood and African-Americans at the point where a fiscal crisis and social-political climate came together to produce blaxploitation. In three critical narratives it will focus on the production of Shaft, the success of …
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An Interpretive Analysis of the Interaction of Illusion and Reality in Selected Verse of James Dickey From 1951 to 1971
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Webern's Strongest Readers
In the concluding section I note that while interpretive analysis and/or misprision are appropriately used as creative tools I warn that it is contradictory to place limits on what forms the use of these tools can or should take.
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Critical Folkdance Pedagogy: Women's Folkdancing as Feminist Practice
"A folkfeminist methodology meshes qualitative/interpretive analysis, ""near native"" reflexive ethnography and participatory dimensions throughout the research process. Barranquilla, Colombia South America, an Atlantic coast is the primary location for the study. Cross referencing a variety of …
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An exploration of the factors that contribute to recidivism in incarcerated sexual offenders
… was transcribed, translated and analyzed using interpretive analysis.
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An investigation of how English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) is shaped by policy, teachers and learners
… a mixed methods approach including a critical interpretive analysis of UK ESOL policy, qualitative interpretive analysis of interviews, quantitative analysis of demographic data and a concluding analysis that draws on naturalistic ethnographic approaches to building theory. It is hoped that …
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CBCT Perceptions of Radiology Leaders in the Midwest Dental Schools: A Qualitative Study
… a qualitative research design, utilizing interpretive analysis to examine interview responses from ten radiology leaders at Midwest dental schools. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews conducted at the Annual Radiology Meeting in Hawaii. The interviews were validated using …
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Interpreting Prehistoric Patterns: Site Catchment Analysis in the Upper Trinity River Basin of North Central Texas
Archaeologically site catchment analysis produces valuable information regarding prehistoric subsistence strategies and social organization. Incorporating archaeological data into catchment analyses is an effective strategy to develop regional models of prehistoric site selection and settlement …
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Creating the Nashville Sound: A Case Study in Commercial Culture Production (Tennessee)
The thesis is an interpretive analysis of country music production in the 1950s and early 60s. It explains the change in the music during the period as the result of symbolic negotiation within the country music industry. The Nashville Sound is seen as the resolution of a struggle to construct a …
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Longing for Beloning
… artwork and journals were analyzed through interpretive analysis to search for themes. Qualitative data revealed that the opportunity to exhibit kind acts in action and depiction increased participants’ belongingness and social connectedness. Further research is suggested to develop more …
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Industrial Firm Technology Transfer: The role of marketing
… the gap between theory and practice. Using an interpretive methodology and the case study method, the study addresses the question what are the roles that marketing plays in industrial firm technology transfer effort by comparing and contrasting concepts and themes occurring in marketing and …
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Theory of Mind Dynamics in Children's Play: A Qualitative Inquiry in a Preschool Classroom
… main tool for exploration of the study was an interpretive analysis based on data collected through participant observation, along with dialogic interviews, audio and video taping, my reflections, and review of the literature. This study of one preschool classroom presents that theory of mind …
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Representing the American rifleman: how the NRA built and maintained a national community of gun owners
… Therefore, this dissertation conducts an interpretive analysis of 100 issues of the NRA’s flagship magazine, the American Rifleman. Over the course of a century’s worth of issues, this contract magazine’s written, visual, and formulaic elements are examined to understand the NRA’s meaning …
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Phenomenological analysis of the lifeworld of persons with motor disability /
… The first part of dissertation is dedicated for analysis of different concepts of disability in sociological discourse. In the second part the concept of lifeworld is disclosed, according to A. Schütz’s phenomenological sociology. The third part of dissertation is dedicated for discussion of …
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If walls could talk: The lived experience of witnessing verbal abuse toward residents in long-term care facilities.
… verbatim. Colaizzi’s (1978) procedural steps for interpretive analysis were utilized. Rigor was addressed using Lincoln & Guba’s (1985) criteria for trustworthiness. Five theme clusters emerged from the data: Witnessing As Becoming the Victim; Placing Oneself or Significant Other in the Victim’s …
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A Gendered Analysis of Formal Vocational Education, Skills Development, and Self-employment in Accra, Ghana: Exploring enterprise development and outcomes of women’s self-employment in the feminized trades
… a qualitative methodological approach using interpretive analysis to gain an in-depth understanding of the primary data collected. A case study approach is adopted to articulate emerging themes in a manner that is comprehensive and intelligible. Two conceptual frameworks are employed: …
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