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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"method evaluation"”.
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Power Station Thermal Efficiency Performance Method Evaluation
… the uncertainties cannot be generalized, a methodology has been developed to evaluate any case. A 3600 MWe wet-cooled power plant (6 x 600 MWe units) situated in Mpumalanga was selected to study the impact of uncertainties on the STEP model outputs. The results from the case study yielded …
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A Test Suite for Saliency Method Evaluation Metrics
… to evaluate the input sensitivity of saliency methods, a crucial factor when interpreting machine learning models, particularly in high-stakes environments. Saliency methods, by highlighting essential input features inf luencing model decisions, serve as a key tool for understanding model …
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A success case method evaluation of a management development programme
This dissertation presents an outcome evaluation of a training programme provided to middle managers working in higher education institutions at four universities in the Western Cape. The Success Case Method was used to evaluate the training programme. An electronic questionnaire was sent to …
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A success case method evaluation of an executive coach training intervention
This evaluation examines the extent to which 2005 and 2006 Associate Coaching Course participants have successfully applied the proximal outcomes from the executive coach training. Following the Success Case Method, a survey determined that the majority of participants rated their application of …
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A Success Case Method Evaluation of An Executive Coach Training Intervention
This evaluation examines the extent to which 2005 and 2006 Associate Coaching Course participants have successfully applied the proximal outcomes from the executive coach training. Following the Success Case Method, a survey determined that the majority of participants rated their application of …
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Stocking Density, Strain Performance, and Feeding Method Evaluation of Cage Reared Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) in Eastern South Dakota
Methods for cage rearing rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) were investigated to assist in the development of a landowner aquaculture program for eastern South Dakota. Rainbow trout when stocked as small fingerlings in the spring did not reach a marketable weight (200 g). The fish did attain a size …
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Strengthening leadership through networking: a mixed method evaluation of a core component of the Emerging African Leaders Programme (EALP)
… addressing Africa's wicked challenges. A mixed method formative outcome evaluation of the networking component of the EALP was conducted. Data was collected by means of a document review, an online survey, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions involving the main stakeholders. …
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Hospital electronic prescribing and medicines administration system implementation into a district general hospital: a mixed method evaluation of discharge communication.
… literature review, a convergent parallel mixed methods approach was selected, consisting of interpretative phenomenology, and experimental before-and-after study design. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a purposive sample of hospital staff involved in discharge …
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Language of Exclusion: A Mixed Method Evaluation of Text Complexity on Comprehension Within Selected U.S. Government Food Assistance Application Materials
… document for pubic use. However, no extensive evaluation of government food assistance applications has been completed by an independent evaluator since the PWA’s passage. The objective of this exploratory sequential mixed methods research is to examine selected federal government food …
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Abstinence Based Sex Education: A Mixed-Method Evaluation Of Experiences With And The Effectiveness Of Sex Education In The Deep South
… medically inaccurate information. Using a mixed-method online survey, this study focuses on undergraduate college students in Sociology 101 courses at the University of Mississippi. The online survey, which has both quantitative and qualitative elements that assess students' sex education …
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A Mixed Method Evaluation of the Implementation of a Caregiver Intervention for Mothers who have Survived Intimate Partner Violence: The Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers
… To this end, the present study used a mixed method implementation science approach to evaluate the scale-up potential of MISC with African American mothers and children in an IPV-community organization setting. For Aim 1, implementation factors were identified using qualitative interviews …
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The Midwifery Peer Assisted Learning and Support (My PALS) Project: A mixed method evaluation of the impact of peer support in undergraduate midwifery education in the Republic of Ireland.
… education using a qualitatively driven Mixed Methods Research (MMR) approach within a constructivist-pragmatic paradigm. Within this framework, a sequential explanatory design (SED) was implemented. Participants included in this study were 20 first year students (mentees) and 18 second year …
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Assessing the clinical and cultural impact of LifeKeepers Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training in a general community population: A multi-method evaluation including a randomised controlled trial across three modalities
… outcomes up to 12 months post training. Methods: Three studies were undertaken: a review of systematic reviews of GKT; a large pre-post evaluation of LifeKeepers across three modalities involving 5,981 participants; and a three-arm randomised controlled trial examining booster sessions …
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Semiparametric Bayesian Joint Model With Variable Selection
… survival or time-to-event histories. Recently, methods for jointly modeling longitudinal and survival data have gained popularity in the statistical literature. In this dissertation, we consider the problem of variable selection in a joint modeling framework where longitudinal and survival data …
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System architecture evaluation by single metric
… in the design. Few if any architectural methods are available to systematically account for upstream influences. A new method, Evaluation by a Single Metric (ESM), is presented. It is based on fundamental design principles. It enhances the system architectural process by organizing …
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Analysis and design as bricolage
… and select information systems design (ISD) methods that better enable successful design outcomes. The research covers literature relating analysis and design, information systems design methods, complexity, ontology and conceptual modelling and how they relate to ISD. This research was …
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Assessment of ergonomic methods for the quantification of biomechanical load in manufacturing systems
… of the biomechanical load risk consists in the evaluation of the musculoskeletal efforts, quantifying the main biomechanical factors correlated to musculoskeletal disorders: applied forces, repetitive movements, postures engaged during the working tasks and the net duration of the working tasks …
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Designing a Value Centred Inspection Method for Children
There are currently several evaluation methods suited to children within the Child-Computer Interaction (CCI) community. However, these methods are user based leaving a gap in inspection method suited to children, that is, where children will act as the inspection method evaluators. This research …
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Engineering change modelling using a function-behaviour-structure scheme
… in engineering change management and develops a method to support engineering change propagation analysis, termed FBS Linkage. This method integrates functional reasoning with change prediction. A product is modelled as a network of its functional, behavioural, and structural attributes. Change …
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Desiree - a Refinement Calculus for Requirements Engineering
… requirements, as well as a systematic method for applying the concepts and operators in order to engineer an eligible specification from stakeholder requirements. In addition, we define the semantics of the requirements concepts and operators, and develop a graphical modeling tool in …
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