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Showing 1 to 20 of 30109 for “"qualitative"”.
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Validity in Qualitative Inquiry
Despite the increased use of qualitative methods of inquiry in educational research and evaluation, relatively little is known about validity in qualitative inquiry. This dissertation includes an examination of the concept of validity as it applies to qualitative inquiry and a discussion of the …
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Qualitative representation for recognition
This thesis describes a representation for objects and scenes that is stable against variations in image intensity caused by illumination changes and tolerant to image degradations such as sensor noise. The representation, called a ratio-template, uses low-resolution ordinal contrast relationships …
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Women's leisure : A qualitative study.
… to a discussion of five case studies, based upon qualitative data derived from interviews with 28 women. The case studies examine the experiences of women who share particular configurations of contraint and opportunity, and the analysis attempts to identify points of communality and points of …
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A qualitative journey into cyberspace /
Educators should movefrom teacher-centered learning to student-centered learning, from isolated work to collaborative work, andfromfactual knowledgebased instructions to critical thinking and informed decision-making. The high tech classroom should be more interactive and encourage active, …
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Applying qualitative reasoning to finance
Qualitative reasoning has traditionally been applied in the domain of physical systems, where there are well established and understood laws governing the behaviour of each `component' in the system. Such application has shown that it is possible to produce models which can be used for explaining …
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The analysis if qualitative choice.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics. Thesis. 1973. Ph.D.
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Understanding benefit fraud : a qualitative analysis
… explored theoretically and empirically through a qualitative study of benefit fraud. Theoretically, four sociological concepts - discourses, resources, normative guidelines and identity - are argued to be central to the relationship between structure and agency. Taken together, these concepts …
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Qualitative Reports Of Michigan Medical Marijuana
… Marijuana have been marginalized in our society. Qualitative interview data was collected from medical marijuana patients and knowledgeable producers and activists in Michigan about their perceptions and observations on the medical use of marijuana. Patients consistently reported using marijuana …
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Improving Qualitative Assessment In Higher Education
… grounded-theory-derived practices for improving qualitative assessment in higher education settings. The process of qualitative assessment is understood as being heuristic and continual, requiring re-examination and revision to maintain both its validity and reliability. To this end, rubrics are …
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Expectations of motherhood: a qualitative investigation
Purpose: Women’s experiences of depression following childbirth have received increased attention within the research base over the past two decades. However, depression that occurs during pregnancy, or antenatal depression, remains poorly understood and often unrecognised. The aim of the present …
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Qualitative reasoning about fluids and mechanics
… to understand and interact with the world. Qualitative physics is the attempt to capture and formalize this knowledge. An important aspect of qualitative reasoning is the ability to derive the possible behaviors of a given physical system from the structure of the system, using minimal …
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Marital communication: A feminist qualitative analysis
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Learning qualitative models from physiological signals
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1994.
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Feminists and marriage: a qualitative analysis
… of the gendered nature of power differentials. Qualitative interviewing was the main method of data collection. Participants were recruited through referrals and advertisements placed in regional newspapers and regional and state newsletters of the National Organization for Women. Ten couples …
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A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF NASCAR FAN IDENTITY
The purpose of this research study was to provide a rich and thick description of what it means to be a NASCAR (National Association of Stock Car Racing) fan. Specifically, the researcher examined how NASCAR fans create their sport fan identity, how being a NASCAR fan influences their overall …
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A qualitative evaluation of the S.A.I.F. programme
… was to demonstrate the use of a triangulated qualitative research methodology in order to determine whether the programme is achieving its objectives in terms of service delivery. It adopted a phenomenological approach in which participants were acknowledged as expert informants who were …
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Migraine and emotion: a qualitative pilot study
Migraine affects 10 percent of the Australian population and may be severe in nature. To understand the subjective experience of migraine, five migraneurs were interviewed and asked to discuss the emotions associated with migraine. The negative emotional aspects associated with migraine, feeling …
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