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Showing 1 to 20 of 295 for “"qualitative studies"”.
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Improving Internet Security through Empirical and Qualitative Studies of Email and DNS Ecosystem
… DNSSEC errors within seconds. Together, these studies reveal the gap between the theoretical robustness of Internet security protocols and their practical deployment realities. By combining large-scale empirical measurement, vulnerability analysis, and automated remediation, this dissertation …
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Decision making in surgery and cancer care
… using a mixed methodology of quantitative and qualitative studies. To derive a more comprehensive view, different specialties were explored: breast, colorectal, and head and neck surgery. To address socio-cultural factors the qualitative focus group discussions were undertaken in England, …
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An exploration of treatment decision making and psychological wellbeing of men with prostate cancer
… with Active Surveillance. Although a number of studies have explored aspects of men’s decision making around Active Surveillance, no systematic review of qualitative studies had been conducted. Systematic reviews of qualitative studies can provide evidence to inform policy and practice, and …
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Justice, faith and politics : congregational engagement in social justice issues.
… that are discussed in the quantitative study and qualitative studies provide insight for congregations as they navigate social justice engagement since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The quantitative secondary data analysis, Chapter Two, used data from the 2017 Preaching Controversial …
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A Framework for Simultaneously Addressing Qualitative and Quantitative Decision-making Criteria during the Early Stages of the Design Process
… a framework for simultaneously addressing qualitative and quantitative decision-making criteria during the early stages of the design process. It investigates the features and characteristics in an architectural tool that enable an architect to simultaneously address qualitative and …
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TRANSITION INTO HIGHER EDUCATION: IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACADEMIC SOCIAL IDENTITY IN PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVEMENT?
… took a mixed methods approach starting with two qualitative studies which explored identity processes in undergraduate students. It used a unique approach in Psychology by adopting a meta-ethnographical design (n=8) and an adapted form of Grounded Theory which allows for theory development …
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Mind the gap: an evaluation of the organisational, practical and social influences on the implementation of cycling-specific policies in Aberdeen.
… policies in Aberdeen, Scotland. Although qualitative studies in this field are growing in number, a prior significant body of work has relied on quantitative data and therefore has not been able to incorporate the discourses of cyclists. Furthermore, in previous qualitative studies, the …
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An empirical study series to investigate the research synthesis of complex health care interventions and related methodological issues
… mechanisms. Thesis intended also to evaluate how qualitative research compliments a systematic review and meta-analysis of complex health care interventions, especially what participants’ perceive as effective intervention features and how this compares with systematic review and meta-analysis …
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Problematic attachment to social media: lived experience and behavioural archetypes.
… to achieve the goal of the thesis, multi-phase qualitative studies with people who experienced problematic attachment have been conducted. This helped to achieve a deep understanding of the role of social media in facilitating problematic attachment and reveal emotions and psychological states …
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Social Support at Community Centers: Its Meaning in the Lives of Senior Citizens
… topics. However, literature is devoid of qualitative studies and research focusing specifically on community centers and older adultsâ social networks, which are integral for understanding the growing needs of older adults in todayâ s society. Guided by the theoretical frameworks of …
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The Role of Sibling Configuration in Identity and Career Development
… for future research include empirical studies investigating these connections, such the use of qualitative studies that examine the insights and experiences of all sibling groups, including those that represent less traditional configurations.</p>
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Towards an integrative view on learning style versatility in a business school context
… substantiates it, relying on three related studies. The concept captures the degree to which a learner can effectively apply different learning styles in the process of learning. In this study, it is presented as an emerging construct. By boosting learning skills business schools increase …
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The role of consumer participation and engagement in influencing loyalty and word-of-mouth: user generated brand communities
… collecting evidence from both quantitative and qualitative studies. A quantitative study is adopted to test the engagement dimension and its relationships with other constructs, such as participation, loyalty, and word-of-mouth, with a sample size of 551 collected among Facebook users in the UK. …
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Vocational Implications of Cult Involvement
<p>Currently, the majority of studies published on cult membership have been quantitative and have focused primarily on theories and trends about cult membership. These studies have been insufficient in shedding light on the individual’s experience. Qualitative studies are necessary to explore the …
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Lexical Borrowings as Sociolinguistic Variables in Saint -Louis, Senegal
By means of a quantitative and qualitative methodology, the study demonstrates that there are strong relationships between lexical borrowings and age groups in multilingual communities, and that linguistic processes that go along with lexical borrowings also follow the same pattern. Finally, this …
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Affective Social Neurobiology and Student Formation in Christian Higher Education Institutions: A Transdisciplinary Multimethod Study
… multimethod study utilizes methods of grounded qualitative meta-analysis and transdisciplinary textual analysis to examine the extent to which the phenomenon of student spiritual formation at Christian higher education institutions reflects the growing body of literature on human development …
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A systematic review examining the effects of mHealth interventions on dietary adherence in patients with cardiovascular diseases
… literature search identified thirteen studies which met inclusion criteria: adults with a CVD diagnosis, use of an mHealth intervention, and measures of dietary adherence. Studies were excluded if interventions involved open dialogue or were qualitative studies or systematic reviews. …
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Exploring Accessibility and Companionship in Boardgames via Alexa
… and provide companionship by conducting two qualitative studies. In study 1, 14 boardgame players who are BLV first identified their rule learning challenges and co-designed desired social and functional characteristics of CAs to combat these challenges. Based on these findings, we developed …
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Abandoned chip: Investigating abandonment of commercial wearables
… literacy have been underexplored. Two qualitative studies, an online survey and in depth semi-structured interviews investigated whether insufficient data interpretation is a barrier to sustained tracker use. Results found that users may overestimate their literacy levels potentially …
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Evaluating the measurement of infertility and infertility treatment-related depression in women : a multiphase qualitative and quantitative analysis of psychometric properties.
… depression is a construct of interest for many studies that focus on infertility, little has been done to ensure the psychometric rigor of the measures of depression being used in these studies. The two studies included in this dissertation expand the current body of psychometric literature …
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