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Showing 1 to 20 of 122 for “"survey methods"”.
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Development of Soil Survey Methods for Urban Areas
… sustainability and resiliency. Accurate soil surveys of urban areas should be done at higher resolution since extensive human activities often result in urban soil being highly disturbed and spatially variable. Besides heterogeneity, one of the unique and challenging aspects of urban soil is …
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Finding the swing voter : definitions and survey methods for voter classification
… decisionmaking and then further onto measurable survey response. Using on-line processing based in emotion, voters form affective summaries about candidates, which store previous information as an emotional response. The act of voting is treated as a single realization of a probabilistic event, …
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Comparison of three survey methods applied to the recreational rock lobster fishery of Western Australia.
A mail survey of recreational rock lobster licence holders has been conducted annually since 1986. The results from this survey have been used in the management of the recreational rock lobster fishery in Western Australia. Mail surveys are susceptible to non-response and recall bias. The key to …
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The Validation of Novel Ecological Survey Methods for Use in Describing Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Autecology
… ecology to be quantified. Here two novel methods were developed and tested, which included remote scent surveys using a detection dog and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) trapping. After validation, RFID trapping was then used to quantify M. minutus movement in fragmented habitats. A …
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ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: ANALYSES OF HUNTER EFFICIENCY, SURVEY METHODS, AND ECOLOGY
… deer have been developed, including aerial surveys, mark-recapture or resight methods, pellet counts, and thermal infrared imaging surveys. Distance sampling has shown great potential for estimating white-tailed deer density at a reduced cost relative to traditional survey techniques and may …
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Prediction of natural frequencies of turbine blades for turbocharger application. An investigation of the finite element method, mathematical modelling and frequency survey methods applied to turbocharger blade vibration in order to predict natural frequencies of turbocharger blades.
Methods of determining natural frequencies of the D76D88, B76D88, A86E93, C86G90, C86L90 and C125L89 turbine wheel designs for various environmental conditions were investigated by application of Finite Element Analysis and beam theory. Modelling and simulation methods were developed ; the first …
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A Comparison of Current Anuran Monitoring Methods with Emphasis on the Accuracy of Automatic Vocalization Detection Software
<p>Currently, a variety of methods are available to monitor anurans, and little standardization of methods exists. New methods to monitor anurans have become available over the past twenty years, including PVC pipe arrays used for tree frog capture and Automated Digital Recording Systems (ADRS) …
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Estimating occupancy and abundance of shorebirds through aerial surveys in the Illinois river valley
… loss and degradation in the region. Aerial surveys are commonly used to quantify waterfowl abundance and estimate population size, but few attempts have been made to evaluate aerial surveys for other guilds of wetland birds. We investigated whether aerial surveys can be used to accurately …
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Challenges To Measuring Public Opinion: The Insincere, The Social, And The Measurement Approach
… influence the beliefs and attitudes expressed in survey responses. This dissertation presents a series of studies that examine how each of these challenges can present themselves and impact our understanding of public opinion. Presented together these results serve as a reminder that researchers, …
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Comparison of Archeological Survey Techniques at Camp Lawton, a Civil War Prison Stockade
… Division. He proposed an exploratory survey of the site of a Civil War Confederate prisoner of war camp known as Camp Lawton located on Magnolia Springs State Park and Bo Ginn National Fish Hatchery in Millen, Georgia. Camp Lawton was constructed, occupied, and abandoned over an …
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Occupations and Quality of Life of Families with Children with ASD: A Survey
… with an ASD. Data was collected utilizing a survey methods, a convenience sample received a questionnaire packet containing: Flanagan Quality of Life Scale, demographic survey and Occupational Checklist. Twenty-two families participated in the study. Descriptive statistics suggested that …
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Principals’ Perceptions on Bullying Interventions and Strategies in Georgia High Schools
… employed a quantitative research design using survey methods. The instrument in this study was modified from its original version and utilized by Megan E. DiPaola-Allen in her study <em>Elementary Principals’ Perceptions Regarding Bully Prevention Activities</em> (2013). The survey was sent …
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A strategic approach to the implementation and adoption of an e-government system for the ministry of education in Kuwait
… of qualitative (interviews) and quantitative (survey) methods to investigate practices and experiences of adopting and implementing e-government systems in Kuwait’s MoE. This thesis concludes with a summary of the contribution made by this work, its limitations and guidelines for future …
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A Methodological Exploration of Mailed Survey Research in a Post Disaster Setting
… the success and failures of the implemented methods of two mailed survey research projects conducted in post-Katrina New Orleans. Mailed survey research is an essential part of the recovery process following a major disaster in which people have been displaced. A survey can provide insight …
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Evaluating Poverty Alleviation: Essays on Microfinance, Energy Access and Limits to the Gold Standard in Empirical Economics
In my dissertation, I combine topical contributions on microfinance and energy access, two prevalent poverty alleviation policies, with methodological contributions on how empirical economics research can contribute to effective policymaking. Chapter 1 reviews the existing experimental evidence on …
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Amphibian Habitat Usage of Two Restored Bogs in Shady Valley, Johnson County, Tennessee.
… land acquisitions and management strategies. Survey methods included pitfall traps, funnel traps, coverboard arrays, and opportunistic surveys.</p>
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Use of a Mail Survey to Determine Present Mammal Distributions by County in South Dakota
… Dakota mammals does not exist. A state-wide mail survey was conducted in 1992 to determine the present distribution by county, of South Dakota's medium- to large-sized mammals. Eight hundred and thirty-four questionnaires were sent to natural resource managers, trappers, and others that were …
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