...A working hypothesis is developed from an operational point of view. The researcher is dealing with the new concepts and there is no source of information available for the research. • The Survey of Concerning Literature: Thus type of research study is simple and extensively used. The problem is well formulated and the hypothesis is developed. Hypotheses stated by earlier researcher may be studied again and their worthiness will be evaluated as a basis for further research. The people who have ideas are carefully selected as respondent and they are interviewed by the investigators or researchers. • Experience Survey: In Experience survey, the people who have practical experience with the problem to be studied are surveyed. The main purpose of such experience survey is to explore the relationships between variables and new ideas relating to the research...
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...and understanding the effect of a web-based tutorial on problem formulation ability by using qualitative and quantitative research designs? The business of rental cars can benefit from both quantitative and qualitative research designs by combining both designs for maximum effect. Lender evaluations of start-up business prospects The study was collected in 2003 and 2005 from the data bases in Finnvera, a state-owned financial institution. The data collected allows the qualitative ways authors can examine the information based on personal history and firm-specific characteristics of business prospects, and market position impact firm performance. The weakness of using the qualitative design for lender evaluations is the understanding parts of the data because it can be misunderstood because of personal opinions of the researchers. By using the quantitative design, the researchers can begin to explain the data results and come to a more itemized way of using the data. Lenders struggle with the data results as stated Iselin (1988), “Some studies state that inconsistency in previous findings could result from improper measurement of information loads as well as failure to rule out the effects of confounding variables.” This inconsistency is based on the knowledge of the person doing the research and not general for everyone who reads the data. This problem would be solved if the researchers used both the quantitative and qualitative designs together. By questioning the findings...
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...Introduction Surveys and experiments can prove to be an extremely valuable tool that organizations can use to gain pertinent information. In order to effectively utilize these tools firms must pay careful attention to the design, methodology, and ethical issues of the experiment chosen. Among these issues are variables in conducting experiments with human subjects, design elements affecting the accuracy of the experiment, and questions of methodology. The information below addresses each of these concerns and describes how experiments can become a valuable tool for organizations to plan for the future. Question 9.4 – Ethical Problems in Conducting Experiments with Human Subjects After choosing the experimental design, the researcher must then select and assign participants for the study. According to Cooper and Schindler (2014), participants selected for an experiment should be members of the population in which the researcher wishes to make interpretations about. When choosing to conduct experiments with humans as the main subjects, researchers should be aware of various ethical concerns that may arise. When ethical problems are debated in the research design process, most people often think first about defending the rights of the participant. Whether observations are taken from an interview, survey, or an experiment, the participant has many rights that need to be protected during the research process. As discussed in the text, research must be designed in a way...
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...Tushar Suresh Bhavsar 2/305, Rakshak Nagar-2, Date of Birth: 23rd May, 1983 Kharadi, Pune 411038. Mobile: 91-9503162041 Email:tusharbhavasar@gmail.com Professional Synopsis ← 7 years of total experience with 2 years of software project management exposure. ← On-site coordination experience from client site based in San Francisco USA. ← Requirement understanding and project initiation activities at on-site location based in New York, Cincinnati and San Francisco, USA. ← Proven abilities in leading complete SDLC entitling analysis, design, development, testing, planning, estimations and delivery. ← An effective communicator with excellent relationship management skills. Strong analytical, problem solving & analytical abilities. Possess a flexible & detail oriented attitude. ← Leading and managing team of size 20+. ← Consistently top performer. Skills Set Technical Operating System : Windows NT/2K/XP/2K3/2K8/Vista/7. Microsoft Tech. : .NET Framework, Visual C# .Net, VB .NET, ASP .Net, ADO .Net, framework 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.5, web services, Windows services, Remoting, Entity framework, Linq, Share point – WSS exposure, Sales Force integration, Dial up USA. Ajax toolkit extender, Enterprise library, Crystal reports, Membership providers,In-home install api, Google api integration API integration : IBM SPSS, Google api federated login and white listing, Lumi , in-home install, Trumpia SMS. Database : RDBMS...
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...Vol. 2, no 6, 2009 | www.surveypractice.org The premier e-journal resource for the public opinion and survey research community Special Issue on Non-probability Samples This issue covers only one topic – nonprobability sampling. Andy Peytchev selected the articles and edited the issue. Some articles have formulas and the content of many articles is too complex for display using the software we use to publish SP, so we are experimenting with PDFs. The articles span a broad spectrum, including the evaluation of bias in a nonprobability sample, the review of assumptions in a nonprobability sampling method that provide the potential for bias, the conditions under which a nonprobability sampling design can lead to valid conclusions in comparative research, case studies on the use of nonprobability methods and samples to facilitate a probability-based study, and a proposed method to combine probability and nonprobability samples under certain conditions. Gerty Lensvelt-Mulders and colleagues use a probability-based web survey with telephone follow-up and propensity score matching in order to evaluate bias in a nonprobability web panel survey. This design and analytic approach allow them to attempt to separate bias due to self-selection from bias due to undercoverage in the panel survey. Although not nearly as much in the survey literature, Respondent Driven Sampling has received considerable attention as a nonprobability sampling method that claims to produce...
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... reaching, lifting or carrying”. Respondents were screened based on these criteria using a variation of the 2000 Census question. Fifteen percent of the general adult population (or more than 31 million adults aged 18 and older) defines themselves as having one or more of these characteristics. In terms of sampling, ODO narrowed its definition of an adult with a disability. “We wanted the disability to be permanent, and we wanted to cover the full range of physically limiting disabilities,” shares Turk. “But we didn’t want to include those with mental or emotional disorders.” Harris Interactive identified an ‘adult with a disability’ participant by using a variation of the 2000 U.S. Census questions. In the U.S. Census, a disability was defined as ‘blindness, deafness, or a condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, or carrying.’ For purposes of the study conducted by Harris Interactive and Open Door Organization, the definition is sufficient. However, the inclusiveness or narrowness of the definition of disability must be pertinently elucidated during application of the result of the case study. 2. Analyze the research design’s various components. Identify any potential problems and explain the ramifications of these design issues. Identify potential strengths of the design. * Focus Groups * Questionnaire Design by Various Participants...
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...to interviews as questions could be open or closed. Since interviewer is not present or in a word nobody is available to interpret the questions for the participant, making the questions clear and data collection efficient -- questions need to be clearly worded. Skilled people are needed to design a questionnaire especially to gather valid and reliable data. Easy and difficult aspects of creating and conducting an online questionnaire: First, I would explain the easy aspects of creating and conducting an online questionnaire. Online questionnaire is very effective when targeting a large number of people in terms of gathering valuable information. There are two ways of doing online questionnaire: email questionnaire and web based questionnaire. Email questionnaire is not that effective and hard to reach a maximum number of participants. On the other hand web-based questionnaire can reach any region in the world, target a culture or a group of people and collect data from them. Creating a web-based questionnaire is easy, especially survey type of questionnaire. Simple questions are asked in a form of multiple choice items, text entry, matrix and multiple single choice items. Web-based questionnaires are very interactive, where participants respond to a question by checking check boxes, radio...
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...Comparing Multimedia and Design Career Fields Ashley Raybuck DeVry University English 227 October 17, 2013 Table of Contents Page Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………2 Web Design versus Graphic Design What is the difference? .........................................................................................................3 Skill Sets……………………………………………………………………………………………...3 Work Environment Web Design………………………………………………………………………………………….4 Graphic Design……………………………………………………………………………………..5 Educational Requirements Web Design…………………………………………………………………………………………5 Graphic Design…………………………………………………………………………………….5 Projected Career Outlook Web Design…………………………………………………………………………………………6 Graphic Design…………………………………………………………………………………….6 Salary Web Design………………………………………………………………………………………...6 Graphic Design……………………………………………………………………………………6 Conclusions and Recommendations…………………………………………………………………7 References…………………………………………………………………………………………………8 Introduction When choosing a career path, it can be a bit intimidating. There is lots of information to sift through, such as salary, education needed, what skill sets are required, what is the work environment like, and the list can go on and on. It also can be a bit difficult because each person wants to make sure that not only can they support themselves or their family, but will they be happy with this choice for, sometimes, the rest of their lives? Choosing can be a difficult decision, but with the...
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...CapraTek Training Program Design: HRM 5015 Leading and Managing Workplace Learning Training Topic Topic Identification The training topic I will design for CapraTek is Sexual Harassment: You make the call. Upon interviewing various supervisors for their different plants I found that overall they are all uncomfortable with their knowledge on laws that affect their associates. Considering that the new plant is being opened in a state where there is a mandatory sexual harassment training law. Strategic Needs Due to the mandatory regulation of this training it is cost effective to use this training as an opportunity to grow our leadership. By having a in person session with our supervising team we can instill leadership behaviors that will help them in other areas of leadership. This seminar will give them the tools needed to solve other law/policy related problems. If we have to spend money let us make sure that we are getting a better return on investment from it. Needs Analysis Currently our company’s objective is to open the plant in Illinois and train our supervising staff accordingly. One major obstacle to this is the mandatory regulation of sexual harassment training by the state. Our supervisor must know what is legally required of them and what we expect from them. Our expectation is that they are able to fully understand what is sexual harassment, what are the signs of it, who to prevent it and...
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...Design of Internet-Based News Delivery Systems and Its Impact on Society YuriQuintana GraduateSchoolofLibraryandInformationScience UniversityofWesternOntario London, Ontario, Canada, N6G1H1 Tel.+1519679-2111ext.8500 Fax+1519661-3506 http://www.newmedia.slis.uwo.ca/yuri/ Abstract This paper presents an overview of emerging interactive multimedia technologies and how they can be used to deliver news on the Internet. A set of design principles for designing interactive multimedia news systems are given that include factors such as the effective use of navigational aids, design of menus, presentation styles, and effective use of media. Examples of effective designs and implementation of multimedia news on the Internet are also given. The impact and benefits of multimedia news on society are also discussed with examples. The paper concludes with some possible designs for future news delivery systems. 1.0 Introduction The news industry is currently undergoing major transformations as a result both of the growing popularity of the Internet itself and of advances in interactive multimedia technologies for the Internet. The types of news sources available on the Internet include newspapers, news wires, cable television, news magazines, and radio stations. New technologies for the Internet include animations, direct manipulation of graphical interfaces, and real time on-demand audio and video. The shift from paper to electronic delivery of news occurred almost simultaneously...
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...Lai, Ivan K.W. and Lam, Frankie K.S. (2010). Perception of various performance criteria by stakeholders in the construction section in Hong Kong. Construction management and economics, Vol.28, pp. 377-391. Article of the Lai and Lam analyzed the construction projects in Hong Kong through collecting data from 324 practitioners who in the past participated in such projects. A research model is developed upon nine performance criteria and their respective performances. The relative importance of nine performance criteria and their performances are measured. Timely completion of the project is the key in performance criterion, preceding by profit, environmental protection and quality, job satisfaction, and effectiveness. Lai and Lam research identified difference in the perceptions of performance in the following order: 1) difference among practitioners in a construction project; 2) different project types; and 3) difference among functional roles in the organizations. The order of importance of the performance criteria is: (1) time; (2) profit; 3) environment; 4) quality; 5) safety; 6) effectiveness; 7) no claims or contractual disputes; 8) job satisfaction; and 9) generation of innovative ideas. Timely completion of the project is the most important performance criterion, but it displays the highest deviation of the performance when compared with its importance. It implies that time management is the most critical factor for the performance in the construction project. Mainly...
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...“WEB PORTAL FOR S.I.N.E. WATER DISTRICT WITH SMS” In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements in the Subject “IT CAPSTONE PROJECT” For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Submitted by: Cristopher Jay Castro Gellyn Victorio Milady Delos Santos CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS Introduction Water is essential in human living. It gives us energy everyday to do our daily tasks. According to Science, human beings can survive up to two weeks or even a month without food but cannot without water. Many projects had been proposed in order to get clean water such as deep-well; water pumps and etc., until water companies came wherein clean water were supplied in our house. It has been decades when water companies and corporations started to supply water to our communities. Through this, water supply is no longer a problem of our society. But at the present situation of our environment, nature is being harmed by over-using of its resources specially the trees. Green technology has been one of the solutions to conserve our natural resources. Experts and technologist all over the world are creating technologies like paper less systems to conserve the paper trees in our surroundings. As part and support of this campaign, also to help the water companies and the people lessened the charges they are paying for the cost of printing their bills and to solve the problem of sometimes delayed water bills. The researchers plan to develop an...
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...CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE INTRODUCTION Rationale of the Study Acquiring information is quasi difficult. Specifically, information that was secluded from general views. To puzzle out this problem, technology becomes an absolute must. In fact it can be used effectively in daily lives. The most essential contribution of technology to society is making the lives of people much easier and helping them achieve more what was previously impossible. The discovery of computers was the great function of modernity to make work easier, faster, and more precise for the humanity. Though technology may differ in various ways, but its uses are likely more advantageous. With technology, people find fast acquisition and availability of information. To have lived in this world for so many years without the use of computers just seem unthinkable or even unbelievable! (Stair and Reynolds, 2007). In today’s generation of rapid development, technology facilitates peoples’ lives and creates more comfort. It has remarkably improved the quality of life. Due to this transitory advancement, youngsters resort on finding information the easiest and most convenient way. It is in this era also that technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies. As organizations and entrepreneurs continue to operate in an increasingly competitive and global market place, workers in all business areas...
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...Kudler Fine Foods Website Evaluation Team A/ J. Orr, M. Hamill, C. Schwab, D. Burtch, E. Brown, K. Hubbard, & L. Sizemore Web/240 Constantinos Rousos 5/11/2015 DETAILED ANALYSIS OF KUDLER FINE FOODS SITE BASED ON DESIGN CRITERIA Kudler Fine Foods is known for dedicating their business towards catering specialty food choices through pleasing shopping experiences. So, after considerate analysis of Kudler Fine Foods website, we have determined that an implementation of all "alt" tags would enhance interactions with potential visitors considerably. By implementing better-selected images, Kudler Fine Foods will provide visitors with more intriguing visual content through imagery and informational media files. By using these, implementations this will ultimately enhance Kudler’s visitor’s interest more towards their actual products. With each of their locations built on 16,000 square feet, providing customers with some of the best domestic and imported specialty foods, a good enhancement within the visual concepts throughout the website should be considered as well. Also, suggestions for the creating of pop-up window hyperlinks for each item throughout the website would ultimately enhance user interactive measure. Will help provide interested customers with a great shopping experience even as they browse throughout Kudler website! By implementing fastest content load ability through optimization for mobile browsing, Kudler will enhance it visitor respond time...
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.................................................................................. 3 2 Planning a survey................................................................................................................ 5 2.1 Defining research problem ........................................................................................... 5 2.2 Designing the survey.................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Qualitative versus Quantitative method ........................................................................ 7 2.4 Measurement methods ................................................................................................ 9 2.5 Reliability and validity ................................................................................................. 11 2.6 Sampling .................................................................................................................... 12 2.6.1 2.6.2 Non-probability sampling techniques ................................................................... 14 2.6.3 3 Probability sampling techniques .......................................................................... 13 Sample size, weighting and error ........................................................................ 15 Constructing a survey instrument...
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