Comparison of spotlighting and trapping in population surveys of the squirrel glider

Models recommended for public involvement in environmental planning call for: 1) early and full involvement with technical planners from the start, 2) involvement at an intermediate phase once technical planners have developed a short list of the most feasible alternatives, and 3) later involvement only by ratification of the one alternative selected and developed by technical planners. The present study reports results assessing public involvement in planning at the intermediate phase using results from three general population surveys of the greater San Diego area done in 1989, 1990, and 1991 which dealt with municipal water reuse alternatives. Feasibility of the intermediate approach was demonstrated by correspondence between survey and technical planning evaluations and by consistency between and within survey findings.

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French patterns of psychotropic drug use

Psychiatry and Psychobiology ◽

10.1017/s0767399x00003801 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

pp. 301-308

Author(s):

V Kovess ◽

M Ortun

Keyword(s):

Drug Use ◽

General Practitioners ◽

Psychotropic Drug ◽

Psychotropic Drugs ◽

Elderly Population ◽

The Elderly ◽

Population Surveys ◽

Minor Tranquilizers ◽

French People ◽

Few Data

SummaryFrench publications on psychotropics are curiously few. Data are available and French consumption of psychotropics, at least minor tranquilizers has been consistently reported as being higher than that found in other countries. The authors attempt to answer three questions: is French consuption of psychotropics really higher than other countries? Who is consuming those drugs? In which context? After having reviewed comparative data on sales, data from population surveys are analysed together with samples of prescriptions by different categories of physicians. It seems likely that French people consume more anxiolytics but this does not apply to other psychotropic drugs. Given the fact that drugs are almost free of charge in France, it is always difficult to discriminate between what has been prescribed and what has been taken. Overconsumption of anxiolytics is due to the overconsumption of the elderly population (over 60). Minor tranquilizers are mainly prescribed by general practitioners for psychological reasons.

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Methods, Developments, and Technological Innovations for Population Surveys

Social Science Computer Review ◽

10.1177/0894439321994218 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 089443932199421

Author(s):

Venera Tomaselli ◽

Sebastiano Battiato ◽

Alessandro Ortis ◽

Giulio G. Cantone ◽

Salvatore Urso ◽

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Keyword(s):

Population Studies ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Computational Social Science ◽

Technological Innovations ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Respondent Driven Sampling ◽

Population Surveys ◽

Panel Management ◽

Dominant Paradigm ◽

Social Science Approach

This article reviews contemporary issues in survey research, connecting established methods to innovative tools and technologies like real-time sensors and computer vision. This link takes into account the idea about the “organical” nature of Big Data, which represents a challenge toward a modernization of population studies in the light of technological innovations. The adopted dominant paradigm of data gathering is web survey (computer-assisted web interviewing), which is explored through the formalization of chain-referral methods as respondent-driven sampling. The general orientation is toward a computational social science approach. Weaknesses of such methodology is studied and solutions are provided with insights from empirical research on panel management. Contribution from gamification techniques is critically discussed.

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