Self‐report Case‐studies: an experiment in own classroom data collection by teachers

Not all transit users have the same preferences when making route decisions. Understanding the factors driving this heterogeneity enables better tailoring of policies, interventions, and messaging. However, existing methods for assessing these factors require extensive data collection. Here we present an alternative approach - an easily-administered single item measure of overall preference for speed versus comfort. Scores on the self-report item predict decisions in a choice task and account for a proportion of the differences in model parameters between people (n=298). This single item can easily be included on existing travel surveys, and provides an efficient method to both anticipate the choices of users and gain more general insight into their preferences.

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Children with cerebral palsy: Family and parent demographic characteristics and family strengths in Greece and Italy

Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.1177/1359105319900276 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 135910531990027

Author(s):

Assimina Tsibidaki

Keyword(s):

Cerebral Palsy ◽

Data Collection ◽

Well Being ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Self Report ◽

Family Strengths ◽

Biological Child ◽

The Family ◽

Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽

High Sense

The study focuses on families raising a child with cerebral palsy to investigate family strengths and their association with family and parent demographic characteristics in Greece and Italy. Participants were 120 parents raising a biological child with cerebral palsy. Data collection used a self-report questionnaire and the Family Strengths Inventory. According to the findings, families share a high sense of family strengths, which is mainly represented in the high sense of ‘pride’ and ‘accord’. In addition, demographic characteristics seem to be important predictors of well-being and strengthen parents and families raising a child with cerebral palsy.

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The effectiveness of cartographic visualisations in landscape archaeology

Proceedings of the ICA ◽

10.5194/ica-proc-1-36-2018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

David Fairbairn

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Data Collection ◽

Case Studies ◽

Landscape Archaeology ◽

Archaeological Prospection ◽

Archaeological Interpretation

The use of maps and other geovisualisation methods has been longstanding in archaeology. Archaeologists employ advanced contemporary tools in their data collection, analysis and presentation. Maps can be used to render the ‘big data’ commonly collected by archaeological prospection techniques, but are also fundamental output instru-ments for the dissemination of archaeological interpretation and modelling. This paper addresses, through case studies, alternate methods of geovisualisation in archaeology and identifies the efficiencies of each.

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Engagement and Participant Experiences With Consumer Smartwatches for Health Research: Longitudinal, Observational Feasibility Study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.14368 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Anna L Beukenhorst ◽

Kelly Howells ◽

Louise Cook ◽

John McBeth ◽

Terence W O'Neill ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Knee Osteoarthritis ◽

Patient Reported Outcomes ◽

Health Data ◽

Self Report ◽

Sensor Data ◽

Battery Life ◽

Activity Data ◽

Technical Problems ◽

Patient Reported

BACKGROUND Wearables provide opportunities for frequent health data collection and symptom monitoring. The feasibility of using consumer cellular smartwatches to provide information both on symptoms and contemporary sensor data has not yet been investigated. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of using cellular smartwatches to capture multiple patient-reported outcomes per day alongside continuous physical activity data over a 3-month period in people living with knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS For the KOALAP (Knee OsteoArthritis: Linking Activity and Pain) study, a novel cellular smartwatch app for health data collection was developed. Participants (age ≥50 years; self-diagnosed knee OA) received a smartwatch (Huawei Watch 2) with the KOALAP app. When worn, the watch collected sensor data and prompted participants to self-report outcomes multiple times per day. Participants were invited for a baseline and follow-up interview to discuss their motivations and experiences. Engagement with the watch was measured using daily watch wear time and the percentage completion of watch questions. Interview transcripts were analyzed using grounded thematic analysis. RESULTS A total of 26 people participated in the study. Good use and engagement were observed over 3 months: most participants wore the watch on 75% (68/90) of days or more, for a median of 11 hours. The number of active participants declined over the study duration, especially in the final week. Among participants who remained active, neither watch time nor question completion percentage declined over time. Participants were mainly motivated to learn about their symptoms and enjoyed the self-tracking aspects of the watch. Barriers to full engagement were battery life limitations, technical problems, and unfulfilled expectations of the watch. Participants reported that they would have liked to report symptoms more than 4 or 5 times per day. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that capture of patient-reported outcomes multiple times per day with linked sensor data from a smartwatch is feasible over at least a 3-month period. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-10.2196/10238

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KARAKTERISTIK PETERNAK TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN BETERNAK SAPI POTONG DI KELURAHAN KLAMPOK KECAMATAN SANANWETAN KOTA BLITAR

AVES Jurnal Ilmu Peternakan ◽

10.35457/aves.v14i1.1492 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 44-58

Author(s):

Achmad Sambodo ◽

Agustina Widyasworo ◽

Resti Yuliana Rahmawati

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Beef Cattle ◽

Case Studies ◽

Research Methods ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Education Level ◽

Quantitative Research Methods ◽

Long Time ◽

Cattle Farms ◽

Collection Methods

This study aims to determine the characteristics of breeders with regard to the ability to keep beef cattle in Klampok Village, Sananwetan District, Blitar City. The material in this study concerns beef cattle farms in Klampok sub-district, sananwetan sub-district, Blitar city using quantitative research methods in the form of case studies with 33 farmer respondents. Data collection methods are conducted through surveys, pre-questioned interviews and observation. The results obtained from this study are that the ability to raise beef cattle is appropriate in the category. Breeding experience has a significant effect on the ability to keep beef cattle, as Klampok has had a business for raising beef cattle for a long time, while age and education level have no effect because age and education level in the study area are relative. uniform so that they have no effect, then the number of animal possession has no effect. because the breeders in the Klampok sub-district consider beef cattle only as an afterthought, so it has no significant effect on the ability to keep beef cattle

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Analysing Famine

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs ◽

10.7227/jha.055 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 16-27

Author(s):

Daniel Maxwell ◽

Peter Hailey

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Data Quality ◽

Case Studies ◽

Good Practice ◽

Severe Malnutrition ◽

The Political ◽

Excess Death ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Technical Capacity

Famine means destitution, increased severe malnutrition, disease, excess death and the breakdown of institutions and social norms. Politically, it means a failure of governance – a failure to provide the most basic of protections. Because of both its human and political meanings, ‘famine’ can be a shocking term. This is turn makes the analysis – and especially declaration – of famine a very sensitive subject. This paper synthesises the findings from six case studies of the analysis of extreme food insecurity and famine to identify the political constraints to data collection and analysis, the ways in which these are manifested, and emergent good practice to manage these influences. The politics of information and analysis are the most fraught where technical capacity and data quality are the weakest. Politics will not be eradicated from analysis but can and must be better managed.

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Design-Based Case Study

Advances in Library and Information Science - Handbook of Research on Innovative Techniques, Trends, and Analysis for Optimized Research Methods ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5164-5.ch004 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 50-62

Author(s):

Cynthia C. M. Deaton ◽

Jacquelynn A. Malloy

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Case Studies ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Design Based Research ◽

Study Research ◽

Study Approach ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Instructional Innovations

Design-based case studies allow researchers to examine instructional innovations that are bounded by perspective, context, and time. Design-based case study is an approach that blends case study research with design-based research in order to more systematically examine the process and products of an intervention. This approach provides a framework for engaging in iterative cycles of data collection and analysis to determine if, how, and why goals of instructional innovations have been met. This chapter provides an overview of the design-based case study approach and responds to common concerns surrounding case study and design-based research and how design-based case studies address these concerns by building on the strengths of both approaches.

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Social Networks and Terrorism

Social Networking and Community Behavior Modeling ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-444-4.ch013 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 232-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

David Knoke

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Network ◽

Data Collection ◽

Case Studies ◽

Recent Case ◽

Future Research ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Tools And Methods

This chapter explains how international terror networks, consisting of individuals and organizations spanning countries and continents, form and evolve. It describes tools and methods used by social network analysts to study such networks; their applications by counterterrorist organizations; their limitations and problems in data collection and analysis; and directions for future research. It also discusses a few recent case studies by prominent researchers.

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Portals Then and Now

International Journal of Web Portals ◽

10.4018/jwp.2009071302 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 21-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Arthur Tatnall ◽

Stephen Burgess

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Data Collection ◽

Initial Data ◽

Case Studies ◽

The Other ◽

Web Portals ◽

Web Portal ◽

Different Types

This article investigates the evolution of two different types of Web portals, one in Bangladesh and the other in Australia. The initial data collection was conducted in the early 2000s and revisited in 2009. The idea of a Web portal is not new, but in the last few years the portal concept has gained considerably in importance as new types of portal are developed and new uses found for portal technology. The article begins with a brief classification of the types of portals in use today and then considers some of the advantages conferred on a business in using portal technology. Developed and developing countries have different problems in making use of e-commerce and see the advantages and problems of using portals rather differently. In the article the authors examine and compare case studies of a Horizontal B-B Industry Portal in Melbourne, Australia, and a Vertical Industry Portal in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Measuring Neighborhood Order and Disorder: a Rapid Literature Review

Current Environmental Health Reports ◽

10.1007/s40572-019-00259-z ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 316-326

Author(s):

Steeve Ndjila ◽

Gina S. Lovasi ◽

Dustin Fry ◽

Amélia A. Friche

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Literature Review ◽

Self Report ◽

Primary Data ◽

Neighborhood Disorder ◽

Perceived Safety ◽

The Past ◽

Order And Disorder ◽

Urban Contexts ◽

Collection Methods

Abstract Purpose of Review Neighborhood disorder has received attention as a determinant of health in urban contexts, through pathways that include psychosocial stress, perceived safety, and physical activity. This review provides a summary of data collection methods, descriptive terms, and specific items employed to assess neighborhood disorder/order. Recent Findings The proliferation of methods and terminology employed in measuring neighborhood disorder (or neighborhood order) noted over the past two decades has made related studies increasingly difficult to compare. Following a search of peer-reviewed articles published from January 1998 to May 2018, this rapid literature review identified 18 studies that described neighborhood environments, yielding 23 broad terms related to neighborhood disorder/order, and a total of 74 distinct measurable items. Summary A majority of neighborhood disorder/order measurements were assessed using primary data collection, often relying on resident self-report or investigatory observations conducted in person or using stored images for virtual audits. Items were balanced across signs of order or disorder, and further classification was proposed based on whether items were physically observable and relatively stable over time.

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