Relational Maintenance in Cross‐Sex Friendships Characterized by Different Types of Romantic Intent: An Exploratory Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura K. Guerrero ◽  
Alana M. Chavez
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Relational Maintenance ◽  
Different Types

Commentary on Morgan-Miller's “An Exploratory Study of Different Types of Violence Presented in Early Christian and Islamic Historical Documents”

2002 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 571-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter R. Schumm
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Historical Documents ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Moral Transformation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The New Testament

Oversights are observed in Morgan-Miller's previous 2002 report on themes of violence in the New Testament and the Qur'an. While both the New Testament and the Qur'an seem to suggest some type of moral transformation in the life of Jesus, it is not clear to what extent such a transformation remains normative in the lives of ordinary believers or even continues to be expected. However, Jesus seemed to expect that his followers would forsake violence against their enemies, a lesson that seems in short supply throughout the contemporary world.

Users of ICT at Public Access Centers

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Gomez ◽  
Kemly Camacho
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Gender

Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés offer opportunities for wider public access to information and communication technologies (ICT). This paper presents findings of a global exploratory study on the landscape public access venues in 25 countries around the world. The goal of the project was to better understand the users of public access venues and their needs, this being one of several papers that result from the global study. This paper identifies profiles of the users of the different types of venues with respect to age, income, education and gender. While findings are not new, their value lies in the compelling evidence drawn from 25 countries and across different types of public access venues, which has never been done before. Results highlight the importance of strengthening public access venues in non-urban settings and to strengthen programs that reach out to underserved populations. The authors also point to special challenges faced by libraries and telecenters given the immense growth of cybercafés as public access venues in most of the countries studied.

Facilitating Efficiency and Flexibility Ambidexterity in Project-Based Organizations: An Exploratory Study of Organizational Antecedents

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 556-572
Author(s):  
Xiuxia Sun ◽  
Fangwei Zhu ◽  
Mouxuan Sun ◽  
Ralf Müller ◽  
Miao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Changing Environments ◽  
Human Resource Policies ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Multiple Case

Through an exploratory multiple-case study in the context of project-based organizations in China, this study aims to identify the antecedents that facilitate three prevalent types of ambidexterity, namely, structural, sequential, and contextual ambidexterity. To understand and theorize on this phenomenon, seven case studies with 76 qualitative interviews were held. The results show that unpredictable and changing environments set the enabling context for ambidexterity, whereas design choices involving dimensions of structure, processes, empowerment, rewards, and human resource policies serve as structural antecedents. The managers and employees who respectively behave in supportive and initiative ways ultimately trigger different types of ambidexterity.

scholarly journals APPROACHES TO EVALUATE TRANSPORT COSTING IN INDIA – AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
Mahesha, V
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Cost Factor ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Different Types

This research paper has made an attempt to study the background and strength of cost factor in transport sector. The analysis can be condense into three crucial issues which,depending on how they are handled in any analysis,together dictate whether or not transport measures will be deemed a more or less cost-effective route to carbon reduction. In short,these are the postulation about future costs and level of travel demand,the methods applied to compare policies for cost-effectiveness and the evidence base used in relation to different types and combinations of policy instrument.So in view of this,the present study assumes a great importance to put the light on transport costing.

Complexity of Illustrations in PISA-2009 Science Items and Its Relationship to the Performance of Students from Shanghai-China, the United States, and Mexico

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Guillermo Solano-Flores ◽  
Chao Wang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
Science Tests ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The U.S

Background While illustrations are widely used in international test comparisons, very scant research has been conducted on their design and on their influence on student performance. It is not clear how the features of illustration act in combination supporting students’ access to the content of items or increasing their interpretation demands. Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine how the characteristics of illustrations used in science items are related to the performance of students in PISA-2009. Population We used PISA-2009 data on the responses of 1571 to 1582, 1601 to 1617, and 11,662 to 11,746 students, respectively from Shanghai-China, the U.S., and Mexico. Research Design This was a secondary analysis study that compared the three PISA-2009 jurisdictions as to the magnitudes and directions of the correlations between the complexity of illustrations used in science items and the difficulty of those items. We used the information on item difficulty provided by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2010). The features of the illustrations were coded with a system that coded the presence or absence of about 100 types of illustration features. The complexity of each illustration was computed as the number of different types of features observed. Findings For the U.S. and Mexico, items with higher illustration complexities were more difficult than items with lower illustration complexities. For Shanghai-China, the correlation of number of illustration features and item difficulty was close to zero. This pattern of correlations is consistent with the three jurisdictions’ ranking in PISA-2009. Conclusions While this was an exploratory study that examined the performance of only three of the 65 PISA-2009 jurisdictions, the results speak to the importance of examining illustration complexity as a factor that shapes student performance in science tests and which should be addressed systematically in the design of science items.

Complexity of Illustrations in PISA-2009 Science Items and Its Relationship to the Performance of Students from Shanghai-China, the United States, and Mexico

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Guillermo Solano-Flores ◽  
Chao Wang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
Science Tests ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The U.S

Background While illustrations are widely used in international test comparisons, very scant research has been conducted on their design and on their influence on student performance. It is not clear how the features of illustration act in combination supporting students’ access to the content of items or increasing their interpretation demands. Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine how the characteristics of illustrations used in science items are related to the performance of students in PISA-2009. Population We used PISA-2009 data on the responses of 1571 to 1582, 1601 to 1617, and 11,662 to 11,746 students, respectively from Shanghai-China, the U.S., and Mexico. Research Design This was a secondary analysis study that compared the three PISA-2009 jurisdictions as to the magnitudes and directions of the correlations between the complexity of illustrations used in science items and the difficulty of those items. We used the information on item difficulty provided by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2010). The features of the illustrations were coded with a system that coded the presence or absence of about 100 types of illustration features. The complexity of each illustration was computed as the number of different types of features observed. Findings For the U.S. and Mexico, items with higher illustration complexities were more difficult than items with lower illustration complexities. For Shanghai-China, the correlation of number of illustration features and item difficulty was close to zero. This pattern of correlations is consistent with the three jurisdictions’ ranking in PISA-2009. Conclusions While this was an exploratory study that examined the performance of only three of the 65 PISA-2009 jurisdictions, the results speak to the importance of examining illustration complexity as a factor that shapes student performance in science tests and which should be addressed systematically in the design of science items.

An Exploratory Study on the Köhler Effect and Flow in Long-term Exergaming

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 538-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungmin Lee ◽  
Nicholas D. Myers ◽  
Taiwoo Park ◽  
Christopher R. Hill ◽  
Deborah L. Feltz
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Flow State ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Group Exercise ◽  
Multivariate Multiple Regression ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Kohler Effect ◽  
Over Time

Background. One way to motivate people to exercise is to create a motivating social context, such as group exercise, due to social comparison opportunities. However, typical group exercise is not always easy for those who have problems in scheduling or social physique anxiety. Software-generated partners (SGPs) could offer a solution because they have advantages over human partners. Aim. This exploratory study examined the psychological state of flow under Köhler paradigm over a 24-week exergame with different types of SGPs: Individual Control (IC), Always Superior Partner (AWS), and Not Always Superior Partner (NAS). Method. The experiment was a 3 (Type of the partner) × 3 (Time blocks) factorial design. Fifteen participants engaged in the experiment. A multivariate multiple regression with type of SGPs predicting flow state at the second and third block was conducted. Results. Participants with an NAS partner had significantly higher flow state, as compared to participants under IC, at both blocks. Participants with an AWS partner had approximately equal flow state, as compared to participants under IC, at both blocks. Conclusions. Possible reasons for flow perceptions with different types of SGPs over time were discussed in terms of programming SGPs and flow theory.

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