Class Conditions and Urban Differentiation - Applying Distinction’s Methodology to the Community

2017 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lennart Rosenlund
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
National Level ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Social Differentiation ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Major Work ◽  
Western Norway ◽  
The City

This article applies the methodology of Pierre Bourdieu’s major work, Distinction, to a community in South-Western Norway. It argues that the forces of social differentiation analyzed by Bourdieu operate on the national level and are also manifest on the community level. The two space constructs – the space of social positions and the space of lifestyles – are constructed by a multiple correspondence analysis of data from a survey of lifestyle. The characteristics of these results are then discussed in relation to another analysis, an ecological cluster analysis of demographic divisions within the physical space of the city. The analyses show that the same principles of social differentiation, volume and composition of capital, sway all three universes of class structure, of lifestyles and of physical space in the city.

scholarly journals Patterns of Italian high school and university students’ attitudes towards physics: an analysis based on semiotic-cultural perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Italo Testa ◽  
Raffaele De Luca Picione ◽  
Umberto Scotti di Uccio
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to analyse Italian high school and university students’ attitudes towards physics using the Semiotic Cultural Psychological Theory (SCPT). In the SCPT framework, attitudes represent how individuals interpret their experience through the mediation of generalized meaning with which they are identified. A view-of-physics questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect data with 1603 high school and university students. Data were analysed through multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis. We identified four generalized meanings of physics: (a) interesting and important for society; (b) a quite interesting, but badly taught subject at school and not completely useful for society; (c) difficult to study and irrelevant for society; and (d) a fascinating and protective niche from society. The identified generalized meanings are significantly correlated to the choice to study physics at undergraduate level and to the choice of attending physics-related activities in high school. Implications for research are discussed.

Typology of Household Strategies of Action in Four Countries of Southeastern Europe in a Period of Economic Crisis

Südosteuropa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Predrag Cvetičanin ◽  
Miran Lavrič
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
General Level ◽  
Southeastern Europe ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
Household Strategies

AbstractIn this paper, we explore whether the myriad production and consumption household practices in four societies of Southeastern Europe (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia) can empirically be reduced to a relatively small number of coherent and socially meaningful combinations, which we have labelled household strategies of action. Approaching the same data from two different angles, namely, using Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Two-Step Cluster Analysis (TCA), we have identified five general household strategies and eleven more detailed and specific sub-strategies. More importantly, by projecting these strategies and sub-strategies onto the social space, we have shown that these household practices are linked to the class position of households. On a more general level, it is indicated that the study of household strategies can be viewed as a way of rendering relatively static structural approaches, in this case the Bourdieusian approach to social space, more dynamic.

scholarly journals Clusters of religiosity of Portuguese undergraduate youth

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Pereira Coutinho
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
Phd Thesis

This article presents results of the author’s PhD thesis based on religious beliefs and practices, and attitudes of towards marriage, life, and sexuality. The sample included 500 undergraduate students from public universities of Lisbon. Applying multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis to these beliefs, practices, and attitudes, three clusters or types of religiosity were produced: nuclear Catholics, intermediate Catholics, and non-Catholics. These clusters were characterised in terms of religious socialisation, as well as of non-Catholic beliefs and practices, and aspects of life. When crossed with these last items, the clusters were renamed respectively: socio-centred orthodox, ambitious heterodox, activist and hedonist non-believers.

scholarly journals The Swedish space of lifestyles and symbolic domination

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-85
Author(s):  
Will Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Pierre Bourdieu ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Symbolic Domination

This article constructs a model of the space of lifestyles in Sweden. It does so not simply to test whether its structure conforms to that discovered by Pierre Bourdieu and his colleagues in 1970s’ France, and confirmed by others across the globe, but to examine the extent to which it is wrapped up with symbolic domination. It draws on data from an unusually rich survey of consumption patterns and taste fielded in 2017–2018 (n=1,498) and deploys the technique of multiple correspondence analysis in combination with cluster analysis. Oppositions between exclusive and accessible culture and between ‘highbrow’ culture and materialistic/appearance-oriented practices are revealed and the correspondences with capital, age, gender and other factors explored. The cluster analysis suggests that the force of capital composition in differentiating lifestyles relative to age varies in proportion to capital volume. Crucially, analysis suggests it is the economically rich, rather than those rich in cultural capital, who are most confident in their tastes and lifestyles.

scholarly journals Aplikasi Analisis Korespondensi Berganda Terhadap Status Gizi Remaja di Kota Banda Aceh

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Zurnila Marli Kesuma ◽  
Siti Rusdiana ◽  
Asep Rusyana ◽  
Latifah Rahayu ◽  
Romi Rosadi
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The City ◽  
Banda Aceh

This study aimed to determine factors related to the nutritional status of adolescents in the city of BandaAceh. Cross sectional study was conducted through interview using questionnaires regarding nutritionalstatus, knowledge and income of parents. Correspondence analysis was used to determinefactors relatedto adolescent nutritional status.. The results revealed that the adolescents with normal nutritional statustend to have good knowledge and good diet. Key words : multiple correspondence analysis, diet, knowledge, adolescent nutritional status Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan status gizi remajadi kota Banda Aceh. Penelitian potong lintang dilakukan dengan wawancara menggunakan kuesionermengenai status gizi, pengetahuan dan pendapatan orang tua. Untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yangberhubungan dengan status gizi remaja, digunakan analisis korespondensi. Hasil plot korespondensimenunjukkan bahwa, remaja dengan status gizi normal cenderung memiliki pengetahuan yang baik dandiet yang baik. Kata kunci : korespondensi berganda, uji Khi-kuadrat, status gizi remaja.

scholarly journals Μελέτη των διαδικασιών ενσωμάτωσης των εκπαιδευτικών εφαρμογών των τεχνολογιών της πληροφορίας και των επικοινωνιών στην εκπαίδευση των μελλοντικών νηπιαγωγών

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Αγγελική Τζαβάρα
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis

Η παρούσα έρευνα εντάσσεται στην ευρύτερη επιστημονική περιοχή της ενσωμάτωσης των Τεχνολογιών της Πληροφορίας και των Επικοινωνιών (ΤΠΕ) στην εκπαίδευση. Ειδικότερα αφορά στη μελέτη του θεωρητικού μοντέλου της Τεχνολογικής Παιδαγωγικής Γνώσης Περιεχομένου (ΤΠΓΠ) και εστιάζει στη διερεύνηση του τρόπου και του βαθμού ενσωμάτωσης των ΤΠΕ από φοιτητές, -τριες προσχολικής αγωγής στο πλαίσιο ενός ολοκληρωμένου εκπαιδευτικού προγράμματος στην αρχική τους εκπαίδευση. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό διερευνώνται α) οι τρεις διακριτές περιοχές γνώσης της ΤΠΓΠ καθώς και ο συνδυασμός τους στον σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση δραστηριοτήτων με ΤΠΕ από φοιτητές, -τριες του Τμήματος Επιστημών Εκπαίδευσης και Αγωγής στην Προσχολική Ηλικία (ΤΕΕΑΠΗ) του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών, β) ο βαθμός συνέπειας ανάμεσα στον σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση και γ) η σύγκριση ανάμεσα σε φοιτητές, -τριες με ή χωρίς εμπειρία σε τάξη.Για την ανάλυση των ερευνητικών δεδομένων προτείνεται ένα ολοκληρωμένο πλαίσιο σύμφωνα με το οποίο η ΤΠΓΠ μετατρέπεται σε μοντέλο ανάλυσης και δημιουργείται ένα σχήμα κωδικοποίησης με κωδικούς που προέκυψαν τόσο από το περιεχόμενο των μαθημάτων και τη δομή των δραστηριοτήτων όσο και από τις προαναφερθείσες περιοχές γνώσης του μοντέλου. Επιπλέον, για την μελέτη των ποιοτικών δεδομένων, και συγκεκριμένα για τη διερεύνηση του τρόπου ενσωμάτωσης των ΤΠΕ, χρησιμοποιείται το πρόγραμμα ποιοτικής ανάλυσης NVivo 8. Στη συνέχεια, και θέλοντας να αξιολογηθεί ο βαθμός ενσωμάτωσης των ΤΠΕ, δίνονται τιμές στις κατηγορίες ανάλυσης και αναλύονται τα δεδομένα στο στατιστικό πρόγραμμα ανάλυσης SPAD εφαρμόζοντας παραγοντική ανάλυση πολλαπλών αντιστοιχιών (multiple correspondence analysis) και ανάλυση κατά συστάδες (cluster analysis). Ειδικότερα, η ανάλυση συνδέεται και με τη φάση του σχεδιασμού και με τη φάση της υλοποίησης, μέσα από διαδικασίες σύγκρισης, τόσο ανάμεσα στα δύο έτη σπουδών που συμμετείχαν στην έρευνα όσο και ανάμεσα στις ίδιες τις φάσεις. Η κωδικοποίηση και ανάλυση των δεδομένων στο NVivo καθώς και η διερευνητική ανάλυση που υλοποιήθηκε στο SPAD δείχνουν πως οι περισσότερες ομάδες εμφανίζουν ισχυρά στοιχεία συμπεριφορισμού, υπάρχει μεγάλος βαθμός διαφοροποίησης της αρχικής στοχοθεσίας τους από τον σχεδιασμό στην υλοποίηση και ενώ φαίνεται πως έχουν τεχνολογικές γνώσεις αδυνατούν, στην πλειονότητά τους, να χειριστούν τεχνολογικά προβλήματα που προκύπτουν κατά την εφαρμογή των δράσεων. Επιπλέον, φαίνεται πως ενώ ενσωματώνουν εύστοχα αρκετά στοιχεία που αφορούν τη διεξαγωγή των δράσεων τους εμφανίζουν προβλήματα αναφορικά με τη διαχείρησή τους κατά τη διάρκεια της υλοποίησης των δράσεων, επιχειρηματολογούν στην πλειονότητά τους για την προστιθέμενη αξία των ΤΠΕ στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία αλλά αδυνατούν να τις εντάξουν ως γνωστικά εργαλεία. Γενικότερα, καμία ομάδα δε φαίνεται να εμφανίζει επάρκεια σε όλες τις περιοχές της ΤΠΓΠ ενώ παράλληλα παρουσιάζεται μικρός βαθμός συνέπειας ανάμεσα στον σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση των εκπαιδευτικών δραστηριοτήτων. Επιπρόσθετα, εμφανίζεται μεγάλη ποικιλομορφία στα χαρακτηριστικά των φοιτητών, -τριών και σημαντικές αποκλίσεις ακόμη και σε ομάδες στο ίδιο έτος σπουδών.

scholarly journals Daytime or Overnight Deliveries? Perceptions of Drivers and Retailers in São Paulo City

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro A. P. Dias ◽  
Hugo Yoshizaki ◽  
Patricia Favero ◽  
Jose Geraldo Vidal Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Lighting Conditions ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The City

This research aims to analyze the perception of logistics operators and retailers regarding freight deliveries in the city of São Paulo. Based on a survey applied to 100 logistics operators and 84 retailers, the data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) was used to investigate the logistics efficiency of off-hours deliveries (OHD) and to indicate issues when carrying out OHD. From that sample, noise appears as the most critical issue of OHD for retailers. From the results, most logistics operators and retailers prefer to deliver cargo at night. The advantages of making OHD are the ability to check/store goods, the accuracy in the delivery schedule due to traffic conditions, and the ease of parking a vehicle to offload goods. Public authorities should improve the infrastructure to receive goods, including public lighting conditions and sidewalks. The correspondence analysis method showed that the level of customer service quality depends on the punctuality of the trucks and the ability to check and store goods. Furthermore, by highlighting the logistics efficiency and issues related to daytime and overnight deliveries by carriers and receivers, it can guide public polices and initiatives of other companies, an aspect that has been lacking in the literature.

Emplacing Berlin: Digital Itineraries and Short-term Study Abroad in the City

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Apgar
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Digital Maps ◽  
Short Term Study ◽  
The City

As destination of choice for many short-term study abroad programs, Berlin offers students of German language, culture and history a number of sites richly layered with significance. The complexities of these sites and the competing narratives that surround them are difficult for students to grasp in a condensed period of time. Using approaches from the spatial humanities, this article offers a case study for enhancing student learning through the creation of digital maps and itineraries in a campus-based course for subsequent use during a three-week program in Berlin. In particular, the concept of deep mapping is discussed as a means of augmenting understanding of the city and its history from a narrative across time to a narrative across the physical space of the city. As itineraries, these course-based projects were replicated on site. In moving from the digital environment to the urban landscape, this article concludes by noting meanings uncovered and narratives formed as we moved through the physical space of the city.

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