scholarly journals Usability Brief for Shopping Mall Asset Enhancement Initiative (AEI) Project in Klang Valley, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Ahmad Hakim Abdul Rahman ◽  
Kamran Shavarebi
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Facility Management ◽  
Shopping Mall ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
Qualitative Phase ◽  
Larger Sample ◽  
Method Approach

The purpose of this paper is to review the two attributes, usability and architectural, in order to develop a usability brief for shopping mall asset enhancement initiative (AEI) project. An exploratory sequential mixed method approach is undertaken, with the initial phase, a qualitative study using secondary data and focus group with the facility management team. The output from the qualitative phase is used to prepare a survey of 89 items. A pilot study of 15 participants is carried out to validate reliability of the items using SPSS. The questionnaire items are found to be reliable; hence, the survey can be used as a tool to gauge a larger sample. This paper presents an overview of a doctoral research by the main author and it provides the initial concepts for the undertaking of the research study.

scholarly journals Global Financial Crisis and Philanthropy: Malaysian Case

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Lay Hui Nga
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Method Approach

This paper investigates the issue of the global financial crisis and its impacts on philanthropy and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Malaysia. CSOs are popularly known as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Malaysia. Financial crisis has caused NGOs in many countries to receive less funding. This situation may threaten and discourage voluntary works. Undoubtedly, these beneficial contributions from the NGOs are needful services to the society. This paper examines the impact of financial crisis through the lens of NGOs and philanthropy activities in Malaysia. It utilises primary and secondary data, employs a mixed method approach, and uses quantitative and qualitative data. While there are many influencing factors in this development, this paper presents several significant aspects in the Malaysian context, including the style and nature of giving, culture, religion, and political pressure. This study attempts to seek potential solutions, pathways and possible approaches beneficial to NGOs and philanthropy activities for their sustainability in facing the financial crisis and its consequences. Experiences and lessons learnt in Malaysia may well be useful and applicable to some extent in other countries.

scholarly journals Digital costume sketching through embodied awareness

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsi Manninen
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Costume Design ◽  
The Body ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Initial Results

This article presents a method for costume design, where empathy and embodiment are used as methodological choices by the designer in the character-creation process. In creating references for the sketching process, costume designers combine photos in which they portray themselves as the character that they imagine. These role-selfies, taken with a handheld tablet, work as starting points for the sketching procedure. The material for the present study is collected from MA costume design students who participated in digital character-creation courses at Aalto University, in Helsinki, Finland, and is a part of doctoral research by the author. The data are collected through a mixed-method approach and is organized as a case study investigating the experiences of using the body as a source for costume design. The research question in this study is as follows: does an awareness of one’s own body facilitate the sketching process? The initial results show that the research participants consider the method useful because it enables them to experience a stronger bodily connection with the digital medium, the imagined design and the emerging character in the costume sketching process. Hence, the findings of this study can be used to develop design and teaching practices not only in the field of costume design but also in other design processes involving character creation.

scholarly journals Kargil Operation and its Effects on the Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-21
Author(s):  
Ashfaq Rehman ◽  
Shughla Ashfaq ◽  
Taj Muharram Khan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
International Community ◽  
Military Leadership ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
Military Relations ◽  
The Military ◽  
Method Approach

This paper aims to analyse the reasons of strained civil-military relations between the Army under General Pervaiz Musharraf as Chief of Army Staff and the civilian government under the premiership of Nawaz Sharif. A mixed method approach has been adopted for collection of primary and secondary data for this descriptive, theoretical, and qualitative study. The analysis shows that the relations between the two institutions i.e., the civilian government and the military were deteriorated due to an ill-fated Kargil war launched by the then Army Chief solely on his own decision. The war under the guise of Kashmiri mujahedeen movement became an unpleasant event for Pakistan in the international community. The situation compelled the elected government to declare withdrawal of the para-military forces unilaterally thus causing further damages in terms of human and material losses. The military, opposition parties and other groups in the country blamed the civilian government for this failure. Therefore, the post Kargil war developments became a major source of contention between civil and military leadership. The events and reasons leading to the removal of Army Chief, dismissal of elected government and dissolution of national and provincial assemblies have been critically analysed in this study.

scholarly journals Understanding the Influence of Utilitarian and Hedonic Factors on Buying Behaviour of Gen Y while Purchasing Smartphones

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-69
Author(s):  
Prabha Kiran ◽  
Terry Thomas ◽  
Jerin Johny ◽  
Deepak Jose
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Gen Y ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
To Come ◽  
Buying Behaviour ◽  
Published Research ◽  
Method Approach

The paper focuses on the influence of utilitarian and hedonic factors on the buying behaviour of the Gen Y consumers while purchasing smartphones. The researcher has followed a mixed method approach for the research with a descriptive research design. Primary data was collected through a survey that was conducted with 450 participants which consisted of teenagers and adults aged between 16-30 years. This collected data was then quantified using mathematical tools to come to a conclusion. Secondary data was collected from online published research articles and convenience. The influence of both these factors have a different sense of impact on every individual in the buying process, but post analysis, utilitarian factors gained primacy over hedonic factors.

scholarly journals A Pedagogical Perspective on the Acquisition of Spanish Writing and Speaking Skills

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Joel Laffita Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Spanish Language Learners ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Speaking Skills

The research study aimed to deliver a pedagogical perspective on the acquisition of Spanish writing and speaking skills. A research study prospect and methodological schemes in association with the objective of the study has been charted. The study has used the mixed method approach for the collection of data and its analysis. The outcome revealed that the acquisition of the Spanish language writing and speaking skills could be enhanced, empowered and partially retained as a result of using an array of approaches based on delivering phrases and sentence constructions into Spanish written and spoken dialogues and paragraph contexts. It also showed that this practice tends to infuse cognitive skills and developing language competences among Spanish language learners up beginner’s level whose second language is English. The present study is very valuable for Spanish/English bilingual language teachers to deliver assignments based on the acquisition of Spanish writing and speaking skills.

scholarly journals Educational Affordances of a Facebook Group Page: A User Survey of Hong Kong Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Emil Li
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Private University ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
User Survey ◽  
Method Approach

Employing a mixed method approach, this exploratory research study provides an account of the educational affordances derived from the use of a Facebook group for out-of-class, off-campus learning by undergraduate students enrolled at a private university in Hong Kong. Both quantitative and qualitative results indicate that social networking sites such as Facebook can indeed be exploited to generate various educational affordances favorable to off-campus informal learning and course management activities in the context of higher education in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals The Strategy of Enhancing Student’s Social Awareness through History Learning Based on Selimbur Caye Oral Tradition Values

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Een Syaputra ◽  
Sariyatun Sariyatun ◽  
Sunardi Sunardi
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
History Learning ◽  
Qualitative Phase ◽  
Method Approach

ABSTRACTThis research aims to examine the implementation and effectiveness of history learning based on Selimbur Caye oral tradition values. This research uses mixed method approach. The subjects of this research are the student of X Social Science 1 (experimental class) and X Social Science 2 (control class) in SMA Negeri 4 South Bengkulu. The data of this study were collected using interview, observation, and documentation (qualitative phase) and questionaire (quantitative phase). They were, than, analyzed by using interactive model for qualitative data and t-test for the quantitative data. The result of this research are: 1)  history learning based on Selimbur Caye oral tradition was conducted by combaining Problem Based Learning, Value Clarification Technique model, and the Values of Selimbur Caye oral tradition; 2) the implementation of history learning based on Selimbur Caye oral tradition is very efective in enhancing student’s social awareness. Keywords: Social awareness, oral tradition, problem based learning, value                    clarification technique, history learning

scholarly journals Is There any Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Intimate Partner Violence by Husband?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanika Dilhani Eriyan Daluwage ◽  
W. I. De Silva
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Psychoactive Drugs ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Significant Factors

Emerging preliminary data alarmed on an intensive increase of IPV during the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe. This article presents findings from a mixed-method approach identifying the changing nature of IPV during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. Quantitative secondary data identified a rapid increase of complaints on violence against women (VAW) in Sri Lanka and Kalutara District with the implementation of island-wide lockdown restrictions. As qualitative data revealed IPV tends to be associated with childhood maltreatment, economic difficulties, stress, lack of social skills and empathy, infidelity and intimacy problems, excessive interference of co-residents, and alcohol and psychoactive drugs even before the pandemic. But, loss of income, increased stress, increased intimacy problems, alcohol addiction and using alcohol, and binge-watching of television by husband identified to be significant factors contributing to a higher incidence of IPV during the COVID-19 pandemic period in Kalutara District. 

scholarly journals Posts Characterization and User Engagement

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Anushia Inthiran
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Mental Health Foundation ◽  
Method Approach

Many health organizations use Facebook as a platform to engage with users. This has resulted in many research studies conducted on this platform. One popular type of research study is to characterize posts and measure user engagement levels . In this study, 100 post on the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand Facebook page was analyzed this purpose. A mixed method approach was used. Quantitative descriptive statistics was used to analyze levels of engagement whilst qualitative content analysis was used to characterize posts into themes. Preliminary results indicate most posts fit in the awareness theme followed by the campaign theme. High levels of user engagements was observed for posts related to the awareness and others theme. Results of this study makes the suggestion for the implementation of intervention type awareness posts. A recommendation is also to made that the awareness posts promote mental health education and communication. This research study adds new knowledge to the area of posts characterization and user engagement levels on a mental health Facebook page.

scholarly journals USING MIXED METHOD APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND ACCEPTANCE AND USAGE OF ICT IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oye Nathaniel David ◽  
A.Iahad N. ◽  
Ab.Rahim N.
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Public University ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
P Value ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Intent To Use ◽  
Qualitative Phase ◽  
Method Approach

Technology acceptance is about how people accept andadopt some technology to use. The primary target ofmany technology acceptance studies is to examine how toencourage usage and also analyze what interruptsacceptance and usage of technologies. Using the mixedmethod approach, the quantitative phase shows that, theperceived usefulness (PE) is significant with p-value(.023) and the perceived ease of use (EE) is significantwith p-value (.001). These results shows that the intentionto accept and use ICT by the academic staff is a functionof various concepts including the understanding that ICTis useful and it is not difficult to use. However thequalitative phase shows that it is true that theacademicians intent to use ICT but the conditions andenvironment are not encouraging, classrooms are poorlydesigned. No regular power supply, no ICT facilities onground and poor internet connectivity. The mixed methodapproach has given the true picture of the acceptance andusage of ICT in Nigerian public university. Thequantitative phase shows the constructs that havesignificant influence on acceptance and use of ICT, whilethe qualitative phase interprets the in-depth meaning ofthe statistical results and the environmental challengesthat most be tackled to realize the full vision.

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