scholarly journals The alternative question in interviews (on the material of the YouTube channel “Skazhi Gordeevoi”)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina V. Vysotskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Question

scholarly journals The Scale of Quantitative Assessment Adherence to Treatment «QAA-25»: Updating of Formulations, Constructive and Factor Validity and a Measure of Consent

2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 845-852
Author(s):  
N. A. Nikolaev ◽  
Yu. P. Skirdenko ◽  
A. A. Balabanova ◽  
A. V. Gorbenko ◽  
K. A. Andreev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Lifestyle Modification ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Internal Validity ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Adherence To Treatment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adherence Assessment ◽  
Alternative Question

Aim: To update the definitions of selected questions of the "QAA-25" (quantitative adherence assessment) scale and evaluate it according to the criteria of validity and measure of agreement.Materials and Methods. In a descriptive cross-sectional study including 200 patients with coronary heart disease, adherence was determined using traditional and alternative versions of selected questions of the QAA-25 scale, followed by assessment of construct validity, factor validity, and measure of agreement.Results. Alternative question versions did not significantly affect test results, with 81% of respondents in the outpatient sample and 69% in the inpatient sample rating them as "more acceptable." The QAA-25 scale has good construct and internal validity (α – 0.818, αst – 0.832), with moderate agreement (κ – 0.562) and demonstrates high reliability of internal validity – when scale items are consistently excluded, α values remain in the 0.801-0.839 range.Conclusion. The QAA-25 scale with modified question definitions should be used instead of the previous version of the scale. Good construct validity and factor validity, sufficient measure of agreement and specificity, high sensitivity and reliability of the QAA-25 scale allow to recommend it as a tool for assessing adherence to drug therapy, medical support, lifestyle modification and integral adherence to treatment in scientific and clinical practice.

Cultural baggage – Pirjo Hokkanen’s Matka

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
Ruth Barton
Keyword(s):  
Short Film ◽  
National Cinema ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Alternative Question ◽  
Cultural Baggage

Discussing the place of the short film within a national cinema, Martin McLoone asks whether this art form is uniquely placed to explore questions of the national. I ask the alternative question: how imperative is familiarity with a national cinema to an understanding of a short film such as Matka?

Interview Testing: An Exploratory Study into the Use of Method Adjustment Strategy to Compensate for a Less Structured Interview Test

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Julyan Nutt
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Strategy Group ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Adjustment Strategy ◽  
Adjustment Strategies ◽  
Alternative Question ◽  
B Test

An exploratory study was formulated to see whether instruction in strategic competence would better help students manage a less structured version of the pre-existing bi-semester interview test (B-test). Furthermore, the author hoped to determine whether the structured nature of the test was actually detrimental to the students’ communicative ability. A study group of four higher-level English classes from two departments (two classes from each department), as determined by TOEIC bridge placement tests, was formed. One class each from both departments was designated a control group, and the other a strategy group that was instructed in method adjustment strategies. All four groups were given a supplementary interview test (S-test) made up of two each of five types of question variations of the original B-test questions. Students were then interviewed by the author and another teacher, and their scores and the strategies employed were recorded. Analysis revealed that while overall both strategy groups managed the S-Test better than their corresponding control group, the most revealing difference was that both the strategy and control group from one department scored significantly worse in the S-test than those in the other department (although they achieved higher scores in the B-test), despite that strategy group employing a wide variety of message adjustment strategies. It was therefore concluded that the message adjustment strategies taught should be mostly limited to utterances and shadowing, and the structured nature of the B-test be adjusted to accommodate alternative question types. 既存のあまり体系的ではないインタビュー式試験（B試験）に、2学期にわたって学生が対処する際、戦略的能力をつけることが彼らの助けになるかどうかを調査するため、探査的研究を行った。さらに、試験の体系的性質が実際には学生のコミュニケーション能力に有害かどうかを検討した。研究の対象として、TOEIC Bridgeのプレイスメントテストから判断した2つの 学科の学生から、比較的レベルの高い4 つの英語クラス（各学科から2 クラスずつ）のグループを作った。各学科で1 つのクラスを基準グループとし、もう1 つのクラスは戦略グループとして調整戦略法を教えた。全4 グループは補足のインタビュー式試験（S試験）を受けた。S試験は、元のB試験の設問のうち2 つに、それぞれ5タイプの設問のバリエーションを設けたものである。その際学生は、筆者と他1 名の教員によるインタビューを受け、得点と用いられた戦略が記録された。分析の結果、両戦略グループは全体として、比較対象となる基準グループよりS試験にうまく対処できたことが明らかになった。さらに最も顕著な違いは、1 つの学科の戦略グループと基準グループが共に、S試験においては他学科のグループより明らかに低得点であったことだ。（彼らはB試験においてはより高得点を達成していたし）、戦略グループは多様なメッセージ調整法を用いたにもかかわらず、である。ゆえに結論付けられたことは、メッセージ調整法の教授は発話と復唱にほぼ限るべきであり、B試験の体系的性質は、別の設問タイプに対応するために調整されるべきであるということである。

scholarly journals Aligning caller and call-taker

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Koole ◽  
Nina Verberg
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Call ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Corpus Study ◽  
Emergency Calls ◽  
Wh Questions ◽  
Emergency Call Centre ◽  
Alternative Questions ◽  
Alternative Question ◽  
National Emergency ◽  
Question Formats

Abstract This paper reports on conversation analytic research for the Dutch national emergency call-centre. In a corpus study of 120 emergency calls we show that callers’ orientations to their communicative tasks are not aligned to the institutional communicative tasks of the call-takers. In a subsequent workplace experiment involving over 2000 calls, it appeared that the use of an alternative question rather than a wh-question, significantly altered callers’ emergency deliveries and adapted them to call-takers’ communicative needs. The analysis shows two aspects of callers’ responses to the different question formats: (i) The alternative questions produced significantly more type-conforming answers than the wh-questions, and also (ii) callers treated their non-conforming answer to alternative question more often as dispreferred than their non-conforming answers to wh-questions. Callers thus treated the preference for type-conformity to be stronger for alternative questions than for wh-questions.

Comparing Alternative Question Forms for Assessing Consumer Concerns

1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT O. HERRMANN ◽  
ARTHUR STERNGOLD ◽  
REX H. WARLAND
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Concerns ◽  
Alternative Question

Reliability study of reporting of days since last sexual intercourse in Matlab, Bangladesh

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stan Becker ◽  
Suraiya Begum
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Alternative Question

SummaryThe accuracy of responses to a question on the frequency of sexual intercourse in the 4-week period prior to an interview is expected to be low. This paper examines the reliability of an alternative question: ‘How many days since you last had sexual intercourse?’. This was a part of a larger longitudinal study of fertility dynamics in Matlab, Bangladesh. The response pairs of 61 women who were asked the same question by an interviewer and on the next day by a supervisor, were analysed. Refusals were more common among older women and among women who gave a response at the extremes of the distribution for the other interview. Of the pairs of two responses, 78% had a difference of 3 days or less. Further study and use of the question on days since last intercourse is recommended.

scholarly journals Reported communication challenges for adult witnesses with intellectual disabilities giving evidence in court

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-263
Author(s):  
Joanne Morrison ◽  
Jill Bradshaw ◽  
Glynis Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Experimental Methodology ◽  
Communication Partner ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Communication Difficulties ◽  
Communication Challenges ◽  
Adults With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Alternative Question ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Court Process

Communication plays a key role in a witness's ability to give evidence and participate in the court process. Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) can be negatively impacted by communication difficulties such as: limitations in recall abilities; suggestibility to leading questions; difficult question styles used by advocates; and unfamiliar language used within the court setting. Most research carried out on communication challenges for adults with ID, when giving evidence, has involved participants in psychology-based experimental methodology. In this study 19 court reports assessing actual witnesses (complainants and defendants) with ID, written by Registered Intermediaries in Northern Ireland, were analysed. A wide range of communication difficulties were identified for the adult witnesses. Difficulties resulting from communication used by their communication partner (typically the advocate in a court setting) were also described. A rich model of the challenges for both partners, in giving evidence and in cross-examination, is presented, extending previous research. This study highlights the need for research within UK courts to assess: how witnesses with ID are being questioned; the effectiveness of changes made to the court process to enhance communication; the impact of the court process and environment on communication and alternative question styles for advocates to use.

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