Modeling Tourists' Opinions Using RIDIT Analysis

2017 ◽  
pp. 423-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhajit Bhattacharya ◽  
Rohit Vishal Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourist Behaviour

In this chapter we have attempted to use “Relative to an Identified Distribution” (RIDIT) algorithms based modelling for analysing real-time empirical data relating to tourists' attitude and preference for a better understanding of the tourists' motivation and behaviour. RIDIT approach for evaluating the factors that influence tourist behaviour is not a very common approach in tourism sector. This chapter on modelling tourists' opinions and perceptions with RIDIT analysis would try to guide the empirical research in the domains of hospitality, tourism and travel research and analytics process in generating Optimized research outcomes.

scholarly journals The Effect of Mindset on Tourist Behaviour and Mindful Consumption in a Community Enterprise in Krabi, Thailand

TEM Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1082-1091
Author(s):  
Sudjai Jirojkul ◽  
Siwarit Pongsakornrungsilp ◽  
Nontipak Pianroj ◽  
Prachyakorn Chaiyakot ◽  
Shahin Mia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Tourist Behaviour ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Consumption Theory

The research examined the mindful consumption theory, focusing on the importance of sustainable consumption in the tourism sector in the future. An exploratory factor analysis of survey responses from 400 tourists who travelled to a community in Krabi, Thailand, revealed that the mindful mindset consists of four factors and mindful behaviour consists of six factors. A confirmatory factor analysis found that the adapted model corresponded to the empirical data and confirmed that the factors identified in the exploratory analysis were accurate.

5 Conclusion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Strong SI
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Legal Reasoning ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
International Survey ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
High Level

This chapter concludes the analysis by putting the new empirical research discussed earlier in the book into a larger practical and scholarly context. The chapter begins by considering how the empirical data measures up to theoretical studies in this area of law, pulling together select elements from the three research strands (i.e. the international survey, semi-structured interviews, and coding exercise) and focusing on particular issues of interest across the three major areas of comparison (i.e. the judicial–arbitral, domestic–international, and common law–civil law divides). While this summation is not intended to be comprehensive, it nevertheless provides a high-level overview of general research outcomes. Next, the chapter discusses certain unanticipated data that was generated during the course of the study and seeks to situate that information within the academic understanding of legal reasoning. Finally, the focus turns to the various ways that studies in legal reasoning might develop in the future as a result of the research reflected herein.

Can fake news really change behaviour? Evidence from a study of COVID-19 misinformation.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciara Greene ◽  
Gillian Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Real World ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Behavioural Intentions ◽  
The Real ◽  
News Stories

Previous research has argued that fake news may have grave consequences for health behaviour, but surprisingly, no empirical data have been provided to support this assumption. This issue takes on new urgency in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. In this large preregistered study (N = 3746) we investigated the effect of exposure to fabricated news stories about COVID-19 on related behavioural intentions. We observed small but measurable effects on some related behavioural intentions but not others – for example, participants who read a story about problems with a forthcoming contact-tracing app reported reduced willingness to download the app. We found no effects of providing a general warning about the dangers of online misinformation on response to the fake stories, regardless of the framing of the warning in positive or negative terms. We conclude with a call for more empirical research on the real-world consequences of fake news.

scholarly journals INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS IN A CROSS-CULTURAL TEAM

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Konstantinov Vsevolod ◽  
◽  
Shumilkina Evgeniia ◽  
Osin Roman ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Interpersonal Trust ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Behavioral Characteristics ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Processing Data

In the conditions of fragility of building interethnic relations, turning to the problem of developing interpersonal relations in mono-cultural and multi-cultural teams of employees of an enterprise in the period of reorganization is extremely relevant. The article presents the results of the empirical research conducted by the authors, the conclusions were made after processing data using mathematical statistics methods. The analysis of theobtained empirical data shows that in the period of reorganization the factor of cross-cultural composition of the employees teams under study actively manifests itself in interpersonal relations. Differences were found in the level of certain characteristics of employees in different types of ethnic environments. In general, more statistically significant connections between personal and behavioral characteristics were found in the sample of employees in a multi-ethnic environment compared to the employeesin a mono-ethnic environment. The development of interpersonal interaction in a team of employees in a multi-ethnic environment in the period of reorganization should be based on the development of the most significant characteristics of their personalityand behavior: positive ethnic identity, empathy, interpersonal trust and skills and abilities of building interpersonal interaction.

scholarly journals Absolute Pitch in Oral Transmission of Folk Tunes as Constrained Random Walks

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Klaus Frieler
Keyword(s):  
Random Walks ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Absolute Pitch ◽  
Folk Songs ◽  
Pitch Class ◽  
Oral Transmission

In this commentary, I would like to add a few of our own, still unpublished, empirical observations concerning the possible role of absolute pitch memory (APM) in the oral transmission of folksongs. This empirical data poses some questions on the likelihood of the observed inter-recording tonic pitch consistency of Olthof, Janssen & Honing (2015) and how these could come about. Based on simulations of absolute pitch class of tonics during oral transmission of folk songs, I argue that the interplay of melodic range and vocal range might actually be the main reason for the observed non-uniformity, in contrast to the conclusions presented in Olthof et al. (2015). However, this does not invalidate the therein presented evidence, but makes the case more puzzling, consequently calling for more empirical research on the interaction of melodic and vocal range and latent APM as well as for more detailed modeling of oral transmission of folk songs.

scholarly journals Three Generations of Intergenerational Transmission of Neighbourhood Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Hedman ◽  
Maarten Van Ham
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Swedish Population ◽  
Multiple Generation ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
Deprived Neighbourhoods ◽  
Analytical Strategies

The literature on intergenerational contextual mobility has shown that neighbourhood status is partly ‘inherited’ from parents by children. Children who spend their childhood in deprived neighbourhoods are more likely to live in such neighbourhoods as adults. It has been suggested that such transmission of neighbourhood status is also relevant from a multiple generation perspective. To our knowledge, however, this has only been confirmed by simulations and not by empirical research. This study uses actual empirical data covering the entire Swedish population over a 25-year period, to investigate intergenerational similarities in neighbourhood status for three generations of Swedish women. The findings suggest that the neighbourhood environments of Swedish women are correlated with the neighbourhood statuses of their mothers and, to some extent, grandmothers. These results are robust over two different analytical strategies—comparing the neighbourhood status of the three generations at roughly similar ages and at the same point in time—and two different spatial scales. We argue that the finding of such effects in (relatively egalitarian) Sweden implies that similar, and possibly stronger, patterns are likely to exist in other countries as well.

Data Gap in Growth and Investment Projections of Black Walnut Plantations

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-171
Author(s):  
John C. Bliss ◽  
A. Jeff Martin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Black Walnut ◽  
The Past ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Plantation Species ◽  
Data Gap

Abstract The popularity of black walnut as a plantation species has grown tremendously in the past three decades. A comparison of several recent plantation walnut growth and investment projections shows the limited empirical data upon which they are built, and the resulting disparity in the projections. Furthering our knowledge of walnut culture and investment opportunities will require a commitment to long-term empirical research that is currently lacking. North. J. Appl. For. 6:169-171, December 1989.

Network Approach in the Tourism Sector – Characteristics and Methods of Application

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (0) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Czernek ◽  
Michał Żemła
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Domestic Literature ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Foreign Literature ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Individual Actor ◽  
Mixed Approach

Purpose. The aim of the paper is to present possible applications of the network approach in the tourism sector, in scientific research (including empirical analysis) as well as in the organization of management processes of tourist destinations. Method. The paper is based on a critical domestic and foreign literature review, being the basis of the presented discussion and deductive inference. Findings. To achieve the aim of the paper, there the origin of the network approach was presented, its basic assumptions and ways of application in empirical research. The presented literature review was related to three basic ways of using the network approach in scientific works: from the perspective of an individual actor, the network as a whole and group of actors in the network (mixed approach). Premises of using each of those perspectives were presented, as well as examples of their application in domestic and foreign literature, and the effects of this application. It allowed to show that each of those three perspectives can be useful in the tourism sector and brings different types of benefits. Research and conclusion limitations. The paper does not aspire to constitute a full and complex presentation of problems connected to the network approach in tourism, but rather concentrates on the general presentation of some chosen ways of network analysis. For a reader to obtrain more specific knowledge about any of the presented network issues, additional reading of the literature presented in the paper’s references is needed. Practical implications. The paper orders considerations on the presented issue and therefore, is aimed at a better understanding of network analysis – regarding empirical research based on such an analysis (scientific value) as well as the management of networks in the tourism sector (application value for economic practice). Originality. In domestic literature, there is a lack of reviews regarding the different ways of network approach application in the tourism sector, and this paper is aimed at fulfilling this gap. Type of paper. Theoretical paper.

Testing Analytical Models Using Archival or Experimental Methods

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane S. Dikolli ◽  
John H. Evans ◽  
Jeffrey Hales ◽  
Michal Matejka ◽  
Donald V. Moser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Journal Review ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Jel Classifications

SYNOPSIS Analytical models can quite naturally complement empirical data, whether archival or experimental. This article begins by discussing the advantages and disadvantages of combining an analytical model with archival or experimental data in a single study. We next describe how models are typically used in empirical research and discuss when including an analytical model is more versus less useful. Finally, we offer examples of more and less successful combinations of analytical models and empirical data, along with a brief discussion of how such studies are likely to fare in the journal review process. JEL Classifications: C02; C51; C99.

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