CBM Elements III

2009 ◽  
pp. 142-173
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Young
Keyword(s):  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Baby Boom ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
What Works ◽  
Multiple Characteristics ◽  
Design Factors

This chapter continues with CBM Elements and the design factors related to the anthropology of culture. Cultural demographics and Cultural environment are covered in their entirety. Cultural demographics provide the characteristics of a population for a geographic area. Geographic areas are identified by levels such as nation, state, city, county, tracks, blocks, province, and so forth (U.S. Census Bureau [USCB], 2005). This information is usually statistical. Demographic data provide mostly a quantitative picture of a population and aid in predicting economic or market trends. Through the use of demographic data, predictions about populations can be made in reference to increases in the demand for food, clothing, educational achievement, entertainment, housing, insurance, investments, health services, and so forth. Examples of Westernized demographic trends include: baby boom years, single parent families, two income families, and nuclear families. Demographic data are also culture-specific and can not be generalized to other populations. A culture-specific example is data from Japan’s 2000 census that calculated the total population of males at 62,110,764 males to 64,815,079 females. The number of females outnumbers males by 2,704,315 (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2000). The collection of demographic data is unique to each society or culture. What works for one culture may not work for another. Or the collection of such data may not be operational due to other social, political, or economic factors. The characteristics of a population might include data based on the following: age, assets, birth, death, density, disease, educational achievement, ethnicity, family, growth, housing, incarceration, income, language, marital status, migration, mobility, occupation, race, sex, and size (USCB, 2005). All of these characteristics are described in this chapter. The collection of demographic data could begin with an examination of characteristics in a population such as “age” and multiple characteristics of a population, such as sex, income, household, geographic areas, disease, marriage, and so forth. Therefore, the data collection might look at age and its relation to sex, or age and income, or age and household. The guiding questions, in this section, focus on human beings; however they can be adapted to other species and entities.

Representations in Vocal Repertoire

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
Paul Patinka
Keyword(s):  
Current Practice ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
National Association ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
National Council ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Musical Canon

This paper seeks to understand representations in repertoire diversity found in audition selections for Carnegie Mellon University, the National Student Auditions hosted by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Wolf Trap Opera Company summer program auditions, and the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions. Various forms of data collection and the ubiquitous use of social media have highlighted equity disparities in the treatment of minority groups. The singing community, like all music-makers, must reconcile past inequalities and adapt current practices based on inclusion rather than exclusion. Analysis of these selections is compared with demographic data from members of the National Association of Schools of Music and the U.S. Census Bureau. By amalgamating these various forms of evidence combined with interdisciplinary framing, this paper: 1) provides a framework of systematic issues facing minorities in vocal studies and performance; 2) develops a theoretical understanding of the musical canon; 3) evaluates the current content of the vocal musical canon; 4) displays representational disparities between canonic vocal works and the populations singing them, and; 5) highlights the need for change in current practice to remain equitable for future generations of singers. While systematic choices in repertoire selection may seem insignificant in the short term studies have shown that minority students viewing representations of themselves in positions of power have positive impacts on their growth and the likelihood of entering and studying in the field. Shifts in current practice are critically necessary for vocal studies to remain relevant and inclusive for future generations.

Giving negative feedback to Millennials

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 692-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emylee Anderson ◽  
Aaron A. Buchko ◽  
Kathleen J. Buchko
Keyword(s):  
Negative Feedback ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Baby Boom ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
New Generation

Purpose Demographic data indicate that the Millennial generation (those born between 1982 and the early 2000s) are entering the workforce and will become an increasingly significant component of the workforce in the near future. The Millennial generation appears to have significant differences in values, attitudes and expectations regarding work than prior generations. Design/methodology/approach The authors reviewed the literature on the “Millennial” generation (those born between 1982 and the early 2000s) and the research on giving negative feedback to identify issues that are significant with respect to the manner in which managers give negative information to this new generation of workers. Findings To be effective, negative feedback to Millennials needs to be consistent and ongoing. The feedback must be perceived by Millennials as benefitting them now or in the future. Managers must be assertive enough to make sure the employee understands the concerns, but sensitive to the fact that many Millennials have difficulty accepting such feedback. Research limitations/implications These findings offer suggestions for future research that needs to explicitly examine the differences in the new generation of workers and how these persons respond to current managerial practices. Practical implications Millennials are now entering the workforce in significant numbers. Managers will find increasing opportunities to address the organizational and individual needs of these workers. Managers must learn how to effectively direct and motivate this generation of workers, including how to provide constructive negative feedback. Social implications Demographic data indicate that the so-called “Baby Boom” generation will be leaving the workforce in large numbers over the next few years, and will be replaced by the Millennial generation. Originality/value To date, there has been little attempt by management researchers to address the organizational implications of the generational shift that is occurring. We seek to draw attention to one specific area of management practice – delivering negative feedback – and explore how the knowledge may be changing as a new generation of workers enter the workplace.

The Lost Art of Reading for Pleasure

2020 ◽  
pp. 212-242
Author(s):  
Tracey Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
What Works ◽  
Reading For Pleasure ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Night Call

Diving into a book and losing yourself in a world peopled by your imagination is a joy that lovers of literature have reveled in for as long as there have been stories. Whether people seek to be excited, terrified, challenged, entertained, or informed, it begins with the pleasure of reading a book. Learning to read is a cornerstone of educational achievement. How to encourage a passion for reading so children want to engage is poorly understood. The role parents play and how support is offered to parents to ensure inclusive, respectful, and responsive strategies that support all families requires investigation. The “read to your child every night” call is no longer enough. Teachers need the support of parents to look to innovative solutions. This chapter investigates how teachers can support parents by asking five diverse and geographically remote parents what works for them.

scholarly journals Extracting Data from Disparate Sources for Agent-Based Disease Spread Models

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Laskowski ◽  
B. C. P. Demianyk ◽  
J. Benavides ◽  
M. R. Friesen ◽  
R. D. McLeod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Data ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Telecommunication Service ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Contact Data

This paper presents a review and evaluation of real data sources relative to their role and applicability in an agent-based model (ABM) simulating respiratory infection spread a large geographic area. The ABM is a spatial-temporal model inclusive of behavior and interaction patterns between individual agents. The agent behaviours in the model (movements and interactions) are fed by census/demographic data, integrated with real data from a telecommunication service provider (cellular records), traffic survey data, as well as person-person contact data obtained via a custom 3G smartphone application that logs Bluetooth connectivity between devices. Each source provides data of varying type and granularity, thereby enhancing the robustness of the model. The work demonstrates opportunities in data mining and fusion and the role of data in calibrating and validating ABMs. The data become real-world inputs into susceptible-exposed-infected-recovered (SEIR) disease spread models and their variants, thereby building credible and nonintrusive models to qualitatively model public health interventions at the population level.

scholarly journals New Wheels for Grandma

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (04) ◽  
pp. 37-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayle Ehrenman
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Baby Boom ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
General Motors ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Baby Boom Generation ◽  
Concept Vehicle ◽  
Us Census ◽  
Automotive Interior

This article focuses on how engineers are adding enabling technologies that make cars easier and safer for an aging population to drive. By 2011, the baby boom generation will begin to turn 65, and by 2030, one in five people will be age 65 or older, according to US Census Bureau projections. A large percentage of the older Americans are expected to still be tooling down the highways. Ford Motor Co. of Dearborn, Michigan, Detroit-based General Motors, and automotive interior supplier Lear Corp. of Southfield, Michigan, have all undertaken studies to help them understand the needs and wants of older drivers in an effort to create vehicles that are ergonomically attuned to them. Ford has taken a different approach to defining the needs of the aging baby boomers. Like Lear, it conducted consumer research, but Ford also used a unique tool to help young engineers know what it feels like to be a 65-year-old trying to operate a car. The concept vehicle is using information gleaned from Lear’s Masters Study to determine the best colors, lighting levels, and rate of change in lighting for instruments and warning sensor displays.

Patient satisfaction with doctor and nurse communication varies with patient education level, age, gender, and primary language.

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (30_suppl) ◽  
pp. 198-198
Author(s):  
Daniel Curtis McFarland ◽  
Randall F. Holcombe
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
American Hospital ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Perception Of Quality ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Hospital Compare

198 Background: Hospital Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys are used to enhance quality care. Non-random patient satisfaction variance is evident from HCAHPS scores which could be due to varying perception of quality care across demographically heterogeneous areas of the USA. Methods: HCAHPS, hospital bed, and county demographic data were obtained from the Hospital Compare, American Hospital Directory, and US Census Bureau websites, respectively. Multivariate regression modeling was performed for all ten dimensions of HCAHPS scores. Standardized partial regression coefficients were used to assess strengths of predictors (Table). Results: HCAHPS scores were obtained from 3,192 hospitals and demographic data collected from all 3,144 county or county equivalents. While most predictors were significant, ‘bachelor’s degree’ most strongly predicted for favorable satisfaction for MD communication and ‘white alone percent’ most strongly predicted favorable satisfaction for RN communication. Age (over 65), non-English speaking, female, average household size and high school education predicted worse satisfaction with both MD and RN communication. Conclusions: In conclusion, a communication quality gap exists for less educated, non-white, elderly, non-English speaking and female sections of the population. Research should focus on enhancing delivery of quality communication for these subpopulations. [Table: see text]

FDA analysis: Demographic trends in bladder and renal cancer trials.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18144-e18144
Author(s):  
Laura L Fernandes ◽  
Zhantao Lin ◽  
Lola A. Fashoyin-Aje ◽  
Shenghui Tang ◽  
Rajeshwari Sridhara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Cancer ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Enrollment Trends ◽  
Black Patients ◽  
The Us ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Us Census

e18144 Background: Many publications report under representation of minorities in certain subgroups, which may limit the generalizability of clinical trial (CT) results. This analysis, investigates and reports enrollment trends in CTs submitted between 2006-2017 in support of marketing applications for drugs indicated for the treatment of urothelial (UC) and renal cancer carcinoma (RCC), and compares them to incidence rates of these diseases by Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry and the US census bureau. Methods: We identified all marketing applications for the treatment of UC and RCC that provided the primary evidence of safety and efficacy and aggregated the demographic data across trials and disease. Using these two pooled datasets, we compared the patient proportions enrolled in each of the race, sex and age categories to the corresponding rates in US cancer population estimated based on the corresponding incidence rates reported by SEER and the US census bureau using a Chi-squared test. Results: The pooled seven UC and 14 RCC CTs provided 2035 and 6757 patients respectively. The results are summarized below for the 939 (46%) UC and 1489 (22%) RCC patients enrolled in the US. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that majority of the patients were enrolled outside of the US. There were lower proportion of Black patients (4% vs 8%), older patients, age ≥ 75 years (30% vs 48%) and males (74% vs 80%) enrolled in UC population in the US. Higher proportions were observed in both White (89% vs 85%) and Asian (4% vs 2%) patients in UC and in White (90% vs 79%) patients in RCC.[Table: see text]

The Police

2021 ◽  
pp. 466-487
Author(s):  
Simon Holdaway
Keyword(s):  
Social World ◽  
Participatory Methods ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
What Works ◽  
The Social ◽  
Police Policy ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

This chapter interrogates the contemporary dominance of a “What Works” approach in studies of the police. It examines and finds wanting the methodological and theoretical foundations of this orientation. Instead, it argues that researchers should begin with an understanding of human beings, adopting research methods resonating with their conclusion. Ethnography is based on the meanings human beings attribute to the social world; it is concerned with a systematic, detailed description and analysis of the police and policing. After this introduction, major ethnographic studies of the police are discussed, and their main findings analyzed. Studies conducted beyond Anglo-American societies are covered. Each study reveals a key feature of policing that would not have been identified if ethnographic, participatory methods had not been used. The consequences of each finding for policing and for academic knowledge are discussed briefly, and somewhat ironically, key implications for police policy are considered.

Annual Summary of Vital Statistics–1975

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 793-799
Author(s):  
Myron E. Wegman
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boom ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Age Group ◽  
World War ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
Second World

During 1975, continuing the recent general year-to-year trend, there were fewer births, deaths, and marriages and more divorces than in the previous year. Infant mortality again reached an all-time low for the country, 16.1 per 1,000 live births (Table I). BIRTHS Previous articles have pointed out that census bureau projections, influenced largely by the "baby boom" after the Second World War, predicted a steady increase in the number of women in the child-bearing ages (assumed to be 15 to 44 years) through 1980. In 1975 the number of women in this age group did indeed increase, by about 2%. Yet a fall in the fertility rate (Fig. 1) resulted in an actual decrease in the number of births to a projected total of 3,149,000.

scholarly journals Coverage and Agreement of Administrative Records and 2010 American Community Survey Demographic Data

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adela Luque ◽  
Renuka Bhaskar ◽  
Sonya Rastogi ◽  
James Noon
Keyword(s):  
Census Data ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Third Party ◽  
American Community Survey ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Hispanic Origin ◽  
Response Data ◽  
Demographic Response

The U.S. Census Bureau is researching possible uses of administrative records in decennial census and survey operations. The 2010 Census Match Study and American Community Survey (ACS) Match Study represent recent efforts by the Census Bureau to evaluate the extent to which administrative records provide data on persons and addresses in the 2010 Census and 2010 ACS. The 2010 Census Match Study also examines demographic response data collected in administrative records. Building on this analysis, we match data from the 2010 ACS to federal administrative records and third party data as well as to previous census data and examine administrative records coverage and agreement of ACS age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin responses. We find high levels of coverage and agreement for sex and age responses and variable coverage and agreement across race and Hispanic origin groups. These results are similar to findings from the 2010 Census Match Study.

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