Hand Measurements and Gender Effect on Mobile Phone Messaging Satisfaction

A total of 110 participants were interviewed to investigate the effect of hand measurements and gender on mobile phone messaging satisfaction. Physical measurements of hand-size and thumbs were recorded. This study focused on mobile phone keypad design factors; namely, key size, shape, texture, space between keys, layout and keypad simplicity. Females were found to be more satisfied with the key size and space between keys, whereas males are more satisfied with key shape. Users with smaller hands and thumbs were found to be more satisfied with key size and space between keys compared to those with larger hands and thumbs. One of the recommended improvements was to have larger keys with more space between them. Results obtained can be used by mobile phone designers to design customized mobile phones, for example, mobile phones that suit users with larger hands and thumbs, especially males.

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The Age and Gender Effect on Four Forms of Peer Victimization among Chinese Children and Adolescents

Applied Research in Quality of Life ◽

10.1007/s11482-021-09924-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Annis Lai Chu Fung ◽

Guangdong Zhou ◽

Eileen Yuk Ha Tsang ◽

Andrew Yiu Tsang Low ◽

Bess Yin Hung Lam

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Peer Victimization ◽

Gender Effect ◽

Chinese Children ◽

Age And Gender ◽

And Gender ◽

Chinese Children And Adolescents

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Analytical/intuitive EFL learners and gender effect

International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning ◽

10.5172/ijpl.6.1.41 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 41-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mohammad Aliakbari ◽

Elham Mahjub

Keyword(s):

Gender Effect ◽

Efl Learners ◽

And Gender

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The Relationship between Psychological Skills, Experience, and Practice Commitment among Collegiate Male and Female Skiers

The Sport Psychologist ◽

10.1123/tsp.7.1.49 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 49-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Sally A. White

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Gender Effect ◽

Psychological Skills ◽

Internal Reliability ◽

Male And Female ◽

Mental Preparation ◽

The Social ◽

And Gender ◽

The Relationship

The Psychological Skills Inventory for Sport (PSIS; Mahoney, 1988) identifies certain psychological skills or characteristics possessed by successful athletes. However, little has been done to connect the PSIS with other variables that may have an impact on the athletes’ psychological skills. Therefore the purpose of this study was twofold. First, the psychometric properties of the PSIS for all subjects and by gender were determined. Second, the relationship between the PSIS, experience, practice commitment, and gender of collegiate skiers was examined. A random sample of 131 male and female collegiate skiers responded to the 45-item PSIS. Overall, the six PSIS subscales (anxiety, concentration, confidence, mental preparation, motivation, and team emphasis) demonstrated acceptable internal reliability (coeff. alpha = .69−.84). Results of a 4 × 3 × 2 (Experience × Practice Commitment × Gender) MANOVA and follow-up univariate F tests revealed a significant gender effect on the team emphasis subscale. Female collegiate skiers were more team oriented than male collegiate skiers and placed more importance on the social and affiliative aspects of being on a team than did their male counterparts.

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Using Facebook Ad Data to Track the Global Digital Gender Gap

10.31235/osf.io/rkvb3 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Masoomali Fatehkia ◽

Ridhi Kashyap ◽

Ingmar Weber

Keyword(s):

Mobile Phone ◽

Gender Gap ◽

Low Income ◽

Low Income Countries ◽

Gender Gaps ◽

Mobile Access ◽

Country Level ◽

Highly Correlated ◽

And Gender ◽

Official Data

Gender equality in access to the internet and mobile phones has become increasingly recognised as a development goal. Monitoring progress towards this goal however is challenging due to the limited availability of gender-disaggregated data, particularly in low-income countries. In this data sparse context, we examine the potential of a source of digital trace `big data' -- Facebook's advertisement audience estimates -- that provides aggregate data on Facebook users by demographic characteristics covering the platform's over 2 billion users to measure and `nowcast' digital gender gaps. We generate a unique country-level dataset combining `online' indicators of Facebook users by gender, age and device type, `offline' indicators related to a country's overall development and gender gaps, and official data on gender gaps in internet and mobile access where available. Using this dataset, we predict internet and mobile phone gender gaps from official data using online indicators, as well as online and offline indicators. We find that the online Facebook gender gap indicators are highly correlated with official statistics on internet and mobile phone gender gaps. For internet gender gaps, models using Facebook data do better than those using offline indicators alone. Models combining online and offline variables however have the highest predictive power. Our approach demonstrates the feasibility of using Facebook data for real-time tracking of digital gender gaps. It enables us to improve geographical coverage for an important development indicator, with the biggest gains made for low-income countries for which existing data are most limited.

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Text You Pictures: The Role of Group Belonging, Race Identity, Race, and Gender in Older Adolescents’ Mobile Phone Use

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci7070115 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

pp. 115 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Valerie Barker

Keyword(s):

Social Identity ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Online Survey ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Race Identity ◽

Older Adolescents ◽

Group Belonging ◽

And Gender

Prior research underscores the value of social identity in adolescent development. Guided by social identity theory and employing an online survey, this study examined mobile phone use among older adolescents (18–19 years; n = 362), with special emphasis on social identity: group belonging, race identity, and group markers: race and gender. The findings confirmed that social identity markers play a role in popular forms of social mobile use (e.g., texting, phone camera, and music), especially among females. Nonwhite participants were more likely to report using generic phone apps for social compensation, although whites reported higher incidence of use than nonwhites for generic phone apps, texting, and taking pictures.

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