‘A Matter of Individual Opinion and Feeling’

2020 ◽  
pp. 67-82
Author(s):  
Lucie Whitmore
Keyword(s):  
Individual Opinion

scholarly journals A Note on Teaching and Learning Linear Algebra in Tribhuvan University

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-245
Author(s):  
Tulasi Prasad Nepal
Keyword(s):  
Linear Algebra ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Active Part ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Mathematical System ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
Individual Opinion

The teaching of linear algebra has always been a challenge for teachers of mathematics, because it is extremely important that students become introduced into complex and abstract mathematical system of linear algebra and learn concepts which can be successfully applied later in other mathematical topics. It is necessary that teachers better understand how students learn, and recognize and allow that the appropriate content, methods and context could be different in different environments. As mathematicians, we are aware of the significant interconnections of different ideas and concepts, which is difficult to recognize and understand. We should not forget that understanding of these kinds of interconnections develops through active and hard exploration of mathematical topics through permanent discovering of new interconnections and relations. Thus, primary role of a teacher is to try to move students to take an active part during the class concerning important and difficult concepts, either through the form of individual opinion or through the form of group discussions. It is not easy to suggest teaching methods, especially in comparison to traditional lectures, which would be effective and would actively, engage students and generate stimulating learning.

scholarly journals Word of Mouth, Viral Marketing and Open Data: A Large-Scale Simulation for Predicting Opinion Diffusion on Ethical Food Consumption

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agostino G. Bruzzone ◽  
Matteo Agresta ◽  
Jen Hsien Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Viral Marketing ◽  
The Social ◽  
First Results ◽  
Individual Opinion ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Choices

AbstractThis paper presents the first results of a large-scale-Agent-Based Simulation devoted to simulate individual behaviour inside a medium sized city (600,000 inhabitants). Humans are simulated as Intelligent Individual entities characterized by several attributes created from the Open Data available by means of a multi-layer approach. The work presented is divided into two main parts: the first part aims to describe the multi-layer approach adopted with the inclusion of the social network layer devoted to capture how social networks can be correlated with human activities and how an “Individual Opinion” can changes based on social interactions. The second part is devoted to present a preliminary case study for simulating the propagation dynamics of the individual opinion in the form of an ethical value function. The basic idea is to capture the changes in the individual opinion based on the social interactions predicted by the simulation. Finally, a food choice model for predicting individual choices based on the individual opinion function is presented; the model is based on three parameters: accessibility of ethical shops, price difference with standard products, and ethical value propagation.

scholarly journals THE DISCURSIVE DILEMMA AS A LOTTERY PARADOX

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
IGOR DOUVEN ◽  
JAN-WILLEM ROMEIJN
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Impossibility Theorem ◽  
Lottery Paradox ◽  
Voting Rules ◽  
Discursive Dilemma ◽  
Individual Opinion ◽  
The Lottery Paradox

List and Pettit have stated an impossibility theorem about the aggregation of individual opinion states. Building on recent work on the lottery paradox, this paper offers a variation on that result. The present result places different constraints on the voting agenda and the domain of profiles, but it covers a larger class of voting rules, which need not satisfy the proposition-wise independence of votes.

Western

2020 ◽  
pp. 688-701
Author(s):  
Fredrick O. Wanyama
Keyword(s):  
Power Sharing ◽  
Western Kenya ◽  
Western Province ◽  
Decentralized Governance ◽  
Individual Opinion

Previously known as Western Province before the country was reorganized under the 2010 Constitution, Western Kenya now consists of Busia, Bungoma, Kakamega, and Vihiga counties. Though the majority of inhabitants are Luhya, their diverse political persuasions have always culminated in different political affiliations and voting patterns during elections. The persistence of the resultant political heterogeneity has not been adequately explained. This chapter attempts to explain this political phenomenon, and assesses devolution’s contribution towards negotiating electoral harmony in the politics of Western Kenya. It is argued that Luhya traditionally cherished decentralized governance centered on clan authority, which saw every sub-group jealously guard its autonomy. The presence of the Teso and Sabaot in the region, with their varying historical grievances, coupled with respect for individual opinion, has further amplified political heterogeneity among the Luhya. Though devolution has triggered negotiations for power-sharing through “negotiated democracy,” it has not harmonized the politics of the region.

The Application of the European Time Scale to the Upper Tertiary of North America

1940 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy E. Pilgrim
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Time Scale ◽  
Upper Miocene ◽  
As Species ◽  
Individual Opinion

Matthew's provisional classification of the freshwater Tertiary of Western America in 1899 was succeeded ten years later by a detailed correlation of the American Tertiary Mammal horizons with those of Europe, published by Osborn and himself in 1909. At that time these authors placed the Pikermi horizon of Europe (Pontian) in the Upper Miocene and the Val d'Arno horizon (Villafranchian) in the Upper Pliocene. They in common with many later writers subsequently adopted a Lower Pliocene and Pleistocene age respectively for the two horizons named. Allowing for this change of view, Osborn's and Matthew's correlation has been substantially followed, with a few modifications due to individual opinion, by all later authorities. The reasons for it were somewhat elaborated by Osborn in his Age of Mammals (1910). It is evident that the Equidae formed the basis for it. The appearance of the genera Anchitherium (as species of Kalobatippus and Hypohippus were then named), Hipparion and Equus in North America were assumed to be approximately contemporaneous with their appearance in Europe. That North America was at any rate the main, if not the exclusive radiative centre for the distribution of the Equidae has been universally acknowledged. Hence Osborn's and Matthew's choice of this group as a standard of age seemed to be fully justified. In accordance with it the first Hipparion beds of North America were regarded as Pontian.

Change of individual opinion to accord with group opinion.

1929 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Wheeler ◽  
H. Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Individual Opinion ◽  
Group Opinion

The Narrative Policy Framework and Sticky Beliefs: An Experiment Studying Islamophobia

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy S. Clemons, ◽  
Mark K. McBeth ◽  
Rolfe Daus Peterson ◽  
Carl L. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Border Security ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Policy Positions ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Individual Opinion ◽  
Narrative Policy Framework ◽  
Identity Protection

Our study focuses on Islamophobia and the power of facts versus the power of a narrative in shaping individual opinion toward Muslims. We utilise an experimental design to explore three research questions: (1) Is Islamophobia and anti-Muslim sentiment lowered in narrative or factual treatments?; (2) What are the differential effects of the treatments by ideological orientation?; and (3) Is Islamophobia a predictor of policy stances? We find that neither the narrative or factual treatments lowered Islamophobia or anti-Muslim sentiment. However, moderates were significantly influenced by the Facts Treatment, expressing lower levels of anti-Muslim sentiment. Finally, the treatments significantly influenced policy positions for individuals in the Facts Treatment group, who were less likely to support funding increases for border security than subjects in the narrative treatment. Our findings have implications for understanding persuasion, identity protection cognition, and the persistence of Islamophobia within the context of the power of narrative.

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