A 2015 Survey of Forensic Economists: Their Methods, Estimates, and Perspectives

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Luthy ◽  
Michael L. Brookshire ◽  
David Rosenbaum ◽  
David Schap ◽  
Frank L. Slesnick
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Forensic Economics ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Paper Survey ◽  
E Mail

Abstract In January 2015, 590 e-mail invitations to complete an electronic survey were sent to NAFE (National Association of Forensic Economics) members. The response rate was approximately 33%, almost nine percentage points higher than the last paper survey administered in 2003. The survey covered many of the major topics included in earlier surveys, such as values of important economic variables (e.g., discount rates), trends in the practice of forensic economics (e.g., personal sources of earnings), and open-ended questions concerning ethics and reactions to the survey instrument. On the 2015 Survey instrument there were several new questions concerning such matters as how forensic economists perceive the role of vocational (rehabilitation) experts, the effects of the Affordable Care Act on loss estimates, how members charge for their services, and the size of respondents' practices.

2012 Survey of Forensic Economists: Their Methods, Estimates, and Perspectives

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank L. Slesnick ◽  
Michael R. Luthy ◽  
Michael L. Brookshire
Keyword(s):  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Return Rate ◽  
National Association ◽  
Discount Rates ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Forensic Economics ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Pain And Suffering ◽  
Paper Survey ◽  
E Mail

Abstract In January 2012, 583 e-mail invitations to complete an electronic survey were sent to National Association of Forensic Economics (NAFE) members, with libraries and attorneys excluded. The return rate was 32.42%, which is almost 9 percentage points higher than the last paper survey in 2003. The survey covered many of the major topics included in earlier surveys, such as values of important economic variables (e.g., discount rates), trends in the practice of forensic economics (e.g., personal sources of earnings), and open-ended questions concerning ethics and reactions to the survey instrument. There were several new questions. Very few respondents have estimated damages in such categories as pain and suffering, companionship, and guidance; few add agency fees to household services estimates; and it is uncommon for respondents to estimate worklife expectancy differently for self-employed persons versus employees.

2017 Survey of NAFE Members: Their Methods, Estimates, and Perspectives

10.5085/438.1 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-61
Author(s):  
David I Rosenbaum ◽  
David Schap ◽  
Michael R Luthy*
Keyword(s):  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Return Rate ◽  
National Association ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Discount Rates ◽  
Economic Variables ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Forensic Economics ◽  
Forensic Practice ◽  
E Mail

Abstract In January 2017, 565 e-mail invitations to complete an electronic survey were sent to NAFE (National Association of Forensic Economics) members, with libraries and attorneys excluded. The return rate was 33.1%. The survey covered many of the major topics included in earlier surveys, such as values of important economic variables (e.g., discount rates), trends in the practice of forensic economics (e.g., personal sources of earnings), and open-ended questions concerning ethics and reactions to the survey instrument. The survey also included several new or reworded questions, including a series of questions regarding members' education and level of professional activity designed to enhance their knowledge related to forensic practice.

Evaluating psychiatrists’ attitudes and expectations about pharmacists’ role in psychiatry in Jordan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derar H Abdel-Qader ◽  
Esraa E Al Jomaa ◽  
Jennifer Silverthorne ◽  
Walid Shnaigat ◽  
Salim Hamadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Psychotropic Medications ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽  
Current Role ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Survey Response Rate

Abstract Objectives Evaluating Jordanian pharmacists’ roles in psychiatry from psychiatrists perspective. Methods An electronic survey was sent to 100 psychiatrists registered in the Jordanian Psychiatrists Association. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression. Key findings A total of 80 psychiatrists completed the survey (response rate 80%). Most psychiatrists thought that pharmacists are unable to give individuals with mental illness enough time to discuss their medications (62/80, 77.6%) and to monitor psychotropic medications (PM) efficacy (50/80, 62.6%). Around half of respondents thought that, in the future, pharmacists would not be able to suggest PM for patients (42/80, 52.6%), nor changes in PM dosages (37/80, 46.3%). Most psychiatrists emphasized the importance of psychiatric courses to improve pharmacists’ role. Conclusion Although psychiatrists were generally not satisfied with the current role of pharmacists, they had positive expectations about pharmacists’ competency to do certain activities and to assist them in designing drug therapy plans.

scholarly journals Eighth Triennial Toxicology Salary Survey

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shayne Cox Gad ◽  
Dexter Wayne Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Career Path ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Salary Survey ◽  
Insight Into

This survey serves as the eighth in a series of toxicology salary surveys conducted at 3-year intervals and beginning in 1988. An electronic survey instrument was distributed to 5800 individuals including members of the Society of Toxicology, American College of Toxicology, and 23 additional professional organizations. Question items inquired about gender, age, degree, years of experience, certifications held, areas of specialization, society membership, employment and income. Overall, 2057 responses were received (response rate 35.5%). The results of the 2012 survey provide insight into the job market and career path for current and future toxicologists.

scholarly journals Teaching Creativity Across Disciplines at Ontario Universities

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Marquis ◽  
Jeremy A. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Convergence And Divergence ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Gathering Data ◽  
Important Objective

While a wide variety of publications have suggested that the development of student creativity should be an important objective for contemporary universities, information about how best to achieve this goal across a range of disciplinary contexts is nonetheless scant. The present study aimed to begin to fill this gap by gathering data (via an electronic survey instrument) about how the teaching and learning of creativity are perceived and enacted by instructors in different disciplines at Ontario universities. Results indicated points of both convergence and divergence between respondents from different fields in terms of their understandings of the place of creativity within courses and programs, and in terms of strategies they reported using to enable creativity in their students. We discuss the implications of these findings, including the ways in which the data speak to ongoing debates about the role of disciplines within teaching, learning, and creativity more broadly.  

scholarly journals An international stakeholder survey of the role of chiropractic qualifying examinations: A qualitative analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart N. Green ◽  
Claire D. Johnson ◽  
Richard Brown ◽  
Charmaine Korporaal ◽  
Doug Lawson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Minimum Standard ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Written Comments ◽  
The Cost

Objective: Many countries require examinations as a gateway to chiropractic licensure; however, the relevance of these exams to the profession has not been explored. The purposes of this study were to analyze perceptions of international stakeholders about chiropractic qualifying examinations (CQEs), observe if their beliefs were in alignment with those that society expects of professions, and suggest how this information may be used when making future decisions about CQEs. Methods: We designed an electronic survey that included open-ended questions related to CQEs. In August 2019, the survey was distributed to 234 international stakeholders representing academic institutions, qualifying boards, students, practitioners, association officers, and others. Written comments were extracted, and concepts were categorized and collapsed into 4 categories (benefits, myths, concerns, solutions). Qualitative analysis was used to identify themes. Results: The response rate was 56.4% representing 43 countries and yielding 775 comments. Perceived benefits included that CQEs certify a minimum standard of knowledge and competency and are part of the professionalization of chiropractic. Myths included that CQEs are able to screen for future quality of care or ethical practices. Concerns included a lack of standardization between jurisdictions and uncertainty about the cost/value of CQEs and what they measure. Solutions included suggestions to standardize exams across jurisdictions and focus on competencies. Conclusion: International stakeholders identified concepts about CQEs that may facilitate or hinder collaboration and efforts toward portability. Stakeholder beliefs were aligned with those expected of learned professions. This qualitative analysis identified 9 major themes that may be used when making future decisions about CQEs.

scholarly journals Ninth Triennial Toxicology Salary Survey

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shayne Cox Gad ◽  
Dexter Wayne Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Career Path ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Salary Survey ◽  
Insight Into

This survey serves as the ninth in a series of toxicology salary surveys conducted at 3-year intervals and beginning in 1988. An electronic survey instrument was distributed to 5919 individuals including members of the Society of Toxicology, American College of Toxicology, and 23 additional professional organizations. Question items inquired about gender, age, degree, years of experience, certifications held, areas of specialization, society membership, employment and income. Overall, 1293 responses were received (response rate 21.8%). The results of the 2014 survey provide insight into the job market and career path for current and future toxicologists.

scholarly journals The Role of E-mail Communications in Determining Response Rates and Mode of Participation in a Mixed-mode Design

Field Methods ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandru Cernat ◽  
Peter Lynn
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Mode ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Randomized Experiment ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Mode Design ◽  
Survey Response Rate ◽  
Survey Costs ◽  
Mail Address ◽  
E Mail

This article is concerned with the extent to which the propensity to participate in a web face-to-face sequential mixed-mode survey is influenced by the ability to communicate with sample members by e-mail in addition to mail. Researchers may be able to collect e-mail addresses for sample members and to use them subsequently to send survey invitations and reminders. However, there is little evidence regarding the value of doing so. This makes it difficult to decide what efforts should be made to collect such information and how to subsequently use it efficiently. Using evidence from a randomized experiment within a large mixed-mode national survey, we find that using a respondent-supplied e-mail address to send additional survey invites and reminders does not affect survey response rate but is associated with an increased proportion of responses by web rather than face-to-face and, hence, lower survey costs.

Increasing Response Rates among Coaches: The Role of Prenotification Methods

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aubrey Kent ◽  
Brian Turner
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Return Rate ◽  
Head Coaches ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Control Group ◽  
E Mail

This study determined whether, in a population of intercollegiate head coaches, prenotification had a significant influence on the return rate of mailed questionnaires. Acknowledging the growing use of e-mail and the Internet for survey distribution, the current study evaluated the effectiveness of e-mail as a prenotification technique, Response rates of Intercollegiate Head Coaches to mailed questionnaires from two separate samples were analyzed. Comparisons were made based upon the categorization of coaches into groups of prenotification by e-mail, formal letter, and a non-prenotified control group. Results indicated that prenotification of the survey recipients significantly increased response rates, with the group receiving e-mail prenotification having the highest response rate among the three groups. In addition to being cost effective for researchers, e-mail prenotification was an effective way to increase both the number and variety of contacts with survey recipients.

Extrapulmonary Small Cell Cancer: A New Insight into a Rare Disease

Oncology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Leora Brazg Ferro ◽  
Ido Wolf ◽  
Shira Peleg Hasson ◽  
Inbal Golomb ◽  
Ester Osher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Metastases ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Cell Cancer ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Ki 67 ◽  
Small Cell Cancer ◽  
Pathological Characteristics ◽  
Results Of Treatment

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Extrapulmonary small-cell cancer (EPSCC) is a relatively rare malignancy. The management of EPSCC is usually extrapolated from small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). In spite of the morphological similarity of the 2 malignancies, there are many differences in clinical features, prognosis, and recommendations of treatment of these disorders. The data on the correlation of clinical-pathological characteristics of EPSCC and treatment results is scarce. <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> This retrospective analysis of 41 consecutively treated patients diagnosed with EPSCC in 2015–2018 was performed in a tertiary medical center. The correlation between the clinical and pathological characteristics and the treatment outcome (response rate, disease-free interval, and overall medial survival) was done using the standard statistics, Kaplan-Meier method, and multivariate analyses. The stratification was done on the stage of the disease, Ki-67 proliferative index, the location of the tumor, and smoking. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Forty-one patients were included with a median age of 66.3 years. The most common primary site was the gastrointestinal tract (28, 68.3%) including the pancreas. The most common distant metastasis site was the liver (23, 56.1%). Only 2 patients (4.9%) had brain metastases. Unlike in SCLC, most patients did not have any history of smoking (23, 56.1%). Nineteen patients with metastatic disease received systemic treatment, mostly cisplatin-based chemotherapy, with a response rate of 57.9%. The results of treatment were significantly better in patients with disseminated EPSCC with Ki-67 &#x3c;55%, while its role in limited disease was nonsignificant. <b><i>Discussion:</i></b> The results of our study show the unique entity of EPSCC. The rarity of brain metastases proves that prophylactic brain irradiation should not be recommended in practice. The provocative idea of prophylactic liver irradiation in limited-stage EPSCC of gastrointestinal origin can be evaluated in future studies. The predictive role of Ki-67 is important in metastatic EPSCC. There is probably no role of smoking in developing EPSCC.

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