Results 11 to 20 of about 4,789,492 (321)

Advancing the Empirical Research on Lobbying [PDF]

, 2013
This essay identifies the empirical facts about lobbying which are generally agreed upon in the literature. It then discusses challenges to empirical research in lobbying and provides examples of empirical methods that can be employed to overcome these ...
de Figueiredo, John M., Richter, Brian Kelleher   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Drug*placebo interaction effect may bias clinical trials interpretation: hybrid balanced placebo and randomized placebo-controlled design

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2016
Background Conventional randomized placebo-controlled study design assumes the absence of drug*placebo interaction. We hypothesized the presence of such an interaction and that conventionally estimated drug effect might be biased.
Muhammad M. Hammami, Safa Hammami, Reem Al-Swayeh, Eman Al-Gaai, Faduma Abdi Farah, Sophia J. S. De Padua   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Observing effective classroom management in early instruction in primary school: rating instrument construction and its link to teacher knowledge

Discover Education, 2023
This study presents a novel standardized rating instrument for observing and measuring effective classroom management (ECM) as part of the teaching and learning environments in primary school.
Johannes König, Nina Glutsch, Jonas Weyers, Gino Casale, Petra Hanke, Chantal Knips, Thorsten Pohl, Tina Waschewski, Michael Becker-Mrotzek, Alfred Schabmann, Birgit Träuble   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Critical Realism and Empirical Research Methods in Education [PDF]

, 2005
In the light of recent writings of Richard Pring, and in relation to the application of empirical research methods in education, this paper offers a corrective to a neo-realist viewpoint and develops a critical realist perspective.
Scott, David
core   +3 more sources

Pharmaceutical quality of seven brands of diclofenac tablet on the Saudi market

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objective We previously reported the pharmaceutical quality of eight brands of 50 mg enteric-coated diclofenac sodium tablet available on the Saudi market.
Muhammad M. Hammami, Reem AlSwayeh, Rajaa F. Hussein   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Junior Software Engineers’ International Communication and Collaboration Competences

IEEE Access, 2023
Present-day Software Engineering working environment is highly international. Teams are commonly formed of people from different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.
Anu Niva, Jouni Markkula, Elina Annanpera   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Empirical Challenges in Organizational Aesthetics Research: Towards a Sensual Methodology [PDF]

, 2008
Despite growing scholarly interest in aesthetic dimensions of organizational life, there is a lack of literature expressly engaging with the methodological mechanics of 'doing aesthetics research'. This article addresses that gap.
Alfonso, Ana-Isobel, Bauman, Zygmunt, Bourdieu, Pierre, Candlin, Fiona, Cohen, Laurie, Collier, John, Corbett, Martin, Guillet de Monthoux, Pierre, Hurworth, Rosalind, Kvale, Steinar, Langer, Suzanne, Linstead, Stephen, Parker, Lee, Pink, Sarah, Pink, Sarah, Pink, Sarah, Ramirez, Rafael, Rehn, Alf, Samantha Warren, Schroeder, Jonathan, Scott, Clive., Strangleman, Tim, Strati, Antonio, Strati, Antonio, Warburton, Nigel, Warren, Samantha, Warren, Samantha, Warren, Samantha, Welsch, Wolfgang, Willis, Paul, Willis, Paul, Witkin, Robert   +31 more
core   +1 more source

Prediction of life-story narrative for end-of-life surrogate’s decision-making is inadequate: a Q-methodology study

BMC Medical Ethics, 2019
Background Substituted judgment assumes adequate knowledge of patient’s mind-set. However, surrogates’ prediction of individual healthcare decisions is often inadequate and may be based on shared background rather than patient-specific knowledge.
Muhammad M. Hammami, Kafa Abuhdeeb, Muhammad B. Hammami, Sophia J. S. De Padua, Areej Al-Balkhi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ensuring cross-cultural data comparability by means of anchoring vignettes in heterogeneous refugee samples

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023
Background Configural, metric, and scalar measurement invariance have been indicators of bias-free statistical cross-group comparisons, although they are difficult to verify in the data.
Natalja Menold, Louise Biddle, Hagen von Hermanni, Jasmin Kadel, Kayvan Bozorgmehr   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pairwise comparison matrices: an empirical research [PDF]

, 2011
Our research focused on testing various characteristics of pairwise comparison (PC) matrices in controlled experiments. About 270 students have been involved in the test exercises and the final pool contained 450 matrices.
Bozóki, Sándor, Dezső, Linda, Poesz, Attila, Temesi, József   +3 more
core   +1 more source