The creation of advanced engineering schools at universities to improve the quality of human capital is becoming increasingly relevant. This paper examines the relationship between the development of economics, engineering education, the results of ...
A. V. Keller+4 more
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Untangling the Web of E-Research: Towards a Sociology of Online Knowledge [PDF]
e-Research is a rapidly growing research area, both in terms of publications and in terms of funding. In this article we argue that it is necessary to reconceptualize the ways in which we seek to measure and understand e-Research by developing a sociology of knowledge based on our understanding of how science has been transformed historically and ...
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FEATURES OF THE SOCIOLOGICAI DIAGNOSTICS OF THE MEDIA FIELD IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
The article considers methodological approaches to the study of the media field transformations under contemporary changes and presents the results of the annual sociological monitoring conducted in the Republic of Belarus (2003-2017).
A N Danilov+3 more
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Nebraska Risk and Protective Factor Student Survey Results for 2018. Profile Report: Grand Island Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition [PDF]
This report summarizes the findings from the 2014 Nebraska Risk and Protective Factor Student Survey (NRPFSS). The 2014 survey represents the sixth implementation of the NRPFSS and the third implementation of the survey under the Nebraska Student Health ...
Bureau of Sociological Research
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Architectures of Virtual Decision-Making: The Emergence of Gender Discrimination on a Crowdfunding Website [PDF]
The increasing relevance of Internet-based markets requires a sustained investigation into the relationship between design and user behavior. This research begins within the sociology of quantification and markets to investigate the impacts of basic design decisions on user behavior and individual success on a widely used crowdfunding website.
arxiv
Possibilities for Sociological Research to Reduce Inequalities: Observations from the Immigration Scholarship. [PDF]
Menjívar C.
europepmc +1 more source
The Use of Diaries in Sociological Research on Health Experience
Diaries have been relatively neglected as a sociological research method. This paper highlights the value of diary research, drawing on the literature on auto/biographies and health service research as well as a qualitative study of need and demand for ...
H. Elliott
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SIMPS: Using Sociology for Personal Mobility [PDF]
Assessing mobility in a thorough fashion is a crucial step toward more efficient mobile network design. Recent research on mobility has focused on two main points: analyzing models and studying their impact on data transport. These works investigate the consequences of mobility. In this paper, instead, we focus on the causes of mobility.
arxiv
Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey 2014-2015 NASIS Methodology Report, [PDF]
Bureau of Sociological Research 2014-2015 NASIS Methodology Report 2 Contents Introduction 3 Mode Selection 3 Design and Item Selection 3 Sampling Design 4 Experimental Design Treatment 4 Data Collection Process 4 Response Rate 5 Data-Entry ...
Bureau of Sociological Research
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Measuring Vogue in American Sociology (2011-2020) [PDF]
This study investigates the social dynamics of knowledge production in American sociology. Departing from traditional approaches focused on citations, co-authorship, and faculty hiring, we introduce a method capturing the dynamics of networks inferred from text to explore which ideas gain traction (a.k.a vogue).
arxiv