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Active Curation of Large Longitudinal Surveys: A Case Study

Journal of eScience Librarianship, 2021
In this paper we take an in-depth look at the curation of a large longitudinal survey and activities and procedures involved in moving the data from its generation to the state that is needed to conduct scientific analysis.
Inna Kouper, Karen L. Tucker, Kevin Tharp, Mary Ellen van Booven, Ashley Clark   +4 more
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Lifecycle management in government-driven open source projects – practical framework

International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 2017
In many parts of the world, public sector organizations are increasingly interested in collaborating across organizational (and even national) boundaries to develop software solutions under an open licence.
Katja VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Jukka VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Jani National Land Survey of Finland, ,   +4 more
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The Role of Region and Religious Tradition in Predicting Individuals’ Expressions of Faith in the Workplace

Religions, 2023
While many variables might influence an individual’s willingness to express their faith in the workplace, the role of regional context has not been fully considered. The different geographical regions in the U.S.
Jacqui Frost, Christopher P. Scheitle, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Denise Daniels   +3 more
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Climate change science: The literacy of Geography teachers in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

South African Journal of Education, 2015
One of the universal responses to tackling global climate change is teaching climate change concepts at all levels of formal education. This response requires, among other things, teachers who are fully literate about climate change science, so that they
Raymond Anyanwu, Lesley Le Grange, Peter Beets   +2 more
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Crafting Survey Research: A Systematic Process for Conducting Survey Research

, 2021
Surveys represent flexible and powerful ways for practitioners to gain insights into customers and markets and for researchers to develop, test, and generalize theories. However, conducting effective survey research is challenging. Survey researchers must induce participation by “over-surveyed” respondents, choose appropriately from among numerous ...
Vomberg, Arnd, Klarmann, Martin
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Challenges in Survey Research [PDF]

, 2020
While being an important and often used research method, survey research has been less often discussed on a methodological level in empirical software engineering than other types of research. This chapter compiles a set of important and challenging issues in survey research based on experiences with several large-scale international surveys.
Stefan Wagner, Daniel Mendez, Michael Felderer, Daniel Graziotin, Marcos Kalinowski   +4 more
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Linearity vs. Circularity? On Some Common Misconceptions on the Differences in the Research Process in Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Frontiers in Education, 2019
Methodological discussions often oversimplify by distinguishing between “the” quantitative and “the” qualitative paradigm and by arguing that quantitative research processes are organized in a linear, deductive way while qualitative research processes ...
Nina Baur
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The Scholarship Circle: an introduction to writing for publication for nursing faculty

Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2020
Background: This case report describes a collaborative effort between a health sciences librarian and an instructional designer to create and implement a writing professional development experience called the Scholarship Circle.
Kerry Dhakal, Joni Tornwall
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The association between smokers’ self-reported health problems and quitting: Findings from the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Wave 1 Survey

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019
Introduction This study aimed to systematically examine whether having health conditions or concerns related to smoking are associated with quitting activities among smokers across four western countries.
Lin Li, Ron Borland, Richard J. O’Connor, Geoffrey T. Fong, Ann McNeill, Pete Driezen, Michael K. Cummings   +6 more
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Changeability of transport behaviour in a large city from the perspective of working days and Sundays: The case of Łódź, Poland

Moravian Geographical Reports, 2023
The transport behaviour of Lodz residents with a view to constructing a balanced traffic model to include both private and public transport is examined in this paper.
Wiśniewski Szymon, Borowska-Stefańska Marta, Dulebenets Maxim, Kowalski Michał, Masierek Edyta   +4 more
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