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Six Strategies for Mixing Methods and Linking Data in Social Science Research
Mason, Jennifer - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper is written as a practical and accessible guide to some key issues in mixed methods research. It explores six broad strategies that can underpin the mixing of methods and linking of different forms of data, be they qualitative, quantitative, or spanning this divide. The paper outlines...
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The Open Knowledge Foundation: Open Data Means Better Science
Molloy, Jennifer C - eSocialSciences - 2012
This article focuses on the Open Knowledge Definition and the Panton Principles for Open Data in Science. Some of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393987
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Opening India’s Garments Sector to South Asia
Ray, Saon; Taneja, Nisha; Kaushal, Neetika - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper examines the competitiveness of the Indian garments industry vis-à-vis the other South Asian countries Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Under the SAFTA agreement, many of the garment items were on India’s sensitive lists and did not face concessional treatment. Though many of...
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Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in a Social Network
Banerjee, Abhijit; Chandrasekhar, Arun G; Duflo, Esther; … - eSocialSciences - 2014
The paper examines individuals’ abilities to identify the highly central people in their social networks, where centrality is defined by diffusion centrality (Banerjee, Chandrasekhar, Duflo, and Jackson, 2013), which characterizes a node’s influence in spreading information. It...
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Patterns of Migration, Water Scarcity and Caste in Rural Northern Gujarat
Fishman, Ram; Jain, Meha; Kishore, Avinash - eSocialSciences - 2013
Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the study assessed the multifactorial drivers of...
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The New Age of Food Marketing: How Companies are Targeting and Luring our Kids — and What Advocates can do About it
BMSG, Berkeley Media Studies Group - eSocialSciences - 2012
Why should health advocates be concerned about the new marketing paradigm? Because young people's choices about what to eat and when are largely shaped by food and beverage marketing -- and these industries are now reaching our kids through a multitude of interactive devices and platforms,...
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India-Korea Trade and Investment Relations
Sahoo, Pravakar; Kumar, Rajiv; Rai, Durgesh Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present paper analyses trade and investment relations and explores future areas of potential co-operation between India and Korea. The study also suggests the areas where there is huge scope for increased investment and technological collaboration between the two countries. [ICRIER WP No. 242]
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Statistical Trends in Pharmaceutical Research for Poor Countries
Lanjouw, Peter; Lanjouw, Jean O - eSocialSciences - 2009
science gaps and market potential will influence R and D priorities, this group is broke into a subset that already have low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512485
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Workshops Without Walls: Broadening Access to Science around the World
Arslan, Betul K; Boyd, Eric S; Dolci, Wendy W; Dodson, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
latest developments in this area of origin of life research. Through social media outlets and popular science blogs …, participation in the workshop was broadened to include educators, science writers, and members of the general public. In total, over …
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India as a Global Leader in Science: A Vision for India
PM, Science Advisory Council to PM SAC to - eSocialSciences - 2010
care and living a life with hope and security. To realize such a vision, it is essential that science is at the heart of … the strategy that the next stage of national development demands. In what follows, the Science Advisory Council to the … Prime Minister under the chairmanship of C.N.R. Rao presents a vision for the growth of Indian science that can help the …
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