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A study on statistical methods used in six journals of library and information science
Zhang, Jin; Zhao, Yuehua; Wang, Yanyan - In: Online Information Review 40 (2016) 3, pp. 416-434
Purpose – Quantitative methods, especially statistical methods, play an increasingly important role in research of library and information science (LIS). For different journals, the uses of statistical methods vary substantially due to different journal scopes and aims. The purpose of this...
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Drobisch’s Legacy to Price Statistics
Auer, Ludwig von - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 230 (2010) 6, pp. 673-689
Summary This paper attempts to establish a greater awareness among researchers for the noteworthy contributions to price index theory made by Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch (1802-1896), a German mathematician and philosopher at the Universita¨ t Leipzig. Few economists and statisticians are aware of...
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Measuring Latent Constructs in Nonprofit Surveys with Item Response Theory: The Example of Political Ideology
Mason, Dyana P. - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 8 (2017) 1, pp. 91-110
Abstract Latent constructs are the unobservable characteristics of individuals, groups and organizations. Although researchers use many tools to measure latent constructs, including scaled-items and factor analysis techniques, this study offers a different way to measure these characteristics in...
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Measurement Context Effects in Telephone-Survey-Based Tests of Causal Models
Agarwal, Sanjeev; Teas, R. Kenneth - In: Review of Marketing Science 3 (2005) 1
The purpose of this research is to examine the issue of measurement context effects in survey-based tests of … attitudinal and related models. The specific issue examined concerns the degree to which the measurement process affects the … objects of measurement (i.e., various attitudinal and related concepts). Based upon the memory accessibility …
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Creating business value through corporate communication
Zerfass, Ansgar; Viertmann, Christine - In: Journal of Communication Management 21 (2017) 1, pp. 68-81
framework stimulates the debate on the diverse concepts of communication value, performance and measurement, and the need to …
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Measuring online dialogic conversations’ quality: a scale development
Romenti, Stefania; Valentini, Chiara; Murtarelli, Grazia; … - In: Journal of Communication Management 20 (2016) 4, pp. 328-346
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a measurement scale for assessing the quality of dialogic conversations … Facebook is a more dialogical forum than Twitter. Originality/value This is the first study proposing a systematic measurement … actions. The proposed measurement offers corporate communication managers a concrete tool for evaluating the quality of their …
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Are the myths of space utilization costing you more than you know?
Knapp, Curtis; Vickroy, Kim; De Bruyn, Luc; Kwong, David - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 11 (2009) 4, pp. 237-243
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the importance for real estate organizations to measure portfolio space in a meaningful way, allowing occupancy planners to make aggressive recommendations to reduce under utilized space within a portfolio. Design/methodology/approach –...
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Methods for identifying and measuring the performance impacts of work environment changes
Palvalin, Miikka; Vuolle, Maiju - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 18 (2016) 3, pp. 164-179
measuring the subjective knowledge work performance in the NWoW context; and multidimensional performance measurement for … support the idea of a measurement process and confirm that it suits NWoW context. Practical implications The three methods … performance are negative or positive. The value of this paper is that it applies traditional measurement methods to NWoW contexts …
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Changes in the YLS/CMI risk inventory scores as predictors of MST behavioral treatment goals
Hukkelberg, Silje Sommer; Ogden, Terje G.; Taraldsen, Knut - In: Journal of Children's Services 18 (2023) 2, pp. 133-146
Purpose This study aims to investigate outcomes of multisystemic therapy (MST) using the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) – part I. Design/methodology/approach This study, using a pre-post design, included a sample of 2,123 Norwegian youths (mean age = 14.7, SD =...
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Developing the information literacy self‐efficacy scale
Serap Kurbanoglu, S.; Akkoyunlu, Buket; Umay, Aysun - In: Journal of Documentation 62 (2006) 6, pp. 730-743
Purpose – The main aim of this paper is to describe the development of a scale designed to measure self‐efficacy for information literacy. Design/methodology/approach – Cronbach's alpha, item analysis and item discrimination indices, principal component analysis, varimax rotation, and...
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