Surveys In Social Research

Vaus, David de

doi:10.4324/9780203519196

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“…The scale reliability had an alpha coefficient of 0.96, which shows a very high degree of reliability. De Vaus (1993) proposes that alpha should be at least 0.7 before the scale can be said to be reliable. Since there were only minor changes to the wording in the questionnaire after the pilot these ten responses were included in the main results analysis.…”

Section: Methodsologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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“Against all odds”: Head chefs profiled

Allen¹,

Iomaire²

2016

Journal of Culinary Science & Technology

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Section: Methodsologymentioning

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“…In light of advice from Oppenheim (1992) andDe Vaus (1993), cover letters were drawn up and two sponsored prizes were secured. A number of official bodies that represent the catering trade in Ireland were contacted, including the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) and the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF).…”

Section: Methodsologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“Against all odds”: Head chefs profiled

Allen¹,

Iomaire²

2016

Journal of Culinary Science & Technology

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“…To reach a lower margin of error, with a given target population of 18,176, to achieve a 95% confidence level with medium heterogeneity (an 80/20 split) based on literature review, a sample size of 200 or above would achieve a 95% confidence level with ± 5.5% of margin of error, with a minimum confidence level of 89.5% (De Vaus, 2002;Dillman, 2000).…”

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“…To achieve a sample size of 200, approximately 400 soldiers coming into the dining facility before and after their meal period were targeted with a goal of achieving at least 200 completed questionnaires (De Vaus, 2002;Dillman, 2010).…”

Section: Population and Sample Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting and explaining behavioral intention and hand sanitizer use among US Army soldiers

Lin

Roberts

2017

American Journal of Infection Control

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Many pathogenic microorganisms are spread by contaminated hands and may lead to foodborne illness. The use of hand sanitizers can significantly reduce bacterial contamination and is an efficient and inexpensive method to prevent infections and sickness. Previous researchers have found that the routine use of hand sanitizers allowed the U.S. Army to significantly reduce illness. However, few studies have been conducted within a U.S. Army dining facility, which is considered to be one of the primary sources of foodborne illness within the U.S. Army. Therefore, using the Theory of Planned Behavior, the purpose of this study was to identify the behavioral intention, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceptions of control of using hand sanitizer among military personnel.The study targeted soldiers using a written survey during their lunch hour on the U.S.Army base at Fort Riley, KS. A total of 201 surveys were collected. All data were screened and entered into IBM SPSS for analysis.Results indicated that attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control explained 64% of the variance in behavioral intention. Attitude and subjective norms were found to be significant predictors of behavioral intention, with attitude being the strongest predictor.In general, behavioral beliefs were positive among soldiers. Related to normative beliefs, soldiers did perceive negative social pressure from other soldiers not to use hand sanitizers.Analysis of control beliefs found soldiers perceived hand sanitizers were readily available, but disliked their smell and feel after application.Food production managers and Army commanders can use these results to implement hand sanitation behavioral interventions within military dining environments. Practical implications will likely translate to reduced healthcare costs, decreased absenteeism rates, and improved mission readiness.Some of the limitations include commonly perceived social psychology bias. Further, clustered samples were collected within one military installation in a relatively short amount of time.

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“…In all cases, the results of these activities will largely depend on the quality of the relevant questionnaires. General advice how to choose an appropriate research design and particular survey design can be found in a number of available publications (De Vaus, 2013;Fraenkel et al, 2012;Creswell, 2013;Creswell, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Effectiveness Of Implementing Practice-Oriented Higher Education Programs Based On Stakeholders Feedback

Trubitsyn¹,

Митрофанова²,

Konovalova³

et al. 2018

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The article covers the issues of higher education development in the framework of innovative economy and the role of practice-oriented education technologies in this process. It presents substantial characteristics of successful international practice-oriented models, which potential can be used to solve problems that occur in the national system of education. It is shown that the successful implementation of practice-oriented programs involves the development of various forms of interaction between business and education, including: requirements for the quality of specialists' training, holding of training sessions for students by the employers' representatives¸ integration of professionally-oriented education technologies, creation within universities of innovative forms of professional employment in accordance with the learning profile, formation of professional skills of students through their immersion in professional environment, project integration.To meet labor market needs, programs are to consider the opinion of all stakeholders. In this paper, the authors first identify key stakeholders to be considered in the process of study programs development. Then they argue that online surveys are a preferable method of data collection for this purpose. Secondly, the authors focus on these online surveys being the main object of this research. They outline selection parameters which should be taken into account when planning such surveys by asking questions and giving guidelines based on practices and experiments within the universities. Thirdly, the authors identify some common pitfalls to be avoided when designing such surveys. The described survey's methodology can be accordingly included in the content of study programs in management and pedagogy.

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Surveys In Social Research

Cited by 872 publications

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“Against all odds”: Head chefs profiled

“Against all odds”: Head chefs profiled

Predicting and explaining behavioral intention and hand sanitizer use among US Army soldiers

Effectiveness Of Implementing Practice-Oriented Higher Education Programs Based On Stakeholders Feedback

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