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Leipzig, Jeremy – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the feasibility of using tests of robustness in peer review. This study involved selecting three high-impact papers which featured open data and utilized bioinformatic analyses but provided no source code and refactoring these to allow external survey participants to swap tools,…
Descriptors: Robustness (Statistics), Peer Evaluation, Data Analysis, Computer Software
Norouzian, Reza – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation consists of three manuscripts. The manuscripts contribute to a budding "methodological reform" currently taking place in quantitative second-language (L2) research. In the first manuscript, the researcher describes an empirical investigation on the application of two well-known effect size estimators, eta-squared (eta…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Periodicals
Franzen, Marissa Marie Sloan – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this research study was to determine if trial and error learning was an effective, practical, and efficient learning method for Technology, Engineering, and Design Education students at the post-secondary level. A mixed methods explanatory research design was used to measure the viability of the learning source. The study sample was…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Learning Processes, Statistical Analysis
Khoshaim, Heba Bakr – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Academic mathematicians' opinions are divided regarding software use in undergraduate mathematics instruction. This study explored these opinions through interviews and a subsequent survey of mathematicians at PhD-granting institutions in the United States regarding their dispositions and the underlying attitudes. Most prior related work had…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Batchelder, Cecil W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Social networking tools used in learning provides instructional design with tools for transformative change in education. This study focused on defining the meanings and essences of social networking through the lived common experiences of 7 college students. The problem of the study was a lack of learner voice in understanding the value of social…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Research Methodology, Lifelong Learning, Computer Software
Coffindaffer, Kari Christine Carlson – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The present research study investigated the interaction of graphic design students with different forms of software training materials. Four versions of the procedural task instructions were developed (A) Traditional Textbook with Still Images, (B) Modified Text with Integrated Still Images, (C) Onscreen Modified Text with Silent Onscreen Video…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technical Institutes, Research Methodology, Multimedia Materials
Putnam, Cynthia – ProQuest LLC, 2010
User experience (UX) research in the design of technology products utilizes human-centered design (HCD) methods to summarize and explain pertinent information about end users to designers. However, UX researchers cannot effectively communicate the needs and goals of users if designers do not find UX research (a) easy to integrate into design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Internet, Researchers
Umarji, Medha – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Software metrics are measures of software products and processes. Metrics are widely used by software organizations to help manage projects, improve product quality and increase efficiency of the software development process. However, metrics programs tend to have a high failure rate in organizations, and developer pushback is one of the sources…
Descriptors: Metric System, Motivation, Computer Software, Fear
Huang, Bi Yun – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Falun Gong emerged as spiritual social movement after being outlawed by the Chinese Communist Party authorities in 1999. Since then, Falun Gong practitioners have made heavy use of information and communication technologies, particularly the Internet, to further their movement's activities. This dissertation systematically examines the role of…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Social Networks, Internet
Stoulig, Deborah Lynn Vaughan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate how the assessment systems of teacher preparation programs have changed since the new NCATE Standards were implemented in 2004, what methods of data collections are being used, and to measure coordinators' perceptions of the assessment systems. An electronic survey was developed by the researcher based…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Computer Software, Data Collection, Computer Uses in Education