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Polavaram, Sridevi – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Neuroscience can greatly benefit from using novel methods in computer science and informatics, which enable knowledge discovery in unexpected ways. Currently one of the biggest challenges in Neuroscience is to map the functional circuitry of the brain. The applications of this goal range from understanding structural reorganization of neurons to…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Data Analysis, Knowledge Representation, Information Science
Dean, Tyler C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether certain student-entry characteristics collected from an admissions application from one nursing school's graduate (master's degree) programs had a statistically significant relationship with student persistence. Specifically, the study determined if the variables sex, age at matriculation, U.S.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Nursing Education, At Risk Students, Academic Persistence
Mansfield, Malinda – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Some students do not possess the learning management system (LMS) and basic computer skills needed for success in first-year experience (FYE) courses. The purpose of this quantitative study, based on the Integrative Learning Design Framework and theory of transactional distance, was to identify what basic computer skills and LMS skills are needed…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, College Freshmen, Database Management Systems
Sander, Joseph G. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
There is an abundance of research associated with the belief that factors such as educational expenditures, socioeconomic demographics, geographic location, district size and school funding have a relationship to student achievement. This study provides insight into the relationship between these factors and the effect it has on student academic…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Educational Finance, Correlation, Academic Achievement
Zhang, Ke – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Location-based social networks (LBSNs) have recently attracted the interest of millions of users who can now not only connect and interact with their friends--as it also happens in traditional online social networks--but can also voluntarily share their whereabouts in real time. A location database is the backbone of a location-based social…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Mobility, Social Networks, Social Influences
Chandler, Jason I. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Higher education institutions choose to invest in upward reclassification for their athletics program with anticipation of generating increased revenue and exposure for their school; however, this could have a detrimental effect on their student-athletes' academic progress. This study examined the relationship between four classifications of…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Athletes, College Students, Classification
Hannan, Daniel D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the study was to address a gap in the scholarly literature about one of the factors related to the Global Digital Divide by expanding the body of generalizable knowledge about the relationship between national culture attitudes about information and communications technology (ICT) acceptance and use (A&U) and national ICT use…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Information Technology, Attitudes, Computer Attitudes
Singh, Vishwakarma – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The recent technological advancements have led to the availability of a plethora of heterogenous datasets, e.g., images tagged with geo-location and descriptive keywords. An object in these datasets is described by a set of high-dimensional feature vectors. For example, a keyword-tagged image is represented by a color-histogram and a…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Questioning Techniques
King, Marlon Demetrius – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the effects of the Response to Intervention Three Tier Model on third graders' reading achievement. Two hundred forty-three students participated in this study. Students were from an elementary school in the southeastern region of the United States. The data on the students was collected…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Response to Intervention, Databases, Data Analysis
Purcell, Bernice M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A lack of interoperability impairs data quality among health care providers' electronic health record (EHR) systems. The problem is whether the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9000 principles relate to the problem of interoperability in implementation of EHR systems. The purpose of the nonexperimental quantitative research…
Descriptors: Recordkeeping, Databases, Electronic Publishing, Information Management
Brandt Brecheisen, Shannon M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this national, quantitative study was to (1) provide psychometrics for the ACUHO-I/EBI RA Survey, a joint project between between Educational Benchmarking, Inc (EBI) and The Association of College and University Housing Officers--International (ACUHO-I), and (2) explore the sophomore resident assistant (RA) experience. This study…
Descriptors: Resident Advisers, Student Experience, Databases, College Students
Takusi, Gabriel Samuto – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This quantitative analysis explored the intrinsic and extrinsic turnover factors of relational database support specialists. Two hundred and nine relational database support specialists were surveyed for this research. The research was conducted based on Hackman and Oldham's (1980) Job Diagnostic Survey. Regression analysis and a univariate ANOVA…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Data Processing Occupations, Databases, Statistical Analysis
Iannucci, Brian A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Researchers have found a correlation between emotional intelligence (EI) and success in the workplace. As a result, many companies have invested a large amount of resources into EI testing during their hiring process. In the United States, corporations are spending over $33 billion on hiring, training, and development. In addition to the increase…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Scores, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students
Beverley, Charles St. Clare, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Introduction: Breast cancer affects the lives of millions of women each year in the United States. Early detection by mammography screening can reduce the risk for advanced stages of breast cancer and improve the probability of long-term survival in women. Electronic medical records (EMRs) have been identified as a successful approach for…
Descriptors: Cancer, Females, Recordkeeping, Databases
Ely, Joseph William – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to describe the effects of career and technical education (CTE) on recidivism for offenders enrolled in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections CareerTech Skills Center School Systems (SCSS) programs. Specifically, the study mined existing CareerTech and ODOC data to: (a) compare the…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Criminals
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