Interpreting Data on Marine Riser Response Behavior Using System Identification

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Niedzwecki ◽  
Pierre-Yves F. Liagre
Keyword(s):  
System Identification ◽  
Response Behavior ◽  
Marine Riser

System identification of distributed-parameter marine riser models

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1387-1415 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Niedzwecki ◽  
P.-Y.F. Liagre
Keyword(s):  
System Identification ◽  
Distributed Parameter ◽  
Marine Riser

A Community Based High Risk Register for Hearing Loss

1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Fitch ◽  
Thomas F. Williams ◽  
Josephine E. Etienne
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
System Identification ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Auditory Signal ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss

The critical need to identify children with hearing loss and provide treatment at the earliest possible age has become increasingly apparent in recent years (Northern & Downs, 1978). Reduction of the auditory signal during the critical language-learning period can severely limit the child's potential for developing a complete, effective communication system. Identification and treatment of children having handicapping conditions at an early age has gained impetus through the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) projects funded by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (BEH).

Positive First or Negative First?

Methodology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Krebs ◽  
Juergen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik
Keyword(s):  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Response Behavior ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Response Scale ◽  
Job Motivation ◽  
Ballot Design ◽  
Subjective Importance ◽  
Scale Format ◽  
Scale Types

To examine whether starting a response scale with the positive or the negative categories affects response behavior, a split-ballot design using reverse forms of an 8-point scale assessing the subjective importance of job characteristics was used. Response behavior varied according to the scale format employed. Responses were more positive on the scale starting with the category “very important” (split 2). By contrast, the scale starting with the category “not at all important” (split 1) did not elicit more negative responses, but rather less positive ones. However, differences in response behavior did not systematically reflect the direction of the respective scales. Starting with the differences between the two split versions, the factorial structure of indicators assessing two dimensions of job motivation was tested for each scale type separately and then for both scale types simultaneously. Finally, models placing increasingly severe equality constraints on both scale types were tested. The paper concludes with a discussion of the results and desiderata for further research.

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