Studies on the Social Surveys of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

1960 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 361
Author(s):  
Y.-E. Frisch ◽  
Sigeki Nisihira
Keyword(s):  
Social Surveys ◽  
Statistical Mathematics ◽  
The Social

The Social Challenges of Involving the General Publics in Garbage Separation and Recycling in Chinese Cities

2014 ◽  
Vol 878 ◽  
pp. 831-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keng Hang Fan
Keyword(s):  
Collection System ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
The Public ◽  
Informal Recycling ◽  
Almost Everywhere ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Environmental Technologies ◽  
Waste Separation

Waste separation bins that are mainly categorized into recyclable and non-recyclable are being installed almost everywhere in China. It is notable that China is pushing hard to get the public involved in garbage separation and recycling. As an ethnographic research, this paper provides social and cultural explanations of why the roles of these newly designed bins are extremely limited. Explanation of such limitation is deeply concerned with, first, the beliefs and knowledge about recycling of the general publics, and more importantly, the history and hard-to-be-changed culture of informal recycling involving garbage pickers in China. As a foreign Chinese, the author has been running around Beijing and other cities in China to explore into the behind the scene Chinese informal garbage collection system. Using a series of informative social surveys, interviewing the public and personal observation, the paper illustrates and discusses the social challenges and current dilemmas China is facing in attempts to formalize its garbage separation and recycling. The aim of the paper is to address the importance of integrating the existing culture and knowledge of the people with the making of future environmental technologies and policies.

Born Again Politics and the Moral Majority: What the Social Surveys Really Show

1984 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Edward P. Freeland ◽  
Anson Shupe ◽  
William A. Stacy
Keyword(s):  
Moral Majority ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
The Social ◽  
Born Again

scholarly journals Coexisting with sharks: a novel, socially acceptable and non-lethal shark mitigation approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kye R. Adams ◽  
Leah Gibbs ◽  
Nathan A. Knott ◽  
Allison Broad ◽  
Martin Hing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Shark Species ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Aerial Surveillance ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
The Social ◽  
Detection Probabilities ◽  
Large Predators

Abstract Conflict between humans and large predators is a longstanding challenge that can present negative consequences for humans and wildlife. Sharks have a global distribution and are considered to pose a potential threat to humans; concurrently many shark species are themselves threatened. Developing strategies for coexistence between humans and this keystone group is imperative. We assess blimp surveillance as a technique to simply and effectively reduce shark encounters at ocean beaches and determine the social acceptance of this technique as compared to an established mitigation strategy—shark meshing. We demonstrate the suitability of blimps for risk mitigation, with detection probabilities of shark analogues by professional lifeguards of 0.93 in ideal swimming conditions. Social surveys indicate strong social acceptance of blimps and preference for non-lethal shark mitigation. We show that continuous aerial surveillance can provide a measurable reduction in risk from sharks, improving beach safety and facilitating coexistence between people and wildlife.

scholarly journals From duties to rights: revisiting the ‘Social Catholics’ in twentieth-century France

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-605
Author(s):  
Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
Social Facts ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Catholic Organizations

Abstract Apropos the history of human rights in France, one spontaneously thinks of the French Revolution and then of left-wing activists, particularly socialists. Their opponents, the Catholics, normally considered to be right wing and usually opposed to socialism, appear as a counterpoint. This article argues that some Catholics, especially those who referred to themselves as ‘social Catholics’, also contributed to the adoption of certain rights, particularly social rights, in France in unexpected and paradoxical ways. Their contribution was made through their social activities, visible in their organizations’ archives more than through their discourse. Social Catholics spoke little of ‘rights’. Yet paradoxically, discourses about ‘duties’ can lead to the defence of rights, especially through the practice of social surveys and the importance of social ‘facts’. Examples are taken from the history of the Ligue Sociale d’Acheteurs, the Union Féminine Civique et Sociale and other French Catholic organizations such as the Secrétariats sociaux.

scholarly journals Sentiment Analysis of Social Survey Data for Local City Councils

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Marianna Lepelaar ◽  
Adam Wahby ◽  
Martha Rossouw ◽  
Linda Nikitin ◽  
Kanewa Tibble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

Big data analytics can be used by smart cities to improve their citizens’ liveability, health, and wellbeing. Social surveys and also social media can be employed to engage with their communities, and these can require sophisticated analysis techniques. This research was focused on carrying out a sentiment analysis from social surveys. Data analysis techniques using RStudio and Python were applied to several open-source datasets, which included the 2018 Social Indicators Survey dataset published by the City of Melbourne (CoM) and the Casey Next short survey 2016 dataset published by the City of Casey (CoC). The qualitative nature of the CoC dataset responses could produce rich insights using sentiment analysis, unlike the quantitative CoM dataset. RStudio analysis created word cloud visualizations and bar charts for sentiment values. These were then used to inform social media analysis via the Twitter application programming interface. The R codes were all integrated within a Shiny application to create a set of user-friendly interactive web apps that generate sentiment analysis both from the historic survey data and more immediately from the Twitter feeds. The web apps were embedded within a website that provides a customisable solution to estimate sentiment for key issues. Global sentiment was also compared between the social media approach and the 2016 survey dataset analysis and showed some correlation, although there are caveats on the use of social media for sentiment analysis. Further refinement of the methodology is required to improve the social media app and to calibrate it against analysis of recent survey data.

Evaluation of External Noise Produced by Transverse Rumble Strips on Rural Roadways

2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 2617-2623
Author(s):  
Mohd Hanifi Othman ◽  
Haron Zaiton ◽  
Mohd Badruddin Mohd Yusof ◽  
Hainin Mohd Rosli ◽  
Khairulzan Yahya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Noise ◽  
External Noise ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Vehicle Speed ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Social ◽  
On The Road

Transverse rumble strips (TRS) are widely used by local authority in Malaysia to reduce vehicle speed and alert drivers to any changes on the road. The objective of this study was to evaluate the anticipated community reaction due to the external noise produced by the TRS. The evaluations were carried out through the noise levels measurement, calculation of the TNI and anticipated community response analysis. Measurements of noise level were taken at two locations of a rural roadway that have received complaints from the public i.e Kampung Pengkalan Raja (KPR) and Kilometer 52 (KM52) of Johor Bahru-Pontian federal road, in Pontian District, Johor. Results showed that TRS can increase the level of traffic noise, TNI values, and annoyance response in community. TNI values of 126dB(A) and 119dB(A) for KPR and KM52, respectively were exceeded suggested level of TNI for planning purpose of 74 dB (A) for 3% annoyance from the social surveys. Anticipated annoyance response analysis also indicated that resident in both locations received strong to very strong impact that can lead to vigorous community reaction and this was in agreement with the real reaction from the community.

Income, Age and Financial Satisfaction

2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Ming Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Satisfaction ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
The Social

Although the effects of income and age on subjective well-being have been widely studied, research on the effects of income and age on financial satisfaction, a major life domain to which income has direct relevance, remains limited. Analyzing data from the General Social Surveys, this article empirically examined the effects of income and age on financial satisfaction. These findings suggest that the social-psychological mechanisms underlying the age differences in the effects of income on financial satisfaction might not reflect a clear-cut status attainment versus status maintenance framework. The findings also served to caution future financial satisfaction research in the choice of income measures and the age grouping.

Social Welfare Policy and Living Standards between the Wars

2018 ◽  
pp. 217-259
Author(s):  
George R. Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social

This chapter describes the interwar expansion of social welfare policies and their role in alleviating economic insecurity in an era of unprecedented unemployment. The social security system established before the war and extended in the 1920s consisted of several independently administered programs—unemployment insurance, sickness and disability insurance, old age pensions, widows' and orphans' insurance, and the Poor Law. This safety net of many colors proved to be quite successful in alleviating poverty and maintaining the well-being of working-class households. The important role played by the safety net is clearly shown in the social surveys undertaken in the 1930s—between one-third and one-half of all working-class families surveyed received social income of some form. While the condition of the working class would have been considerably worse without the safety net, it contained many holes, which led to calls for a restructuring of social policy.

Assessing Trends and Decomposing Change in Nonresponse Bias: The Case of Bias in Cohort Distributions

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Gummer
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Nonresponse Bias ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
Cohort Change ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Tools And Methods ◽  
Cross National

Survey research is still confronted by a trend of increasing nonresponse rates. In this context, several methodological advances have been made to stimulate participation and avoid bias. Yet, despite the growing number of tools and methods to deal with nonresponse, little is known about whether nonresponse biases show similar trends as nonresponse rates and what mechanisms (if any) drive changes in bias. Our article focuses on biases in cohort distributions in the U.S. and German general social surveys from 1980 to 2012 as one of the key variables in the social sciences. To supplement our cross-national comparison of these trends, we decompose changes into within-cohort change (WCC) and between-cohort change. We find that biases in cohort distributions have remained relatively stable and at a relatively low level in both countries. Furthermore, WCC (i.e., survey climate) accounts for the major part of the change in nonresponse bias.

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