scholarly journals Providing an Authentic Voice? Understanding Migrant Homelessness through Critical Poetic Inquiry

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Regina C. Serpa
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Data Representation ◽  
Academic Expectations ◽  
Poetic Inquiry ◽  
Authentic Voice ◽  
The One ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Protect Study

Ethical considerations in social research tend to focus on data collection rather than data interpretation and representation. The tendency of qualitative research to limit ethical concern to confidentiality and anonymity in the representation of data, combined with the academic convention of maintaining an objective distance from the object of study, creates tensions for the reflexive researcher. On the one hand, they must meet academic expectations to communicate findings with demonstrable reliability and validity. At the same time, there are deontological obligations—to protect study participants (and groups they represent) from harm, to honour their contributions accurately and to report with integrity. This article argues for the use of poetic ‘re-presentation’, both as a form of inquiry and unique mode of data representation and as a means of obtaining a deeper understanding of the experience of migration and homelessness. By integrating insights from Critical Race Methodology, the article deploys the concept of ‘counter-storytelling’ through poetic inquiry. The article concludes that this approach enables a nuanced, insightful approach, allowing the authentic voice of migrant groups negotiating the complexities of homelessness to be clearly articulated and heard.

Arts-Based Research: Merging Social Research and the Creative Arts

2020 ◽  
pp. 600-632
Author(s):  
Gioia Chilton ◽  
Patricia Leavy
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Mixed Media ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Arts Based Research ◽  
Poetic Inquiry ◽  
Public Scholarship ◽  
Literary Forms ◽  
The Future ◽  
Methodological Principles

Arts-based research (ABR) is a rapidly growing methodological genre. Arts-based research adapts the tenets of the creative arts in social research to make that research publicly accessible, evocative, and engaged. This chapter provides a retrospective and prospective overview of the field, including a review of some of the pioneers of arts-based research, methodological principles, and robust examples of arts-based research in different artistic genres. We include literary forms such as poetic inquiry and fiction, performative forms such as playbuilding, ethnodrama, ethnotheater and film, and visual forms such as photography, collage, art journaling, and mixed media. We note researches also use multiple art forms, and evolving and innovative forms of art. We provide suggestions for (contested) assessment criteria, such as utility, aesthetics, authenticity and valuing participatory and transformative approaches. The chapter closes with our thoughts regarding the future of the field, which includes ABR’s potential to improve public scholarship.

The Implications

2019 ◽  
pp. 106-125
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Data Representation ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Heuristic Inquiry ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Data Analyses

This chapter presents current research insights into various forms and representations of the results of self-as-subject data analyses from both expert and doctoral research experiences. Distinctions between heuristic inquiry and autoethnography are highlighted as well as differences between self-as-subject data analysis approaches when compared with convention methods used within other forms of qualitative research. In self-as-subject research, data representation and data interpretation are often also simultaneous or overlap in presentation to illustrate key findings and insights into the phenomenon of inquiry.

Reading Books in Natural Philosophy: How Conrad Gessner‘s Commentary on De Anima (1563) was Annotated and Interpreted

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-89
Author(s):  
Anja-Silvia Goeing
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Human Soul ◽  
De Anima ◽  
Preventive Healthcare ◽  
Modern Natural ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Object Of Study

Conrad Gessner (1516–65) was town physician and lecturer at the Zwinglian reformed lectorium in Zurich. His approach towards the world and mankind was centred on his preoccupation with the human soul, an object of study that had challenged classical writers such as Aristotle and Galen, and which remained as important in post-Reformation debate. Writing commentaries on Aristotles De Anima (On the Soul) was part of early-modern natural philosophy education at university and formed the preparatory step for studying medicine. This article uses the case study of Gessners commentary on De Anima (1563) to explore how Gessners readers prioritised De Animas information. Gessners intention was to provide the students of philosophy and medicine with the most current and comprehensive thinking. His readers responses raise questions about evolving discussions in natural philosophy and medicine that concerned the foundations of preventive healthcare on the one hand, and of anatomically specified pathological medicine on the other, and Gessners part in helping these develop.

scholarly journals Composición e invarianza factorial de la versión en español del Cuestionario de Clima en el Deporte (S-SCQ) en universitarios deportistas de Chihuahua, México

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-228
Author(s):  
Humberto Blanco Vega ◽  
Ana Citlalli Díaz Leal ◽  
Santiago Guijarro Romero ◽  
Luis Humberto Blanco Ornelas ◽  
Susana Ivonne Aguirre Vásquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
The Other ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Perception Of Support ◽  
The One ◽  
University Athletes

El presente estudio analiza las propiedades psicométricas propuestas por Balaguer, Castillo, Duda y Tomás (2009) para la versión en español del Cuestionario de Clima en el Deporte (S-SCQ) en hombres y mujeres deportistas universitarios. La muestra total fue de 432 universitarios deportistas de Chihuahua, México, 169 mujeres y 263 hombres, con edades comprendidas entre 18-26 años (M = 20.40; DE = 1.89). La estructura factorial del cuestionario se analizó mediante análisis factoriales confirmatorios. Los análisis, muestran que una estructura unifactorial es viable y adecuada tanto para la muestra total como para las poblaciones de hombres y mujeres. La estructura de un solo factor, atendiendo a criterios estadísticos y sustantivos, ha mostrado adecuados indicadores de ajuste de fiabilidad y validez. Además, la estructura factorial, las cargas factoriales y los interceptos se consideran invariantes de acuerdo al género; sin embargo, se encontraron diferencias a favor de los hombres deportistas en cuanto a su percepción sobre el apoyo a su autonomía por parte de su entrenador o entrenadora. The aim of this research was to analyze the psychometric properties proposed by Balaguer et al. (2009) for the spanish version of Sport Climate Questionnaire (S-SCQ) in university athletes mens and women. The total sample has been composed by 432 university athletes, 169 women and 263 mens from Chihuahua, Mexico, with ages from 18-26 years (M = 20.40, SD = 1.89). The factor structure of questionnaire has been analized through the confirmatory factor analysis. This analysis shows that a onefactorial structure is viable and adequate for the total sample and the populations of mens and woman. The one factor structure, according to statistical and substantive criteria, has shown adequate indicators of reliability and validity adjustment. On the other hand, the factorial structure, the factorial loads and the intercepts are considered invariant according to the variable gender; however, differences were found in favor of male athletes in terms of their perception of support for their autonomy on the part of their coaches. O presente estudo analisa as propiedades psicométricas propostas por Balaguer et al. (2009) para a versão espanhola do Sports Climate Questionnaire (S-SCQ). Amostra total foi de 432 universitários atletas de Chihuahua, México, 169 mulheres e 263 homens com idades entre 18-26 anos (M = 20.40; DE = 1.89). A estrutura fatorial foi analisado com anàlises fatorial confirmatòrias. Os analises mostran que uma estrutura unifatorial  e factível e adequado para a mostra total e para ambas as populações, homens e mulheres. A estrutura unifatorial, em resposta a criterios estatísticos e materiais tem mostrado indicadores de ajuste adequados de confiabilidade e validade. Além disso a estrutura de fatores, cargas fatoriais e intercepto são considerados invariantes de acordó com o gênero; porém, se encontraram diferenças no grupo de homens atletas em seu percepção de apoiar a seu aotonomia respeito a seu treinador.

The Rationale for Collecting Patient-Reported Symptoms during Routine Chemotherapy

2014 ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan Basch
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Symptom Control ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Data Representation ◽  
Routine Care ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Multiple Systems ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
American Society ◽  
Reported Data

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) such as symptoms and functional status are commonly measured in clinical trials. There is increasing interest to integrate PROs into routine clinical practice, for example during chemotherapy or postoperatively. There are several rationales for this. First, patient self-reporting improves patient-clinic communication, symptom detection, and symptom control. Second, patient-reported data may be used for quality assessment. Third, aggregated patient-reported data can be informative in comparative-effectiveness research (CER). Of particular interest is an approach that employs electronic collection of PROs with interfaces to the electronic health record (EHR) and clinician alerts for concerning symptoms. Multiple systems have been developed in oncology with these characteristics. Barriers to implementation exist, such as cost, logistics, EHR interfacing, data representation, and data interpretation, but have been largely overcome. Missing data remain a concern, but backup data collection strategies can bring self-report compliance rates up to about 85% in unselected routine care patients with advanced cancers. Overall, including patient self-reporting in routine care enhances quality of care and patient satisfaction, and is expected to become more common in the future. American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has several ongoing initiatives to develop standards and clinical practice tools in this area.

Le Modele De Rasch

1988 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
John H.A.L. de Jong
Keyword(s):  
Rasch Model ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
Stochastic Independence ◽  
Validation Procedure ◽  
Local Stochastic Independence ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Latent Traits ◽  
The Rasch Model

This paper provides an elementary introduction to the one parameter psychometric model known as the Rasch model. It explains the basic principles underlying the model and the concepts of unidimensionality, local stochastic independence, and additivity in non-mathematical terms. The requirements of measurement procedures, the measurement of latent traits, the control on model fit, and the definition of a trait are discussed. It is argued that the Rasch model is particularly appropriate to understand the mutual dependence of test reliability and validity. Examples from foreign language listening comprehension tests are used to illustrate the application of the model to a test validation procedure.

Reliability and validity of different methods of estimating the one-repetition maximum during the free-weight prone bench pull exercise

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (19) ◽  
pp. 2205-2212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amador García-Ramos ◽  
Paola Barboza-González ◽  
David Ulloa-Díaz ◽  
Angela Rodriguez-Perea ◽  
Darío Martinez-Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Repetition Maximum ◽  
Free Weight ◽  
The One

Cross-Cultural Validation of the Modified Practice Attitudes Scale: Initial Factor Analysis and a New Factor Model

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heehoon Park ◽  
Chad K. Ebesutani ◽  
Kyong-Mee Chung ◽  
Cameo Stanick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Health System ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Mental Health System ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
The One

Objective: The objective of this study was to create the Korean version of the Modified Practice Attitudes Scale (K-MPAS) to measure clinicians’ attitudes toward evidence-based treatments (EBTs) in the Korean mental health system. Method: Using 189 U.S. therapists and 283 members from the Korean mental health system, we examined the reliability and validity of the MPAS scores. We also conducted the first exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis on the MPAS and compared EBT attitudes across U.S. and Korean therapists. Results: Results revealed that the inclusion of both “reversed-worded” and “non–reversed-worded” items introduced significant method effects that compromised the integrity of the one-factor MPAS model. Problems with the one-factor structure were resolved by eliminating the “non–reversed-worded” items. Reliability and validity were adequate among both Korean and U.S. therapists. Korean therapists also reported significantly more negative attitudes toward EBTs on the MPAS than U.S. therapists. Conclusions: The K-MPAS is the first questionnaire designed to measure Korean service providers’ attitudes toward EBTs to help advance the dissemination of EBTs in Korea. The current study also demonstrated the negative impacts that can be introduced by incorporating oppositely worded items into a scale, particularly with respect to factor structure and detecting significant group differences.

scholarly journals The Logic of Qualitative Comparative Analysis

1998 ◽  
Vol 43 (S6) ◽  
pp. 105-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles C. Ragin
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
Common Strategy ◽  
The One ◽  
Interpretive Understanding

Social scientists often face a fundamental dilemma when they conduct social research. On the one hand, they may emphasize the complexity of social phenomena – a common strategy in ethnographic, historical and macro social research – and offer in–depth case studies sensitive to the specificity of the things they study. On the other hand, they may make broad, homo genizing assumptions about cases, and document generalities – patterns hold across many instances. Research strategies that focus on complexity are often labeled “qualitative”, “case–oriented”, “small–N”, or “intensive”. Those that focus on generality are often labeled “quantitative”, “variable–oriented”, “large–N”, or “extensive”. While the contrasts between these two types social research are substantial, it is easy to exaggerate their differences and t o caricature the two approaches, for example, portraying quantitative work on general patterns as scientific but sterile and oppressive, and qualitative research on small Ns as rich and emancipatory but journalistic. It is important to avoid these caricatures because the contrasts between these two general approaches provide important leads both for finding a middle path between them and for resolving basic methodological issues in social science Social scientists who study cases in an in–depth manner often see empiri cal generalizations simply as a means to another end – the interpretive understanding of cases. In this view, a fundamental goal of social science is t o interpret significant features of the social world and thereby advance our collective understanding of how existing social arrangements came about and why we live the way we do. The rough general patterns that social scientists may be able to identify simply aid the understanding of specific cases; they are not viewed as predictive. Besides, the task of interpreting and then representing socially significant phenomena (or the task of making selected social phenomena significant by representing them) is a much more immediate and tangible goal. In this view, empirical generalizations and social science theory are important – to the extent that they aid the goal interpretive understanding.

Growth of Demand for Materials with New Properties in Foresight and Strategic Planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Anna V. Lozhnikova ◽  
Pyotr P. Shchetinin ◽  
Natalia Skrylnikova ◽  
Natalia Redchikova
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Technology Foresight ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
The One ◽  
Object Of Study

The Russian Long-Term Science&Technology Foresight towards 2030 recognizes the critical importance of new materials in virtually all sectors of production, construction, medicine and services. This paper analyzes the essential terminological and content-related problems of foresight categories representation regarding new materials. Besides, the authors consider the development of further measures for direct and indirect (i.e. tax incentives) state support for economic development. The object of study is the science and technology categories “nanotechnologies”, “nanomaterials”, and “nanoproducts”. The study has been conducted using the method of critical technologies. The authors have revealed that the identification of the most promising areas of science and technology development in the framework of foresight, on the one hand, and tax incentives for research and development expenditures, on the other, are asymmetric. The asymmetry is content-related with regard to products and services and, temporal with regard to the duration period. What’s more, it is proposed to expand the current focus of the foresight studies in Russia and ensure that the scope of these studies comprises not only technology but also science and engineering.

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