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Develo** a Measurement Scale of the Public Sector’s Ability to Adopt Lean
The purpose of this article is to develop a measurement scale of the public sector’s ability to adopt Lean. The study focuses on the exploring phase...
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Small Data Approaches to Link Faster Time Scale Engagement Dynamics with Slower Time Scale Outcomes in Biobehavioral Interventions
PurposeThis study illustrates the application of time series clustering and feature engineering techniques to small data obtained at a fast...
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The Measurement of Left-Wing Extremist Attitudes
This chapter provides an overview of the measurement of left-wing extremist attitudes and its implications for the distribution of extremism in...
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Evaluating Public Mobility: Criteria for Mobility-Related Measurement and Comparison Methods
The ability to measure mobility and to evaluate it is a basic prerequisite for its operationalization in planning practice. In this context, a...
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Can we aggregate voters’ perceptions of political parties’ left–right positions? Formal and probabilistic tests of the left–right scale as a unidimensional common space on cross-national and longitudinal data
The left–right scale is widely assumed to be a common space, a joint yardstick that facilitates political communication. Aggregate voter perceptions...
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Populist Thin Ideology: From a Theoretical Conceptualisation to the Development of a New Scale
This chapter taps into the concept of populist thin ideology defined by Mudde and Kaltwasser as a set of two fundamental beliefs: (A) the society is...
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Measurement and Methods of Data Collection
This chapter discussed the choice of the case and the methods of measuring the concepts presented in the introduction. The first section explains the...
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Concentration of political power: Can we improve its measurement?
We define two indices with which to measure the concentration and fragmentation of political power. Concentration (or fragmentation) indices comply...
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Advancing the Measurement of Authoritarianism
Popular support for ethnocentric, nationalistic politicians, parties, and policies around the world has renewed interest in authoritarianism....
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The epistemic quality of expert bodies: from normative-theoretical concept to empirical measurement
The ubiquity of experts in contemporary policy-making has been met with enthusiasm in some quarters, but has also faced severe criticism. Beyond the...
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Democracy Measurement Redux: A Critical Look at Some New Kids on the Block
Der von Lauth maßgeblich mitgeprägte Forschungszweig der Demokratiemessung hat sich in jüngerer Zeit zunehmend auf die vergleichende Bewertung der...
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The Grassroots Mobilisation After a Large-Scale Disaster: Examining the Effects of Savings Groups in Myanmar
This chapter examines the grassroots mobilisation in recovering from a major disaster in Myanmar, after Cyclone Nargis. It highlights socioeconomic...
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The World Power Index
The concept of national power has long been central to International Relations, but its quantification remains a challenge. This chapter presents the...
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Cohort Profile: The Nagahama Prospective Genome Cohort for Comprehensive Human Bioscience (The Nagahama Study)
The Nagahama Prospective Cohort for Comprehensive Human Bioscience is the first large-scale multipurpose genome cohort in Japan. The project started...
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X-Ray Protection Advances, Radium Protection Still Lags, 1902–13
By World War I, radiation therapy would expand dramatically as physicians began to use effects on deeper-lying tissues in clinical practice....
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Constructing a Survey
This chapter instructs students on how to conduct a survey. Topics covered include question design, question wording, the use of open- and...
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Youth (Un)employment and Large-Scale Agricultural Land Investments: Examining the Relevance of Indigenous Institutions and Capacity in Tanzania
Africa’s agricultural transformation through large-scale agricultural land investments (LALIs) aims at increasing production; create employment...
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Digital Literacy Concepts and Measurement
An innovative development based on the use of modern media and communication technologies requires a certain level of competence in how to use such...
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Innovation Strategy of Large Develo** Countries
The technological innovation advantages of a large country are mainly manifested in the huge technological demand, the driving force of the...