While the individual components of total survey error have been well documented in the literature, relatively little is known about the intersection of these error sources. In particular, there is scant empirical work on the interplay between nonresponse error and measurement error – despite the potentially significant implications for data quality as well as techniques used to recruit responde...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to engage in a thought experiment, exploring the use of Wikipedia or similar content-malleable systems for the review and dissemination of academic knowledge. Design/methodology/approach – By looking at other sources, the paper considers the current state of the academic peer-review process, discusses Wikipedia and reflects on dynamic content creation and ...

This paper provides the rationale for, examples of, and the collection and general uses of currently available, potentially underutilized academic program assessment data. Academic program assessment is essential for program improvement and accreditation, but commonly used assessment methods may not fully meet these needs. General assessment references, pharmacy education literature, and prior ...

OBJECTIVE To identify and evaluate electronic internal medicine educational sources and develop a list of major Web sites for interested practitioners. MATERIAL AND METHODS From July 1 to August 20, 2006, we searched Web sites derived from academic and nonacademic institutions, medical journal Web sites, and medical Web sites based on selection criteria, including extent of information, updat...

BACKGROUND In recent years there has been a growing appreciation of the issues of quality of life and stresses involved medical training as this may affect their learning and academic performance. However, such studies are lacking in medical schools of Nepal. Therefore, we carried out this study to assess the prevalence of psychological morbidity, sources and severity of stress and coping strat...

Appropriate use and acknowledgement of sources continues to be a central concern of academic integrity. A major challenge for research student in this is the development of a confident authorial voice which matches disciplinary expectations in language use, yet manages to do so without plagiarising through inappropriate text matching or recycling of language. This is a daunting challenge for al...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family medicine faces declining student interest and funding. Predoctoral directors will help lead efforts to overcome these challenges. Academic success will be important for predoctoral directors to be effective leaders in academic health centers. We therefore sought to describe predoctoral directors and factors associated with their academic success. METHODS We ca...

Abstract Background Academic stress can cause mental and physical problems affect adolescents’ healthy development. This study aimed to estimate academic explore its sources at the individual- school levels among school-going adolescents in city of Qazvin, Iran. Results cross-sectional used a stratified cluster sampling recruit 1724 students aged 12–19 years from 53 schools Qazvin City. Data we...

An increasing number of Saudi students in American universities has generated a need to explore the students’ perceptions academic writing and sources such perceptions. Further research can enable researchers instructors help be better writers contexts. This study, therefore, explored 12 graduate students' writing. The findings collected from semi-structured interviews revealed participants’ Th...