the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of positive normative feedback on acquisition and retention of throwing skill. the method was quasi-experimental and the population consisted of the 5th grade elementary female students. 60 students were randomly selected from the population and were randomly assigned to four different groups: normative task-orientation, non-normative task-ori...

When asked which of our concepts are normative concepts, metaethicists would be quick to list such as good, ought, and reason. why belong on the list, much slower respond. Eklund (2017) is a notable exception. He argues by elimination for “the Normative Role view” that in virtue having “normative role” or being “used normatively” (2017, p. 79). One view aims eliminate Metaphysical referring pro...

This study examines the impact of legitimacy on the dynamics of interorganizational networks within the nongovernmental organizations’ children’s rights community. The 27-year period of analysis included a critical community event: the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Building on theories of organizational evolution, hypotheses proposed that (1) ...

Normative dimensions constitute one of the important elements in the Theory of Reasoned Action (TORA) model. However, the changes of lifestyle over period and different societies have spurred the TORA model constitution and also to vary interpretation of the model itself towards intention to purchase the green food product.Therefore, this paper aims to explorethe underlying dimensionsof normati...

The authors look at online tip exchanges as parts of gift economies created by the players and designers of console and online role-playing games in Taiwan. A group of experienced players and tip contributors agreed to be interviewed about the mechanisms and processes of providing free strategy guides on the Internet. Their comments reveal needs for social approval and networking in addition to...

In the realm of philosophy and other theoretical discourses, there are many different paths to the turn from the modern to the postmodern, representing a complex genealogy of diverse and often divergent trails through different disciplines and cultural terrains. One pathway moves through an irrationalist tradition from romanticism to existentialism to French postmodernism via the figures of Nie...

BACKGROUND Central to the design of a randomised controlled trial is the calculation of the number of participants needed. This is typically achieved by specifying a target difference and calculating the corresponding sample size, which provides reassurance that the trial will have the required statistical power (at the planned statistical significance level) to identify whether a difference of...

Kanji Hioka Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan [email protected] Yoshimasa Miwa Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan [email protected] Chen Li Human Genome Center, University of Tokyo 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minatoku, Tokyo 108-8639, Ja...

A sample size calculation for logistic regression involves complicated formulae. This paper suggests use of sample size formulae for comparing means or for comparing proportions in order to calculate the required sample size for a simple logistic regression model. One can then adjust the required sample size for a multiple logistic regression model by a variance inflation factor. This method re...

Exact power and sample size calculation for bioequivalence studies with high order crossover designs using statistical software nQuery are presented. Such calculation can be very easily performed, and thus provides a convenient tool for practical usage.