Recently, design researchers have been interested in observation-analysis approach to study design activities. This is how the annotation and annotation tools have been introduced into the design research. This paper describes the annotation process as an approach in design activity studies and proposes a sequential structure for the annotation process. The research objective is to characterize...

the purpose of this correlational research was to investigate the factors influencing satisfaction whith sprinkler irrigation systems (sis) as perceived by the adopting farmers. the research instrument was a structural questionnaire with close-ended questions, the validity and reliability of which were confirmed. the target population included all the adopting farmers who cultivated and harvest...

OBJECTIVES To provide normative data for the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS). DESIGN Repeated measures and correlational. METHODS The HADS was administered to a non-clinical sample, broadly representative of the general adult UK population (N = 1792) in terms of the distributions of age, gender and occupational status. Correlational analysis was used to determine the influence of d...

the aim of the current study was to predict marital satisfaction from the magnitude of their forgiveness. the research design was correlational study and the same vein, to fulfill the stated goal 88 mothers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities by means of accessible sampling procedure, and afrooz marital satisfaction (2011) as well as enright forgiveness inventory standa...

This study examined interpersonal skills as correlate of career development librarians in academic libraries South - South, Nigeria. Correlational survey design was adopted to conduct the study. The population is 301 comprising south-south, There no sampling. Questionnaire used method data collection Data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics. For research questions, analysis don...

Despite its relative infancy, child abuse research has provided a substantial literature on the psychological sequelae of sexual molestation. These findings have been helpful in informing social policy and guiding mental health practice. Because of the recency of interest in this area, however, as well as the costs and time investment associated with more rigorous longitudinal research, many of...

The teaching of research design and data analysis to our graduate students has been a persistent problem. A course is described in which students, early in their graduate training, obtain extensive practice in designing experiments and interpreting data. Lecture-discussions on the essentials of biostatistics are given, and then these essentials are repeatedly reviewed by illustrating their appl...

In Chapter 1, Reigeluth described design theory as being different from descriptive theory in that it offers means to achieve goals. For an applied field like education, design theory is more useful and more easily applied than its descriptive counterpart, learning theory. But none of the 22 theories described in this book has yet been developed to a state of perfection; at very least they can ...

We describe methods and practices of early user involvement and human-centred design: how researchers and designers, in the ICT industry, attempt to cooperate with end-users, with the goal of making a better match with end-users’ needs and preferences. We describe six (dance) moves: participatory design, ethnographic fieldwork, lead-user approach, contextual design, codesigning, and empathic de...