Experimental auctions are generally thought of as static markets. This paper presents the results of an experimental auction designed to test whether participants’ perceptions regarding the relative difficulty of delaying or reversing a transaction outside the experimental market systematically affect their willingness-to-pay bids. The results show that auction participants’ perceptions signifi...

The digital divide is a major challenge that prevents citizens from using e-government services based on three views: infrastructure accessibility, knowledge and skill level, and perception level. This study tried to explore the literature in regards to the three levels and built an instrument to measure citizens’ perceptions regarding six types of digital divide: geographic, age, gender, incom...

This study aims to investigate SMK Oya Pre-U students’ perceptions on the use of mind mapping strategy in their MUET (Malaysian University English test) writing. To achieve the aim of the study, a questionnaire was used to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. Therefore, 25 SMK Oya Pre-U students with different band achievement in MUET (Malaysian University English Test) were selected...

OBJECTIVE The Self-Perceptions in Rehabilitation Questionnaire (SPIRQ) is a brief measure developed to monitor client self-perceptions, motivation, and emotional reactions throughout rehabilitation. We describe the SPIRQ's development and preliminary psychometric evaluation. METHOD One hundred five adults with traumatic brain injury attending two brain injury rehabilitation units completed th...

Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional approach that provides learners with opportunities to identify solutions to ill-structured, real-world problems. Previous research provides evidence to support claims about the positive effects of PBL on cognitive skill development and knowledge retention. This study contributes to existing literature by exploring the influence of PBL on affectiv...

This article reports a study of attitudes and beliefs about seasonal psychological cycles in a sample of 160 people living in London. Participants rated their perceptions of seasonal fluctuations on cognitive, emotional, physical, and social functioning in themselves, in others at the same latitude, and in the Arctic population by means of the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire and a spe...

integrating natural resources management in the secondary school curriculum in kenya has received a lot of talk without adequate practical activities. the farmers of the future programme under the world agroforestry centre, formally the international centre for research in agroforestry (icraf), initiated a practical approach to integration of natural resources management in the secondary school...

New technologies allow users to access huge amounts of data about phenomena in their environment. Nevertheless, linguistic description of these available data requires that human experts interpret them highlighting the relevant details and hiding the irrelevant ones. Experts use their personal experience on the described phenomenon and in using the flexibility of natural language to create thei...

To help decision-makers better understand the decision procedure and result is a major objective of decision analysis. In linguistic decision, symbolic scheme thereby is more attractive than set-based scheme. The counted (expanded) linguistic variable (CLV/CELV) model is proposed for representing and aggregating linguistic decision information. The model is developed from the ordinary linguisti...

It is common that experts involved in complex decision real world problems use natural language for expressing their knowledge in uncertain frameworks. The language is inherent vague, hence probabilistic decision models are not very suitable in such cases. Therefore, other tools as fuzzy logic and fuzzy linguistic approach have been successfully used to model and manage such vagueness. The use ...