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In this work, we introduce the Materials Science Conceptual Evaluation (MSCE). This is a 31 item multiple choice test designed to complement the Materials Concept Inventory (MCI) developed in 2002 by Krause et al. In developing this assessment, we collected data from over 700 students, including over 100 interviews, focused on areas where students struggle or have misunderstandings. There are several...
By the methods of questionnaire and interview, the study investigates 395 non-English major college students self-efficiency, achievement goal orientation and self-regulated learning strategies, through correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis, analyzes the effects of individual factors on college English learners autonomous learning ability. The results show that individual factors,...
Satisfaction is very important issues in marketing field, however there are few researches to talk about residents. This paper built framework and hypothesis based on literatures and tested hypothesis through 309 sample size with good reliability and validity. The result showed house, neighborhood, neighbors and perceived investing value influence residential satisfaction.
Sharing location in SNSs has witnessed rapid development in recent years. Privacy is undoubtedly a barrier to the adoption of such location sharing services. In this paper, we investigate what factors affect users' privacy concerns and how privacy concerns may in turn affect users' location sharing behaviors. We conducted one quantitative survey and 8 interviews on Chinese popular SNSs. We identified...
This paper gives a detailed report on the correlation analysis of computer-assisted oral English test achievements with computer preference on the case study of 131 non-English majors in Wuhan Polytechnic University. Statistical analysis indicates that there is no significant correlation between these two factors, however, those who don't prefer to have tests or study English on computers score much...
Home-based pill dispensers are one of many devices that are designed to aid medication management and improve adherence. Such devices are common in the United States of America but not widely exploited in Asia. We designed a home-based pill dispenser known as MedMate. Users' perceived acceptance of a new technology such as MedMate affects its actual usage. Thus, we created a paper prototype of MedMate...
By methods of Literature, two-way behavioral event interview and statistics, the article studies the components of competence of leisure sports club instructors and points out 21 items of competence components. Meanwhile, the components are also ascertained from the viewpoints of students through the interview of excellent instructors' students. The results show that 14 items o f the total are also...
The types of risk perception and the factors influencing it when employees establish and maintain interpersonal relationships within organizations in China were explored. The result showed that the factors influencing the risk perception of interpersonal relationships included four categories, namely, spillover effects, features of the other side, personality fit, and status fit. The risk perception...
The extent of the successfulness of an organization's information systems would start at the very beginning, even before it is implemented. In other words the success of a system would be determined at the very beginning of its implementation project; from identification of requirements to the final implementation and go live phase. Hence the sequence of activities occurring according to a preplanned...
This study scrutinizes service quality in academic libraries in the Northern Region of Malaysia. By studying their implementation of quality service, it is hoped that this paper may give a useful insight to the academic libraries and other related bodies on the extent of the quality service provided to the users. It could also be useful as a guideline to develop an appropriate model of quality service...
In recent years, loyalty program as an important means of relationship marketing, has been highly concerned by scholars and enterprises. However, there are many problems when execute the loyalty program. The traditional loyalty program only focus on short-term economic profits is clearly needed to be improved. This paper explores the impact of loyalty programs on relationship benefits and customer...
This paper makes use of literature research method, interviews, and empirical analysis of the questionnaire to explore the factors influencing the private entrepreneurs' trust in professional managers. Aiming at improving the relationship between the private entrepreneurs and professional managers, this paper puts forward some feasible recommendations. Its conclusions are of great significance and...
The quality of a Web site is a crucial determinant of whether visitors are likely to return to the site. The research of e-commerce quality, such as Loiacono's WEBQUALTM, neither saw the e-commerce Web site as a product, nor did it analyze e-commerce quality from the quality management and quality assurance. The main contribution of this paper is to construct an e-commerce Web site quality model from...
There are different characters in interdependence between members in a marketing channel, which express total interdependence and asymmetry independence. They respectively act on relational behavior between members in a marketing channel, and create different outcomes. But environment uncertainty, which includes environment diversity and environment dynamism, moderates above relationships. The empirical...
Relationship benefit is an increasingly important concept in relationship marketing area. Its theories and practical value have attracted greater attention from researchers and managers. This paper firstly explores the existence of relationship benefit from the consumer-brand relationship in consumer markets through depth interviews. We found that relationship benefit in this certain context was comprised...
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