The Practice of Survey Research: Theory and Applications

Ruel, Erin; Wagner, William E.; Gillespie, Brian Joseph

doi:10.4135/9781483391700

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“…Out of 41 questionnaires distributed, there were 32 completed questionnaires with complete responses for this preliminary study, representing a response rate of 78%. This number also satisfied the recommended minimum sample of an exploratory study [132,133].…”

Section: Data Collection and Samplementioning

confidence: 57%

Big Data Analytics Capabilities and Eco-Innovation: A Study of Energy Companies

Munodawafa

Johl

2019

Sustainability

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Increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the past decades have created concerns about the environment. To stymie global warming and the deterioration of the natural environment, global CO2 emissions need to reach approximately 1.3 tons per capita by 2050. However, in Malaysia, CO2 output per capita—driven by fossil fuel consumption and energy production—is expected to reach approximately 12.1 tons by the year 2020. GHG mitigation strategies are needed to address these challenges. Cleaner production, through eco-innovation, has the potential to arrest CO2 emissions and buttress sustainable development. However, the cleaner production process has been hampered by lack of complete data to support decision making. Therefore, using the resource-based view, a preliminary study consisting of energy and utility firms is undertaken to understand the impact of big data analytics towards eco-innovation. Linear regression through SPSS Version 24 reveals that big data analytics could become a strong predictor of eco-innovation. This paper concludes that information and data are key inputs, and big data technology provides firms the opportunity to obtain information, which could influence its production process—and possibly help arrest increasing CO2 emissions.

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Section: Data Collection and Samplementioning

confidence: 57%

Big Data Analytics Capabilities and Eco-Innovation: A Study of Energy Companies

Munodawafa

Johl

2019

Sustainability

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“…The high attrition rate may mean that the survey was too long - Ruel, Wagner, & Gillespie (2015, p. 75) note that this can cause "respondent fatigue" -and in retrospect there were too many topics covered for this type of research. Ruel et al (2015) highlight the danger of bias caused by non-responses, but in this study the non-responses did not appear to lead to one or another group being underrepresented. A further caveat here is that the employment status options for participants were not defined.…”

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Comparative satisfaction among freelance and directly-employed Irish-language translators

Moorkens

2020

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This article reports results of a survey of government-accredited Irish language translators. The survey addresses a particular cohort of minority language translators in a particular linguistic context, where institutional demand for translation is growing. The survey may also be a useful basis for further work on translator job satisfaction. Participants in this survey were passionate about translation and about the Irish language, but conditions of employment clearly affected their concerns and perspectives regarding their profession. All translators report a strong sense of pride in their work, but freelance participants' perceptions of purpose and fairness in work, payment, colleagues, and job security compare poorly to those of their full-time public service colleagues. Freelancers report that they struggle to work together in the face of falling rates, with some accepting low-paying jobs that are against their own and their colleagues' best interests. Many of the freelance participants feel threatened by technology, the potential for machine translation to replace human translators, and their powerlessness regarding translations being repurposed for machine translation training. Responses show a fear of falling translation quality, a lack of translation talent, and the lack of an audience for translation. Participants tend to be negative about domestic Irish language policy but see policy at the EU-level to be beneficial, with forthcoming changes presenting an opportunity for skilled translators.

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“…The researcher chose a cross-sectional survey design to illustrate the usage of students and perceptions of faculty/staff. The cross-sectional design was chosen since the research objective was to obtain current, one-time information (Ruel, Wagner, & Gillespie, 2016).…”

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Student and staff perceptions of university library usage: Comparing reality to interpretation of space usage

Mangrum

Foster

2020

Journal of Access Services

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The role of the academic library, student library usage, and faculty perceptions of student learning have been separate ongoing discussions in higher education for many years. The purpose of this study was to bring those conversations together and illustrate how students at The University of Southern Mississippi are currently using Cook Library, their preferences for library space usage, and the faculty/staff perceptions of student usage. This study was conducted to address the problem of how to effectively bring the expectations of students and library faculty/staff together so that library spaces and environments can be updated or created to fit the needs of the campus community. This study used a cross-sectional survey design to illustrate the usage of students and perceptions of faculty/staff at The University of Southern Mississippi. Data results show that library faculty/staff perceptions of student usage did not always align with the actual student usage data, especially concerning traditional library services and resources, such as the importance of the availability of library assistance, access to books, and access to computers/printing. The researcher concluded the study by making data driven recommendations to library administration concerning building layout, atmosphere, and library services. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to give special thanks to Dr. Holly Foster for her guidance and encouragement throughout this journey. The road to the end was long, but you were always right there beside me. Thank you for being one of my biggest cheerleaders and harshest critics. I am a better researcher and writer because of you. The time and dedication that you give to each one of your students means the world. You are a boss and I'm privileged to have worked with you!

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The Practice of Survey Research: Theory and Applications

Cited by 144 publications

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Big Data Analytics Capabilities and Eco-Innovation: A Study of Energy Companies

Big Data Analytics Capabilities and Eco-Innovation: A Study of Energy Companies

Comparative satisfaction among freelance and directly-employed Irish-language translators

Student and staff perceptions of university library usage: Comparing reality to interpretation of space usage

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