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The CES-D scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population

by Lenore Sawyer Radloff - Applied Psychological Measurement , 1977
"... The CES-D scale is a short self-report scale designed to measure depressive symptomatology in the general population. The items of the scale are symptoms associated with depression which have been used in previously validated longer scales. The new scale was tested in household interview surveys and ..."
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The CES-D scale is a short self-report scale designed to measure depressive symptomatology in the general population. The items of the scale are symptoms associated with depression which have been used in previously validated longer scales. The new scale was tested in household interview surveys

The Varieties of Reference

by Jeff Evans , 1982
"... Tracing the development of concepts of affect and emotion in mathematics education (ME) research is informative for research on teaching statistics. In both areas, early research focused on more stable aspects of affect- beliefs, values and attitudes- using surveys to study dimensionality, and corre ..."
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Tracing the development of concepts of affect and emotion in mathematics education (ME) research is informative for research on teaching statistics. In both areas, early research focused on more stable aspects of affect- beliefs, values and attitudes- using surveys to study dimensionality

Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early results of a randomized mobility experiment

by Lawrence F. Katz, Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Josh Angrist, Deborah Belle, Xavier Briggs, Janet Currie, David Ellwood, Judie Feins, Edward Glaeser, John Goering, Christopher Jencks, Ron Kessler, Alan Krueger, Willard Manning, Joe Newhouse, Larry Orr, Mike Piore, Jim Rebitzer, Marta Tienda - Quarterly Journal of Economics , 2001
"... support. The authors are grateful to Yvonne Gastelum for collaborating on qualitative interviews in Spanish, Ying Qian for conducting pilot survey interviews and for compiling family contact information, Adriana Mendez for translating the survey into Spanish, Humberto Reynosa for editing the Spanish ..."
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support. The authors are grateful to Yvonne Gastelum for collaborating on qualitative interviews in Spanish, Ying Qian for conducting pilot survey interviews and for compiling family contact information, Adriana Mendez for translating the survey into Spanish, Humberto Reynosa for editing

The Economic Implications of Corporate Financial Reporting

by John R. Graham , Campbell R. Harvey , Shiva Rajgopal , 2004
"... We survey 401 financial executives, and conduct in-depth interviews with an additional 20, to determine the key factors that drive decisions related to reported earnings and voluntary disclosure. The majority of firms view earnings, especially EPS, as the key metric for outsiders, even more so than ..."
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We survey 401 financial executives, and conduct in-depth interviews with an additional 20, to determine the key factors that drive decisions related to reported earnings and voluntary disclosure. The majority of firms view earnings, especially EPS, as the key metric for outsiders, even more so than

The Patent Paradox Revisited: An Empirical Study of Patenting in the US Semiconductor Industry, 1979-1995

by Bronwyn H. Hall, Rosemarie Ham Ziedonis , 2000
"... This paper examines the patenting behavior of firms in an industry characterized by rapid technological change and cumulative innovation. Recent survey evidence suggests that semiconductor firms do not rely heavily on patents to appropriate the returns to R&D, despite the strengthening of US pat ..."
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This paper examines the patenting behavior of firms in an industry characterized by rapid technological change and cumulative innovation. Recent survey evidence suggests that semiconductor firms do not rely heavily on patents to appropriate the returns to R&D, despite the strengthening of US

Asking sensitive questions: The impact of data collection mode, question format, and question context

by Roger Tourangeau, Tom W. Smith - PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY , 1996
"... This study compared three methods of collecting survey data about sexual behaviors and other sensitive topics: computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), computer-assisted self-administered interviewing (CASI), and audio computer-assisted self-administered interviewing (ACASI). Interviews wer ..."
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This study compared three methods of collecting survey data about sexual behaviors and other sensitive topics: computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), computer-assisted self-administered interviewing (CASI), and audio computer-assisted self-administered interviewing (ACASI). Interviews

Parent styles associated with children’s self-regulation and competence in school

by Wendy S. Grolnick, Richard M. Ryan - Journal of Educational Psychology , 1989
"... This study assessed three dimensions of parent style, autonomy support, involvement, and provision of structure in 64 mothers and 50 fathers of elementary-school chi dren in Grades 3-6, using a structured interview. Construct validity data for the interview ratings uggested that the three parent dim ..."
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This study assessed three dimensions of parent style, autonomy support, involvement, and provision of structure in 64 mothers and 50 fathers of elementary-school chi dren in Grades 3-6, using a structured interview. Construct validity data for the interview ratings uggested that the three parent

Eight Questions about Corruption

by Jakob Svensson - JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES—VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3—SUMMER 2005—PAGES 19–42 , 2005
"... Some years ago I interviewed the chief executive officer of a successful Thai manufacturing firm as part of a pilot survey project. While trying to figure out a good way to quantify the firm’s experience with government regulations and corruption in the foreign trade sector, the CEO exclaimed: “I ho ..."
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Some years ago I interviewed the chief executive officer of a successful Thai manufacturing firm as part of a pilot survey project. While trying to figure out a good way to quantify the firm’s experience with government regulations and corruption in the foreign trade sector, the CEO exclaimed: “I

Consequences of reducing nonresponse in a national telephone survey,” Public Opinion Quartley

by Scott Keeter, Carolyn Miller, Andrew Kohut, Robert M. Groves , 2000
"... Abstract Critics of public opinion polls often claim that method-ological shortcuts taken to collect timely data produce biased results. This study compares two random digit dial national telephone surveys that used identical questionnaires but very different levels of effort: a “Standard ” survey c ..."
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conducted over a 5-day period that used a sample of adults who were home when the interviewer called, and a “Rigorous” survey conducted over an 8-week period that used random selection from among all adult household members. Response rates, computed according to AAPOR guidelines, were 60.6 percent

The Early Impacts of Moving to Opportunity in Boston by

by Lawrence F. Katz, Jeffrey R. Kling, Marta Tienda, Julie Wilson, Suggestions Additional , 2000
"... Princeton University for research support. The authors are grateful to Yvonne Gastelum for collaborating on qualitative interviews in Spanish, Ying Qian for conducting pilot survey interviews and for compiling family contact information, Adriana Mendez for translating the survey into Spanish, Humber ..."
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Princeton University for research support. The authors are grateful to Yvonne Gastelum for collaborating on qualitative interviews in Spanish, Ying Qian for conducting pilot survey interviews and for compiling family contact information, Adriana Mendez for translating the survey into Spanish
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