E-participation

“Democracy is a process that requires people to engage in discussions with those who disagree with them, and through discourse come to a deeper understanding of politics” (Fishkin, 1991). In our highly political climate, many deeply held beliefs are viewed as controversial. Often constructive discourse is shut down because issues are polarized and people can become angry and combative when met with an ideology that differs from their own. Deeply held views are difficult if not impossible to…

The details of the scores for each of the six factors analyzed in the NASA-TLX questionnaire (Fig. 3) reveal that the use of the robot impacts mostly on the mental demand of the task and on the effort required from the caregiver, while actually the use of the robot increases the temporal demands of the tasks. B. Division of the Caregivers Time Regarding the time spent with personalized attention to users, a total of 862 segments were annotated by the two annotators. Their annotation were in…

when comparing the results from the current study to Irwin et al. (1986), it should be taken with caution as there was no demographic direct information provided for participants in the study nor were individuals in the study tested prior to participation to ensure that no previous hearing damage had…

will not be revealed to the parole body and hence, will not affect his parole in any way. This is mentioned under ‘Confidentiality’ title of the IC form. A ‘Certificate of Confidentiality’ can also be attached to the IC form. Under ‘Voluntary Participation’, it is mentioned again to reiterate the point that none of the prisoner’s information will be divulged to the parole staff or prison…

Participants and design. The walkers research project observation based on general twenty people from students, staffs and facilities at Gallaudet University. As of they are randomly picked because we do not want any bias or any favor involved so that why we picked Market Place in Student Academic Center. There are many people who come and go out around 6pm to 7:30pm. Therefore, we compared the speed between five different speeds from very slow, somewhat slow, medium, somewhat fast and very…

Prior to participation, students were provided with written consent forms, outlining the major aspects of the study; both the participant and the researcher signed two copies of the consent form. Following informed consent, participants were provided with a questionnaires packet, consisting of forms requesting demographic information, the Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck’s Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)—for both trait and state anxiety—and the…

Jolene Prince is a pipe carrier for a sweat lodge, she helps run the ceremonies for a sweat lodge. The ceremonies of the sweat lodge include rites of preparation, prayer, and purification. Many Aboriginal people claim it as an important spiritual tradition, widely shared and important for their aboriginal identity. The sweat lodge plays a very significant role in the lives of Aboriginal communities in their efforts to bring about personal and social healing, having participants emerge from the…

1) Topic 1 – Anticipated ethical and integrity dimensions of your discipline and your planned field of research within it. It is widely accepted that research should be undertaken ethically (Steneck, 2006). Research conducted in an ethical manner ensures the protection of welfare and rights of all participants and upholds an intrinsic sense of the common good (NHMRC, 2007a; Siebar, 1992). Ethical issues exist in any kind of research (Orb, Eisenhauer & Wynaden, 2001). In particular, qualitative…

They are looking to outlaw the participation of children in events where they will be judged by their appearance as this can possibly harm the child’s health and physical, intellectual, psychological, and spiritual development. Parents who allow their kids to participate in such events will…

Method Participants 290 people (84 men 206 women) Ages 18-85 were are asked to complete an online survey. There were 27 black, 23 Hispanic, 213 white, and 23 that identified as other or more than one race. Materials In this study the script (see appendix A) was used as well. It’s asking that the subject participate in the study by filling out the survey. The script also states that the researcher will not be able to see the results, how long the study will take and if they decide not to…