Search results for "Descriptions"

Nad kartami prac profesora Witolda Mańczaka. Notatki z marginesów

2017

In the works written in the last period of his life, Professor Witold Mańczak often emphasized the need to formulate a criterion of truth in linguistics. He pursued it in textual reality (in “what is written and what is said”) and in statistical, frequentative and quantitative data which describe it. On the margin of this search, this author shares his own experiences in the field of ethnolinguistics, related to attempts to determine the actual (and, in this sense, true) ontological status of analyzed objects. He postulates that the diversification of the objects of analysis should be complemented by an adequate diversification of how their names are recorded in the narration, i.e. by a pre…

Explaining information technology users’ ways of mitigating technostress

2017

Technostress refers to the inability of an individual to deal with information technology (IT) in a healthy manner. Researchers, practitioners, and medical professionals have emphasized the omnipresence of technostress and its severe outcomes, including poor well-being and burnout. Despite the importance of the phenomenon, prior research has paid limited attention to how technostress can be mitigated. The few existing studies examine organizational mitigation mechanisms, but we could not find any studies that focus on individual IT users’ own ways of mitigating technostress outside of work. To address the research gap, we conducted a qualitative study to uncover users’ ways of mitigating te…

The Effect of Textual Producer-Generated Descriptions on Demand of Mobile Applications

2017

We analyze the impact of different app description characteristics on app demand on the basis of panel data for six months and 1081 distinct apps. We use several text mining techniques in order to operationalize the descriptions’ textual characteristics. The extracted variables are then used in an econometric investigation to examine their impact on apps’ downloads. Our results provide evidence that app descriptions have an effect on demand. Apps with upfront price should be described in a neutral tone. Apps without an upfront price but with in-app purchase option should be offered with rather short descriptions that are written in a formal and subjective style. peerReviewed

Izvērtējošā leksika produktu aprakstos

2016

Izvērtējošā leksika, arī pasīzstama kā novērtēšana, ir specifiska pieeja, kas izmantota, lai izpētītu, aprakstītu un izskaidrotu kā valoda ir lietota, lai paustu kāda izvērtējumu attiecībā uz konkrētu fenomenu vai uzvedību, kā arī ieņemtu konkrētu nostāju attiecībā uz tekstā izteikto priekšlikumu. Novērtēšana ir viens no trim galvenajiem diskursa semantiskajiem resursiem, kas veido interpersonālu nozīmi, kopā ar ‘līdzdalību’ un ‘vienošanos’. Šī pētījuma mērķis ir izpētīt, kā dažāda izvērtējošā leksika izmantota produktu aprakstos, un kā pareizs izvērtējošās leksikas lietojums var tikt izmantots kā stratēģija, lai palielinātu tirdzniecību. Metodoloģija izmantota šajā pētījumā ir korpusa ling…

Ammattien tehtäväsisältöjen yhteys niiden palkkojen ja työllisyyden muutoksiin Suomessa

2018

Detecting couple therapy for depression with a method Couple Therapy Process Q-set (CTQS) : process-descriptions of two good and one poor outcome cas…

2013

Tämä pro gradu – tutkielma on osa Dialogiset ja narratiiviset prosessit masennuksen pariterapiassa – projektia (DINADEP), jonka tarkoituksena oli tutkia masennuksen pariterapiaa ja mahdollisia tekijöitä, jotka voisivat vaikuttaa sen lopputulokseen. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää, miten pariterapiaprosessia kuvaavaa Q-set-menetelmää (PTQS) voidaan käyttää masennuksen pariterapiaprosessien kuvailuun tutkimalla kolmea tapausta, joista kaksi oli hyvin onnistuneita hoitoja ja yksi oli huonosti onnistunut hoito. PTQS arvioi yhtä terapiaistuntoa kerrallaan ja analysoitaessa useita istuntoja, saadaan tarkka kuva koko prosessista. Toinen tutkimuksen tavoite oli tutkia, kuinka terapeut…

Higher education teachers’ descriptions of their own learning: a quantitative perspective

2017

In this large-scale study, higher education teachers’ (n = 1028) descriptions of their own learning are examined with quantitative analyses. The study follows up an earlier qualitative study that, using a phenomenographic approach, identified four different ways in which teachers at Finnish universities of applied sciences described their own learning. The purpose of the present study was to find out how teachers’ descriptions were divided into the categories formed in the previous study and to examine whether teachers’ descriptions of their learning differ according to their position, gender and age. The results show that most teachers described their learning as an individual activity. Di…