Search results for "Preference"

From conceptualization to constructions in Finnish as an L2 : a case study

2017

AbstractThis study traces the individual learning trajectories of an adult beginner L2 Finnish learner in expressing the extralinguistic concept of evaluation from a dynamic usage-based perspective. Our results provide support for the view of learner language as a dynamic system in which patterns wax and wane and in which a change in one component has the potential to affect the whole system. In the early stages of learning there was a strong preference to use lexical verbs first, and then adjectives. The study also shows that variability plays a role. Finally, the study confirms that the learning of L2 constructions is in some cases item based. However, another highly frequent and superfic…

The Effects of Consumer Demographics and Payment Method Preference on Product Return Frequency and Reasons in Online Shopping

2021

In online shopping, product returns are very common. In order to reduce them, one must first understand who are making them and why are they being made. In this study, we aim to address these questions by examining product return behaviour from a consumer-centric rather than the more traditional product-centric, retailer-centric, and order-centric perspectives. More specifically, we focus on the effects of four demographic characteristics of consumers (i.e., gender, age, education, and income) as well as their payment method preference on their product return frequency and product return reasons. As the data, we use the responses from 560 Finnish online consumers, which were collected with …

The urban design guidance for the unmanaged spaces under elevated expressways upon users’ preferences

2016

There are many bridges in the Iranian major cities. It is still proceeded for constructing new bridges in order to solve traffic problems. The spaces under bridges and the expectations of users are rarely important for city officials and designers. Hence, this research is looking for guidelines of designing the unmanaged spaces under city bridges considering the environmental preferences of users. The main goal of this research is to achieve urban design guideline for designing the unmanaged spaces under elevated expressways based on expectations of individuals. This research is based on theoretical studies in the field of urban design, under bridge spaces, unmanaged spaces as well as envir…

Usability as a constituent of end-user computing satisfaction

2004

Alarm calls in action - does it pay off to help?

2008

When more is less: The other side of artificial intelligence recommendation

2022

Based on consumers' preferences, AI (artificial intelligence) recommendation automatically filters information, which provokes scholars' debate. Supporters believe that by analyzing the consumers' preferences, AI recommendation enables consumers to choose products more quickly and with lower cost. Critics deem that consumers are more easily trapped in information cocoons because of the use of AI recommendation. This reduces the possibility of consumers contacting with a variety of commodities, thus lowering the consumer decision quality. Based on experiments, this paper discusses the moderating role of AI recommendation on the relationship of consumers' preferences and information cocoons. …

Seeing red? Colour biases of foraging birds are context dependent.

2020

Funder: Suomen Kulttuurirahasto; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003125

Beyond “liberals” and “conservatives”: Complexity in ideology, moral intuitions, and worldview among Swedish voters

2020

This research investigated the congruence between the ideologies of political parties and the ideological preferences (N = 1515), moral intuitions (N = 1048), and political values and worldviews (N = 1345) of diverse samples of Swedish adults who voted or intended to vote for the parties. Logistic regression analyses yielded support for a series of hypotheses about variations in ideology beyond the left-right division. With respect to social ideology, resistance to change and binding moral intuitions predicted stronger preference for a social democratic (vs. progressive) party on the left and weaker preference for a social liberal (vs. social conservative or liberal-conservative) party on t…

Darba un ģimenes dzīves preferences

2018

Šī darba tēma ir “Darba un ģimenes dzīves preferences”. Kā bakalaura darba mērķis tiek izvirzīts noskaidrot, cik liela daļa sieviešu un vīriešu izvēlas karjeru kā savu galveno prioritāti vai mēģina saskaņot ģimenes un dzīves prasības. Tiek izvirzītas arī trīs hipotēzes: 1) ģimenes tipa sievietes biežāk piekritīs dažādiem apgalvojumiem par dzimumu lomām, kas saistīti ar sievietes rūpēm par mājas dzīvi; 2) lielākā daļa sieviešu cenšas ģimenes dzīvi apvienot ar algota darba iespējām; 3) sievietes (it īpaši adaptīvā tipa) lielākā mēra nekā vīrieši atbalstīs dažādus atbalsta veidus, kas palīdz saskaņot darba un ģimenes dzīves pienākumus. Kā darba teorētiskais ietvars tiek izmantota Katerīnas Hak…