59 books match the query 'Methods' and 4 start with e

cover of Ethnography and Human Development: Context and Meaning in Social Inquiry

Ethnography and Human Development

Context and Meaning in Social Inquiry

Edited by Richard Jessor, Anne Colby, and Richard A. Shweder

University of Chicago Press, 1996

Studies of human development have taken an ethnographic turn in the 1990s. In this volume, leading anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists discuss how qualitative methodologies have strengthened our understanding of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development, and of the difficulties of growing up in contemporary society.

Part 1, informed by a post-positivist philosophy of science, argues for the validity of ethnographic knowledge. Part 2 examines a range of qualitative methods, from participant observation to the hermeneutic elaboration of texts. In Part 3, ethnographic methods are applied to issues of human development across the life span and to social problems including poverty, racial and ethnic marginality, and crime.

Restoring ethnographic methods to a central place in social inquiry, these twenty-two lively essays will interest everyone concerned with the epistemological problems of context, meaning, and subjectivity in the behavioral sciences.
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cover of Evaluation Of Joint Motion: Methods of Measurement and Recording

Evaluation Of Joint Motion

Methods of Measurement and Recording

Dortha Esch

University of Minnesota Press, 1974

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cover of Evaluation of Intelligent Road Transport Systems: Methods and results

Evaluation of Intelligent Road Transport Systems

Methods and results

Meng Lu

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2016

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) use information and communications technologies (ICT) to deliver transport improvements instead of extending physical infrastructure, thereby saving money and reducing environmental impact. This book provides an overview of ICT-based intelligent road transport systems with an emphasis on evaluation methods and recent evaluation results of ITS development and deployment. Topics covered include: ITS evaluation policy; frameworks and methods for ITS evaluation; ITS impact evaluation; the network perspective; field operational tests (FOTs); assessing transport measures using cost-benefit and multicriteria analysis; technical assessment of the performance of in-vehicle systems; opportunities and challenges in the era of new pervasive technology; evaluation of automated driving functions; user-related evaluation of ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and automated driving; evaluation of traffic management; performance assessment of a wet weather pilot system; case studies from China; heavy vehicle overload control benefit and cost. With chapters from an international panel of leading experts, this book is essential reading for researchers and advanced students from academia, industry and government working in intelligent road transport systems.
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Evaluation of Intelligent Road Transport Systems

Methods and results

Meng Lu

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2024

Intelligent transport systems (ITS) use ICT to deliver transport system improvements as an alternative to expanding physical infrastructure, thereby saving on investments and reducing environmental impact. ITS applications contribute to cleaner and safer transport, enhance economic growth, and hold the promise for sustainable mobility solutions for a future flourishing society.
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