{"title":"Summary, discussion of findings and conclusions, and recommendations","authors":"Halyna M. Kornuta, Ron W. Germaine","doi":"10.4324/9780429056888-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429056888-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224926,"journal":{"name":"A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127144029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Findings and analysis","authors":"Halyna M. Kornuta, Ron W. Germaine","doi":"10.4324/9780429056888-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429056888-6","url":null,"abstract":"....................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 5 Methodological approach ............................................................................................. 5 Setting the scene: gendering conflict drivers in the Pacific ......................................... 5 Strengthening and increasing women’s leadership in the Pacific ................................ 8 Gender, masculinities and violence: how to work with men to transform violent behaviours ...................................................................................................... 11 Climate change, conflict and gender: addressing climate change in gendersensitive ways ............................................................................................................ 15 Broader recommendations for approaching programming in the Pacific................... 19 WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE PACIFIC 4 _____________________________________________________________________________________","PeriodicalId":224926,"journal":{"name":"A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129880688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of the literature","authors":"Halyna M. Kornuta, Ron W. Germaine","doi":"10.4324/9780429056888-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429056888-4","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This article presents health science educators and researchers with an overview of standardized testing in educational measurement. The history, theoretical frameworks of classical test theory, item response theory (IRT), and the most common IRT models used in modern testing are presented. Methods: A narrative overview of the history, theoretical concepts, test theory, and IRT is provided to familiarize the reader with these concepts of modern testing. Examples of data analyses using different models are shown using 2 simulated data sets. One set consisted of a sample of 2000 item responses to 40 multiple-choice, dichotomously scored items. This set was used to fit 1-parameter logistic (PL) model, 2PL, and 3PL IRT models. Another data set was a sample of 1500 item responses to 10 polytomously scored items. The second data set was used to fit a graded response model. Results: Model-based item parameter estimates for 1PL, 2PL, 3PL, and graded response are presented, evaluated, and explained. Conclusion: This study provides health science educators and education researchers with an introduction to educational measurement. The history of standardized testing, the frameworks of classical test theory and IRT, and the logic of scaling and equating are presented. This introductory article will aid readers in understanding these concepts.","PeriodicalId":224926,"journal":{"name":"A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124277205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The big picture","authors":"Halyna M. Kornuta, Ron W. Germaine","doi":"10.4324/9780429056888-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429056888-1","url":null,"abstract":"A cryptocurrency, or crypto, is a digital exchange system in which units are generated and transacted without a central authority. Unlike traditional currencies that are regulated and controlled by a government entity, cryptocurrencies are created, stored, and exchanged in online ledgers (blockchains) that are spread across many computers. Therefore, instead of a small number of organizations, like central banks, controlling, maintaining, and updating a ledger, cryptocurrencies operate in a decentralized system with a distributed ledger. The verification process in which new coins are entered into circulation and transaction amounts are confirmed is called mining. Cryptocurrencies use a variety of different mining technologies, such as restricting the number of transactions per unit time. There are currently over 10,000 publicly traded cryptocurrencies with a total value of more than $1.4 trillion. Bitcoin is the largest of the cryptocurrencies with a value of nearly $750 billion. In practice, the two primary roles of cryptocurrency are money and investment.","PeriodicalId":224926,"journal":{"name":"A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127882638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methodology","authors":"Halyna M. Kornuta, Ron W. Germaine","doi":"10.4324/9780429056888-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429056888-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224926,"journal":{"name":"A Concise Guide to Writing a Thesis or Dissertation","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114769767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}