Melanie A. Robinson, Jean-François Soublière, Marine Agogué, Denis A. Grégoire, Tuvana Rua, Yves Plourde
{"title":"Tackling the anxiety of learning statistics: The mystery of the red envelope","authors":"Melanie A. Robinson, Jean-François Soublière, Marine Agogué, Denis A. Grégoire, Tuvana Rua, Yves Plourde","doi":"10.1111/dsji.12294","DOIUrl":"10.1111/dsji.12294","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Most graduate programs in management require students to carry out a substantive research project. However, few management students have a comfortable command of the statistical techniques needed to realize such quantitative projects. This can lead to student anxiety and stress, which challenges instructors to devise ways to build students’ self-efficacy with statistical analysis. Drawing on game-based learning principles, we developed an exercise to help students in a graduate-level research methods course practice these statistical techniques. Designed around a series of four gamified challenges, students perform basic statistical analyses (correlations, <i>t</i>-tests, and simple linear regression) to solve puzzles and unlock a reward hidden in a mysterious red envelope. We used the exercise on seven occasions (five times in the methods course and twice in a graduate program preparatory course). After launching it in fall 2021, we observed that students were engaged and enthusiastic about the exercise. To ascertain its effectiveness more systematically, we collected data in five subsequent sections using a pretest/posttest design (<i>N</i> = 84) which showed that perceptions of statistics self-efficacy increased following the exercise. We conclude by suggesting that our exercise can be tailored to other learning contexts such as management and statistics-centered courses.</p>","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dsji.12294","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44971329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SABCO—An experiential learning project for introductory managerial accounting","authors":"Jodi Olson, Kimberly Shannon","doi":"10.1111/dsji.12288","DOIUrl":"10.1111/dsji.12288","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This teaching brief presents a capstone project designed to provide students with a contextual understanding of introductory management accounting theories through hands-on, experiential learning. It also exposes them to cross-disciplinary roles from operations management. Using this capstone approach, students quickly learn to prepare financial projections, either manually or in Microsoft Excel, to secure financing for their start-up business (Sand Art Brownie Company or SABCO) to produce and sell brownie mix during the holiday season. Students then assemble ingredients and create jars of brownie mix to gather the necessary data to evaluate initial projections and problem-solve for future production. This role play contextualizes the elements of direct and indirect labor, fixed and variable costs, and their impact on profit and borrowing. Postproduction reflection on the manufacturing activities and discussion of actual results of operations emphasizes the improvement and decision-making responsibilities in the management process. Feedback demonstrates that students find the exercise challenging and valuable and that it deepens their understanding of managerial accounting and its purpose in a company's management process.</p>","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43011728","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}
William J. Ritchie, Joseph Kerski, Luis J. Novoa, Mert Tokman
{"title":"Bridging the gap between supply chain management practice and curriculum: A location analytics exercise","authors":"William J. Ritchie, Joseph Kerski, Luis J. Novoa, Mert Tokman","doi":"10.1111/dsji.12286","DOIUrl":"10.1111/dsji.12286","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This teaching brief explores how and why location analytics should be taught in business schools using three objectives. First, an explanation is provided for the importance of including location analytics in the standard business school curriculum—especially in the field of supply chain management. Second, a lack of GIS-based location analytics methods in business school curricula is demonstrated. Third, a three-part location analytics exercise is introduced to contribute to the supply chain management curriculum. The proposed exercise utilizes the output of a GIS-based location analytics software (namely, Esri's ArcGIS Online) as the input for a location set covering problem that can be solved using an integer programming solver. The exercise can also be used as a stand-alone example of GIS in a supply chain management course. This teaching brief aims to (1) develop a new method to use in teaching location analytics in supply chain management and analytics courses and (2) bridge an important gap between supply chain management practice and curriculum.</p>","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dsji.12286","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41336508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Student satisfaction with R vs. Excel in Data Mining and Business Analytics: A Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory perspective","authors":"Siva Sankaran, Kris Sankaran, Tung Bui","doi":"10.1111/dsji.12285","DOIUrl":"10.1111/dsji.12285","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Applying Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory, we studied the determinants of student satisfaction in using R in a Decision Support Systems course that previously used Excel to teach Data Mining and Business Analytics (DMBA). The course is a degree requirement, and prior programming experience is not a prerequisite. We hypothesized that motivators for student satisfaction with R would include: (i) an intrinsic interest in DMBA, (ii) a perception that R is a better tool than Excel for DMBA, and (iii) a favorable view of R as a facilitator of career advancement. We postulated that the hygiene factor was the compulsory course requirement to learn R, a new and challenging language to students in this study. Data from 120 students, analyzed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Generalized Additive Modeling (GAM), showed that motivators were positively related to satisfaction while hygiene factors were neutral. Students showed willingness to take on a harder challenge in exchange for intrinsic and future career benefits. The model can be useful in curriculum design or career advisement to increase student satisfaction in learning new software skills while meeting market demands.</p>","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44418870","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}
Sumbal Nazir, F. Manzoor, Ishrat Perveen, A. Rana, Irum Naureen, Abad Ali Nadeem, Hafiza Najma Naeem
{"title":"Isolation, Screening and Characterization of the Viral Pathogens from Apis mellifera Colonies","authors":"Sumbal Nazir, F. Manzoor, Ishrat Perveen, A. Rana, Irum Naureen, Abad Ali Nadeem, Hafiza Najma Naeem","doi":"10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.1.88.94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.1.88.94","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82336455","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}
Imdad Hussain Soomro, Gulfam Ali Mughal, N. Rajput, R. Kaleri, Deepesh Kumar Bhuptani, R. Mangi, Ghulam Mustafa Solangi, Sheva Dhari, Abdul Wahid Solangi, Zoya Parveen Soomro
{"title":"Effect of Silage Feeding on the Growth Performance and Body Confirmation of Tapri Goats under Intensive Management System","authors":"Imdad Hussain Soomro, Gulfam Ali Mughal, N. Rajput, R. Kaleri, Deepesh Kumar Bhuptani, R. Mangi, Ghulam Mustafa Solangi, Sheva Dhari, Abdul Wahid Solangi, Zoya Parveen Soomro","doi":"10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.1.51.55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.1.51.55","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88449231","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}
J. Hussain, Z. M. Ali, Syed Farman Ali Shah, A. Laghari, M. Sohail
{"title":"Production of Biodiesel from Jatropha Oil in Pakistan: Current Trends and Challenges","authors":"J. Hussain, Z. M. Ali, Syed Farman Ali Shah, A. Laghari, M. Sohail","doi":"10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.1.106.110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.1.106.110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73322250","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}
Abdul Latif Rind, Shahid Hussain Abro, Rameez Raja Kaleri, Ghulam Mustafa Solangi, Raza Ali Mangi, Muhammad Anees Memon, Depeesh Kumar Bhuptani, Sana Noor, Zainab Lanjar, Zahid Ali Mangrio, Abdul Wahid Solangi
{"title":"Prevalence of the Peste Des Pettitis Ruminants in Goat and Sheep in District, Sanghar, Sindh, Pakistan","authors":"Abdul Latif Rind, Shahid Hussain Abro, Rameez Raja Kaleri, Ghulam Mustafa Solangi, Raza Ali Mangi, Muhammad Anees Memon, Depeesh Kumar Bhuptani, Sana Noor, Zainab Lanjar, Zahid Ali Mangrio, Abdul Wahid Solangi","doi":"10.17582/journal.jis/2023.9.2.192.197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.jis/2023.9.2.192.197","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134883759","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}
Aamir Ali, H. M. Tahir, Azizullah Azizullah, Sajid Ali, Muhammad Summer, Ali Haidar Gormani, Saira Nawaz, Ayesha Muzamil
{"title":"Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Potential of Hot Water Extracts of Mulberry Leaves","authors":"Aamir Ali, H. M. Tahir, Azizullah Azizullah, Sajid Ali, Muhammad Summer, Ali Haidar Gormani, Saira Nawaz, Ayesha Muzamil","doi":"10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.1.120.131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.1.120.131","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90699875","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}
Hazrat Usman, Shakeel Ahmad, Salah Uddin, Humaira Wasila, Yasser Durrani
{"title":"Evaluation of Well Water Quality of District Bajaur, Pakistan","authors":"Hazrat Usman, Shakeel Ahmad, Salah Uddin, Humaira Wasila, Yasser Durrani","doi":"10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.2.198.207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.jis/2023/9.2.198.207","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46210,"journal":{"name":"Decision Sciences-Journal of Innovative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135260687","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}