Sentences with phrase «pilot survey of»

Ian Gallacher, «Getting To Know You:» Results From A Pilot Survey Of Incoming Law Students (SSRN Working Paper Series 2005), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=832206.

Of those diagnosed with lactose intolerance, 82 percent stated that they could drink raw milk without any problems (Pilot Survey of Cow Share Consumer / Owners, Lactose Intolerance Section).

Last year, USDA and state agencies conducted a pilot survey of P. ramorum in high - risk areas of seven states; they found no trace of the pathogen in nurseries or forests.

We reviewed their data and began a small pilot survey of some children who attended a nursery school within a mile of the smelter.

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A pilot allows you to test the effectiveness of your survey invitation, determine if there is a particular point in the survey where people drop out, and see if you'll be able to take action based on the results, Ambler says.

A full 81 % of those surveyed say that fewer than 25 % of their startup pilots have resulted in commercial deals.

Air pilots provide a variety of services, from air transportation to crop spraying, aerial surveying and bush flying.

The nickname «Freddy Kruger of Blogging» stuck, and Danny developed his «Write Like Freddy» program after a quick email survey and a pilot launch to validate the idea.

First established in August 2010 as a pilot poll, responses are collected through online surveys with the assistance of public and nonprofit partners.

Think - tank Activities SOAAN will progress in stepwise fashion in order to develop the outputs mentioned above: Step 1) Review existing science and actions: An overview or survey of the existing science on the topic, including a discussion of the limitations of scope, empirical data, and their reliability and applicability to the organic sector's understanding of best practice; Step 2) Actors engagements: Identification in both public and private sectors of the institutions and individuals active on the topic and their respective roles and networks, so that SOAAN and the organic sector then moves to engage them, along with think tanking activities; Step 3) Think tank: Development of the model, the strategy and promotional / advocacy tools through think tank efforts including piloting cases to gain experience and showcase practicability; Step 4) Synthesis: Publication of the results, tools and recommendations.

Development of the ResQu Index involved five distinct phases: 1) generating items and a weighted scoring system; 2) conducting expert content validation via a quantitative survey and a modified Delphi process; 3) testing inter-rater consistency; 4) assuring compatibility with established research quality checklists and 5) piloting the ResQu Index in a large systematic review to assess instrument usability and feasibility.

The instrument development process involved five phases: 1) generation of items and a weighted scoring system; 2) content validation via a quantitative survey and a modified Delphi process with an international, multi-disciplinary panel of experts; 3) inter-rater consistency; 4) alignment with established research appraisal tools; and 5) pilot - testing of instrument usability.

To continue expanding and improving service for the remainder of the ferry's three - year pilot program and beyond, Bloomberg announced a survey that will be available for riders to take online, on the ferry and by phone.

If you want to know what happened to it, take a look at the Department of Health's first annual report on the «End of life care strategy» (62 full colour pages) which asserts that the initiative is off to a great start: it is establishing a National Implementation Advisory Board and a National Coalition to raise public awareness, has published a set of Quality Markers and core competencies, built monitoring into Operation Finance Guidance, tendered for a pilot of a national survey and begun the process to set up an Intelligence Network.

In the mid-1980s all our flights were survey flights: we had 12 hours in the air once we left our base in southern Chile, so we had plenty of time to chat with the pilots about making a forced landing on the ice shelves.

An ongoing NSF survey of academic research piloted a question about how much is being spent on such activities, and where on campus the research takes place.

NRC officials hope to begin exploring these issues later this year with a series of pilot studies that will culminate in a full - blown survey in 2003 - 04.

The move follows pilot tests of the software that have confirmed high levels of plagiarism in articles submitted to some journals, according to an informal survey by Nature of nine science publishers.

The laboratory began setting up a pilot database this week to hold the results of its own surveys, including the name of the site, its location, whether it is a listed ancient monument, who did the survey, data and plots of the results, and whether there is more information available in a conventional paper record.

The pilot study — an autumn 2014 online survey complemented with focus groups — looked into the career paths of some 500 young scientists who had obtained a Ph.D. in the previous 7 years and done at least one postdoc with one of a small and diverse range of research and funding organizations.

By cross-referencing 24 binary stars found in the MARVELS Pilot Project with SuperWASP photo... ▽ More Exoplanet transit and Doppler surveys discover many binary stars during their operation that can be used to conduct a variety of ancillary science.

Abstract: We report the discovery of a low - mass companion orbiting the metal - rich, main sequence F star TYC 2949 -00557-1 during the MARVELS (Multi-object APO Radial Velocity Exoplanet Large - area Survey) Pilot Project.

... ▽ More We report the discovery of a low - mass companion orbiting the metal - rich, main sequence F star TYC 2949 -00557-1 during the MARVELS (Multi-object APO Radial Velocity Exoplanet Large - area Survey) Pilot Project.

The 2.3 m Bok telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory is one of the six telescopes we are obtaining data with in the EDEN pilot survey.

The National Institutes of Health, the Silveri Memorial Fund for DES Research, the Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholar Award and the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center Pilot Project Award provided funding for the survey.

Similarly, Yee's team used Spitzer throughout the summer of 2014 for an 100 - hour pilot observing program, during which they studied a microlensing event of interest that had been previously detected by the OGLE survey in February.

The frequency of caffeine withdrawal in a population - based survey and in a controlled, blinded pilot experiment

Not to be outdone, Spark Networks» Christian Mingle and JDate piloted their own survey of over 2,500 singles ages 18 to 59.

They decided to send out a pilot survey to school administrators in New England — educators who were extremely busy, not often rooted at their desks, and in need of information quickly.

Only 14 per cent of the pupils Demos surveyed had been taught about gambling in school before the pilot.

The research, carried out for the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT) by UCL Institute of Education, carried out in - depth interviews with staff in five primary schools piloting the assessments and questioned 1,131 NUT and ATL members in a snapshot survey.

CEPR, under the direction of Heather Hill, is leading the measurement study which will develop and pilot a survey for districts and school leaders, and field responses from a nationally representative sample.

Surveys taken at the start and end of the 12 - month pilot showed that the number who looked forward to PE lessons almost doubled from 38 per cent to 71 per cent, while 73 per cent said they liked the way they felt after exercise, compared with 41 per cent previously.

After piloting the collection of measures of those skills in a small number of schools during the 2013 - 14 school year, including conducting multiple experiments to compare the performance of alternative survey items, CORE conducted a broader field test involving more than 450,000 students in grades 3 - 12 the following spring.

Our team of researchers piloted a version of this survey last year in a project to empower teachers — the approach we use follows Peter Senge's model of Core Learning Teams.

AACTE and Westat are partnering with state chapters and education agencies this spring to pilot new surveys of beginning teachers and their supervisors.

Along with other members of Carnegie's SAIC, we're piloting this survey with multiple administrations across site throughout the year.

The final version of the survey reflects the feedback that PSA received from the 12 districts that agreed to participate in the pilot.

A pilot of the 5Essentials School Survey.

Innovative Assessment Survey Tool The Innovative Assessment and Accountability Demonstration Authority under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives states the opportunity to pilot next - generation systems of assessment.

Random sample results of student surveys completed during 12 - month pilot program at a Youth Intervention Center in Denver, CO

Focus groups and surveys of teachers and parents were used to collect data from pilot schools and these responses guided revisions.

Since being piloted in 20 schools in 2009, the YouthTruth survey has now been taken by more than 275,000 students in 300 schools across the nation with an average student response rate of 75 percent, according to Jen Vorse Wilka, the non-profit's director of partnerships.

Anacortes now has a busy team of 12 teachers, principals, administrators, and association representatives working to finish the evaluation pilot, adding multiple measures such as achievement results, peer assistance and review, and student surveys to the observation work.

Researchers from the University of London, commissioned by the National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, carried out in - depth interviews with staff in five primary schools piloting the assessments, and quizzed 1,131 NUT and ATL members in a snapshot survey.

ExcelinEd Policy, Pilots and the Path to Competency - Based Education: A National Landscape This report, published together with EducationCounsel, offers a survey of current state laws and policies on competency - based education in K - 12 systems and explores the potential challenges they may pose for states implementing this innovative learning model.

The Rutgers team will utilize surveys, focus groups, interviews, and an analysis of teacher practice and student growth data from the pilot districts to see how it's being implemented.

The Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) survey (Fraser, 1981) was piloted by the iQUEST Project prior to the first summer camp and narrowed from 70 items to 28 items that related to student attitudes and interest toward science careers.

REA conducted site visits in pilot sites and interviews with virtual school coordinators, and consulted on surveys of students, teachers, and counselors involved in the pilot.

By Melissa Figueira Policy Associate In the fall of 2017, following successful pilots in districts across the state, the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey, or KIDS, will be implemented in Illinois.