Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology

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Volume 47, issue 4, 2013

The effect of the individual chart with variable control limits on the river pollution monitoring pp. 1803-1812

Pei-Hsi Lee, Yi-Hsien Huang, Tsen-I Kuo and Ching-Cheng Wang

Kinesics and proxemics communication of expert and novice PE teachers pp. 1813-1829

Marta Castañer, Oleguer Camerino, M. Anguera and Gudberg Jonsson

Mapping leisure shopping trip decision making: validation of the CNET interview protocol pp. 1831-1849

Tim De Ceunynck, Diana Kusumastuti, Els Hannes, Davy Janssens and Geert Wets

Effects of school team embeddedness on team trust and potency pp. 1851-1868

Jung-Nung Chang and Chia-Yi Cheng

The influence of novelty, flexibility, and synergy of package tours on tourist satisfaction: an analysis of structural equation modeling (SEM) pp. 1869-1882

Yu-I Lee, Ching-Hsun Chang and Yu-Shan Chen

A model for total quality management in higher education pp. 1883-1904

Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Awan, Muhammad Khan and Niaz Ahmad

Fuzzy-set method in comparative social policy: a critical introduction and review of the applications of the fuzzy-set method pp. 1905-1922

Sophia Lee

Is the liberalization policy effective on improving bivariate cointegration of current accounts, foreign exchange, stock prices? Further evidence from Asian markets pp. 1923-1941

Chen Kuo

Salvaging law and economics pp. 1943-1956

Jasper Doomen

The long and short of asking questions about income: a comparison using data from Hungary pp. 1957-1969

Wim Jansen, Willem-Jan Verhoeven, Peter Robert and Jos Dessens

Examining variation in economic performance using fuzzy-sets pp. 1971-1989

Barbara Vis, Jaap Woldendorp and Hans Keman

Evaluating a sequential tree-based procedure for multivariate imputation of complex missing data structures pp. 1991-2008

Riccardo Borgoni and Ann Berrington

Setting the course for quality assurance in higher education pp. 2009-2024

Muhammad Asif and Abdul Raouf

Determinants of social desirability bias in sensitive surveys: a literature review pp. 2025-2047

Ivar Krumpal

TQM practice in real-estate industry using AHP pp. 2049-2063

P. Sarathy

Application of DMAIC process to enhance health effects in caring institution pp. 2065-2080

Hsi-Chin Chen, Tsang-Chuan Chang, Yun-Tsan Lin, Hsuan-Yi Cheng and Tsu-Liang Chang

A low quality–high cost–low satisfaction trap in public health care: a model and an efficiency-quality-welfare improving stochastic resolution pp. 2081-2093

Ahmet Kara

Analysis of the implications of collaborative work in terms of performance and satisfaction among students registered in the Data Analysis in Psychology course pp. 2095-2105

Joan Guàrdia-Olmos, Maribel Peró-Cebollero, Montserrat Freixa-Blanxart, Jaume Turbany-Oset and Amàlia Gordóvil-Merino

Lean Six Sigma methodology and application pp. 2107-2127

Ediz Atmaca and S. Girenes

Hybrid decision model for information project selection pp. 2129-2142

Chang-Lin Yang, Sue-Jane Chiang, Rong-Hwa Huang and Yu-An Lin

Did Vietnam stock market avoid the “contagion risk” from China and the U.S.? The contagion effect test with dynamic correlation coefficients pp. 2143-2161

Kuan-Min Wang

An integrated fuzzy mathematical model and principal component analysis algorithm for forecasting uncertain trends of electricity consumption pp. 2163-2176

A. Azadeh, M. Saberi and A. Gitiforouz

The absent, the hidden and the obscured: reflections on “dark matter” in qualitative research pp. 2177-2190

Naomi Weiner-Levy and Ariela Popper-Giveon

Development and validation of an Integrated Organizational Safety Climate Questionnaire with multilevel confirmatory factor analysis pp. 2191-2223

Margherita Brondino, Margherita Pasini and Silvia Silva

Merging the accountability and scientific research requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act: using cohort control groups pp. 2225-2257

Jean Stockard

Multi-layer quality function deployment (QFD) approach for improving the compromised quality satisfaction under the agency problem: A 3D QFD design for the asset selection problem in the shipping industry pp. 2259-2280

Okan Duru, Sheng Huang, Emrah Bulut and Shigeru Yoshida

Empirical approach to the analysis of university student absenteeism: proposal of a questionnaire for students to evaluate the possible causes pp. 2281-2288

Xavier Triadó-Ivern, Pilar Aparicio-Chueca, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos, Maribel Peró-Cebollero and Natalia Jaría-Chacón

Mixture cumulative count control chart for mixture geometric process characteristics pp. 2289-2307

Muhammad Majeed, Muhammad Aslam and Muhammad Riaz

Innovation attributes and pedagogical quality: a concretization of joint theories on course management systems acceptance pp. 2309-2317

Shinyi Lin and Shueh-Fen Chen

A qualitative analysis of cross-cultural new media research: SNS use in Asia and the West pp. 2319-2330

Seong Cho and Han Park

A general procedure of estimating the population variance when coefficient of variation of an auxiliary variable is known in sample surveys pp. 2331-2339

Rohini Yadav, Lakshmi Upadhyaya, Housila Singh and S. Chatterjee

Relevance and advantages of using the item response theory pp. 2341-2360

Silvana Bortolotti, Rafael Tezza, Dalton Andrade, Antonio Bornia and Afonso Sousa Júnior

Perceptions of students university of corporate social responsibility pp. 2361-2377

María González-Rodríguez, María Díaz-Fernández, Marek Pawlak and Biagio Simonetti

Corporative social responsibilities perceptions: an aproximation through Spanish university students’ values pp. 2379-2398

Ma. González-Rodríguez, Ma. Díaz-Fernández and Biagio Simonetti

Volume 47, issue 3, 2013

Intercompany mobbing: the effects of company growth pp. 1275-1285

Sedat Göçen, Şevket Yirik, Yusuf Yılmaz and Volkan Altıntaş

National minorities and their representation in social surveys: which practices make a difference? pp. 1287-1314

Francesco Laganà, Guy Elcheroth, Sandra Penic, Brian Kleiner and Nicole Fasel

Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA): an application for the industry pp. 1315-1321

Alexander Cotte Poveda and Clara Pardo Martínez

What about the leader? What should the Hungarian Prime Minister do after he lied? pp. 1323-1335

Roel Popping

The relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth: quantile panel-type analysis pp. 1337-1366

Kuan-Min Wang

Evaluating the operational performance of knowledge-based industries: the perspective of intellectual capital pp. 1367-1383

Chia-Chin Chang, Shiu-Wan Hung and Sin-Yi Huang

Extended risk classification in insurance industry pp. 1385-1396

M. Moghadam

A comparison of open-ended and closed questions in the prediction of mental health pp. 1397-1411

Oddgeir Friborg and Jan Rosenvinge

Double serial correlation for multilevel growth curve models pp. 1413-1427

Dickson Anumendem, Geert Verbeke, Bieke De Fraine, Patrick Onghena and Jan Van Damme

Psychometrically and qualitatively validating a cross-national cumulative measure of fear-based xenophobia pp. 1429-1444

Kees Veer, Reidar Ommundsen, Oksana Yakushko, Laurens Higler, Susan Woelders and Kari Hagen

Factors affecting development of crisis management mechanisms in hospitals pp. 1445-1457

Wen-Bao Lin

Small business job creation hypothesis in Taiwan pp. 1459-1492

Liu De-Chih

The relationship between the playfulness climate in the classroom and student creativity pp. 1493-1510

Cheng-Ping Chang, Chih-Ting Hsu and I-Jun Chen

Applying structural equation modeling to report psychometric properties of Chinese version 10-item CES-D depression scale pp. 1511-1518

Sen-Chi Yu, Yuan-Horng Lin and Wei-Hsin Hsu

Public servants’ workplace learning: a reflection on the concept of communities of practice pp. 1519-1530

Wen-Bing Gau

Dynamics of partisan representation the American south, 1898–2010 pp. 1531-1543

Andrew Whitford

Item response theory and the measurement of deprivation: evidence from Luxembourg data pp. 1545-1560

Monica Szeles and Alessio Fusco

On estimation of some abbreviated social welfare measures pp. 1561-1576

Elsayed Elamir

Inclusion of disabled people in the Italian labour market: an efficiency analysis of law 68/1999 at regional level pp. 1577-1588

Massimiliano Agovino and A. Rapposelli

Qualitative research in psychology: misunderstandings about textual analysis pp. 1589-1603

María Carrera-Fernández, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos and Maribel Peró-Cebollero

Performance indicator evaluation for a cloud computing system from QoS viewpoint pp. 1605-1616

Yi-Kuei Lin and Ping-Chen Chang

The moderating effect of social capital and environmental dynamism on the link between entrepreneurial orientation and resource acquisition pp. 1617-1628

Kai-Ping Huang and Karen Wang

M regression approach for satisfaction of municipality services: the case of Eskisehir pp. 1629-1637

Hatice Samkar and Ozlem Alpu

Using laboratory experiments to study law and crime pp. 1639-1655

Christine Horne and Heiko Rauhut

Impact of private forest ownership on deforestation and poverty pp. 1657-1664

Cuneyt Koyuncu and Rasim Yilmaz

From network ties to network structures: Exponential Random Graph Models of interorganizational relations pp. 1665-1685

Francesca Pallotti, Alessandro Lomi and Daniele Mascia

How similar are they? rethinking electoral congruence pp. 1687-1701

Jason Wittenberg

Quality in health care: possibilities and limitations of quantitative research instruments among health care users pp. 1703-1716

Mirna Macur

A nonlinear simultaneous probit-model for the investigation of decision-making processes: modelling the process of setting up a family in partnerships pp. 1717-1732

Petra Stein and Monika Pavetic

A generalized method of estimation of a population parameter in two-phase and successive sampling pp. 1733-1760

Housila Singh, Ritesh Tailor, Sarjinder Singh and Marcin Kozak

Discovering medical quality of total hip arthroplasty by rough set classifier with imbalanced class pp. 1761-1779

Min-Hsiung Wei, Ching-Hsue Cheng, Chung-Shih Huang and Po-Chang Chiang

Using nonparametric methods in social surveys: an empirical study pp. 1781-1792

M. Rueda, I. Sánchez-Borrego and A. Arcos

Gender differences in macroeconomic expectations: evidence from Turkey pp. 1793-1801

Atilla Cifter and Dilek Teker

Volume 47, issue 2, 2013

A final price prediction model for english auctions: a neuro-fuzzy approach pp. 599-613

Chin-Shien Lin, Shihyu Chou, Shih-Min Weng and Yu-Chen Hsieh

The analysis of students’ academic achievement: the evaluation of peer effects through relational links pp. 615-631

Simone Celant

A pragmatic approach to evaluate alternative indicators to GDP pp. 633-657

L. Fasolo, M. Galetto and E. Turina

Mixed methods research synthesis: definition, framework, and potential pp. 659-676

M. Heyvaert, B. Maes and P. Onghena

The Chicago School after the crisis of the new millennium pp. 677-711

Giuseppe Garofalo and Paolo Fetoni

The analysis of risk perception with fuzzy means-end approach pp. 713-734

Ling-Zhong Lin and Tsuen-Ho Hsu

A multi-process second-order latent growth curve model for subjective well-being pp. 735-752

M. Salgueiro, Peter Smith and Marcel Vieira

Modeling IT product recall intention based on the theory of reasoned action and information asymmetry: a qualitative aspect pp. 753-759

Chieh-Peng Lin, Yuan-Hui Tsai, Sheng-Wuu Joe and Chou-Kang Chiu

Thematic content analysis using supervised machine learning: An empirical evaluation using German online news pp. 761-773

Michael Scharkow

Two applications of the Points-of-View model to subject variations in sorting data pp. 775-790

David Bimler

Fractional mortality rate based on rational interpolating method and its application in actuarial science pp. 791-802

Shilong Li, Xia Zhao and Nailong Guo

A study of the relationship between work values and career orientation of employed in the high technology industry pp. 803-810

Hung-Wen Lee and Kuo-Wei Yen

Note on differential weight averaging models in functional measurement pp. 811-816

Giulio Vidotto

Improving retrospective life course data by combining modularized self-reports and event history calendars: experiences from a large scale survey pp. 817-838

Katrin Drasch and Britta Matthes

Bipolarity and/or duality of social survey measurement scales and the question-order effect pp. 839-852

Mitja Hafner-Fink and Samo Uhan

Causality in social theory via linguistic fuzzy logic pp. 853-880

Badredine Arfi

Weak cognitive image of cultural tourism destinations pp. 881-895

M. Rodríguez-Santos, Ana González-Fernández and Miguel Cervantes-Blanco

Application of fuzzy regression on air cargo volume forecast pp. 897-908

Tsung-Yu Chou, Gin-Shuh Liang and Tzeu-Chen Han

Structural aspects of social capital: tests for cross-national equivalence in Europe pp. 909-922

Maurice Gesthuizen, Peer Scheepers, William Veld and Beate Völker

Evaluating contemporary social exclusion in Europe: a hierarchical latent class approach pp. 923-941

Elena Pirani

Identifying some major determinants of entrepreneurial partnership, using a confounded factorial conjoint choice experiment pp. 943-960

Michel Kanmogne and Kent Eskridge

Proposing public announcement intention and its antecedents from a CSR perspective: a qualitative study pp. 961-968

Chou-Kang Chiu, Yuan Tsai, Yi-Ju Wang and Chieh-Peng Lin

Market segmentation, service quality, and overall satisfaction: self-organizing map and structural equation modeling methods pp. 969-987

Nai-Hua Chen, Stephen Huang, Shih-Tung Shu and Tung-Sheng Wang

Classification of longitudinal career paths pp. 989-1008

Pietro Lovaglio and Mario Mezzanzanica

The study of behavioral intention for mobile commerce: via integrated model of TAM and TTF pp. 1009-1020

Ya-Yueh Shih and Chi-Yuan Chen

The impact of coding time on the estimation of school effects pp. 1021-1040

Nkafu Anumendem, Bieke De Fraine, Patrick Onghena and Jan Van Damme

The relationship between bank performance and intellectual capital in East Asia pp. 1041-1062

Wei-Kang Wang, Wen-Min Lu and Yu-Han Wang

An empirical assessment of the cross-national measurement validity of graded paired comparisons pp. 1063-1076

Alain De Beuckelaer, Jarl Kampen and J. Van Trijp

A fractional cointegration analysis of Fisher hypothesis: evidence from Turkey pp. 1077-1084

Burcu Kiran

A social discount rate for Turkey pp. 1085-1091

Ferda Halicioglu and Cevat Karatas

Development of a service quality model for academic libraries pp. 1093-1103

Muhammad Awan and Khalid Mahmood

An analysis of the construct “involvement” in consumer behaviour pp. 1105-1123

M. Rodríguez-Santos, Ana González-Fernández and Miguel Cervantes-Blanco

Applying fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making model to ecotour plan selection pp. 1125-1141

Chi-Shiun Lai, Hong-Long Lee and Yen-Chih Pan

A Bayesian analysis of suicide data pp. 1143-1161

Rosalia Condorelli

A Bayesian model of religious conversion pp. 1163-1171

Vikas Kumar

Applied nonlinear dynamical system in social science. A nonlinear model for social control system: an application to Italian coercion system pp. 1173-1198

Rosalia Condorelli

A model of secularism in the state of nature pp. 1199-1212

Vikas Kumar

Value relevance on intellectual capital valuation methods: the role of corporate governance pp. 1213-1223

Mao-Chang Wang

Many ways of qualitative contrast in probabilistic theories of causality pp. 1225-1236

Joonsung Kim

Qualitative/quantitative integration in the inductive observational study of interactive behaviour: impact of recording and coding among predominating perspectives pp. 1237-1257

Pedro Sánchez-Algarra and M. Anguera

Online banking performance evaluation using data envelopment analysis and axiomatic fuzzy set clustering pp. 1259-1273

Lili Tao, Xiaodong Liu and Yan Chen

Volume 47, issue 1, 2013

A fuzzy AHP approach based on the concept of possibility extent pp. 1-14

Chen-Hui Chou, Gin-Shuh Liang and Hung-Chung Chang

The effect of latency variables on repeated measures inference applied to the measurement of risk-taking as a function of psychopathy pp. 15-26

Monica Jackson, Adria Trotman, Melissa Stephens and Kimberly Sellers

Alarm the quickly changing of performance evaluation decisive indexes—qualitative to quantitative? pp. 27-37

He Jian-Long and Shi Zhong-Ke

An investigation of the parameters of a simple mean-field model pp. 39-47

M. Cox

How to state general qualitative facts in psychology? pp. 49-56

Stéphane Vautier

Integrated analysis of content and construct validity of psychometric instruments pp. 57-78

Byron Gajewski, Larry Price, Valorie Coffland, Diane Boyle and Marjorie Bott

Utilize structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore the influence of corporate environmental ethics: the mediation effect of green human capital pp. 79-95

Yu-Shan Chen and Ching-Hsun Chang

Autonomy of participation and ICT literacy in a self-directed learning environment (SDLE) pp. 97-109

Shinyi Lin and Richard Overbaugh

A comparative study of college students’ ethical perception concerning internet piracy pp. 111-120

Wei-Pang Wu and Hui-Ling Yang

The measurement of human capital: a multivariate macro-approach pp. 121-136

Jeroen Klomp

Use of hypotheses for analysis of variance models: challenging the current practice pp. 137-150

Floryt Wesel, Hennie Boeije and Herbert Hoijtink

Research on knowledge sharing and interpersonal relationships: empirical study of family firms and non-family firms pp. 151-166

Wen-Bao Lin

A framework for analysing social sequences pp. 167-191

Thomas King

Response style behavior: question format dependent or personal style? pp. 193-211

Natalia Kieruj and Guy Moors

What about theory? The consequences on a widened perspective of social theory pp. 213-225

Gustav Lidén

Deforestation, corruption, and private ownership in the forest sector pp. 227-236

Cuneyt Koyuncu and Rasim Yilmaz

Inclusion and education in European countries: methodological considerations pp. 237-255

George Muskens

Is there life after P>0.05? Statistical significance and quantitative sociology pp. 257-270

Athena Engman

The nonlinear effect of green innovation on the corporate competitive advantage pp. 271-286

Yu-Shan Chen and Ke-Chiun Chang

Organizationally-relevant configurations: the value of modeling local dependence pp. 287-311

Pankaj Patel, Sherry Thatcher and Katerina Bezrukova

A measure of multidimensional polarization for categorical diversity data pp. 313-333

Bruno Trezzini

Present and future: a trend forecasting and ranking of university types for innovative development from an intellectual capital perspective pp. 335-352

I-Shuo Chen and Jui-Kuei Chen

Imputation methods of missing data for estimating the population mean using simple random sampling with known correlation coefficient pp. 353-365

Amer Al-Omari, Carlos Bouza and Carmelo Herrera

The urgent need for figures of merit in order to evaluate the performance of teaching and learning methodologies: constructive criticism from a scientific metrological discipline pp. 367-381

Waldo Quiroz, Carla Olivares, Cristian Merino and Manuel Bravo

Empirical research consolidation: a generic overview and a classification scheme for methods pp. 383-410

Nuzhat Haneef

Toward a universal higher education system: a case study of Taiwan pp. 411-420

Ching-Hsiao (Wes) Chiang

The complexity of educational design research pp. 421-439

Sanne Akkerman, Larike Bronkhorst and Ilya Zitter

Six sporting worlds. A cluster analysis of sports participation in the EU-25 pp. 441-453

Charlotte Van Tuyckom

Towards unveiling individual differences in different stages of information processing: a clustering-based approach pp. 455-464

Joeri Hofmans and Etienne Mullet

Quality improvement and redesign of performance measurement systems: an application to the academic field pp. 465-483

Fiorenzo Franceschini and Elisa Turina

A satisficing method for fuzzy goal programming problems with different importance and priorities pp. 485-498

Hung-Wen Cheng

Multi-factor of cultural values: a confirmatory factor analytic approach pp. 499-513

M. Ab Hamid, Z. Mustafa, F. Idris, M. Abdullah, N. Suradi and W. Ismail

The assessment of significance of benefits gained from the improvement of quality management systems in Polish organizations pp. 515-528

Radosław Wolniak

Enhance environmental commitments and green intangible assets toward green competitive advantages: an analysis of structural equation modeling (SEM) pp. 529-543

Yu-Shan Chen and Ching-Hsun Chang

On the product of gamma random variables pp. 545-552

Christopher Withers and Saralees Nadarajah

Survey error in an international context: an empirical assessment of cross-cultural differences regarding scale effects pp. 553-559

Hilde Tobi and Jarl Kampen

Modeling religious involvement: a qualitative integration based on female role visualization consumption pp. 561-566

Chyong-ling Lin and Jin-Tsann Yeh

Increasing the capacity of conceptual diagrams to embrace contextual complexity pp. 567-576

David Britt and Yung-Chou Chen

“Instrumentalism” and Friedman’s methodology: a short objection pp. 577-580

S. Subramanian

Quality assurance in higher education: analysis of grades for reviewing course levels pp. 581-598

Trudy Rexwinkel, Jacques Haenen and Albert Pilot