Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology

1967 - 2025

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Volume 44, issue 6, 2010

The effect of the elapsed time between the initial refusal and conversion contact on conversion success: evidence from the 2nd round of the European social survey pp. 1053-1065

Koen Beullens, Jaak Billiet and Geert Loosveldt

Some views on agreement to be used in content analysis studies pp. 1067-1078

Roel Popping

Evaluating corporate image and reputation using fuzzy MCDM approach in airline market pp. 1079-1091

James Liou and Mei-Ling Chuang

An application of six sigma methodology to reduce shoplifting in bookstores pp. 1093-1103

K. Chen, C. Shyu and M. Kuo

Sensitivity and specificity of the Mini-Mental State Examination in the Mexican population pp. 1105-1112

Teresita Villaseñor-Cabrera, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos, Miriam Jiménez-Maldonado, Genoveva Rizo-Curiel and Maribel Peró-Cebollero

The relationship between personality, gender and departments: application of 16 personality factor questionnaire in the Antalya region of Turkey pp. 1113-1127

A. Aksu, Güçlü Şekercioğlu, V. Ehtiyar, Sevcan Yıldız and Yusuf Yılmaz

On possibilities and limitations of using self-anchoring scales in web surveys pp. 1129-1137

Frederik Acker and Peter Theuns

Applying repertory grids technique for knowledge elicitation in quality function deployment pp. 1139-1149

Hsin-Hung Wu and Jiunn-I Shieh

An application of six sigma methodology to enhance leisure service quality pp. 1151-1164

H. Chen, K. Chen, T. Chang and C. Hsu

Learning cyber trust using a triadic functioning analysis: a qualitative approach pp. 1165-1174

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

A group decision-making method with fuzzy set theory and genetic algorithms in quality function deployment pp. 1175-1189

Chin-Hung Liu

Evaluation and comparison of European countries: public opinion on services pp. 1191-1205

Pier Alda Ferrari, Paola Annoni and Giancarlo Manzi

A case of applying importance-performance analysis in identifying key success factors to develop marketing strategies pp. 1207-1218

Hsin-Hung Wu, Yung-Tai Tang and Jyh-Wei Shyu

The effect of balanced development idea on the quality of life of inhabitants in selected municipalities of the Silesian province pp. 1219-1226

Bozena Skotnicka-Zasadzien and Katarzyna Midor

Canonical correlation between job satisfaction and EFQM business excellence model pp. 1227-1238

Ozkan Tutuncu and Deniz Kucukusta

Bayesian estimation and prediction based on Rayleigh sample quantiles pp. 1239-1248

Arturo Fernández

Citation analysis in research on differential item functioning pp. 1249-1255

Georgina Guilera, Juana Gómez-Benito and M. Hidalgo

Measuring location selection factors for international resort parks pp. 1257-1270

Chin-Tsai Lin and Pin-Ju Juan

Volume 44, issue 5, 2010

Applying jump-diffusion processes to liquidate and convert venture capital pp. 817-832

Tyrone Lin, Chuan-Chuan Ko and Chia-Wen Chang

Measurement of power, probabilities, and alternative models of man pp. 833-847

Manfred Holler and Hannu Nurmi

A Multitrait-Multimethod approach to pinpoint the validity of aggregated governance indicators pp. 849-864

Robert Neumann and Peter Graeff

Nonparametric analysis of financial time series by the Kernel methodology pp. 865-880

Mohamed Chikhi and Claude Diebolt

Generalization practices in qualitative research: a mixed methods case study pp. 881-892

Anthony Onwuegbuzie and Nancy Leech

The impact of modern education in the Ouramant region of Iranian Kurdistan: a grounded study pp. 893-904

Mohmmad Iman and Ahmad Mohammadpur

Constructing a fuzzy Shewhart control chart for variables when uncertainty and randomness are combined pp. 905-914

Alireza Faraz, R. Kazemzadeh, M. Moghadam and Aliasghar Bazdar

Daily diaries in time use surveys. A solution to overcome measurement problems in single-activity events with long characteristic rhythms pp. 915-939

Ettore Scappini

Bailey’s social entropy theory as an explicit theoretical approach for an empirical assessment of security of contemporary societies pp. 941-955

Miran Mitar

The effects of interviewer, respondent and area characteristics on cooperation in panel surveys: a multilevel approach pp. 957-969

Sigrid Haunberger

A statistical procedure for testing social reciprocity at group, dyadic and individual levels pp. 971-984

David Leiva, Antonio Solanas and Lluís Salafranca

Estimating and testing process accuracy with extension to asymmetric tolerances pp. 985-995

Chien-Wei Wu, Ming-Hung Shu, W. Pearn and Yi-Chang Tai

Quantifying uncertainty in applying importance-performance analysis pp. 997-1003

Hsin-Hung Wu and Jiunn-I Shieh

Firm leverage and investment decisions in an emerging market pp. 1005-1013

Mehmet Umutlu

Does spatial visualization ability improve after studying technical drawing? pp. 1015-1024

Gerardo Prieto and Angela Velasco

Multi-facet design for goal scoring in soccer-7 pp. 1025-1035

Álvaro Reina-Gómez, Antonio Hernández-Mendo and José Fernández-García

Improving the response rate and quality in Web-based surveys through the personalization and frequency of reminder mailings pp. 1037-1052

Francisco Muñoz-Leiva, Juan Sánchez-Fernández, Francisco Javier Ríos and José Ibáñez-Zapata

Volume 44, issue 4, 2010

Supplementary questionnaire and nonresponse-results from the German ISSP survey pp. 607-622

Volker Hüfken

Global supplier selection using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy goal programming pp. 623-640

Cheng-Yuan Ku, Ching-Ter Chang and Hui-Ping Ho

Preventing mismatch answers in standardized survey interviews pp. 641-659

Yfke Ongena and Wil Dijkstra

Gender difference and job replacement for mutual fund pp. 661-671

Jo-Hui Chen

Forecasting compositional time series pp. 673-690

Terence Mills

Audit market structure and related changes in Taiwan: the effects of CPA qualification changes and mergers pp. 691-712

Chia-Chi Lee

Zipf’s law—another view pp. 713-731

Ioan-Iovitz Popescu, Gabriel Altmann and Reinhard Köhler

Relationships among traditional Chinese personality traits, work stress, and emotional intelligence in workers in the semiconductor industry in Taiwan pp. 733-748

Cheng-Ping Chang and Fang-Jiu Chang

Face validity in personality tests: psychometric instruments and projective techniques in comparison pp. 749-759

Riccardo Sartori

Using ad hoc measures for response styles: a cautionary note pp. 761-775

Alain De Beuckelaer, Bert Weijters and Anouk Rutten

Investigations on the life quality of a child from a foster family: the research method pp. 777-782

Mariusz Ligarski

The standard error of moving average smoothed equipercentile equating pp. 783-791

Dougal Hutchison

Service quality of travel agents in Turkey pp. 793-805

Zeynep Filiz

Using K-means method and spectral clustering technique in an outfitter’s value analysis pp. 807-815

En-Chi Chang, Shian-Chang Huang and Hsin-Hung Wu

Volume 44, issue 3, 2010

Testing the impact of predefined and self-defined end anchors on the linearity of the category rating scale pp. 397-408

Joeri Hofmans and Peter Theuns

Changing social categories in a changing society: studying trends with correspondence analysis pp. 409-425

Ruben Konig

The impact of non-normality, sample size and estimation technique on goodness-of-fit measures in structural equation modeling: evidence from ten empirical models of travel behavior pp. 427-445

David Ory and Patricia Mokhtarian

Assessment of decision-making regarding market entry/exit for technology innovation pp. 447-457

Tyrone Lin

Antecedents of employee involvement with the comparative model pp. 459-482

Wen-Bao Lin

Interpreting the results of studies using latent variable models to assess data quality: an empirical example using confirmatory factor analysis pp. 483-497

Adam Carle

Psychological profile of subjects facilitating responsible preventive behavior pp. 499-507

Joan Guàrdia-Olmos, Maribel Peró-Cebollero, Esther Horta-Faja, Adolfo Jarne-Esparcia, Amàlia Gordóvil-Merino and Sònia Bénitez-Borrego

An approach to the R&D value based upon real option method pp. 509-527

Keng Lo and Yu Lan

Measuring process capability index C pm with fuzzy data pp. 529-535

Cheng-Che Chen, Chun-Mei Lai and Hsiao-Yu Nien

Using the fuzzy associative memory (FAM) computation to explore the R&D project performance pp. 537-549

Yu-Shan Chen and Ke-Chiun Chang

A quality approach to airport management pp. 551-564

Elton Fernandes and Ricardo Pacheco

On the distribution of Harter pp. 565-572

Saralees Nadarajah

Efficiency and total factor productivity of crop production at NUTS1 level in Turkey: Malmquist index approach pp. 573-581

Goksel Armagan, Altug Ozden and Selim Bekcioglu

Motivation in the teaching of Physical Education according to the Achievement Goal Theory: methodological considerations pp. 583-593

F. Gimeno and A. García-Mas

The development of a destructive sampling method designed for high quality production processes (DSM-HQ) pp. 595-605

Francisco Delgadillo and Ronald Bremer

Volume 44, issue 2, 2010

Application of optimal control in man power planning pp. 199-215

Anna-Maria Mouza

Fuzzy multi-linguistic preferences model of service innovations at wholesale service delivery pp. 217-237

Ling-Zhong Lin

Modality analysis: a semantic grammar for imputations of intentionality in texts pp. 239-257

Carl Roberts, Cornelia Zuell, Juliane Landmann and Yong Wang

Dynamic institutional analysis: measuring corporatist intermediation pp. 259-275

Jaap Woldendorp and Hans Keman

A comparison of multiple imputation with EM algorithm and MCMC method for quality of life missing data pp. 277-287

Ting Lin

Compative robustness of six tests in repeated measures designs with specified departures from sphericity pp. 289-301

Paula Fernández García, Guillermo Vallejo, Pablo Livacic-Rojas, Javier Herrero and Marcelino Cuesta

Perceived insecurity in the public space: personal, social and environmental variables pp. 303-314

D. Carro, S. Valera and T. Vidal

Robust design in multivariate systems using genetic algorithms pp. 315-332

Hector Allende, Daniela Bravo and Enrique Canessa

Allocation model for theme park advertising budget pp. 333-343

Yoau-Chau Jeng and Fei-Rung Chiu

Random non-response in multi-character surveys pp. 345-356

Sarjinder Singh, María Rueda and Ismael Sánchez-Borrego

An analysis of the effect of pre-incentives and post-incentives based on draws on response to web surveys pp. 357-373

Juan Sánchez-Fernández, Francisco Muñoz-Leiva, Francisco Javier Ríos and José Ibáñez-Zapata

Location choice for direct foreign investment in new hospitals in China by using ANP and TOPSIS pp. 375-390

Chin-Tsai Lin and Meng-Chuan Tsai

HR-related facets and their relationship to organizational effectiveness: a faceted definition pp. 391-395

Aharon Tziner and Shlomit Levy

Volume 44, issue 1, 2010

A new procedure for monitoring the range and standard deviation of a quality characteristic pp. 1-24

M. Kiani, John Panaretos and S. Psarakis

Demographic volatility and economic growth: convention and beyond pp. 25-45

Tapas Mishra and Claude Diebolt

Applying fuzzy quality function deployment to identify service management requirements for customer quality needs pp. 47-57

Gin-Shuh Liang

In search of content validity: facet analysis as a qualitative method to improve questionnaire design pp. 59-69

J. Landsheer and H. Boeije

The effect of the question topic on interviewer behavior; an interaction analysis of control activities of interviewers pp. 71-85

Johannes Zouwen, Johannes Smit and Stasja Draisma

Consumers’ fluid milk consumption behaviors in TURKEY: an application of multinomial logit model pp. 87-98

Gulgun Yildiz Tiryaki and Cuma Akbay

A mathematical approach to the boolean minimization problem pp. 99-113

Adrian Duşa

Wage mobility in Europe. A comparative analysis using restricted multinomial logit regression pp. 115-129

Dimitris Pavlopoulos, Ruud Muffels and Jeroen Vermunt

Performance improvement in new product development with effective tools and techniques adoption for high-tech industries pp. 131-152

Tsu-Ming Yeh, Fan-Yun Pai and Ching-Chow Yang

Polychoric versus Pearson correlations in exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of ordinal variables pp. 153-166

Francisco Holgado–Tello, Salvador Chacón–Moscoso, Isabel Barbero–García and Enrique Vila–Abad

Is there a J-curve effect in Turkish services? pp. 167-172

Mehmet Yazici

Assessing nonresponse bias in activist surveys pp. 173-180

Wolfgang Rüdig

Interval estimation for the two-parameter exponential distribution under progressive censoring pp. 181-189

Shu-Fei Wu

Modeling the unethical intention of software piracy: a qualitative integration of network externalities and information cascades pp. 191-198

Sheng-Wuu Joe, Shin-Yi Lin and Chou-Kang Chiu