Raising the legal gambling age in Finland: problem gambling prevalence rates in different age groups among past-year gamblers pre- and post-implementation

This article reports on the frequency of problem gambling, measured with the Lie/Bet instrument, in different age groups among Finnish past-year gamblers in 2011 (n = 2984) and 2014 (n = 2326). The data highlights the situation before, and three years after, the implementation of a raised minimum age limit for gambling from 15 to 18 years. The difference in problem gambling frequency when comparing all age groups was statistically significant in 2011, but not in 2014. A significantly lower frequency of problem gambling was found among 18–19-year-olds in 2014 (3.4%), compared to 2011 (16.3%). The results regarding problem gambling prevalence among 15–17-year-olds (8.0% in 2011, 0.0% in 2014) are somewhat inconclusive as the number of respondents fulfilling the criteria for problem gambling was zero in 2014, thus affecting the analysis. No statistically significant difference in problem gambling frequency was found among 20–21-year-olds (a group less affected by the policy implementation) – or other older age groups – between the survey years. While the findings should be viewed with caution, they do support recommendations regarding a minimum gambling age of 18 years or higher as an effective harm-minimization measure.     

公式化语言对当今大学英语写作的启示

以公式化语言的理论依据为基础,通过问卷调查的方法,剖析当前我国大学英语写作教学中存在的误区,探究其产生的原因,并提出公式化语言教学对提高大学生英语写作水平的实际作用,使学生能够真正掌握准确的、规范的、地道的英语写作技能。     

内观主观报告量表的发展与理论机制探讨

目的:通过分析不同研究者对内观的界定和测量上的异同,探讨如何推进对内观本质的研究。方法:对目前研究者提出的内观概念进行梳理,对多种内观主观报告量表从内在结构角度进行了分析和比较。结果:目前心理学研究中内观的概念和操作化测量上还存在较大的分歧,这种差异反映了研究者在对内观概念的理解、内观经验、研究背景和兴趣等方面的不同。结论:应该更加关注对内观训练者的质性研究和对内观效果的验证性研究,这将有利于促进心理学对内观本质多层面的认识。     

基于读者意见分析基础上的高校图书馆管理策略初探

积极对待读者意见,能够有效提高读者满意度,有利于提高图书馆服务质量与服务水平。本文通过对南京医科大学在校学生关于图书馆的问卷调查,收集读者意见与建议,归纳为对馆藏资源、环境设施、管理服务等三方面意见加以分析,并给出提高图书馆建设和服务质量的建议。     

问卷调查法在跨文化交际研究中的应用创新

针对International Journal of Intercultural Relations中的实证数据收集方法进行统计,发现问卷调查是国际跨文化交际主流研究所使用的首要数据收集方法,问卷设计与问卷题项结构呈现出多样化、综合性的特点;主流研究大多综合运用问卷的多种变体。问卷设计的两个方面值得国内研究借鉴,即问卷的综合性和题项的情境性。     

汉语生态环保公示语的文本类型及英译

生态环保公示语是人类文明和社会进步的产物,具有极强的宣传效果和社会意义。针对此类公示语的英译问题,依据莱思和诺德的文本类型理论,探讨汉语生态环保公示语的文本功能,提出针对兼具多功能文本类型的英译策略,并结合问卷调查得以证实。     

Comparing a survey and a conjoint study: the future vision of water intermediaries

This paper compares and contrasts two methods of obtaining opinions using questionnaires. As the name suggests, a conjoint study makes it possible to consider several attributes jointly. Conjoint analysis is a statistical method to analyse preferences. However, conjoint analysis requires a certain amount of effort by the respondent. The alternative is ordinary survey questions, answered one at a time. Survey questions are easier to grasp mentally, but they do not challenge the respondent to prioritize. This investigation has utilized both methods, survey and conjoint, making it possible to compare them on real data. Attribute importance, attribute correlations, case clustering and attribute grouping are evaluated by both methods. Correspondence between how the two methods measure the attribute in question is also given. Overall, both methods yield the same picture concerning the relative importance of the attributes. Taken one attribute at a time, the correspondence between the methods varies from good to no correspondence. Considering all attributes together by cluster analysis of the cases, the conjoint and survey data yield different cluster structures. The attributes are grouped by factor analysis, and there is reasonable correspondence. The data originate from the EU project 'New Intermediary services and the transformation of urban water supply and wastewater disposal systems in Europe'.     

"思想道德修养"课问卷调查带来的启示

课前课后两次问卷调查,显示学生对“思想道德修养”课的态度发生了很大的转变,认可度有了明显提高。这一结果带来有益启示:改善目前德育教学效果不佳状况,提升德育的实效,关键在教师。事实证明,提升德育效果不仅必要、紧迫,而且完全可能。     

中英道歉言语行为之比较

道歉作为言语行为在不同文化中有其不同的规律.文章通过问卷调查的方式,着重对以汉语为母语的中国人和以英语为母语的英国人的道歉方式进行了分析比较,指出两者的异同之处,并且就道歉言语行为所涉及的文化差异进行了探讨.     

Developing a diagnostic tool and policy instrument for the realization of decent work

Based on nine of the indicators identified by the ILO's 2008 Tripartite Meeting of Experts on the Measurement of Decent Work, the authors develop a questionnaire, supplemented by in‐depth interviews, to assess job quality in the security, farming and hospitality industries in South Africa's Gauteng province. Their diagnostic tool differs from the standard ILO index in that it focuses on individual workers at industry level rather than conditions at country level. This approach, the authors argue, can be used to monitor progress towards decent work while enabling key actors at industry level to develop evidence‐led strategies to overcome decent work deficits.