Quantifying Quality: Can Quantitative Data (“Metrics”) Explain the 2001 RAE Ratings for Social Policy and Administration?

This paper finds that around 80 per cent of the differences in the ratings awarded in the 2001 RAE for social policy may be “explained” using half a dozen pieces of quantitative data. Social policy excellence—as judged by peer review—is associated with the award of doctorates, the amount of money raised, publications in a particular (if broad) range of journals and books by major publishers, and being large. Even taking account of differences on all these factors, the analysis found that new universities fared worse than their quantitative data would suggest. It is argued that quantitative data should play a larger role in decisions about research quality, aiding equity and transparency.     

媒体人自审视域中的媒体战争

文章阐述了《手机》等电影中的媒体战争现象,并探究影片对媒介素养教育的启示意义。文章认为,媒体人电影具有寓教于乐、以身说教、多种教育模式相复合、不分种族阶层进行教育的优势,是观众认识媒体规律、掌握媒介知识、提升媒介素养的有效途径之一。     

关于江苏科技大学“卓越工程师”培养的几点思考──以船舶专业人才培养为例

江苏科技大学作为教育部批准的“卓越工程师”教育培养计划试点高校,其“卓越工程师教育培养计划”的实施恰逢中国船舶工业新一轮发展的历史机遇。以江苏科技大学船舶专业人才培养为例,顺利实施“卓越工程师教育培养计划”,就要在对该计划和创新人才培养模式充分认识的基础上,明确卓越工程师应具备的综合素养,并从课程设置、教学改革、产学研合作、人文素质教育等四个方面探讨、实践江苏科技大学“卓越工程师”的培养路径。     

Quantitative Risk Assessment of the New York State Operated West Valley Radioactive Waste Disposal Area

This article is based on a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) that was performed on a radioactive waste disposal area within the Western New York Nuclear Service Center in western New York State. The QRA results were instrumental in the decision by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to support a strategy of in‐place management of the disposal area for another decade. The QRA methodology adopted for this first of a kind application was a scenario‐based approach in the framework of the triplet definition of risk (scenarios, likelihoods, consequences). The measure of risk is the frequency of occurrence of different levels of radiation dose to humans at prescribed locations. The risk from each scenario is determined by (1) the frequency of disruptive events or natural processes that cause a release of radioactive materials from the disposal area; (2) the physical form, quantity, and radionuclide content of the material that is released during each scenario; (3) distribution, dilution, and deposition of the released materials throughout the environment surrounding the disposal area; and (4) public exposure to the distributed material and the accumulated radiation dose from that exposure. The risks of the individual scenarios are assembled into a representation of the risk from the disposal area. In addition to quantifying the total risk to the public, the analysis ranks the importance of each contributing scenario, which facilitates taking corrective actions and implementing effective risk management. Perhaps most importantly, quantification of the uncertainties is an intrinsic part of the risk results. This approach to safety analysis has demonstrated many advantages of applying QRA principles to assessing the risk of facilities involving hazardous materials.     

Conducting research using web-based questionnaires: Practical,methodological, and ethical considerations

The use of the internet for social science research is becoming increasingly common. This paper outlines practical, methodological and ethical issues for researchers to consider when using web-based questionnaires. This is illustrated by consideration of the authors' own experience of conducting a study into the phenomenon of self-harm.     

从高校学报“栏目主持人”的职责看其素养要求

高校学报＂栏目主持人＂的职责主要是负责栏目的选题策划、组稿、审稿;＂栏目主持人＂必须能准确地把握用稿的政治尺度;要有奉献精神,公平、公正,廉洁自律;有全面的、深厚的本学科的专业素养和一定的编辑学修养;有较高的业务能力。     

媒介素养研究的现状及思考

随着信息时代的到来，大众媒体已经成为人们获得信息和沟通思想最重要的渠道。媒体在社会生活中扮演着举足轻重的角色，人们对媒体也更加依赖，由此产生的媒介素养成为当代人的重要素养之一。应廓清媒介素养的内涵，追溯媒介素养的产生和发展轨迹，梳理媒介素养在我国的研究和实践现状，以提高我国新闻传播者的媒介素养水平，最终实现推动我国受众整体媒介素养水平的提高。     

农户在风险和不确定环境中决策的定量分析

在市场竞争日益激烈的今天,农户们几乎每天都面临结果不确定的情况。本文用定量的方法分析了农户主对付风险和不确定性环境的态度和目标,作出了一个包括收益变动率的边际分析模型,提出了农户对付风险和不确定性的一些对策。     

基于信息素质差异性视角的数字鸿沟成因分析

信息素质是决定信息主体获取和利用信息资源的一个关键因素。信息素质包括信息意识、文化素养、信息技能三个层面,从我国与发达国家之间及国内各地区之间公众信息素质在这三个方面的差异可以看出,信息主体的信息素质差异性是导致数字鸿沟存在的重要因素。     

Portfolio assessment in a collaborative program evaluation: the reliability and validity of a family literacy portfolio

Evaluations increasingly use open-ended assessments, such as portfolios, to gather information about program impact. Portfolios, however, present challenges in achieving acceptable levels of reliability and often lack evidence to support validity. This article describes the components of a portfolio assessment system developed in a collaborative evaluation of a family literacy program. Staff of a family literacy program and two evaluators collaborated to develop the assessment and the tools that frame the review of the portfolios. Rubrics, exemplar portfolios, portfolio logs, and lists of ‘look-fors’ were developed to guide raters in the scoring and to improve the reliability of scores and validity of decisions about the program. Inter-rater reliability for the portfolio assessment was 0.79 for holistic scores and 0.74 for analytic scores. With respect to validity, holistic and analytic scores correlated with criterion measures from 0.50 to 0.59, providing initial evidence of a common construct.