Developing a methodology to assess the impact of research grant funding: A mixed methods approach

This paper discusses the development of a mixed methods approach to analyse research funding. Research policy has taken on an increasingly prominent role in the broader political scene, where research is seen as a critical factor in maintaining and improving growth, welfare and international competitiveness. This has motivated growing emphasis on the impacts of science funding, and how funding can best be designed to promote socio-economic progress. Meeting these demands for impact assessment involves a number of complex issues that are difficult to fully address in a single study or in the design of a single methodology. However, they point to some general principles that can be explored in methodological design. We draw on a recent evaluation of the impacts of research grant funding, discussing both key issues in developing a methodology for the analysis and subsequent results. The case of research grant funding, involving a complex mix of direct and intermediate effects that contribute to the overall impact of funding on research performance, illustrates the value of a mixed methods approach to provide a more robust and complete analysis of policy impacts. Reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology are used to examine refinements for future work.     

浅议高职英语听力教学中的衔接和连贯

本文试图从语篇的衔接和联贯的角度出发来帮助学生从语篇分析的角度提高听力理解能力。     

高职复合型课程的语篇教学策略

本文从语篇分析入手,探索单证英语的有效教学策略。     

“管他”的语法化

＂管他＂是一个至今未被收入虚词词典的连词性成分。在现代汉语中,＂管他＂虽然没有词汇化为一个词,但它是一个经过句法上的并入操作而实现的韵律词,比＂管＂更有资格充当连词性成分。＂管他＂语法化为连词性成分首先是语义条件,即＂管＂由行为动词演变为心理动词、代词＂他＂的意义虚化,其次是语音条件,即现代汉语双音节的自然音步模式。此外,＂管他＂语法化为连词的直接语境是反问句,相关语境是否定句。     

当代中国阶层关系的反思与重塑

阶级作为我国历史上分析不同社会群体之间关系的基本方法,随着时代的进步,面临着理论和现实的困境。在社会主义初级阶段,我国要正确认识阶级分析的功能,特别是要正确认识阶级冲突的功能,既不能忽视也不能放大。目前,迫切需要处理好几种主要的阶层关系,通过调整不同阶层之间的利益关系、权力关系和身份关系,重塑中国新型的阶层关系,促进社会的和谐与进步。     

商业信用风险管理绩效影响因素的实证分析

近年来,Jianmin Jia等学者对"我国信用风险管理现状"及其相关问题进行研究,取得一定的研究成果,但相应研究中存在着"简单使用线性回归,未能消除变量间的相互影响"等局限。基于对已有相关研究成果的评析,并运用因子分析和Pearson相关分析方法,对我国商业信用风险管理绩效的影响因素进行实证研究。研究表明:商业信用风险管理绩效的关键影响因素为"信用管理职能设置"、"客户资信评估"和"信用政策制定",我国企业应从"完善信用风险管理职能"、"改善信息不对称状况"和"提高信用政策制定水平"三方面提高风险管理绩效。     

金融发展与区域经济增长研究——基于重庆市的实证分析

金融对经济的促进作用往往会受到其他因素的影响,而使得结果大打折扣,其主要原因是因为目前资金的流动受到很多制度和人为因素的影响,导致资源不能及时从低效率部门流入高效率部门。本研究从现有理论出发,通过收集重庆市1986—2010年有关经济增长和金融发展的数据,利用计量经济学软件,通过误差修正模型,得出二者之间的协整关系。在此基础之上,结合重庆现状分析回归结果并提出有关政策建议。     

海西红色文化产业发展战略的SWOT分析

红色资源产业化是文化发展与产业发展的有效接合点,合理开发和利用红色资源的"政治教育、经济发展、文化传播等价值和功能",是构建社会主义和谐社会的重要战略举措。海西地区红色资源数量多、品质高,经济价值潜力巨大。通过SWOT法分析海西红色文化产业的发展现状,提出海西红色文化产业化的主要原则是科学开发、创新开发与整合开发。主要途径包括改进传统红色旅游开发;发展红色影视产业开发;积极打造红色经济品牌以及开发红色动漫、红色短信等产业化新路径。     

Developmental Patterns in Marital Satisfaction: Another Look at Covenant Marriage

This study investigated differences in the trajectory of marital satisfaction in the first 7 years between couples in covenant versus standard marriages. The authors analyzed data on 707 Louisiana marriages from the Marriage Matters Panel Survey of Newlywed Couples, 1998–2004, using multivariate longitudinal growth modeling. When the sample was restricted to couples who remained married over the duration of the study, a marginal benefit of covenant status was found for husbands. This effect was largely accounted for by covenant husbands' more extensive exposure to premarital counseling. The linear decline in marital satisfaction over time that obtained for both husbands and wives was not, however, any different for covenant marriages versus standard marriages. Couples characterized by more traditional attitudes toward gender roles were significantly less satisfied than others. High premarital risk factors, initial uncertainty about marrying the spouse, and the presence of preschool‐age children in the household were all corrosive of marital satisfaction at any given time.     

Using agency data for evidence-based programming: a university-agency collaboration

Agencies providing residential treatment are encouraged, or even mandated, to collect outcomes data and to implement evidence based practices, yet little guidance has been provided on how to do so using agency administrative data that are collected on an ongoing basis. We examined data on Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) scores for 1608 admissions to a residential treatment center from 2002 through 2008. CAFAS scores were measured every 90 days, providing multiple CAFAS scores for each individual. Results demonstrated that on average residents improved in functioning over time. Sensitive to the evolving needs of residents who had been entering the program, the treatment center made significant program changes in 2006 to attempt to better serve residents through a broad array of specialized programming. Compared to the overall results, the analysis suggested that residents who entered the program since October 2006 appeared to have made larger improvements in their CAFAS scores. Results were derived by employing multilevel models appropriate for estimating growth trajectories with repeated measures data. Conversations with agency staff suggested that using administrative data, and advanced statistical models, were extremely helpful for organizational decision making and evidence-based programming.