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Madelyn L. Isaacs - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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School counselors Perceived Importance of counseling technology competencies
Computers in Human Behavior, 2010Co-Authors: Russell A. Sabella, Timothy A. Poynton, Madelyn L. IsaacsAbstract:The purpose of this study was to determine levels of Perceived Importance of technological competencies among school counselors, school counseling students, supervisors, and counselor educators as the competencies relate to their work. Results indicated that technology competencies relating to Ethical Standards and Data Management practices were rated as most important. Technological competencies rated lowest for level of Importance related to Multimedia and Web Development. Four of the other subscales were very similar in overall average ratings and included Word Processing, World Wide Web, Communication and Collaboration, and Operating Systems. In addition, findings indicate that neither the participant's age, level of practice, or position (e.g., graduate student vs. practitioner) affects the Perceived Importance of technological competencies included in this survey. Implications for practice, training, and future research are included.
L Isaacsmadelyn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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School counselors Perceived Importance of counseling technology competencies
Computers in Human Behavior, 2010Co-Authors: A Sabellarussell, A Poyntontimothy, L IsaacsmadelynAbstract:The purpose of this study was to determine levels of Perceived Importance of technological competencies among school counselors, school counseling students, supervisors, and counselor educators as ...
Sylwia Kopczynska - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Perceived Importance of agile requirements engineering practices a survey
Journal of Systems and Software, 2018Co-Authors: Miroslaw Ochodek, Sylwia KopczynskaAbstract:Abstract Context:Requirements Engineering (RE) is one of the key processes in software development. Since Agile software development advocates continuous improvement, the question arises which Agile RE practices are the most essential and shall be adopted/improved at first? Objective:Investigate and rank the Agile RE practices based on how practitioners perceive their Importance for a software project. Method:We conducted a survey asking 136 Agile software development practitioners how they perceive the Importance of the 31 Agile RE practices that we had identified in a literature study. We used a ranking method based on the PROMETHEE family methods to create the ranking of relative Importance of the practices. Results:The opinions of respondents from a wide range of countries around the globe allowed us to determine the Perceived Importance of the Agile RE practices and create a seven-tier ranking of the practices. Moreover, the analysis concerning demographic data let us identify some relationships between the experience of the respondents and their view on the Importance of the Agile RE practices. Conclusions:Our findings suggest the most critical Agile RE practices are those supporting iterative development with emergent requirements and short feedback loop. Moreover, in many cases, the Perceived Importance of practices seems to depend on the context of the project (e.g., methodology, domain). We also learned that the popularity of the practices is highly correlated with their Perceived Importance.
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Perceived Importance of agile requirements engineering practices – A survey
Journal of Systems and Software, 2018Co-Authors: Miroslaw Ochodek, Sylwia KopczynskaAbstract:Abstract Context:Requirements Engineering (RE) is one of the key processes in software development. Since Agile software development advocates continuous improvement, the question arises which Agile RE practices are the most essential and shall be adopted/improved at first? Objective:Investigate and rank the Agile RE practices based on how practitioners perceive their Importance for a software project. Method:We conducted a survey asking 136 Agile software development practitioners how they perceive the Importance of the 31 Agile RE practices that we had identified in a literature study. We used a ranking method based on the PROMETHEE family methods to create the ranking of relative Importance of the practices. Results:The opinions of respondents from a wide range of countries around the globe allowed us to determine the Perceived Importance of the Agile RE practices and create a seven-tier ranking of the practices. Moreover, the analysis concerning demographic data let us identify some relationships between the experience of the respondents and their view on the Importance of the Agile RE practices. Conclusions:Our findings suggest the most critical Agile RE practices are those supporting iterative development with emergent requirements and short feedback loop. Moreover, in many cases, the Perceived Importance of practices seems to depend on the context of the project (e.g., methodology, domain). We also learned that the popularity of the practices is highly correlated with their Perceived Importance.
Russell A. Sabella - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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School counselors Perceived Importance of counseling technology competencies
Computers in Human Behavior, 2010Co-Authors: Russell A. Sabella, Timothy A. Poynton, Madelyn L. IsaacsAbstract:The purpose of this study was to determine levels of Perceived Importance of technological competencies among school counselors, school counseling students, supervisors, and counselor educators as the competencies relate to their work. Results indicated that technology competencies relating to Ethical Standards and Data Management practices were rated as most important. Technological competencies rated lowest for level of Importance related to Multimedia and Web Development. Four of the other subscales were very similar in overall average ratings and included Word Processing, World Wide Web, Communication and Collaboration, and Operating Systems. In addition, findings indicate that neither the participant's age, level of practice, or position (e.g., graduate student vs. practitioner) affects the Perceived Importance of technological competencies included in this survey. Implications for practice, training, and future research are included.
Chang-ming Hsieh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Perceived Importance of Service Elements in Client Satisfaction Measures
Journal of Social Service Research, 2012Co-Authors: Chang-ming HsiehAbstract:ABSTRACT Many evaluators or service providers develop their own client satisfaction measures using satisfaction rating items representing service elements specific to the service settings. Global satisfaction scores are then produced by summing these item scores while assuming an equal contribution of all items. One approach to overcome evidence against this assumption is Importance weighting, which is achieved by considering both item satisfaction and item Importance in measuring overall satisfaction. Unfortunately, the adequacy of Importance weighting in client satisfaction measures is not well understood. This study assessed the adequacy of Importance weighting. Analyzing data from a previous client satisfaction survey with 110 older adults, the current study found that the relationship between global client satisfaction and the sum of satisfaction scores across service elements was dependent upon the patterns of respondents’ Perceived Importance of service elements. These results provide support for i...
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Incorporating Perceived Importance of Service Elements Into Client Satisfaction Measures
Research on Social Work Practice, 2011Co-Authors: Chang-ming HsiehAbstract:Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the need for incorporating Perceived Importance of service elements into client satisfaction measures. Method: A secondary analysis of client satisfaction data from 112 clients of an elderly case management setting was conducted. Results: This study found that the relationship between global client satisfaction and the composite of satisfaction with service elements differed significantly, depending on Perceived Importance of service elements. Conclusions: These results call into question the practice of simply adding or averaging scores from satisfaction items to produce global satisfaction scores without considering Perceived Importance of the service elements.
