The Effectiveness of Survey Response Rate Incentives in a Public Non-Profit Environment

ABSTRACT

Use of incentives is an accepted method for increasing survey response rates for profit businesses but not for non-profit organizations. Profit and non-profit organizations have similar needs for reliable, valid and cost effective information. Non-profit organizations must be aware of and consider their unique status when employing methods to efficiently collect information from the general population. This study examines the effectiveness of incentives for increasing survey response rates for public non-profit organizations and concludes with recommendations for non-profit organizations collecting survey data.     

Gender and Hedonic Usage Motive Differences in Social Media Site Usage Behavior

ABSTRACT

This study investigates how the user's gender and hedonic usage motive differences influence evaluation and usage of social media sites. This study develops and tests a conceptual model that captures the relationship among four social media site usage determining factors, social media involvement, satisfaction, and usage intention. The moderating role of two user characteristics on the social media site usage behavior is also empirically tested. Structural equation analysis results show significant moderating effects of gender and the hedonic usage motive of users on the evaluation and usage behavior of social media sites. Managerial implications and future research directions are discussed.     

Improving the Accuracy of Recent Survey Forecasts of the T-bill Rate

This study concentrates on the Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) to demonstrate a way to improve the consensus forecasts of interest rates. It promotes the notion that, in improving the survey forecast accuracy of a variable, one should investigate the usefulness of the predictive information contained in the survey forecasts of other theoretically relevant variables. This idea has been applied to the SPF forecasts of the 3-month Treasury-bill rate, which are shown to be one-sided for 2001.1-2003.4. We improve the accuracy of these forecasts by exploiting the predictive information contained in the SPF forecasts of inflation and output growth. We thus recommend that the possible improvement should be investigated before such interest rate forecasts are utilized for decision-making.JEL Classification C530     

Conducting Survey Research Through an Enhanced Online Web Survey Procedure

Abstract

Those companies or marketing personnel that need to survey or communicate with customers can save significantly on transaction costs (time, labor, etc.) by using an enhanced web survey procedure while maintaining the rigor of quality research. This study demonstrates the steps and software needed to conduct web-based surveys based on a recent survey conducted by the authors. The use of mail-merge type software to send a customized e-mail to potential respondents and the use of software to encode incoming responses into a database file without keyboard entry of responses is discussed. Various software, including HTML editing software, e-mail based merge software, CGI Scripts, and software to compile the survey results, are also described.     

半速率的建模研究

提出了一种基于二维马氏链的半速率话务模型,从理论上分析并计算了不同话务量时的阻塞概率、半速率承载话务比例及半速率的最佳开启门限.分析表明,随着半速率开启门限和话务量的增大,半速率信道承载话务量比例也将相应增加,从而会影响系统服务质量.文中提出的业务模型和分析方法为实际系统动态调整半速率开启门限提供了理论指导,所得到的不同载波数下、对应不同开启门限的最优话务量范围计算结果也可直接用于实际系统配置.     

Exploring Perceived Channel Price,Quality, and Value as Antecedents of Channel Choice and Usage in Multichannel Shopping

This study investigates consumer perceptions of price-quality-value based on shopping channel attributes as antecedents of channel choice and usage in multichannel shopping environments. Findings indicate that channel usage intention is directly influenced by consumer perceptions of channel value and indirectly by consumer perceptions of channel quality and channel price. Consumer perceptions of channel attributes most important to channel usage intention include utilitarian and hedonic value, service and merchandise quality, and monetary and non-monetary price. Managerial implications for retailers suggest a need for strategic management and differentiation of channel attributes to enhance channel value perceptions and increase channel usage intention.     

浅谈电视节目主持人体态语的运用

体态语言学是众多学者、研究者和主持人都非常关注的一门学问，学习和运用体态语对提高电视节目主持人主持水平和提高主持人素质具有重要意义。一个电视节目主持人要想准确生动的表情达意，仅仅依靠有声语言是不够的，还必须借助于面部表情、肢体动作、身体姿势等体态语言。电视节目主持人只有正确而有效地运用好体态语，使其准确、富于表现力，使其更加适合电视节目需要和达到更好的效果，才能塑造优秀主持人的成功形象。     

Understanding Personal Web Usage in Organizations

Personal web usage, that is, non-work-related use of the Internet for personal purposes during work hours, is a pervasive behavior observed in the daily work environment. U.S. companies have implemented several countermeasures to cope with personal Web usage, but those measures have not successfully mitigated this behavior. Considering the significance of personal Web usage, we need to understand why personal Web usage is not alleviated in current organizations. The goal of this study is to present an empirical investigation of why employees continue personal Web usage based on an extended theory of planned behavior. We are particularly interested in how people's perceptions of moral dimensions contribute to personal Web usage, recognizing that our work environment becomes more Web-embedded. We conducted a field survey of 426 U.S. business professionals and analyzed the data by using partial least squares. As a result, we demonstrate that an individual's attitude, subjective norm, denial of responsibility, self-efficacy, personal computer availability, seclusion of office, and workload are significant factors affecting personal Web usage. Interestingly, current organizational preventive efforts (e.g., Web-based activity monitoring and filtering systems and policies) and moral obligation are not as significant as we originally expected. Key implications for theory and practice are discussed.     

The Accuracy of Scanned Prices

Nearly all retailers use price scanning systems to process transactions quickly, and presumably, accurately. Inaccuracies in scanned prices have important implications for retailers in that undercharges may impact retail profitability while overcharges could result in negative consumer perceptions of retailers and continued legal action. Here, we investigate the overall State of accuracy of scanned prices and develop certain empirical generalizations. To do so, we begin with a review of what is known regarding the accuracy of scanned prices and conduct a reanalysis of FTC data and compare the results with those from more recent cross-sectional data from the State of Washington. We then conduct a thorough analysis of a large longitudinal price scanner data set, with 231,760 products screened over a 15-year period. We investigate accuracy across different retailer characteristics, merchandise locations, and promotional activities. Implications of these results for retailers are discussed.     

A Preliminary Study on Usage and Translation of Modal Verb Shall in Legal English

Shall, which is the most frequent used modal verb in legal documents, often expresses mandate, necessity or compulsion, especially in statutory or judiciaI directives. In fact, there exist many problems for the translation of shall. Drawing amply from authoritative bilingual resources for illustration, specific strategies are proposed on the translation of shall.     

Web使用挖掘在B2C网站中的应用研究

Web使用挖掘是应用数据挖掘技术从Web数据中发现使用模式的过程,它的重要应用领域之一就是B2C网站(网上零售业)的客户行为分析。针对这一问题,来分析Web使用挖掘的过程模型,基于B2C网站的Web使用挖掘方法,详细了解B2C网站的客户访问行为和购买行为,从而明确Web使用挖掘在B2 C网站中的应用领域。     

学术期刊引文不规范问题及对策分析

当今,学术界的引文不规范行为十分严重。针对于此,本文主要概括了引文不规范行为的分类、原因和解决对策,强调引文在科技论文中的重要作用,并从作者自身、期刊社和相关法律制度三个方面解决该问题。     

直升机载雷达侦察系统目标定位精度分析

本文介绍了直升机载侦察雷达对目标的定位原理和定位过程,分析了定位过程中载机自身定位的方法和坐标转换的过程,并在此基础上给出了影响直升机载侦察雷达对目标定位误差的因素及误差组成。     

An Empirical Study of Business-to-Business Electronic Marketplace Usage: The Impact of Buyers' E-Readiness

This study addresses critical questions regarding the extent of business-to-business electronic marketplace usage for purchasing, and the degree and impact of buyers' e-readiness on the range of electronic marketplace usage. The data from a Web-based survey of 359 purchasing professionals in the United States suggests that buyers with more experience in using information technology, the Internet to facilitate purchasing, and information systems for enhancing supply chain management would more likely use electronic marketplaces for purchasing. This study has significant theoretical implications because it confirms the important role of e-readiness in the electronic marketplace usage model. The practical implications of this study are also discussed.     

提高食品检验准确性的主要控制因素

民以食为天,食品的质量安全直接关系到人们的健康水平。食品检验是检测食品质量的主要方法,保证食品检验的准确性是确保食品质量安全的关键。基于此,立足于当前我国食品安全的实际,对提升食品安全监测的准确性因素进行简要的探究。     

连续性统计调查方法及其在我国的应用研究

社会经济研究需要及时获取研究总体不断变化和发展的信息.连续性统计调查是获取研究总体不断变化和发展信息的基本方法,文章研究和比较了各种连续性调查方法,并总结西方发达国家在使用连续性调查方法过程中的成功经验,然后针对我国统计调查体制中存在的问题和不足,提出在我国建立一套连续性抽样调查体系,并进行规范化、制度化管理,以便更好地反映研究总体的不断变化和发展的情况,提高统计调查数据的准确性.     

论中国利率市场化进程与利率期货的推出

中国利率市场化的进程正在有步骤地加速推进,利率的市场化必然带来利率波动幅度的加大,如果没有有效的利率风险管理工具作为配套机制,必然会影响利率市场化的顺利进展,也影响到整个金融市场应有作用的发挥.发达国家的经验表明,利率市场化要求利率期货作为利率风险管理的机制予以配合,因此,在推进中国利率市场化的进程中应研究推出利率期货交易的问题.利率期货的最主要承载体是国债期货.根据中国目前利率市场化进展的实际情况,从各类经济实体已经或可能面临的利率风险看,对国债期货的需求日渐强烈.本文的主旨是,在论述中国利率市场化进程中,分析各类经济实体所面临的各种利率风险,以及国债期货对于这一风险管理所起的应有作用,从而得出应当推出国债期货的结论.     

中国住户抽样调查技术的改革思考

我国住户统计抽样调查中存在着系统性、准确性、及时性等问题。通过对现行的多目标分层抽样调查方法存在的抽样框设计、数据质量、系统性偏差等主要问题进行了深度研究和机理分析,提升我国住户抽样调查技术的有效方法是,以县级统计为总体进行多目标抽样,改变调查内容巧获敏感信息,加强信息系统与基层信息站创建工作等。     

关于我国利率市场化若干问题的研究

实行利率市场化有利于增强我国银行对外资银行的竞争力,是我国金融体制改革的必然选择。研究利率市场化对我国宏观投资效益、存贷款先后次序安排及汇率的效应分析,有利于改进资金使用的宏观效益。我国是发展中国家,金融市场发育尚不完善,应选择渐近式实施利率市场化进程为宜。     

Interest Rate Dynamics and Consistent Forward Rate Curves

We consider as given an arbitrage‐free interest rate model M, and a parametrized family of forward rate curves G. We study the question as to when the given family G is consistent with the dynamics of the interest rate model M, in the sense that M actually will produce forward rate curves belonging to G. We allow the interest rate model to be driven by a multidimensional Wiener process, as well as by a marked point process, and we give necessary and sufficient conditions for consistency. As test cases, we study some popular models, obtaining both positive and negative results about consistency. We also introduce a natural exponential‐polynomial family of forward rate curves, and for this family we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of consistent interest rate models with deterministic volatility functions.