the main purpose of this study was to investigate experts’ perceptions of barriers to organic farming in ministry of agriculture. the population of this survey consisted of the experts in department of horticultural products, ministry of agriculture in 2008-2009 (n= 160). using of kerejcie and morgan table, 113 experts were selected through stratified random sampling method. validity of the ins...

Students attending University come as a unique package complete with a variety of learning styles and experiences. Prior knowledge, understanding and personal epistemological beliefs play critical roles in how students understand and philosophise concepts surrounding information proffered by educators. The purpose of this study is to construct an epistemological beliefs survey instrument by ext...

The quality of the software development process directly affects the quality of the software product. To be successful, software development organisations must respond to changes in technology and business circumstances, and therefore software process improvement (SPI) is required. SPI activity relates to any modification that is performed to the software process in order to improve an aspect o...

BACKGROUND Very little is known about the prevalence of neurological morbidity in Africa. Much of this is due to the difficulty in performing epidemiological surveys in these settings. A screening instrument to measure neurological disease in resource-poor settings was designed by the World Health Organization in 1981, but several problems with it have subsequently been recognized. METHODS We...

The OAD Survey (Organization Analysis and Design) is an adjective-based organization diagnostic, selection, and development instrument comprising two matched questionnaires. Each questionnaire contains 110 identical adjectives. For the first set of 110 adjectives, respondents are asked to check those words which best describe themselves. For the second set of 110 items, respondents are asked to...

PURPOSE To develop and evaluate a risk factor screening survey as a mechanism to identify inner-city junior high school students who may benefit from medical or mental health services available in school-based clinics. METHODS A 36-item health risk factor screening survey was developed and administered to 3,787 predominantly Hispanic students from four schools in an economically disadvantaged...