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The Use of Computer Tablets in Sociodemographic Surveys under Unfavorable Field Conditions -- An Application in Land Use and Cover Change Studies in the Amazon
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Álvaro de Oliveira D'Antona; José Diego Gobbo Alves – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
We describe the use of tablet computers with ESRI Survey123 for data collection in sociodemographic surveys applied to land use and cover change studies. Based on the administration of 716 questionnaires during the expedition carried out in 2022 in 64 rural communities along the Rio Negro River, in the Brazilian Amazon, we evaluate the advantages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tablet Computers, Technology Uses in Education, Social Science Research
A Subnational Perspective for Comparative Research: Education and Development in Northeast Brazil and Northeast Thailand.
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Fry, Gerald; Kempner, Ken – Comparative Education, 1996
Case studies of northeast Brazil and northeast Thailand highlight the importance of a subnational approach to comparative research. Compares geographic and economic conditions, regional culture, ethnicity and gender issues, migration patterns, religion, literacy, and educational underdevelopment. Points out that neglect of a region and its people…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations
Talking to Themselves: The Search for Rights and Responsibilities of the Press and Mass Media in Four Latin American Nations. IIE Research Report Number Twenty-Six.
Goodwin, Craufurd D.; Nacht, Michael – 1995
This research report assesses the state of the press and the needs for journalism training in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. It is based upon discussions in these countries during 1992 and 1993 with reporters, editors, publishers, broadcasters, broadcast owners, government officials, business people, and scholars. Separate chapters provide…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Civil Liberties, Democratic Values, Foreign Countries