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Comparative Case Study as Social Impact Assessment: Possibilities and Limitations for Anticipating Social Change in the Far North
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Asselin, Jodie; Parkins, John R. – Social Indicators Research, 2009
Social impact assessment (SIA) is increasingly an accepted component of environmental impact assessment and project evaluation throughout North America. Tools and methodologies utilized to conduct such assessments vary greatly and continue to evolve with time and experience. This paper follows the evolution of case study methods in social impact…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Community Interests and Indicator System Success
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Holden, Meg – Social Indicators Research, 2009
Testing the validity of indicator systems is a task almost always left to the scientific community, in standard practice and in keeping with the quest for objectivity prevalent in politics and in society as a whole. This paper calls for a reinvigorated agenda within indicators research to question this practice and develop alternative…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Validity, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology
Stability and Sensitivity in Perceived Quality of Life Measures: Some Panel Results
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Michalos, Alex C.; Kahlke, P. Maurine – Social Indicators Research, 2010
The aim of this study was to test a fundamental assumption concerning 27 of the most frequently used measures to assess aspects of the quality of people's lives, e.g., measures concerning happiness, satisfaction with life as a whole, with the quality of one's life, with domains of life (job, marriage, friendships), and with perceived gaps between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Evaluation Research
An Examination of the Validity of the Family Affluence Scale II (FAS II) in a General Adolescent Population of Canada
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Boudreau, Brock; Poulin, Christiane – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This study examined the performance of the FAS II in a general population of 17,545 students in grades 7, 9, 10 and 12 in the Atlantic provinces of Canada. The FAS II was assessed against two other measures of socioeconomic status: mother's highest level of education and family structure. Our study found that the FAS II reduces the likelihood of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Mothers, Academic Achievement, Validity
Validity and Psychometric Properties of the Early Development Instrument in Canada, Australia, United States, and Jamaica
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Janus, Magdalena; Brinkman, Sally A.; Duku, Eric K. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
There is an increasing support from international organizations and the research community for stepping beyond infant or child mortality as the most common child level social indicator and progressing towards an international measure of child development. The Early Development Instrument (EDI) is a teacher-completed measure of children's…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Physical Health, Social Indicators, Foreign Countries
Measuring Social Cohesion: An Experiment Using the Canadian National Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating
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Rajulton, Fernando; Ravanera, Zenaida R.; Beaujot, Roderic – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Social cohesion is a concept difficult to define and to measure. As there can be many definitions, so there can be many measurements. The main problem, either in defining or measuring the concept, is its multilevel and multidimensional nature. At one extreme, "country" is the most commonly used level to view social cohesion but…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Factor Analysis, Metropolitan Areas, Social Capital