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On 8th December, I am going to organize one seminar on schedule design for psychological and educational survey researches. http://www.isical.ac.in/~psy/sem/Sem.htm The idea came to my mind during my work on social safety network program and on rural workers training impact study. In earlier case, I found that many explanatory variables were not properly accounted, no pilot testing of schedule, and the most difficult problem was scale equating. Correspondence between nominal and interval scale In the schedule, if some statements are categorical, some are in the form of interval scale. It becomes difficult to make adjustment with the scales. One possibility for determining association between nominal and interval scale is to use cross tab analysis of both categories of responses. In that case each rating category will be under the analysis. How to make survey http://unstats.un.org/unsd/hhsurveys/FinalPublication/ch19fin3.pdf Scaling issue http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/datathink.ht...

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1. Selecting Care Giver : Faulty selection of care giver sometimes invites problems in the life style of elders. Therefore, before selection of care giver, think more about: a) Do they have phone ? b) car license ? c) Living close to you house ? d) Do they have adequate eldercare experience? e) Do they speak, read and write your language at a reasonable level? f) Do they have any objection to being fingerprinted? g) Have they ever been arrested or convicted? h) Are they reliable, punctual, what duties they have performed and if there were any problems. i) By visiting the care giver's own home, get idea about level of cleanliness 2. Self-Care: With age elder people notice difficulties in self care activities. Therefore, care giver should pay attention to the several tasks - Toileting diapering, bathing , brushing and flossing teeth, eating with forks shaving, fixing hair, soaking feet, applying ointments and moisturizers, cleaning back, wax out of ears, applying make up, trimming ...

Few link sites http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/sttimser.html#systematic http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/time.htm

Yesterday, by lighting lamp, I inaugurated one course of IGNOU on Mental retardation at Bikashayan.

Planning for career is not a mechanical process - just log on and start career. It is related to satisfaction and achievement. Fit between personality and the working environment provides satsifaction in career. John Holland's theory of career development suggests that people seek work environments that fit their personality. He suggests that there are 6 different personality types that are listed below. Most people have 2 or possibly 3 different types that describe them best. Types: 1. Realistic : Technically & Athletically Inclined People prefer to work with their hands and tools to build, repair, or grow things, often outdoors.Dislike educational or therapeutic activities, self-expression, working with people, and new ideas.Traits: stable, materialistic, frank, practical, self-reliant. Career Athletic Trainer, Auto Mechanic, Carpenter, electrician, EMT, Engineer, Farmer, Forester, Gardener, Horticultural worker, Military Enlisted, Military Officer, Plumber, Police Of...

Correspndence analysis is my topic for the workshop on 'Application of multivariate statistics in psychology and education' . Here are few sites on this issue. Correspndence analysis is the exploratory technique of research. Exploratory Research As the term suggests, exploratory research is often conducted because a problem has not been clearly defined as yet, or its real scope is as yet unclear. It allows the researcher to familiarize him/herself with the problem or concept to be studied, and perhaps generate hypotheses (definition of hypothesis) to be tested. It is the initial research, before more conclusive research (definition of conclusive research) is undertaken. Exploratory research helps determine the best research design, data collection method and selection of subjects , and sometimes it even concludes that the problem does not exist! Another common reason for conducting exploratory research is to test concepts before they are put in the marketplace, always a very ...