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Medição, experimento, lei: O silogismo cientificista
No full textFil: Marradi, Alberto. Universidad de Florencia
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Identità e natura: presentazione di una ricerca internazionale
Get PDFThe Author has directed this 4-year investigation in Italy, Argentina and initially Chile too. 5,500 people have been interviewed without spending a penny of public money, thanks to everybody’s (the Author’s and students’) voluntary work. All the contributors to this special issue come from that team. In his presentation the Author follows the order in the questionnaire, adding both the distribution of the answer and a selection of free comments from the public. The criterion he follows in this task is Clifford Geertz’s thick description, leaving to the collaborators the task of formulating theories, possibly, but not necessarily, grounded.El Autor ha dirigido desde 2014 hasta la fecha una investigación en Italia y en Argentina (inicialmente también en Chile) a través de la cual ha logrado entrevistar un total de 5.500 sujetos sin gastar un peso de dinero público, gracias al trabajo voluntario suyo y de estudiantes – algunos de los cuales contribuyeron a este número especial. En la presentación él relata las preguntas que han formado el cuestionario, la distribución de las respuestas relativas, y sobre todo algunas de las respuestas más interessantes de los entrevistados. Para dar una idea adecuada de este volumen de informaciones, fue adoptada la descripción densa a la manera de Clifford Geertz, dejando a los colaboradores la tarea de formular teorías, posiblemente, pero no necesariamente, grounded.L’Autore ha diretto dal 2014 ad oggi questa ricerca in Italia e in Argentina (inizialmente anche in Cile) e ha raggiunto un totale di 5.500 intervistati senza spendere un euro di denaro pubblico grazie al lavoro volontario suo e di allievi, alcuni dei quali hanno poi contribuito a questo numero speciale. In questa presentazione riporta le domande del questionario, la distribuzione delle relative risposte, e soprattutto i più interessanti commenti liberi degli intervistati. Per dare adeguatamente conto di questa selva di informazioni preziose, è stato adottato l’approccio di Clifford Geertz (descrizione densa) lasciando ai collaboratori il compito di formulare teorie, possibilmente, ma non necessariamente, grounded
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Método experimental, método de la asociación y otros caminos de la ciencia
Get PDFThe reflections on this topic that I set forth
in this article stem from a critique to the opposition
between qualitative and quantitative
that is frequently made in the human sciences.
This distinction undoubtedly makes sense
when referring to the approach one takes to
problems. However, I believe the distinction
made in relation to the investigative method,
the opposition between quality and quantity,
is superficial and in appropriate. There are
several reasons for this, but in this article I
will mention only a few. For now we can commend
that although many use these categories,
only a small number actually explicitly
defend them. It thus appears more justifiable
to attempt to deal directly with these brief
considerations, in other words, to propose a
distinction. The three investigative methods
that I will attempt to distinguish herein are
not in and of themselves innovative, but I believe
it is nevertheless useful to delve into the
nature and scope of the differences between
them. This essay was translated from Italian
into Spanish by the author, with the collaboration
of Nélida Archenti, Romina Deriu,
and Juan Ignacio Piovani. This essay was also
enriched by the discussions between the author
and Nélida Archenti.Minhas reflexões sobre o tema deste artigo
nascem de uma crítica à contraposição
que habitualmente é feita entre qualitativo e
quantitativo nas ciências humanas. Sem dúvida,
esta distinção tem sentido quando se
refere à atitude com a que a gente se aproxima
dos problemas. No entanto, como distinção
relativa ao método com o qual se procede
na pesquisa, a contraposição qualidade/
quantidade a meu ver é superficial e inapropriada.
As razões são várias e no presente
artigo me limitarei a recordar somente algumas.
Por enquanto podemos ficar felizes ao
constatar que todos utilizam estas categorias,
mas poucos as defendem explicitamente; assim
que parece ter melhores fundamentos o
tratar de enfrentar diretamente o tema destas
breves considerações, isto é, propor uma distinção.
Em si mesmos, os três tipos de pesquisa
que proporei distinguir a seguir não
são obviamente uma novidade; apesar disso
considero bem aprofundar a natureza e o alcance
das distinções entre eles. Este ensaio foi
traduzido do italiano ao castelhano pelo autor
com a ajuda de Nélida Archenti, Romina
Deriu e Juan Ignacio Piovani. O ensaio se beneficiou
com as discussões do autor com Nélida
ArchentiLas reflexiones que presentan este artículo
nacen de una crítica a la contraposición
que habitualmente se hace entre cualitativo
y cuantitativo en las ciencias humanas. Sin
duda, esta distinción tiene sentido cuando se
refiere a la actitud con la que uno se aproxima
a los problemas. Sin embargo, como
distinción relativa al método con el cual se
procede en la investigación, la contraposición
cualidad/cantidad me parece superficial
e inapropiada. Las razones son varias y
en el presente artículo me limitaré a recordar
solamente algunas. Por el momento podemos
alegrarnos al constatar que todos utilizan
aquellas categorías, pero pocos las defienden
explícitamente; así que parece tener
mejores fundamentos el tratar de enfrentar
directamente el tema de estas breves consideraciones,
esto es, proponer una distinción.
En sí mismos, los tres tipos de investigación
que propondré distinguir a continuación no
son por cierto una novedad; a pesar de eso
me parece bien profundizar la naturaleza y el
alcance de las distinciones entre ellos
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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