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  2. Theories of second-language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    These multiple fields in second-language acquisition can be grouped as four major research strands: (a) linguistic dimensions of SLA, (b) cognitive (but not linguistic) dimensions of SLA, (c) socio-cultural dimensions of SLA, and (d) instructional dimensions of SLA. While the orientation of each research strand is distinct, they are in common ...

  3. Benchmarking - Wikipedia

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    The 12 stage methodology consists of: Select subject; Define the process; Identify potential partners; Identify data sources; Collect data and select all partners; Determine the gap; Establish process differences; Target future performance; Communicate; Adjust goal; Implement; Review and recalibrate; The following is an example of a typical ...

  4. Balanced scorecard - Wikipedia

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    Design methods for balanced scorecards continue to evolve and adapt to reflect the deficiencies in the currently used methods, and the particular needs of communities of interest (e.g. NGOs and government departments have found the third generation methods embedded in results-based management more useful than first or second generation design ...

  5. Business analytics - Wikipedia

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    Business analytics focuses on developing new insights and understanding of business performance based on data and statistical methods. In contrast, business intelligence traditionally focuses on using a consistent set metrics to both measure past performance and guide business planning.

  6. Input hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    For example, if we acquire the rules of language in a linear order (1, 2, 3...), then i represents the last rule or language form learned, and i+1 is the next structure that should be learned. [4] It must be stressed, however, that just any input is not sufficient; the input received must be comprehensible. [ 3 ]

  7. Performance measurement - Wikipedia

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    Academic articles that provide critical reviews of performance measurement in specific domains are also common—e.g. Ittner's observations on non-financial reporting by commercial organisations,; [10] Boris et al.'s observations about use of performance measurement in non-profit organisations, [11] or Bühler et al.'s (2016) analysis of how external turbulence could be reflected in ...

  8. Comparative research - Wikipedia

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    Comparative research, simply put, is the act of comparing two or more things with a view to discovering something about one or all of the things being compared. This technique often utilizes multiple disciplines in one study. When it comes to method, the majority agreement is that there is no methodology peculiar to comparative research. [1]

  9. Marketing research - Wikipedia

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    The text-book, Market Research and Analysis by Lyndon O. Brown (1937) became one of the popular textbooks during this period. [36] As the number of trained research professionals proliferated throughout the second half of the 20th-century, the techniques and methods used in marketing research became increasingly sophisticated.