enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Vulnerability assessment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerability_assessment

    A vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing (or ranking) the vulnerabilities in a system. Examples of systems for which vulnerability assessments are performed include, but are not limited to, information technology systems, energy supply systems, water supply systems, transportation systems, and communication systems.

  3. Research design - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_design

    The choice of how to group participants depends on the research hypothesis and on how the participants are sampled.In a typical experimental study, there will be at least one "experimental" condition (e.g., "treatment") and one "control" condition ("no treatment"), but the appropriate method of grouping may depend on factors such as the duration of measurement phase and participant ...

  4. Protection motivation theory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_Motivation_Theory

    Vulnerability is the probability that one will experience harm. Another aspect of the threat appraisal is rewards. Rewards refer to the positive aspects of starting or continuing the unhealthy behavior. To calculate the amount of threat experienced take the combination of both the severity and vulnerability, and then subtract the rewards.

  5. Vulnerability - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerability

    Vulnerability refers to "the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally." [1] The understanding of social and environmental vulnerability, as a methodological approach, involves the analysis of the risks and assets of disadvantaged groups, such as the elderly.

  6. Research participant - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_participant

    A research participant, also called a human subject or an experiment, trial, or study participant or subject, is a person who voluntarily participates in human subject research after giving informed consent to be the subject of the research. A research participant is different from individuals who are not able to give informed consent, such as ...

  7. Vulnerability index - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerability_index

    A 2002 paper then applied a vulnerability indexing model to analysis of vulnerability to sea level rise for a US coastal community. [18] At a 2008 Capacity Building Seminar at Oxford, the " Climate Vulnerability Index " [ 1 ] was presented with an application to the protection of tourist economies, which may be important to small island states ...

  8. Experience sampling method - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_sampling_method

    The experience sampling method (ESM), [1] also referred to as a daily diary method, or ecological momentary assessment (EMA), is an intensive longitudinal research methodology that involves asking participants to report on their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and/or environment on multiple occasions over time. [2]

  9. Theoretical sampling - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_sampling

    The first two features of a theoretical sample deals with issues right at the beginning of the research project. The third feature however deals with concerns or application during the process of the research. One of the advantages the qualitative research as a whole has over quantitative research is its flexibility.