34 research outputs found
Motor Vehicle Usage Patterns in Australia: A Comparative Analysis of Driver, Vehicle & Purpose Characteristics for Household & Freight Travel
An ordered probit model is used to predict motor vehicle usage in Australia on the basis of the unit record files underlying the Australian Bureau of Statisticsâ Survey of Motor Vehicle Use. Both household and freight transport are analysed. The paper examines the statistical significance of a number of driver, vehicle and travel purpose variables on the level of motor vehicle usage. Factors analysed include driver age and gender, vehicle and fuel type, age of the vehicle, purpose of trip, place of registration, type of freight and number of drivers. The results indicate that the cut-off points between very low, low, medium, high and very high vehicle usages are significant and that the factors associated with differences in usage include driver age, engine size and age of vehicle for household vehicles and the type of freight, type of vehicle, gender and number of drivers for freight usage
Motor Vehicle Usage Patterns in Australia: A Comparative Analysis of Driver, Vehicle & Purpose Characteristics for Household & Freight Travel
An ordered probit model is used to predict motor vehicle usage in Australia on the basis of the unit record files underlying the Australian Bureau of Statisticsâ Survey of Motor Vehicle Use. Both household and freight transport are analysed. The paper examines the statistical significance of a number of driver, vehicle and travel purpose variables on the level of motor vehicle usage. Factors analysed include driver age and gender, vehicle and fuel type, age of the vehicle, purpose of trip, place of registration, type of freight and number of drivers. The results indicate that the cut-off points between very low, low, medium, high and very high vehicle usages are significant and that the factors associated with differences in usage include driver age, engine size and age of vehicle for household vehicles and the type of freight, type of vehicle, gender and number of drivers for freight usage.Motor vehicle usage, driver, vehicle and purpose characteristics, ordered probit.
The post-archival constellation: the archive under the technical conditions of computational media
In the present age, the archive is no longer hidden away in national librar- ies, museums, and darkened rooms, restricted in access and guarded by the modern-day equivalents of Jacques Derridaâs archons â the guardians of the archive.1 Indeed, researchers and archivistsâ hermeneutic right and competence â and the power to interpret the archives â have been transformed with digitalization and the new technics of computational surfaces. Through computation, access to archives is made possible and often welcomed â through rectangular screens that mediate the archives contents or through interfaces and visualizations that reanimate a previ- ously inert collectio
Fourth-wave HCI meets the 21st century manifesto:Creative subversion in the 'CHI-verse'
We take up Bødkerâs challenge to âidentifyâ a fourth wave HCI, building on the work of Blevis et al. and others to shore up a new vision that places âpolitics and values and ethicsâ at the forefront without abandoning the strengths of previous waves. We insist that a fourth wave must push harder, beyond measured criticism for actual (e.g. institutional) change. We present two studies performed at CHIâ19, where we used our MANIFESTO! game to: 1) take the temperature of colleagues on adopting an activist stance, 2) test manifesto writing as a key activity in pushing HCI forward into the fourth wave, and 3) test our game for subsequent iterations, and as a probe for inspiring new digital tools. With the enthusiastic response received to gameplay, facilitated in part through a novel method using tableau vivant, we argue for taking political activism from the margins into mainstream HCI
The promises of creative industry higher education: An analysis of university prospectuses in Malaysia
In the context of economic growth policies that stress the importance of a âcreative economyâ, and the expansion of private universities, there has been an enormous growth in the number of creative industry degrees offered by Malaysian HEIs. This paper provides a critical discourse analysis of the promotional materials used by two private institutions, Multimedia University and Limkokwing University, to persuade students that these degrees will offer them a desirable future as employable âindustry savvy and tech savvyâ creative graduates. We explore the structures of feeling that promotional material seeks to engender in potential students as it promises them future success in a globalised, high-tech world