The Development of a Vocational Interest Inventory Using Worker-Oriented Job Elements

The purpose of this study was to develop a vocational interest inventory, using the worker-oriented job elements of Dr. Ernest J. McCormick and his associates, and to assess the reliability of the resulting instrument. The interest inventory was prepared, based on 191 of the questions from the Position Analysis Questionnaire, and the test-retest reliability was calculated for a sample of 71 high school students, over a three-week period. The mean correlation coefficient for the five over-all job dimension scores of the interest inventory was .80, and the average item reliability was .54. These coefficients were considered high enough to justify additional development and research on the instrument

Doctor of Philosophy

dissertationUsing a survey of 167 professional journalists, this study examined the motivations to adopting what is defined in the study as "nonprofessional" journalism. Previous research was used to provide for a definition of "nonprofessional" journalism as being related to professional journalism ethics. Diffusion of Innovations Theory provided a framework for determining the factors that may or may not be motivating the decision. The sample used in the study was journalists who held a management-level title at a newspaper in the United Stated. The data were analyzed using conditional process analysis, which allowed for the development of a model that tested for moderated mediation over various paths of thinking involved in the decision. Results show that professional journalists are willing to publish content produced by nonprofessionals when there is either a social need or an economic need in doing so. Furthermore, they are not as concerned about professional journalism ethics where they perceive a social need, but they are when there is an economic need, under certain conditions

Leading Turnaround and Improvement in Low Performing Schools in Malaysia and Indonesia

Improving the fortunes of low-performing schools, often in the most challenging circumstances, remains a persistent and pervasive challenge in many education systems (Meyers & Darwin, 2017). This working paper outlines the findings from a small, qualitative comparative research project funded by the Head Foundation. The working paper commences with some explanation and contextualization of the idea of ‘turnaround schools’ from the literature. It presents the research methodology and subsequently outlines the main findings from the research project

THE PERFORMANCE OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE IN TRANSLATING THREE CATHOLIC FUNDAMENTAL PRAYERS

Literary translation is one of the most difficult areas of machine translation (MT) development. Accuracy in MT is susceptible to issues that are frequently encountered in literary works, such as lexical ambiguity, syntax complexity, and structural grammatical constructs. This study examines the literary translation of three Catholic prayers: the "Sign of the Cross," "The Lord's Prayer," and "Hail Mary." These objects were chosen for their language's unique characteristics, which include antiquated vocabulary, strange structures, and unusual line breaks. The research is conducted to determine the MT's ability, that is represented by Google Translate (GT),  to overcome hurdles in literary translation as measured by the number of errors made, their discussion, and their relative difficulty rectification based on Hutchins and Somers' assertions. The quality of a translation, whether human or computer, has long been a subject of discussion, with no universally accepted metric. There are a variety of factors to consider based on the circumstances around the exercise, including accuracy, naturalness, fluency, and function. For machine translation, which is frequently used to obtain quick information about a document, semantic accuracy should definitely take precedence over fluency as Koponen states.The research attemps to measure GT’s performance in translating three Catholic prayers using Koponen’s error category. Koponen's notion of semantic accuracy categorizes the errors produced by the MT into two broad categories: individual concept errors and relational concept errors. The two groups are further subdivided. The results indicate that GT is underperformed when confronted with the individual concept errors, but performs admirably when the ST line is straightforward and well-structured. GT made a total of 12 errors of individual concepts,  but generated no "destructive error” in relational concepts. In conclusion, GT shows a sufficiently reliable translation, and performs admirably and consistently in the three Catholic prayers