Essays about: "what is reference group"

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1. 1. The Sustainable Era - The Excess Return on Swedish Sustainable Global Equity Funds

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Kristoffer Holmgren; Måns Hurtigh; [2023-07-03]
   Keywords : Fama-French; ESG; Morningstar; Morningstar Globe Rating; funds; global equity funds; sustainability; excess return;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the relationship between the performance of Swedish global equity funds and the level of sustainability, as measured by the Morningstar Globe Rating, using a Fama-French six-factor model, globe rating categories, and time effects. Treating the Morningstar Globe Rating as a time-invariant variable, a sample of 80 Swedish global equity funds are divided into two sustainability groups, ‘Low’ and ‘High’, grouping funds with 1-3 globes into a reference group. READ MORE

3. 2. The Discursive Construction of "Welsh" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Thematic Roles and Mental Models

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Åberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Discourse Analysis; Mental models; Predication; Briton; Welsh; Anglo-Saxon; Colonialism; Thematic roles.;

   Abstract : With the recent rise in interest in critical readings of our history, scholars have begun noticing that historical documents such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle may have functioned as propaganda (e.g., Yorke, 2006; Konshuh, 2020). The present study examines how Britons (i. READ MORE

4. 3. Teachers’ Perceptions of Speaking Anxiety in the Swedish EFL Classroom : An Interview Study of how Six Upper Secondary English Teachers Perceive Speaking Anxiety

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Andreas Wahlström; [2022]
   Keywords : Foreign language speaking anxiety; foreign language anxiety; methods of managing speaking anxiety; factors contributing to speaking anxiety;

   Abstract : This degree project is an interview study investigating upper secondary EFL teachers’ perceptions of speaking anxiety in their classrooms. The aim of the study is to gain insight into how the teachers perceive the prevalence of foreign language speaking anxiety (FLSA) among their pupils, the factors contributing to FLSA and what methods they use to manage FLSA in their EFL classrooms. READ MORE

5. 4. Test-retest reliability of a newly developed instrument for measurement of force production and speed in closed kinetic chain for upper extremity : Measurements on a group of athletes with cerebral palsy and a reference group

   University essay from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH/Institutionen för fysisk aktivitet och hälsa

   Author : Frida Lidén; [2022]
   Keywords : Para sport; cerebral palsy; coordination; closed kinetic chain; upper extremity;

   Abstract : Aim and research questions: The aim of this master thesis was to test for test-retest reliability for a newly developed force instrument (FI) and determine if a combined effect of trial, speed and resistance exist on the variable fraction effective force (FEF) for a group of athletes with cerebral palsy (CP-group) and a reference group (AB-group).  1. READ MORE

6. 5. Who can “I” or “we” be without Gender? An online ethnographic study to understand identity inside the alchemy of agender

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : Felicity Markdal; [2022]
   Keywords : Agender; Non-binary; Phenomenology; Genderqueer; Alchemy; Eidetic reduction; Queer theory; Husserl; Braidotti; Irigaray;

   Abstract : This research is a curiosity for the spaces outside the gender binary, the spaces where an “I” and a “we” could manifest unencumbered by this hierarchical binary[1]. The binary is often in gender research considered a system of understanding sexed peoples in this world based on their differential position in relation to one another. READ MORE