Essays about: "literacy rate"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words literacy rate.

1. 6. Digital gender divide and empowering women in the digital age : A critical approach in Iranian society

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Behshid Hosami; [2019]
   Keywords : Developing countries; Iran; digital gender divide; technology; Internet and ICTs; education; cultural norms; women’s role;

   Abstract : Gender plays an important role in access to the ICTs and Internet. Even when both genders have almost equal access to the ICTs and online services, or similar literacy rates, women have a lower rate in technology related education, employment, income, and in social activities than men. READ MORE

3. 7. Catch the dream of financial independence - A study about how you can impact your retirement saving and reach your future financial goal

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Emilia Hemmesåker; Victor Nelfelt; [2018]
   Keywords : Keywords: retirement savings; financial independence; financial literacy; safe withdrawal rate; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper takes off in the rapidly growing fields of financial independence and financial literacy. We develop a model focusing on reaching financial independence during retirement and mitigate financial decision making for financially illiterate. READ MORE

4. 8. Data-driven Biased Decision-making? - Exploring the landscape between dashboards, visualization literacy and decision bias

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

   Author : Kristoffer Bergram; Brian Ochan; [2018]
   Keywords : dashboard; data visualizations; decision bias; visualization literacy; representative heuristic; interpretation accuracy; field experiment; VLAT; base rate neglect; dashboard-based data visualizations; ecological correlation; Technology and Engineering; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Data quantities and their sources have amplified over the years and so has the trend to employ dashboard-based data visualizations into the hands of a wider audience of end-users. By selecting four of the most common data visualization formats and combining these into a dashboard this thesis quantitively explored the relationship between similarity features of dashboard-based data visualizations, interpretation accuracy and systematic errors in decision-making i. READ MORE

5. 9. Ecosystem Services as a Pedagogical Perspective for Teaching the Importance of Biodiversity to High School Students

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Elsa Wedel; [2018]
   Keywords : Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Environmental education; Ecological literacy;

   Abstract : Reducing the rate at which biodiversity is presently being lost is one of the challenges for the coming years. Through diverse activities, humankind is currently responsible for the extinction of species worldwide, which has consequences for whole ecosystems. READ MORE

6. 10. Students' saving behavior: Does the field of study influence students' financial saving behavior?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Poyan Khoshnevis; Dariush Shafiee; [2017-07-03]
   Keywords : University students; Saving behavior; Field of study; Social media study; Swedish data;

   Abstract : In this thesis, we use an online survey, distributed on social media, to analyze the saving behavior of university students in Sweden. We test the importance of students’ fields of study, which is used as a proxy to future expected income, as well as their consumption of financial literacy and information. READ MORE