Search for dissertations about: "Explanatory information"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 98 swedish dissertations containing the words Explanatory information.
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1. Duplicate systems : investigating unintended consequences of information technology in organizations
Abstract : The organizational consequences of information technology (IT) constitutes a core focus in information systems (IS) research. The relationship between organizations and IT has received considerable attention by IS researchers in order to develop knowledge related to how and why organizations and IT are related. READ MORE
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2. Virtual Learning Environments in Higher Education : A Study of User Acceptance
Abstract : The aim of the thesis was to create knowledge about factors influencing acceptance of virtual learning environments among academic staff and students in blended learning environments. The aim was operationalised by four research questions. READ MORE
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3. The theory of mitigating risk : Information literacy and language-learning in transition
Abstract : This qualitative study explores the information literacy practices of students who were learning a language overseas as part of their undergraduate degree. Constructivist grounded theory and situational analysis were used to examine the information activities of 26 English-speakers from Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. READ MORE
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4. Explanation and deduction : a defence of deductive chauvinism
Abstract : In this essay I defend the notion of deductive explanation mainly against two types of putative counterexamples: those found in genuinely indeterministic systems and those found in complex dynamic systems. Using Railton's notions of explanatory information and ideal explanatory text, deductivism is defended in an indeterministic setting. READ MORE
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5. Explanatory visualization of multidimensional projections
Abstract : One way of getting insight into large data collections (known nowadays under the name of ‘big data’) is by depicting them visually and next interactively exploring the resulting visualizations. However, both the number of data points or measurements, and the number of dimensions describing each measurement, can be very large – much like a data table can have many rows and columns. READ MORE