Prediction of abandonment in Spanish fitness centres     

Iván Clavel San Emeterio  Jorge García-Unanue  Eliseo Iglesias-Soler  Jose Luis Felipe  Leonor Gallardo 《European Journal of Sport Science》2019,19(2):217-224

Research question: The increase of physical exercise in fitness centres has turned these facilities in important active lifestyle promoters. However, only between 30% and 60% of subscribers still linked to the sports centre after a year. The aim of this study is to design a model to predict the drop out in fitness centres. Research methods: Monthly data corresponding to the actual behaviour of 14,522 members of three sport centres in Spain were recorded over the course of one year. In order to calculate the likelihood of drop out, logistic regressions were used to create predictive models for each centre. Results and findings: It was possible to predict abandonment of users of sport centres from their historical behaviour, although the predictive models obtained for each centre were not completely coincident. The effectiveness of the models was around 70%. Implications: The analysis of users’ behaviour in a fitness centre can allow to avoid the drop out and therefore the abandonment of physical activity. Segmenting the customers based on the likelihood of drop out may be useful for improving the effectiveness of the strategies of loyalty and for optimizing the organization of human and material resources.  相似文献   

The generation gap and international development     

Felipe Herrera 《Prospects》1972,2(2):131-141

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h-Index: A review focused in its variants,computation and standardization for different scientific fields     

S. Alonso  F.J. Cabrerizo  E. Herrera-Viedma  F. Herrera 《Journal of Informetrics》2009,3(4):273-289

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Overall sietar conference evaluation : Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania March 9–14, 1980     

Felipe Korzenny 《Int J Intercult Relat》1980,4(3-4)

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Critical Race Theory and the Transfer Function: Introducing a Transfer Receptive Culture     

Dimpal Jain  Alfred Herrera  Santiago Bernal  Daniel Solorzano 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(3):252-266

In California, the majority of students of color who enter postsecondary education do so in the community colleges. However large numbers of them leave and do not transfer to four-year institutions; in particular to highly selective public four-year colleges and universities. By using the theoretical perspective of critical race theory, transfer can be seen as a dual commitment between both the sending and receiving institution as we put forth the conceptual framework of a “transfer receptive culture.” We define a transfer receptive culture as an institutional commitment by a four-year college or university to provide the support needed for students to transfer successfully—that is, to navigate the community college, take the appropriate coursework, apply, enroll, and successfully earn a baccalaureate degree in a timely manner. We outline five elements, informed by critical race theory, that are necessary to establish a transfer receptive culture and outline specific strategies within each element that practioners can employ on their home campuses.  相似文献   

Open data visualizations and analytics as tools for policy-making     

Loni Hagen  Thomas E. Keller  Xiaoyi Yerden  Luis Felipe Luna-Reyes 《Government Information Quarterly》2019,36(4):101387

Government agencies collect large amounts of structured and unstructured data. Although these data can be used to improve services as well as policy processes, it is not always clear how to analyze the data and how to glean insights for policy making, especially when the data includes large volumes of unstructured text data. This article reports opinions found in “We the People” petition data using topic modeling and visual analytics. It provides an assessment of the usability of the visual analytics results for policy making based on interviews with data professionals and policy makers. We found that visual analytics have potentially positive impacts on policy making practices. Experts also articulated potential barriers regarding the adoption of visual analytics tools, and made suggestions. Potential barriers included insufficient resources in government agencies and difficulty integrating analytics with current work practices. The main suggestions involved providing training and interpretation guidelines along with the visual analytics tools. Major contributions of this study include: (1) suggesting viable visualization tools for analyzing textual data for policy making, and (2) suggesting how to lower barriers to adoption by increasing usability.  相似文献   

College integration and social class     

Álvarez-Rivadulla  María José  Jaramillo  Ana María  Fajardo  Felipe  Cely  Laura  Molano  Andrés  Montes  Felipe 《Higher Education》2022,84(3):647-669

Higher Education - What is the impact of social class on college integration? Higher education institutions are becoming more diverse, yet the integration of underprivileged students remains a...  相似文献   

Analyzing the Concept of Spiritual Development Based on Institutional Educational Projects from Schools Located in Valparaíso,Chile     

Francisco Vargas Herrera  Loreto Moya Marchant 《Religious education (Chicago, Ill.)》2020,115(2):201-214

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Chile’s General Law of Education (LGE) states that one of the purposes of education is the spiritual development of all its schooled population. In turn, other legal documents claim that the Institutional Educational Project should define how schools are to approach that statement. This article analyses the frequency of keywords, based on a theoretical framework and revision of the Vision and Mission sections of the Educational Projects of 20 schools from Valparaíso, in order to show how this statement is approached and what those approaches imply.  相似文献   

Analysis of football game-related statistics using multivariate techniques     

Felipe Arruda Moura 《Journal of sports sciences》2014,32(20):1881-1887

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore football game-related statistics during a competition, using principal component and cluster analyses to determine if it is possible to distinguish the winning teams from the drawing and losing ones. We collected the game-related statistics of the group phase matches of the 2006 World Cup and organised them into a matrix. The principal components of the covariance matrix were calculated. The scores of the first and second components were used to represent the new data, and cluster analysis was applied to separate the elements in two groups (G1 and G2). To analyse the degree of separation between the groups, we calculated the Silhouette Coefficient for each group. Finally, we checked if the winning teams were classified into the same group. The Silhouette Coefficients found for G1 and G2 were 0.54 and 0.55, respectively. Results showed that 70.3% of the winning teams were classified into the same group (G1). Similarly, 67.8% of the drawing and losing teams were classified in G2. This study presented a different way to analyse game-related statistics that allowed the multivariate differences to be shown between successful and unsuccessful teams.  相似文献   

Financial condition of Brazilian soccer clubs: an overview     

Marcelo Weishaupt Proni  Felipe Henrique Zaia 《Soccer & Society》2014,15(1):108-122

In Brazil, the transition to corporate management of soccer clubs started in the 1990s. When the ‘Lei Pelé’ was enacted in 1998, expectations were very high that the Brazilian clubs would become modernized institutions capable of surviving in the recently developed soccer business. However, the results that clubs reported in their financial statements a decade later do not show the desirable evolution. This essay looks back at this modernization process while analysing the clubs’ results and their financial ratios with the aim of understanding their main difficulties and how successful they have been in trying to modernize.  相似文献