Lloyd Waller
Biographic Data
| ID | 5774589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lloyd Waller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lloyd |
| FAMILY NAME | Waller |
| SIGNATURE | WALLER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies System |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5627-257X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Enhancing Political Participation in Jamaica
Youth participation through political talk appears to be shifting to the online public sphere in many parts of the world. Many attribute this shift to online social networks such as Facebook. Emerging research seem to suggest that this may be a cure for the problem of political apathy among the youth. This study explores such a possibility in Jamaica. In all, 752 youth ages 15 to 24 were surveyed to ascertain whether Facebook encourages political…
Interviewing the surveyors
One of the greatest concerns or fears of either survey designers, survey project manager or those relying on survey data for decision-making, is the falsification of data collected in the field. This practice is called curbstoning. Using the Grounded Theory Methodology, I interview 74 quantitative field surveyors in Jamaica to identify the strategies they use to falsify questionnaires. These field surveyors explain and describe curbstoning method…
Spinning webs of meanings
Interviewing the surveyors
One of the greatest concerns or fears of either survey designers, survey project manager or those relying on survey data for decision-making, is the falsification of data collected in the field. This practice is called curbstoning. Using the Grounded Theory Methodology, I interview 74 quantitative field surveyors in Jamaica to identify the strategies they use to falsify questionnaires. These field surveyors explain and describe curbstoning method…
Spinning webs of meanings
Spinning webs of meanings
Interviewing the surveyors
One of the greatest concerns or fears of either survey designers, survey project manager or those relying on survey data for decision-making, is the falsification of data collected in the field. This practice is called curbstoning. Using the Grounded Theory Methodology, I interview 74 quantitative field surveyors in Jamaica to identify the strategies they use to falsify questionnaires. These field surveyors explain and describe curbstoning method…
Enhancing Political Participation in Jamaica
Youth participation through political talk appears to be shifting to the online public sphere in many parts of the world. Many attribute this shift to online social networks such as Facebook. Emerging research seem to suggest that this may be a cure for the problem of political apathy among the youth. This study explores such a possibility in Jamaica. In all, 752 youth ages 15 to 24 were surveyed to ascertain whether Facebook encourages political…
Sociology (3 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Academic integrity and plagiarism (1 work) · Apathy (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Business (1 work)