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Forecasting long distance travel in the Netherlands

By recourse to our study on Dutch long distance travel we seek to illustrate how social research can be used to assist in the development of mathematical models for the purpose of forecasting transport flows.

Catalogue: Papers 1982: Social Research And Prediction

Authors: John Wicks, David Ashley

June 15, 1982

A climate of doom

Intrigued by many references to a possible climate of doom in the Netherlands and a lack of social research related to this subject, the Nederlandse Stichting voor Statistiek (NSS) undertook a study of this phenomenon. Based upon the research it was...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1982: Fitting Research To Turbulent Times

Author: Arnold de Vos

June 15, 1982

Social research revisited

Here in Amsterdam, were prediction is the main theme, the possibilities and the limits of forecasting have been presented in relation to changes in social values, with specific emphasis on the ways and means in which policy makers can use the range...

Catalogue: Papers 1982: Social Research And Prediction

Author: Gabriele Morello

June 15, 1982

Report of working group

The working group concentrated its discussion on two main subjects. These were: 1. The rise of the pressure group and the political and research implications of this. 2. The problems of persuading governments to take action on the findings of social...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Max Hanna

June 18, 1980

Report of working group

The starting point for our discussion was the recognition that social change is proceeding faster than at any time in human history. Politicians, administrators, and those involved in the political process are therefore like managers of industrial...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Authors: Karel C. P. Slootman, Andrew Robert McIntosh

June 18, 1980

Spare time and playing of children

Systematic children research can show discrepancies regarding the children's world of spare time and play. In part, children want something quite different in their spare time from what they may do and what they really do in adaptation-to the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Children And Young People

Author: Brigitte Melzer

June 15, 1980

Smoking habits amongst the youth

By order of the "Stichting Volksgezondheid en Roken" (Foundation Health and Smoking, an organization sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Health) NIPO interviewed in the period 5- 22nd march 1979 a sample of 2.474 youngsters between 10 and 15 years....

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Children And Young People

Author: Fred C. G. de Buijzer

Company: NIPO

June 15, 1980

The democracy of opinion polls

Observation of the behaviour, attitudes and opinions, among other things, of a population can be done to achieve many objectives. Much of such studies belong to the field of market research, and much to social research. Opinion polling is included in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Seminar 1980: Opinion Polls

Author: Norman L. Webb

Company: Gallup International Association

June 15, 1980

National value systems

Values are regarded as ordering principles for social action. This explains some of the scientific attention value problems have recently received. Is social change promoted by and linked to change in values? Are there both changeable and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Seminar 1980: Opinion Polls

Author: Gerhard Schmidtchen

June 15, 1980