SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CTR
| Researcher : Bacon-Shone JH |
| Project Title: | Personnel surveys |
| Investigator(s): | Bacon-Shone JH |
| Department: | Social Sciences Research Ctr |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Other Funding Scheme |
| Start Date: | 03/1991 |
| Abstract: |
| To study both general and specific problems relating to personnel management in public and private organisations with a view of increasing management effectiveness and efficiency. Research designs will be adopted on individual project basis. |
| Project Title: | An exploratory assessment of willingness to pay for health care in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Bacon-Shone JH, McGhee SM |
| Department: | Social Sciences Research Ctr |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 11/1996 |
| Abstract: |
| To explore factors affecting WTP in Hong Kong health care using qualitative research; to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of using contingent valuation (CV) and conjoint analysis (CA) as tools for assessing WTP for Hong Kong health care; to use CA and CV to obtain initial estimates of WTP in Hong Kong health care. |
| Project Title: | Compositional data analysis with zeros and endmembers - an application to the Hong Kong household expenditure survey |
| Investigator(s): | Bacon-Shone JH |
| Department: | Social Sciences Research Ctr |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
| Start Date: | 10/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To address two important methodological questions and to assist in answering an important policy question relevant to Hong Kong. - The first methodolocial question is the handling of zeros in compositional data, which has been identified as a major weakness of the key paradigm which uses log ratios (which are undefined for zeros). - The second question is how best to extend previous work on what is called the end methods problem by geologists, which is the problem of identifying which set of compositions has been mixed into a composite composition and what is the mixing process. |
| Project Title: | Analysing Asian Englishes: the historical development of English in Asian newspapers |
| Investigator(s): | Bacon-Shone JH |
| Department: | Social Sciences Research Ctr |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Incentive Award for RGC CERG Fundable But Not Funded Projects |
| Start Date: | 07/2004 |
| Completion Date: | 06/2006 |
| Abstract: |
| N/A |
| Project Title: | The UN business crime victim survey: a comparative study of the prevalence of crime against business in Chinese cities |
| Investigator(s): | Bacon-Shone JH, Broadhurst RG |
| Department: | Social Sciences Research Ctr |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) |
| Start Date: | 01/2005 |
| Abstract: |
| To estimate the prevalence and severity of crimes against business in Chinese cities of varying economic development, legal infrastructure and risks of conventional crime; to estimate the willingness of business to report crime and the reasons for reporting or not to police; to provide capacity to undertake policy relevant longitudinal research on changes in business crime by feasible and routine periodic surveillance of crimes against business in HK and selected Chinese cities; to estimate the risk of organized criminal activities against business and assess the effectiveness of countermeasures and the potential of innovations in crime prevention. |
| Project Title: | The UN business crime victim survey: a comparative study of the prevalence of crime against business in Chinese cities |
| Investigator(s): | Bacon-Shone JH |
| Department: | Social Sciences Research Ctr |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects |
| Start Date: | 01/2005 |
| Abstract: |
| N/A |
| Project Title: | Statistical Modelling of Mixture Processes for Compositional Data |
| Investigator(s): | Bacon-Shone JH |
| Department: | Social Sciences Research Ctr |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Incentive Award for RGC CERG Fundable But Not Funded Projects |
| Start Date: | 07/2005 |
| Completion Date: | 06/2006 |
| Abstract: |
| N/A |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bacon-Shone J.H., Yeung R.Y.T., Leung G.M., Ma J. and Work G.A., Export potential of Hong Kong's medical services with special reference to the Chinese mainland (Consultancy report to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council). Hong Kong, Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong, 2005. |
| Macfarlane D.J., Bacon-Shone J.H. and Cerin E., Environmental correlates of physical activity levels needed to promote health in Hong Kong, 1st GIS International Conference. 2006. |
| Macfarlane D.J. and Bacon-Shone J.H., Levels Of Habitual Physical Activity In Hong Kong Chinese As Assessed By Ipaq (short, Interview). , Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2006, 38: S378. |
| Researcher : Lee BW |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan J.S.K., Choy B.S.T. and Lee B.W., Bayesian analysis of constant elasticity of variance models , Research Report. Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU, 2005, 414: 1-19. |