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: | 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: | 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: | Postgraduate Students Conference/Seminar Grants 2006/2007 |
| Investigator(s): | Bacon-Shone JH |
| Department: | Social Sciences Research Ctr |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Postgraduate Students Conference / Seminar Grants |
| Start Date: | 07/2006 |
| Abstract: |
| To invite 4 speakers to attend the 2006 Summer School on Research Methods. |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bacon-Shone J.H., Discrete and Continuous Compositions, Codawork 08, Girona, Spain, 2008. . |
| Bacon-Shone J.H. and Lao M.L., Independent Analysis of the Public Feedback for The Third Engagement Process of The Council for Sustainable Development: Better Air Quality , The Council for Sustainable Development. Hong Kong, The Council for Sustainable Development, 2008. |
| Bolton K. and Bacon-Shone J.H., Bilingualism and multilingualism in the HKSAR: Language surveys and Hong Kong's changing linguistic profile, In: Kingsley Bolton, Language and Society in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Open University Press, 2008, 25-51. |
| Lee B.W. and Bacon-Shone J.H., An alternative method for dating unknown tephras based on a segmented regression model, Codawork 08, Girona, Spain, 2008. . |
| Lo V.S. and Bacon-Shone J.H., Probability and Statistical Models for Racing, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. Berkeley, BE Press, 2008, 4. |
| Researcher : Lao ML |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bacon-Shone J.H. and Lao M.L., Independent Analysis of the Public Feedback for The Third Engagement Process of The Council for Sustainable Development: Better Air Quality , The Council for Sustainable Development. Hong Kong, The Council for Sustainable Development, 2008. |
| Lao M.L., Surveys on IAQ Management and IAQ Certification Scheme in Hong Kong, Social Sciences Research Centre . 2008. |
| Researcher : Lee BW |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lee B.W. and Bacon-Shone J.H., An alternative method for dating unknown tephras based on a segmented regression model, Codawork 08, Girona, Spain, 2008. . |