Using multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MCFA) and multiple-indicator-multiple-cause (MIMIC) to investigate group difference in the context of the second-order factor model with either the unparceled or parceled data had never been thoroughly examined. The present study investigated (1) the difference of MCFA and MIMIC in terms of Type I error rate and power when testing the mean difference of the higher-order latent factor (delta kappa) in a second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model; and (2) the impact of data parceling on the test of (delta kappa) between groups by using the two approaches. The methods were introduced, including the design of the models, the design of Monte Carlo simulation, the calculation of empirical Type I Error and empirical power, the two parceling strategies, and the adjustment of the random error variance. The results suggested that MCFA should be favored when the compared groups were when the different group sizes were paired with the different generalized variances, and MIMIC should be favored when the groups were balanced (i.e., have equal group sizes) in social science and education disciplines. This study also provided the evidence that parceling could improve the power for both MCFA and MIMIC when the factor loadings were low without bringing bias into the solution when the first-order factors were collapsed. However, parceling strategies might not be necessary when the factor loadings were high. The results also indicated that the two approaches were equally favored when domain representative parceling strategy was applied.

nÃo hà / O Assentamento Tiracanga Logradouro, localizado no municÃpio de CanindÃ, foi criado em 1989, a conquista dessa fraÃÃo do territÃrio ocorreu pela luta e resistÃncia dos camponeses. Este trabalho tem como objeto de investigaÃÃo analisar o processo de territorialidade dos assentados e como se expressa a territorialidade em um assentamento parcelado no semiÃrido cearense como o Tiracanga Logradouro. Para a realizaÃÃo do trabalho apoiou-se no trabalho de campo, no diÃlogo com os camponeses assentados, com o objetivo de registrar a maior diversidade de aspectos sobre a origem dos camponeses, a luta pela terra e a situaÃÃo da organizaÃÃo e do uso da terra. Assim, programou-se a participaÃÃo em reuniÃes com as associaÃÃes, com grupos de camponeses, e entrevistas com alguns camponeses nas suas residÃncias, e com lideranÃas dos camponeses. Ao logo da construÃÃo do texto buscamos superar a separaÃÃo entre o conhecimento formal e o informal, oportunizando a fala dos sujeitos pesquisados. A revisÃo bibliogrÃfica sobre o tema foi elaborada atravÃs de livros, teses, dissertaÃÃes e coleta de informaÃÃes no INCRA. O estudo revelou as estratÃgias de organizaÃÃo e de uso do assentamento utilizadas pelos camponeses, desde a discussÃo sobre o uso do parcelamento, em que surgiram concordÃncias e discordÃncias entre os assentados em relaÃÃo à adoÃÃo desse modelo de exploraÃÃo da terra. Conclui-se com a constataÃÃo de que as famÃlias articulam o uso de sua parcela centrada na unidade familiar e em nÃcleos familiares, e retomam o uso coletivo como estratÃgia de reproduÃÃo da unidade familiar. / The Tiracanga Logradouro Settlement, located in the Canindà municipality, was created in 1989. The conquest of this territory parcel took place due to the fighting and resistance of peasants. The research goal of this work is to analyze the settlerâs territoriality process and how this territoriality is expressed in a settlement like the Tiracanga Logradouro, which is fragmented in CearÃÂs semiarid. The materialization of this study was based on on-field studies and the dialogues with peasant settlers, seeking to record the widest variety of aspects related to the peasantâs origins, their fight for land, their organizational situation and land use. For this purpose, participation in meetings with associations and groups of peasants was programmed and interviews with some of them in their residences, as well as with some peasant leaders were organized. Throughout the text, we search to overcome the division between formal and informal knowledge with regards to the speech of researched individuals. Bibliographic research on the subject was elaborated through books, theses, dissertations and the collection of data at the INCRA. The study revealed the organizational and settlement use strategies practiced by the peasants, including discussions on the use of their land parcel, in which agreements and disagreements amongst settlers appeared with regards to the adoption of this land exploitation model. It was concluded that families articulate the use of their land parcel based on familiar unit and the family nucleus and regain collective use as a strategy for family unit reproduction

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2017-03-24T17:54:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ALESSANDRA ARGENTON SCIOTA.pdf: 14278315 bytes, checksum: 7b50c1b9e4fde7b265c67cf68b0d8a21 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-24T17:54:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ALESSANDRA ARGENTON SCIOTA.pdf: 14278315 bytes, checksum: 7b50c1b9e4fde7b265c67cf68b0d8a21 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-12 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas ? PUC Campinas / The present thesis aims to problematize the gated communities model (produced in Brazil as condominium and closed parceling, among others), named here by ?closed urban nucleus?, and to construct arguments to questioning the effects generated by these communities closed by walls. It is the hypothesis that is possible to measure the impact of this model taking with categories of analysis of the changing in the urban landscape, in the urban mobility and in the integration to the urban dynamic. Using the objective criteria associated to urban morphology, the valuation of the effects caused by this model reproduction, alone or in group, intend to cause the creation of arguments that sustain technically the oppose to this model, criticized for different areas of knowledge. Throughout the process of this study, has been developed a method to read the effects caused by these ?closed urban nucleus? in the city. The punctuation criteria established to evaluate the resultant effects of this urban design permit problematize and question the limits of this urban development model. This research analyzed 85 ?closed urban nucleus? located at Valinhos, belonging to Campinas Metropolitan Region, S?o Paulo State. / A presente tese tem por objetivo problematizar o modelo dos empreendimentos imobili?rios que se fecham entre muros (conhecidos como condom?nios horizontais e loteamentos fechados, entre outros) e denominados aqui de n?cleos urbanos fechados e construir argumentos no questionamento quanto aos efeitos gerados por esses empreendimentos. Tem-se como hip?tese que ? poss?vel medir o impacto deste modelo, a partir do conceito de morfologia urbana, tomando como categorias de an?lises as transforma??es provocadas na paisagem urbana, na mobilidade urbana e na integra??o ? din?mica urbana. Por meio de crit?rios objetivos e relacionados ? morfologia urbana, a valora??o dos efeitos causados pelo empreendimento, de forma isolada ou em conjunto, visa provocar a constru??o de argumentos que suportem tecnicamente o enfrentamento a este modelo de urbaniza??o, criticado por diferentes ?reas do conhecimento. Ao longo do trabalho foi-se desenvolvendo um m?todo de leitura dos efeitos causados pelos n?cleos urbanos fechados na cidade. Os crit?rios de pontua??o estabelecidos para valorar os efeitos resultantes do desenho urbano implantado permitem problematizar e questionar os limites desse modelo de ocupa??o. S?o analisados 85 n?cleos urbanos fechados no munic?pio de Valinhos, pertencente a Regi?o Metropolitana de Campinas no estado de S?o Paulo.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:30:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Isabel Rebello Pinho Dias.pdf: 1159847 bytes, checksum: 3ca64f435d10aa03f86c476629f93d32 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-26 / Studying the Law about urban land division - Law nº 6.766/79 - is essential to understand some aspects of the urban issues in modern society. As a matter of fact, it is clear that there is not enough research about the theme, which results in direct damage to the entire society once the urban rules are not respected. The fact that this law is more than thirty years old does not exclude the interest in deepening its analysis because, since then, a new Federal Constitution was promulgated and several other laws related to the theme became effective. In this context, a few important questions shall be posed: have the urban crimes determined by Law nº 6.766/79 been corroborated by the new constitutional order? Is there any interest in criminalizing actions referring to the illegal parceling of the urban land? What is the best way of criminalizing them? Which criminal legal interests do these crimes protect? This study aims to discuss such an important matter and therefore stimulating deeper research by legal experts about the theme. Hopefully, as a consequence of increased debate on illegal parceling of the land, a healthier and more sustainable urban development in a long term perspective will be fostered / O estudo da Lei do Parcelamento do Solo Urbano - Lei nº 6.766/79 - é essencial para aprofundar as questões que envolvem os problemas urbanísticos existentes na nossa sociedade. Percebe-se que há uma lacuna na doutrina na análise desse tema, o que gera prejuízo a toda coletividade diretamente afetada pelo desrespeito às diretrizes urbanísticas. O fato de essa legislação contar com mais de trinta anos não exauriu o interesse no seu exame, pois, após a sua entrada em vigor, foi promulgada uma nova Constituição Federal e passaram a viger diversas leis relacionadas à matéria. Nesse contexto colocam-se as seguintes questões: os crimes urbanísticos foram recepcionados pela nova ordem constitucional? Há interesse em incriminar as condutas de parcelamento ilegal do solo urbano? Qual é a melhor forma de criminalizá-las? Qual o bem jurídico protegido por tais delitos? Esse trabalho pretende discutir essas questões, a fim de contribuir para que o tema seja aprofundado na nossa doutrina. Isso porque, quiçá, com o debate sobre a melhor forma de tratamento das condutas de parcelamento ilegal se possa facilitar um desenvolvimento mais sadio e adequado das cidades, resguardando-se o ordenamento do território e o meio ambiente

This quasi-experimental study explored African American student's sense of belonging (SOBE), academic self-efficacy (ASE), parents' educational attainment (PEA), and academic success (GPA) at historically Black colleges and universities and predominantly white institutions. The purpose of the present study measured how the factors influenced the rate of persistence to see how colleges and universities could assist to retain African American students in the pursuit of full matriculation through an independent samples t-test, multiple regression analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, and structural equation modeling with the results from methods such as item parceling, factor scoring, and sum scoring being compared. Results indicated that the second-order SEM, item parceling, and factor score regression approaches were found to have consistent results in terms of significant predictors. Parental educational attainment was found to not have an effect on academic achievement or collegiate persistence, but sense of belonging and academic self-efficacy were found to be significant predictors of GPA and CP with ASE being the strongest indicator for collegiate persistence and academic achievement. Implications for future research suggest additional schools be included and higher education institutions should seek further assessment to ensure their African American students feel included in an effort to increase overall persistence amongst African American students.