This article addresses methodologic issues in choosing design, participants, technology, and evaluation measures.
Many participants thought technology could provide an answer.
According to participants, the technology currently available to police on the ground often falls short.
Figure 1 Participants' mean technology ranking before/after group discussion in the USA and Germany.
Almost half of participants used technology for every class when permitted.
Yan and Yu (2013) suggest that appropriate policy initiatives such as tax incentives may effectively help SMEs to become active participants in technology innovation.
Conclusions from the three extant studies are also limited by the fact that the participants received technology that would now be considered obsolete.
The women participants valued technology and the specialization of care, and even considered it as a facilitating factor for the humanization of birth, as it brought them reassurance and comfort.
In addition, many low-active participants felt technology could be useful when setting goals to be more physically active: "It would try and make you work harder, to try and get the goal.
While all participants felt technology was useful for self-monitoring, those in the highly-active group were more likely to relate this monitoring to the idea of competing against others: "It would make me want to do more to try and beat your own record or other people's records" (B, HA).
