Readme: Descriptive data for USN Research Data Archive

Dataset generated by Hasan Mahbub Tusher


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GENERAL INFORMATION
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TITLE FOR THE DATASET

- Replication data for: "Which simulator to use for maritime education and training? - An assessment using multi-criteria decision-making methods"

INFORMATION ON PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING THE DATA

- Hasan Mahbub Tusher, Ziaul Haque Munim and Salman Nazir
- Department of Maritime Operations (IMA), University of South-Eastern Norway
- htu@usn.no


DATE(S) OF DATA COLLECTION
- 1 June to 1 July 2022

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION(S) OF DATA COLLECTION
- Worldwide

LANGUAGE
- English 



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FILE INFORMATION
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Data:
- Bayesian Best-Worst Method (BBWM) survey data collected using this web-based form: https://nettskjema.no/a/simulatortraining
- Both the Best-to-others vector and Others-o-worst vector for BBWM is generated through survey responses on a scale of 1-to-7
- The alternatives (A1-A4) were rated on a scale of 1-to-7 considering each of the 13 criteria (C1-C13)


Abbreviations and units:
																																			
TECH	Technical 																																			
INST	Instructional 																																			
ORG	Organizational																																			
																																				
FID C1	Fidelity																																			
IMM C2	Immersivity																																			
RMT C3	Possibility of remote training																																			
TMT C4	Possibility of team training																																			
ESY C5	Ease of training																																			
ASM C6	Ease of assessment																																			
PED C7	Pedagogic vale																																			
MTH C8	Appropriate methods of training																																			
DSC C9	Diversity of trainign scenario																																			
TRE C10	Training efficiency																																			
REG C11	Regulatory complicance																																			
COS C12	Cost of simulators																																			
CAP C13	Capacity of institutions

A1. Full-mission simulators	
A2. Desktop-based simulators	
A3. Cloud simulators	
A4. Virtual Reality (VR) simulators