Judul: Penerapan Analisis Konjoin Terhadap Preferensi Penggunaan Instant Messenger
Abstrak: Pesan singkat (instant messenger) merupakan salah satu aplikasi yang tersedia pada smartphone yang digunakan untuk berkomunikasi. Terdapat beberapa jenis instant messenger dan fitur yang mendukung penggunanya. Penelitian ini membahas tentang preferensi penggunaan instant messenger di kalangan mahasiswa dengan analisis konjoin. Metode yang digunakan adalah traditional conjoint dengan data numerik berupa rating. Hasil analisis konjoin menunjukkan bahwa atribut yang paling dipentingkan responden adalah chat tambahan dengan rata-rata nilai penting relatif (NPR) sebesar 27.91%, hal ini berarti sebagian besar responden mengutamakan penggunaan instant messenger sebagai alat komunikasi yang lebih cepat dan mudah. Atribut kedua yang dipentingkan adalah atribut akses komputer dengan rata-rata NPR sebesar 19.53%. Atribut fitur tambahan merupakan atribut yang paling tidak dipentingkan dengan rata-rata NPR sebesar 11.02%. Kombinasi level dari atribut yang paling disukai responden adalah chat tambahan berupa panggilan suara dan video, kapasitas grup obrolan kurang dari 150 kontak, jumlah karakter pesan kurang dari 2000 karakter, dapat diakses melalui komputer, memiliki fitur tambahan stiker dan emoticon, serta dapat mengirim berkas berupa foto dan video.
Keyword: analisis konjoin, instant messenger, NPR, preferensi, rating

Judul: Pendekatan Metode Konjoin untuk Menentukan Preferensi Atribut Telepon Seluler Pintar pada Mahasiswa FMIPA IPB Angkatan 2009-2011
Abstrak: Nowadays the development of smart phones advanced rapidly. This forced producers to create products that are most desirable for all kind of consumers, including teenagers and youngsters. In this connection, information about students preferences on the smart phone attributes is very important for the producers. Conjoint method is a statistical tools that can be used to identify smart phone attributes that are most preferred by students. This research used students of FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES of entering years, 2009-2011 as respondents. There were 16 stimuli combinations that were used in this research. Two assessment methods were used: ranking and rating methods. The attributes most preferred were price, design and added features consecutively. For ranking method, repondents choose price as the most preferred, while for rating method the most desired attribute was design.
Keyword: conjoint analysis, smart phone

Judul: Sarcosporidiasis in slaughter animals
Abstrak: Sarcocystis which belong to the generally occuring parasites for they are found almost all over the countries of the world. Infection of Sarcocystis usually throught inges- tion of feces or flesh of infected animals. The pathogenesis of Sarcosporidiasis is considered as benign but when the Sarcocystis die in a host, sarcocystin or sarcosporidin is liberated thereby which lead to condemnation of meat in the abattoir. Besides condemnation of meat, Sarcocystis also causes: loss of appetite, anemia, lameness, weakness in the lion, diarrhea, fever, pyrexia, paralysis, emaciation, neuro logical disturbances, etc. " Amprolium "at the rate of 100 mg/Kg body weight per day has been practiced for prevention or to minimize Sarco- sporidiasis. Treatment must be started during incubation period. Shedding of Sarcocystis sporocysts in the feces of carnivores is the key factor in the spread of Sarcocystis infection. Therefore, control efforts must be based primarily on measures designed to break the cycle of Sarcocystis.
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