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Public beliefs about lightning in Malaysia

Outcomes of a comprehensive survey on the public beliefs in Malaysia with regard to the nature of lightning and lightning safety have been presented. A questionnaire survey is done among 100 respondents, comprised of an equal number of participants from each gender. Despite the sample is biased towa...

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Main Authors: A Rahim, Syakura, Gomes, Chandima, Trengove, Estelle, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78102/1/Public%20beliefs%20about%20lightning%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.781022020-06-03T06:32:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78102/ Public beliefs about lightning in Malaysia A Rahim, Syakura Gomes, Chandima Trengove, Estelle Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin Outcomes of a comprehensive survey on the public beliefs in Malaysia with regard to the nature of lightning and lightning safety have been presented. A questionnaire survey is done among 100 respondents, comprised of an equal number of participants from each gender. Despite the sample is biased towards educated layers of the society, the concepts of a sizable fraction of the sample are in contradiction with accepted scientific norms. Only 54% of the sample indicated disagreement with incorrect statements in the questionnaire. The percentage that agreed with correct statements is slightly below 50%. Such information plays a vital role in developing lightning safety guidelines for a given region. It is advisable to plan the safety modules in line with these beliefs, at least at the initial stage, rather than having myth-busting type approaches from the right beginning. IEEE 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78102/1/Public%20beliefs%20about%20lightning%20in%20Malaysia.pdf A Rahim, Syakura and Gomes, Chandima and Trengove, Estelle and Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin (2019) Public beliefs about lightning in Malaysia. In: 15th International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA 2019), 30 Sept.-4 Oct. 2019, Sao Paulo, Brazil. . 10.1109/SIPDA47030.2019.8951673
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description Outcomes of a comprehensive survey on the public beliefs in Malaysia with regard to the nature of lightning and lightning safety have been presented. A questionnaire survey is done among 100 respondents, comprised of an equal number of participants from each gender. Despite the sample is biased towards educated layers of the society, the concepts of a sizable fraction of the sample are in contradiction with accepted scientific norms. Only 54% of the sample indicated disagreement with incorrect statements in the questionnaire. The percentage that agreed with correct statements is slightly below 50%. Such information plays a vital role in developing lightning safety guidelines for a given region. It is advisable to plan the safety modules in line with these beliefs, at least at the initial stage, rather than having myth-busting type approaches from the right beginning.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author A Rahim, Syakura
Gomes, Chandima
Trengove, Estelle
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
spellingShingle A Rahim, Syakura
Gomes, Chandima
Trengove, Estelle
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Public beliefs about lightning in Malaysia
author_facet A Rahim, Syakura
Gomes, Chandima
Trengove, Estelle
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
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title Public beliefs about lightning in Malaysia
title_short Public beliefs about lightning in Malaysia
title_full Public beliefs about lightning in Malaysia
title_fullStr Public beliefs about lightning in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Public beliefs about lightning in Malaysia
title_sort public beliefs about lightning in malaysia
publisher IEEE
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78102/1/Public%20beliefs%20about%20lightning%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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