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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Ordinary Least Square"”.
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The Determinants of Capital Market Development in Tanzania, The Case Study of Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange.
… used multiple regression analysis by applying Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. The macroeconomic variable data involved were stock market liquidity, investment, the banking sector development and foreign direct investment. For capital market development indicators, market capitalization, …
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Deming Regression: An Alternative to Ordinary Least Squares in Handling Error in Variables Models with Noisy Datasets
… of the dependent variable. The alternative to Ordinary Least Square (OLS) could be Reduced Major Axis (RMA) and Grouping method when the error variances of both the independent and dependent variables are not exactly known, whereas, in the situation where the error variances are exactly known, …
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Estimates of school productivity and implications for policy
… error and the measurement error. The traditional Ordinary Least Square (OLS) leaves the estimation of school productivity questionable. Moreover, Hierarchical Linear Model (HLM) encounters a large proportion of the variance unexplained in the level-1 equation. In the paper, I will first introduce …
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Conflict and threat between pre-existing groups: An application of identity to bias, persuasion and belief perseverance
… of hierarchical linear modeling and conventional ordinary least square statistics, results indicated general and specific effects of source of the message and the inclusiveness of criticism towards predicting bias, persuasion, and belief perseverance in environmental settings. Findings and their …
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Consumer debt: Implications for consumption behavior of households in the United States
… grouped into three range, zero, low and high. Ordinary least square regression analysis was used to test the relationships between consumer debt load and consumption expenditure, taking into account income, wealth-income ratio, age of householder, education of householder, occupation of …
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Empirical analysis and forecasting of yield curves
… parameters of simulated rates using the Ordinary Least Square Estimation(OLSE) method and the Generalized Method of Moments(GMM).
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Distributions of certain test statistics in multivariate regression
… yield the same central t and F statistics as the ordinary least square estimator. In Chapter 4 using the results of Aitken, simultaneous tests for the Cp-criterion of Mallows are constructed. Some comments on extrapolation and prediction are made. In Chapter 5 the Ridge and Principal components …
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Relationship between price and performance : an analysis of the US trucking market
… and acceptance ratio. The research uses ordinary least square (OLS) regression to study the effect of the performance parameters on the cost per load of a shipment. The research demonstrates that there is a mild relationship between on time delivery performance and price. With increase in …
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An empirical comparison using both the term structure of interest rates and alternative models in pricing options on 90-day BAB futures
… statistics, non-parametric sign tests and Ordinary Least Square Regressions. The Wilcoxon non-parametric sign test assists the interpretation of whether the pricing errors are from the same distribution. Ordinary Least Square Regressions are used to assess the significance of factors …
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What is the impact of livelihood strategies on farmers' climate risk perceptions in the Bolivian highlands?
… of Ancoraimes and Umala in Bolivia. Ordinary least square models are used to examine the relationship between climate risk perceptions and the factors of dread and unknown, along with livelihood risk management strategies. In this study, it is found that lower dread feelings are …
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An exploratory study of international tourism demand from the selected countries to Taiwan
… the period between 1968 and 1991, employed the ordinary least square (OLS) multiple regression technique to estimate the elasticities of international tourism demand from four generating countries (Japan, USA, Hong Kong and South Korea) to Taiwan for a set of potential important determinants: …
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Measuring the risk of investment in Latin America's emerging markets
… external debt, as determinants of returns. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) results are somewhat robust--three out of four factors have the expected sign, thus supporting the hypothesis. GLS procedures reveal similar results.
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Macroeconomic Determinants of Economic Growth after financial sector in Tanzania
… economic growth in Tanzania. The study uses the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and cointegration relationship among the variables. The data were collected from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and multilateral organizations; UNCTAD, IMF and WDI. The data covered the period spanning from 1995 to 2013 …
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Foreign aid for economic growth: a case study of Uganda
… Dickey-Fuller test for stationarity and the Ordinary Least Square regression analysis was used to test for the relationship between the variables. The results show that foreign aid has a significant negative effect on economic growth in the long run. The lesson for policymakers is that aid …
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Measuring Expected Returns in a Fluid Economic Environment
… returns. This model is estimated with an Ordinary Least Square (OLS) estimations process and identifies three factors that are statistically significant. These include quarterly changes in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Unemployment Rate and the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
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Econometrics analysis of Weak form efficiency and Calendar effects in Dar es salaam Stock Exchange
… effects, the study used two econometric models: Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression model and the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedastic - GARCH (1,1) model. The results of all statistical tests employed showed that the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) was a weak form …
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The analysis of Board Composition and Financial Performance
… compositions and bank performance, measured by ordinary least square (OLS) on three listed banks at the DSE?” In order to examine if there is a relationship between board composition and financial performance, I have done Descriptive and Multiple Regression analyses. Based on the results I can …
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Examining the antecedents of the work motivation in the context of Turkish national police
… and the public order department. Multivariate Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression analyses were conducted to test the hypothesized relationships between the independent and dependent variables. The results of the study were mainly consistent with the goal-setting model. The results indicated …
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An Investigation into the Relationship Between Economic Growth, Energy Consumption, and the Environment: Evidence from Nigeria
… (ARDL), Toda-Yamamoto causality analysis, and ordinary least square (OLS for robust estimation) techniques to empirically investigate the impact of economic growth and energy consumption on the environment in Nigeria from 1980 to 2020. The results of cointegration demonstrate a long-term link …
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Portfolio management using computational intelligence approaches. Forecasting and Optimising the Stock Returns and Stock Volatilities with Fuzzy Logic, Neural Network and Evolutionary Algorithms.
… return forecasts in comparison with those of Ordinary Least Square Estimation and of Back Propagation and Elman Recurrent ANNs. Adaptation algorithms for selecting a pair of forecasting models, which are based on fuzzy logic-like rules, are proposed to select best models given an economic …
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