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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Ordinary least square regression"”.
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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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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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Does religion matter? A test of classical theories of deviance on two different religious types
… use, and (4) violent and criminal behavior, with ordinary least square regression models on a sample that contains approximately n = 100 of each religious type (n = 305). Both Hirschi's (1969) social control theory and Sutherland's (1947) theory of differential association are predicted to …
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Complementarity of Politics and Administration: An Empirical Examination
… general expenditures, and FTE employee rate. An ordinary least square regression model is used to isolate the impact of the municipal management structure on dependent variables while controlling for the exogenous effects of identified socioeconomic and fiscal condition variables.</p> <p>Results …
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Publishing delay and the usefulness of annual reports in Libya.
… delay is 154.86 days. The results of the ordinary least square regression analysis indicate that company size, profitability, company age, number of accountants, accountant qualification, and audit opinion are significantly associated with publishing delay. However, the type of accounting …
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Trends in Cost, Health Status and Functional Outcomes Among Adult and Pediatric Patients with Asthma: 2000-2009
… of school days lost (SDL) in adolescents), while ordinary least square regression (OLS) was used for health status outcome (Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) from SF-12v2 Health Survey), adjusting for clinical and demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status …
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Costs and benefits of electricity subsidies in Uganda
… analysed for relational effects using Ordinary Least Square regression models. The respective estimators in the relationship reveal very strong relationships between excise and corporate tax revenues, on the one hand, and electricity subsidies. Electricity subsidies were found to be …
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A Mixed Methods Study of Leader-Follower Dynamics in Student Project Teams: Toward Advancing Career Readiness
… alpha tests, and a mediation analysis based on ordinary least square regression-based path analysis. Coding and thematic analysis of focus group transcripts were carried out in the qualitative phase. Findings indicate that transformational team leadership was positively related to team …
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Extension of the Gravity Model: A Risk Integrated Approach Towards the Impact Analysis of Mega Sports Events on Inbound Tourist Arrivals
… do so.</p> <p>In this thesis, focus is made on a regression model known as the Gravity Model to predict the number of inbound tourists between pairs of countries. A large set of quantitative and quantified-qualitative factors having impact on the touristic behavior of people is studied and models …
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Essays on poverty reduction in Latin America
… component analysis, probabilistic models or ordinary least square regression that identify monetary or well-being composite measures. Nonetheless, CCTs have traditionally identified their beneficiaries comparing the welfare metrics against a single threshold or cut-off point (or …