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Principal points, principal curves and principal surfaces
… This dissertation explores the theory of principal points and principal curves as approximation methods to a distribution. Principal points of a distribution have been initially introduced by Flury (1990) who tackled the problem of optimal grouping in multivariate data. In essence, …
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Principal-principal conflicts in Asean 5 mergers and acquisitions
The thesis investigates principal-principal (PP) conflicts arising in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Asean 5 countries; Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore. This thesis is the first study adapting the well-established Lintner dividend model (Lintner, 1956) to examine the …
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The Relationship Between Principal Leadership Behavior and Principal Experience
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if principal leadership behavior, as perceived by principals and teachers, is related to principal longevity at the current school and total principal experience. The study used Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory (2003) to measure …
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Factors influencing promotion from assistant principal to principal and assistant principal experiences helpful to new principals
… factors that influence promotion from assistant principal to principal and examines experiences that principals new to their position considered helpful to them from their assistant principalship. The participants in the study were new secondary principals in Virginia in 1992-93. A review of the …
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Teacher and Principal Perceptions of Deliberate Principal Behaviors Related to School Climate
… brought about different demands on public school principals, most notable accountability. The purpose of the mixed methods study was to answer questions regarding what specific principal leadership behaviors promoted a healthy school climate in high schools. The research used two different survey …
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Empowering principal behavior: The examination of one successful principal: A case study
… regarding how it views the role of the school principal as organizational leader (Dunlap & Goldman, 1991; Liontos, 1992; Tucker-Ladd, Merchant, & Thurston, 1992; Reitzug, 1994). Specifically, the traditional identification of the school principal as an instructional leader is being subsumed by …
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Modified principal components regression
… on the least squares estimator, the procedure of principal components regression deletes those components corresponding to the small latent roots of X'X. Then we regress <u>y</u> on the retained components using ordinary least squares. When principal components regression is used as an alternative …
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Generalized Principal Component Analysis
… of this dissertation is to extend the classical Principal Components Analysis (PCA), aiming to reduce the dimensionality of a large number of Normal interrelated variables, in two directions. The first is to go beyond the static (contemporaneous or synchronous) covariance matrix among these …
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Principal Preparation Effectiveness: A Program Evaluation Of The University Of Mississippi's Principal Preparation Programs
Since the creation of the principal's position, the role of principal has evolved from building manager and disciplinarian to a multi-faceted role responsible for strategic planning, managing funds, ensuring legislative compliance, implementing reforms, and increasing student achievement. Past …
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Principal Curves in High Dimensions
Principal curves are curves passing through the "center" of a dataset and generalize the notion of principal components to non-linear curves, thus providing more meaningful insights to the structure of the data. SCMS is an elegant and robust method for recovering the principal curves of a dataset. …
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Ethics and the elementary principal
… decision-making experiences of the elementary principal are handled differently and test ethical standards. The manner in which these situations are handled affect the efficiency and credibility of the position and may ultimately affect the school program. What are some of the ethical dilemmas …
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The Secondary School Assistant Principal
… around the high profile roles of the site level principal and the district superintendent. The resulting scarcity of information in regard to the role of the assistant principal is contributing to ineffective training, fewer initial guidelines and an overall lack of clear conceptualization of the …
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Teacher and Principal Assessment Literacy
… D., May 2013 Educational Leadership Teacher and Principal Assessment Literacy: A look at the level of assessment literacy of high school principals and high school teachers in the state of Montana. Chair: Dr. John Matt The implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in 2002 has …
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Teacher and Principal Assessment Literacy
… D., May 2013 Educational Leadership Teacher and Principal Assessment Literacy: A look at the level of assessment literacy of high school principals and high school teachers in the state of Montana. Chair: Dr. John Matt The implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in 2002 has …
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Biplots based on principal surfaces
Principal surfaces are smooth two-dimensional surfaces that pass through the middle of a p-dimensional data set. They minimise the distance from the data points, and provide a nonlinear summary of the data. The surfaces are nonparametric and their shape is suggested by the data. The formation of a …
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Principal typings and type inference
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1996.
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