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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Probit regression model"”.
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On the Use of Mixed -Effects Models for the Analysis of Probability Judgments
… dissertation I propose a general statistical modeling framework for the purpose of making inferences concerning the external correspondence (i.e., calibration and discrimination) of probability judgments. The statistical model is based on a new stochastic judgment model which is expressed as a …
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Driving Demands of a Successful Protest: A Comparative Analysis of Drivers That Leads To a Successful Outcome of Protest
… protest incidents from 132 countries. Using the probit regression model to analyze the data, I find that the duration of protest is significant in determining the success or failure of protesters demands being met both in Africa and the world at large. Other variables, such as violent government …
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An assessment of the contribution of peri-urban agriculture on household food security in Tongaat, eThekwini Municipality
… and inferential statistics (econometric modelling using a probit regression model). On average, respondents were about 46 years old. There was a high rate of unemployment with the majority (51%) of the total sample indicated that they were not formally employed. The results revealed that …
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The impact of educational attainment on household poverty in South Africa: a case study of Limpopo Province
… status of an individual or a household, a probit regression model has been used. The results obtained revealed that, there is a strong tendency for lower educational attainment to be associated with a higher prevalence of household poverty. That is, households headed by someone with primary …
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Awareness and Willingness to Pay for Moringa as a Leafy Vegetable in Limpopo Province
… analysed with descriptive statistics, Bivariate Probit Regression and Tobit Regression Model. The results indicated that the majority of the respondents had no idea that Moringa could be consumed as a leafy vegetable. However, the results also indicated that the majority of respondents were …
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Bayesian Hierarchical Latent Model for Gene Set Analysis
… In this thesis, a Bayesian hierarchical latent model was proposed using generalized linear random effects model. The advantage of the approach was that it can easily incorporate prior knowledges when the sample size was small and the number of genes was large. For the covariance matrix of a set …