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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Significance levels"”.
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The robustness to non-normality of significance levels of the t and F tests
… showed that for two samples of size 5, the significance level is respectively 3.1 and 5.1% for the empirical distribution of t’s from the exponential and uniform distribution compare to the nominal 5% value. The discrepancy is decreased when sample size is increased.
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Evaluation and assignment of significance levels to peptide identifications from the database search programs using resampling approach
… improves the calculation of the peptide match significance levels and detection rate in database search programs is demonstrated. Novel k-permuted decoy databases (where k denotes the type and number of permutations) were evaluated for accurate computation of match significance levels. …
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On the adequacy of the -2 log [lambda] approximation in multivariate analysis
… results for testing at the .05 and .01 significance levels.
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Practical Epistemology: Essays on What to Think and What to Do
… for the data. Chapter 4 explains how to set significance levels, based on practical considerations. Scientists should set significance levels based on the value of the posterior credences that would result from updating on different results of significance tests.
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ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΔΡΕΑ ΕΜΠΕΙΡΙΚΟΥ. Η ΗΡΩΙΚΗ, ΕΡΩΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΘΡΗΣΚΕΥΤΙΚΗΟΨΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ
… AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE DO NOT CONSTITUTE SEPARATE SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS BUT ARE FINALLY CONTRACTED INTO A SINGLE ONE. IN THE PRESENT THESIS THE CLIMAX HEROIC-EROTIC-RELIGIOUS IS ASSUMED TO BE A CODIFIED MORPHOLOGICAL SCHEME FOR ANDREAS EMBIRIKOS' POETICAL AND PERSONAL MYTHOLOGY.
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Three Essays on Trade Policy and Impacts of Regional Demographic Changes
… the unit root cannot be rejected at the significance levels. However, results from the Johansen procedure for the cointegration test show that variables under consideration are cointegrated. Therefore, I estimate the coefficients using the SC (Schwarz criterion) selection model and …
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The relationship between foreign language ability and achievement in other school subjects
… Nova</em> test and conclusions were based on significance levels for each variable considered. The results show a significant relationship between scores on the Artificial Language test and all sub-sections of the <em>Terra Nova</em> test. There were other factors, such as number of years in a …
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Industrial structure and employment growth in the 1990s in Appalachian counties
… my empirical model's explanatory power, the significance levels, and the values of coefficients of independent variables. There is no specific theoretical base for the county-interacting mechanism of this empirical model, whereas, the magnitude of each independent variable's impact on …
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An exploratory study of international tourism demand from the selected countries to Taiwan
… and tourist expenditures. The C (p), R2, Model significance level (a), Durbin-watson d statistic, regression coefficients of variables and variable significance levels are reported for each regression analysis. The criteria used to determine the "best" tourism demand models for each country are: …
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Understanding Fixed Object Crashes with SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data
… identified 16 and 10 significant variables with significance levels of 0.1, relevant to driver, roadway, environment, etc. for two responses respectively. The logistic regression analyses led to a series of findings regarding the effects of explanatory variables on fixed-object event occurrence …
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The effect of employee engagement on organizational performance : the mediating role of job satisfaction
… performance, however, at statistically non-significance levels. In terms of job satisfaction, the study revealed that the workplace environment and supervision received by healthcare workers constitute significant aspects of their job satisfaction. Contrary to this, the level of benefits and …
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Explore the moving sample size used in a procedure for detecting compromised items based on item response theory
… The simulation results indicate that at the significance level of 0.05, moving sample size m has an exponential relationship with the lag, and has a quadratic relationship with the power. At the significance level of 0.01, moving sample size m has a logarithmic relationship with the lag, and …
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Selected differences between co-op and non co-op engineering graduates
… with significant relationships with salary, the significance levels were similar for both groups, and these probably had little effect on salary differences between groups. Co-ops probably had higher first salaries because of their co-op experience. Two variables with possible effects on salary …
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Statistical modelling and inference for financial auditing
… a number of ranges; specifically n ≤ 11 and a significance level α ∈ (0, 0.05); n ≤ 10 and α ∈ (0, 0.1); n ≤ 9 and α ∈ (0, 0.20); n ≤ 8 and α ∈ (0, 0.40); and n ≤ 7 and α ∈ (0, .5). We also proposed an extension to the Stringer method based on Rom’s adjusted significance levels, and illustrated …
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An Exploratory Analysis of Social Distances Expressed by Des Moines Area XI Community College Students Toward Selected Minority Groups
… to each variable in order to determine significance levels. Cross-tabulation was also used in the analysis for further explanation. Findings. Differential degrees social distance were reported toward the eleven minority groups selected for analysis. There were differences in the overall …
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Market Heterogeneity and Drug Innovation
… across different innovation count measures with significance levels sensitive to specification and variable construction choices. Thus, initial evidence suggests that an extended IIH can provide a more informative model of induced drug innovation than the traditional IIH. It also suggests how …
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Preparing Teachers & Teacher Education Professionals for Dimensions of Diversity: A Study of Pedagogical Responses to Diversity in Distance Learning and Traditional Instruction
… to Bandura’s survey, a t-test revealed low significance levels between the groups, despite these feelings being reaffirmed in the interview phases of this study. The findings suggest the importance of equipping teachers with skill sets and strategies for engaging diverse groups of students …
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Modelling impacts of climate change on hydrology of Latonyanda River Quaternary Catchment, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… trends on annual average flows and statistical significance for historical, near and far future, regression analysis was used. Regression analysis showed that significance levels of the p-value for historical, near, and far future annual flow trends is 0.010, 0.034 and 0.030, respectively. The …
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TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL DEFINITION AND MEASURE OF SPIRITUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
… in Study B (n=181). The USS shows high levels of internal consistency reliability (α = 0.90, inter-item correlation = 0.32, and split-half, Guttman's coefficient value of 0.77). In Study C, criterion related validity is established by conducting a comparison of the USS with the DUREL - …
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Cash Flow as a Predictor of Share Returns: Evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
… of market efficiency on the JSE. The resulting significance levels suggest that some variation in future returns can be explained by prior movements in company financial figures, which contributes to the understanding of how South African equity markets process and reflect financial data. The …
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