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Showing 1 to 20 of 178 for “"Stepwise Regression"”.
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Toward an Understanding of the Effect of Market Share on Median Home Sale Price
… with median home sales price. Through a stepwise regression of the independent variables it is determined that there is no correlation between median home sale price and market share of the top 10 home builders. In the stepwise regression two variables are found to be correlated to median …
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Time and cost overruns on high-rise building construction in Bangladesh
… variables to factors with minimum loss of data, stepwise regression to find links among factors in successive stages of construction process and multiple regression to explain delays in terms of factors.<br/><br/>The main causes o f time-overruns were ‘cash flow’, ‘planning and scheduling …
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An investigation of the characteristics of companies listed on the JSE Securities Exchange that exhibit high levels of disclosure
… was tested statistically using forward stepwise regression techniques.
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Influence of selected personal, psychological, and institutional factors on involvement of community college faculty and counselors in service to the college and to the community
… and institutional independent variables using a stepwise regression procedure. Spontaneity, number of years employed, degree status, and race positively influenced involvement, whereas, the discipline areas of math/science and health/allied health had overall negative effects on involvement. …
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Relational Spirituality in Adolescents: Exploring Associations with Demographics, Parenting Style, Religiosity, and Psychopathology
… to each type of psychopathology. Results of stepwise regression analyses revealed that exclusively in females, Relational Spirituality accounted for a significant portion of the variance in depressive symptomatology above and beyond demographic, parenting, and religious variables. Stepwise …
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The Development of a Sociometric Model for Selecting Contact Farmers
Descriptive statistics, correlational, and stepwise regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results showed that opinion leaders were more likely to use a wider range of sources of information that contact farmers. Opinion leaders were predominantly male household heads. Both male and …
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Evaluation of Linear and Nonlinear Concepts of Hydraulic Resistance in Alluvial Channels
… of these equations have been analyzed through stepwise regression analysis of a sediment data bank consisting of more than 7,000 records compiled in the last 80 years throughout the world. Nondimensional parameters have been defined and computed in a consistent manner.
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A Quantitative Analysis of God Attachment and the Christian Faith and Life Among Evangelical Christians
… The project used correlational and stepwise regression analyses. The study found there was a significant negative variance between avoidance of intimacy with God, anxiety over abandonment by God, avoidance of legalism and religious defensiveness. Implications for Christian psychology …
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Community College Trustee Orientation and Training Influence on Use of Best Practices
… as a conceptual framework with a blocked form of stepwise regression. The criterion variable was board use of best practices, created from a scale score of board best practices. Trustees from 146 institutions in 16 states responded to the electronic survey (n=253). Six predictor variables were …
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Process and system variation impacts on 777 wings manufacturing
… of eleven variables was determined using a stepwise regression to predict for total labor hours across 250 airplanes. Three variables - travelers, defects, and quality assurance response time - accounted for almost 50% of the variability in labor hours. Other variations included engineering …
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Quantifying the Power of Pets: The Development of an Assessment Device to Measure Attachment Between Humans and Companion Animals
… and construct validity for the PAS. A stepwise regression for the PAS revealed three significant predictors: 1) responsibility, 2) favorite pet chosen, and 3) gender. Women who were responsible for their pet, and did not select a particular pet as their favorite, scored highest on …
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A Study of the Correlation of Incisive Force with Hand Grip Strength, Height, and Weight in Adult Males
… #70113-060. Correlation coefficients "r" and a stepwise regression analysis revealed that the independent variables were not of predictive value in determining incisive force for this sample. Height and weight were significant at the .01 level, and grip strength and weight were significant at …
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ΔΟΜΗ-ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΗ ΥΦΑΛΜΥΡΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ. Η ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΗ ΕΥΤΡΟΦΙΣΜΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΒΙΣΤΩΝΙΔΑΣ
… GRADIENTS OF MOST OF THE STUDIED PARAMETERS, STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS REVEALED INTERESTING RELATIONS OF CHLOROPHYLL A TO OTHER PARAMETERS. THE USE OF VARIOUS INDICES HELPED, TO EVALUATE THE TROPHIC STATA OF VISTONIS COMPARISONS WERE MADE WITH SIMILAR ECOSYSTEMS IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRAW MORE …
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Religious orientation and flow
… than during private prayer or meditation. A stepwise regression procedure found a predictive model for flow intensity consisting of religious orthodoxy and both intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientations.</p>
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The Relationship Between Pre-Deployment Experiences of Interpersonal Violence and Moral Injury: The Moderating Role of Social Support
… role of social support. This study will use stepwise regression analysis to examine secondary data collected from 935 U.S. military personnel primarily from the Army National Guard.
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Marital Attitudes of Never Married Black Women
… distress. Four hypotheses were tested using stepwise regression, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and linear regression analyses. Findings suggested that sexual identity and health insurance had a differential effect on positive marital attitudes; positive messages received about marriage were …
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Developing a predictive model for factors related to risk of aggression in psychiatric inpatients using physiological and clinical data
… gender. Statistical analyses, including t-test, stepwise regression, and logistic regression, reveal a significant correlation between a history of aggression and a lower resting heart rate. The final model identifies predictors such as systolic and diastolic blood pressure, medication refusal, …
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Prediction of performance time on a treadmill stress test following a Bruce protocol
… questionnaire and performed treadmill tests. A stepwise regression analysis was used to develop equations from the research parameters established on the questionnaire, and resulted in two useful predictive equations, one for males and one for females. Results indicated 52 males and 33 females …
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Psychometric Properties of the MMPI-A Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales in a Forensic Sample
… in this sample. As a secondary analysis, stepwise regression was used to predict scores on the CBCL Internalizing and Externalizing scales. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed.</p>
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Stand structure development effects on wood quality of Melina (Gmelina arborea roxb.)
… were evaluated. Split-plot experimental design, stepwise regression and ANOVA were developed to analyze the data. The results reveal that high precipitation regions have the higher values in most of the physics and mechanicals properties of the wood and dry regions have the lower values. No …
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