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Showing 1 to 20 of 10305 for “"choice"”.
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Choice set formulation for discrete choice models
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1980.
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Complicating choice : nuanced portrayals of parental choice decisions
School choice has become a policy solution for families and children attending persistently low performing schools for the past 40 years. Since 1960, choice programs have been expanded with the principal goal of providing opportunities to families and children to attend schools that better align …
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Modelling choice set formation in discrete choice models
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1989.
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Complicating Choice
… has explored consumers' attempts to simplify choices by bolstering their tentative choice candidate and/or denigrating the other alternatives. The present research investigates a diametrically opposed process, whereby consumers complicate their decisions. It is demonstrated that, in order to …
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The Standard(s) Choice: Education Choice & Standards Discourse in Indiana
Education choice and standards-based accountability have been the two most dominant movements in U.S. education policy over at least the last quarter century. The integration of the two movements has become increasingly common in education policy frameworks, but the theoretical tension between the …
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Statistical mechanics of choice and market segmentation by choice profiles
… heterogeneity of consumer population in terms of choice behavior when the market shares held by the brands comprising the market are known. (2) Addressed a long-standing dispute in the marketing literature on the validity of entropy-based models of buyer behavior. (3) Introduced a behavioral mode …
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Evidence and choice
… on a more basic principle connecting rational choice to guidance and actual value maximization. In Chapter 3, I take up the issue of rationalization. Is it possible to manipulate the demands of rationality in predictable ways? I argue that it is not. Then I show that if evidential decision …
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Technology choice and policy choice for CO₂ control of Japan's utilities
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 1998.
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Modeling Intercity Mode Choice and Airport Choice in the United States
… study was to develop a framework to model travel choice behavior in order to estimate intercity travel demand at nation-level in the United States. Nested and mixed logit models were developed to study national-level intercity transportation in the United States. A separate General Aviation …
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An Evaluation of Magnet School Programs-Parent Choice, Teacher Choice, and Pupil Choice: Implications of One Model for Curriculum Reform
It is quite clear that there is considerable disagreement as to the ways children learn and the ways teachers should teach. There is very little conclusive data comparing the major efforts in this field particularly with respect to any one factor being the sole contributor to the superiority of any …
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Is There In Choice No Beauty? Motivation for Choosing Moderates Choice Overload
… Thus, it isn't clear whether - or when - more choice would be harmful or beneficial for consumers. I propose that the motivation for choosing as either extrinsic or intrinsic impacts consumers' satisfaction with the chosen option differently. For extrinsic choices where consumers are choosing …
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Internalized choice theory: a model of student/faculty choice within the university
Initially, the paper examines the alternative analytical frameworks in which previous education studies have been done. More specifically, it examines the "controlled experiment" or dynamic analysis used by psychologist and sociologist, the econometric studies regarding the demand for education, …
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Choice, ownership and responsibility
… questions: "Does moral responsibility require choice?" and "If not, what does it require?" Classic accounts of moral responsibility, such as libertarian accounts, assume a volition condition - we are not morally responsible for a behavior unless we have directly or indirectly chosen it. I call …
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Essays on choice modeling
… interest in modeling preference heterogeneity in Choice Experiments (CE) data has promoted the use of choice models within the family of Logit Mixture models. However, researchers have scarce guidance on how to select the appropriate model. A Monte Carlo study is set up to analyze the performance …
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Diachronic Choice in Ethics
… extend to decisions that unfold in a series of choices over time. We will see that such diachronic choices give us a good testing ground for moral theories. In some cases, I will argue that the implications of a given theory in the diachronic setting give us good reasons to reject that theory. …
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Essays on Public Choice
In the third paper we consider a society that has to decide on the wage that it offers for an elected official, who provides a public service for the citizens. Potential candidates differ in their competence and opportunity cost. They observe the wage, decide whether to enter as candidates, and if …
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The Havoc of choice
… once again taste sweet power as they make their choices at the polls. In the days leading to the election, Kavata is forced to make a different, more drastic kind of decision; one with repercussions much greater than she could have imagined. The Havoc of Choice is a story about family, politics …
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Planning for school choice
The image of the picturesque urban schoolhouse is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. City schools were viewed with fear or disdain. The urban school's image shifted to an unruly coop for 'dangerous' unteachable students. This stark juxtaposition reflects the gradual transition in the urban …
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