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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"digit preference"”.
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Determination of factors that influence digit preference: A Case study of South African Census 2011 Age-Sex date
… sought to determine the factors that influence digit preference in Age data using the South African census 2011 Age-sex data. Various methods were applied to examine the objectives of the study. The Visual Inspection methods (Line graph and Population Pyramid), Statistical methods (Age Ratio and …
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Measurement and Analysis of Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Smoking Behavior Using Wearable Sensors
… have few limitations, such as recall biases or digit preference in self-reporting. Biomarkers are objective and accurate, but they are expensive and not feasible for monitoring daily consumption. Puff-topography devices can provide puffing and cigarette consumption information but fail to report …
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Old age mortality in South Africa, 1985-2011
… from age misreporting - age exaggeration and digit preference. Also, censuses may under- or overestimate the population and registration of deaths is usually incomplete in developing countries (Dorrington, Moultrie and Timæus 2004). To avoid these problems, the research in this dissertation …
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Old age mortality in South Africa
… by errors in the form of age exaggeration, age digit preference, relative under/over count of the population and under-registration of deaths. These errors have been observed to have the net effect of underestimating mortality of the oldest old age groups. The current research applies the method …
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Comparison of three survey methods applied to the recreational rock lobster fishery of Western Australia.
A mail survey of recreational rock lobster licence holders has been conducted annually since 1986. The results from this survey have been used in the management of the recreational rock lobster fishery in Western Australia. Mail surveys are susceptible to non-response and recall bias. The key to …