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Showing 1 to 20 of 535 for “"goodness"”.
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Human goodness and natural goodness
In this thesis, I draw a comparison between the moral philosophies and ethics of Philippa Foot and Charles Taylor. Foot is perhaps best known for her contribution to neo-Aristotelian ‘virtue ethics’, including her influential work on the meanings of moral concepts and the rationality of moral …
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The goodness-of-fit tests for geometric models
We propose two types of goodness-of-fit tests for geometric distribution and for a bivariate geometric distribution called BGD(B&D), based on their probability generating function (PGF). The first type is a special-case application of the general testing procedure for discrete distributions …
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GOODNESS OF FIT TESTS FOR GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODELS
… We therefore propose a class of chi-squared goodness-of-fit tests for GLMMs. Our test statistic is a quadratic form in the differences between observed values and the values expected under the estimated model in cells defined by a partition of the covariate space. We show that this test …
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A graphical approach for goodness-of-fit of Poisson model
Extensive work has been done on goodness-of-fit (GOF) tests for data assumed to have come from univariate continuous distributions; however, literature on GOF procedures for univariate discrete distributions is rather sparse in compariSon The Poisson distribution in particular has received much …
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Temperament and Goodness-of-Fit and Their Effects on Parenting Stress
<p>The temperament patterns and temperament discrepancies between parents and children ages 3-7 years-old, who had been referred in school for behavior problems and children with no reported classroom behavior problems (matched control subjects), were examined along with levels of parenting stress. …
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Goodness-of-Fit for Length-Biased Survival Data with Right-Censoring
… A one-sample Kolomogorov-Smirnov type of goodness-of-fit test for right-censored length-biased data is proposed and investigated with Weibull, log-normal and log-logistic models. Algorithms detailing how to efficiently generate right-censored length-biased survival data of these parametric …
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On estimation and goodness-of-fit testing for the Pareto distribution
… applications. We propose several classes of goodness-of-fit tests for the Pareto Type I distribution based on two characterisations. The first characterisation relates to the distribution of order statistics while the second is based on conditional expectation. We derive the asymptotic …
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Asymptotically robust permutation tests for two-sample goodness-of-fit testing problems
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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The digital life of goodness: National heroes, NGOs, and commercialised charity in China
This thesis studies a historical redress movement which aims at assisting and honouring the Kuomintang (KMT) veterans who fought in the War of Resistance against Japan (1937-45) but, due to contemporary politics, have lived in straitened circumstances in China since 1949. Unlike the World War II …
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Covenant loyalty and the goodness of God: a study in the theology of James
The problem of what, if anything, brings continuity of thought to the exhortations found in the New Testament Letter of James has perplexed, and continues to perplex interpreters of this letter. Indeed, for Martin Dibelius the literary character of this letter provided no opportunity for the …
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A Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Approach To Goodness Of Fit U-Statistic Testing With Side Information
<p>Motivated by applications to goodness of fit U-statistics testing, the jackknife empirical likelihood of Jing, <em>et al.</em> (2009) is justified with an alternative approach, and the Wilks theorem for vector U-statistics is proved. This generalizes Owen's empirical likelihood theorem for a …
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The ‘Ought’ of Flourishing in Elizabeth Anscombe’s ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’ and Philippa Foot’s Natural Goodness
… month after Anscombe’s death), entitled Natural Goodness. The work can be seen as the writing of a card-carrying atheist seeking (determinedly), for those with no religion, a coherent and practicable idea of how one ought to be so as to be capable of flourishing as a human being. Her shift in …
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The Influence of Model Features on Goodness-of-Fit Indices: Choosing Indices to Evaluate Your Model
… conducted to examine the performance of eight goodness-of-fit indices (i.e., the chi-square statistic, Comparative fit index, Critical N; Goodness-of-fit index, Normed fit index, Nonnormed fit index, Root mean square error of approximation, and Relative noncentrality index) used in structural …
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The meaning of the goodness of God in the major writings of three early church fathers
… of expressions giving clear meaning to the term "goodness of God," arises from the general ambiguity of the word good, whose amorphous nature greatly complicates thought concerning the concept of God. The hedonistic suppositions of much thinking relative to the problem of evil reveal the need for …
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An Investigation of the Goodness of Fit of the Maximum Likelihood Estimation Procedure in Factor Analysis
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T21:07:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7207006.pdf: 9703683 bytes, checksum: 76d727416d3789faff802857c77e8979 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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“The Indians gaping before us”: Anxieties of Consumption in Mary White Rowlandson’s Sovereignty and Goodness of God
… captivity narrative <em>The Sovereignty and Goodness of God. </em>From Rowlandson’s fear of actual cannibalism at the outset of the work, her obsession with recording the strange foods she consumes, her status as a consumer of Algonquin culture, and lastly, the consumption of the novel by …
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The Goodness of Fit: A Qualitative Multicase Study of Community-Based Graduate Social Work Education-at-a-Distance
"The stories depicted here are not optimistic. Perhaps I could best characterize these graduate social work courses, taught at a distance, as well-intentioned, but poorly received. A concern for access is part of the university's ""outreach mission"" to provide educational programs and …
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English Periodical Criticism of the Novel From 1845 to 1865: A Search for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty (Victorian)
A study of novel reviewing in major Victorian journals from 1845 to 1865 revealed a significant change in the nature of the criticism. In the forties, critics showed interest primarily in the moral effects of novels, even of such artistic elements as plot, characterization, and style. By the …
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