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P-VALUE BASED VARIABLE SELECTION FOR GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS
This thesis presents two new p-value based methods for variable selection in generalized linear models. Generalized linear models are widely used, but their non-analytic solutions and intricate dependencies create challenges for many existing methods. Addressing these issues, our proposed …
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Distributional aspects of P-value and their use in multiple testing situations
… such experiments have used the distribution of P-values that result from these tests. This dissertation brings together some past research on the distribution of a P-value as a random variable and places it in the context of HDEs"--Abstract, page iii.
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A Study of the Minimum p-value and Related Methods for the Identification of Treatment-Sensitive Groups
… The commonly adopted methods, the minimum p-value method and the profile method, suffer from the type I error inflation and/or the identifiability issue. In this thesis research, we first propose bootstrap-based methods for the adjustment of the minimum p-value method for predictive …
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Failure to Reject the p-value is Not the Same as Accepting it: The Development, Validation, and Administration of the KPVMI Instrument
… on a national scale the baseline level of p-value fluency of future researchers (i.e., doctoral students). To that end, two research questions were investigated. The first research question, Can a sufficiently reliable and valid measure of p-value misinterpretations (in a research context) be …
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Admissibility ofp-value rules
… deals with a decision-theoretic evaluation of p-value rules. A test statistic is judged on the behavior of its p-value with the loss function being an increasing function G of the p-value.
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Racial Disparities in Intervention Rates in Individuals with ALS
… ) compared to 55.10% of African Americans (p - value= 0.015). However, 5.22% of Caucasian patients used tracheostomy with invasive ve ntilation ( TIV ) compared to 16.33% of African American patients (p - value= 0.018). After accounting for baseline severity and caregiver availability, the …
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Organizational Climate and Hospital Infection Preventionists
… 2 subscales (Psychological Safety β = 0.113, p-value = 0.006; HAI Prevention/Communication β = 0.129, p-value = 0.005) and the overall climate (β = 0.085, p-value = 0.027). IPs in hospitals with an Infection Control Director position in the Infection Control department perceived the …
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Evaluation of a Participant Co-designed Lifestyle Change Program for Youth
… not improve over time, except for youth HbA1c (p-value = 0.0447). Some improvements in youth quality-of-life outcomes were noted: specifically, the Sports Index score of the Fels Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (adjusted p-value = 0.0213) and the Physical Summary (p-value = 0.0407), …
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Caregiving, health-related quality of life and healthcare-seeking behaviour: A study of informal caregivers of older adults in Ghana
… estimated the hypothesized associations. Beta values (β), standard errors (SE), confidence intervals (CI), and incidence rate ratio (IRR) were reported (p-value ≤ 0.05 as statistically significant). The analysis indicated that rural informal caregivers have an increased caregiving motivation (β …
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Material and fetal risk factors for stillbirth in Otjozondjupa region, Namibia: A case control study
… Statistical significance was set at the p value of 0.05. Results: In this study, no significant association was observed between socio-economic factors and stillbirth. However, stillbirth was significantly associated with some maternal medical and obstetric factors including, premature …
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The determinants and effects of alcohol use among women in Oshikoto region, Namibia
… analysis, family history of alcohol use (p value 0.019), peer pressure (p value 0.004), and spending most time iii at cuca shops (p value 0.000) were all significantly associated with an increased risk of harmful use of alcohol. In contrast age (p value 0.329), residence (p value 0. 437), …
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Lateral Distribution and Recurrence of Ovarian Endometrioma
… recurrence and side of primary endometrioma(p value =0.461) was statistically insignificant. The side of recurrence tend to develop the same side of primary ovarian endometrioma(p value =0.005). Type of surgery didn't affect to the recurrent rate(p value <0.998). However, postoperative …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 disease among community members of Collins Chabane Municipality in Limpopo Province
… with the statements regarding knowledge (p-value=0,299>0,05) and that participants were unsure in the knowledge of COVID-19 with a strong association to age group, ethnicity, educational level and religion, (p-value<0,0001). Although there was a negative attitude towards the use and buying …
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Validation and Examination of Upper Extremity Kinematics in Typically Developing Children During the Box and Blocks Functional Test using Marker-based and Markerless Technology
… shoulder flexion (FLEX) angle (r = -0.556, p-value = 0.009), peak (r = -0.479, p-value = 0.028), and average (ρ = -0.535, p-value = 0.012) wrist extension (EXT) angle, average mediolateral (ML) hand segment velocity (r = 0.494, p-value = 0.023), and path length (r = -0.522, p-value = 0.015). …
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P-Values For Multiple Testing Procedures
… or Sidak [1967] procedures, make use of the P-values, or significance values, of the individual tests, and further assume that P-value statistics are independent and identically distributed according to a uniform distribution under the null hypotheses. However, if the parametric model for the …
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Bronchioalveolar Carcinoma in Jefferson and McCracken Counties, Kentucky: Gender Differences in Survival.
… for females (6.5 years) than males (3.0 years, p-value 0.02); for urban (4.3 years) compared to rural residents (2.6 years, p-value 0.04); and for females with history of hysterectomy (5.1 years) compared to females without such history (3.3 years, p-value 0.02); the last finding supports a …
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Utilisation of family planning services by female adolescents of Kawama east compound in Mufulira district, Copperbelt, Zambia.
… the association of variables. Estimates with p-value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Key findings: The study revealed low levels of utilisation (34 %). Contributory factors included educational background (p-value=0.033), state of service delivery (p-value<0.010), …
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Utilisation of family planning services by female adolescents of Kawama east compound in Mufulira district, Copperbelt, Zambia.
… the association of variables. Estimates with p-value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Key findings: The study revealed low levels of utilisation (34 %). Contributory factors included educational background (p-value=0.033), state of service delivery (p-value<0.010), …
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The effectiveness of prophylactic etodolac on post-endodontic pain
… compared to etodolac and a placebo (4 Hours P-value = 0.0111; 8 Hours P-value = 0.0397). A significant difference was also found for the periapical diagnosis and the need for additional medication after completion of root canal therapy (P-value = 0.0077).
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Komitmen organisasi sebagai variabel mediasi pengaruh kepuasan kerja terhadap Organizational Citizens Behavior (OCB) pegawai tetap bagian administrasi UIN Maliki Malang
… dengan nilai CR sebesar 2.54*>1.96.Karena p-value<5%, maka terdapat cukup bukti empiris untuk menerima hipotesis bahwa “kepuasan kerja berpengaruh langsung terhadap komitmen kerja karyawan”. Hasil analisis structural model dalam GSCA pengaruh langsung variabel Komitmen terhadap OCB diperoleh …
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