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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"regression tests"”.
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Dynamically fighting bugs : prevention, detection and elimination
… alternatives. Developers need to prevent regression errors when they create new functionality. This dissertation presents a technique that helps developers prevent regression errors in object-oriented programs by automatically generating unit-level regression tests. Our technique generates …
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Test factoring with amock: generating readable unit tests from system tests
Automated unit tests are essential for the construction of reliable software, but writing them can be tedious. If the goal of test generation is to create a lasting unit test suite (and not just to optimize execution of system tests), it is essential that generated tests can be understood by the …
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The impact of share index futures trading on the volatility and liquidity of the underlying assets on the Johannesburg stock exchange
… underlying assets on the JSE. The results of the regression tests indicate significant positive relationships between futures trading activity and the volatility of the underlying assets for the All Gold Index and the Industrial Index. This suggests that increased futures trading is associated …
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Taxonomia e Distribuição de Collembola Poduromorpha da Restinga de Itaipuaçu, Maricá, RJ
… The correspondence analysis and the multiple regression tests applied to the frequency matrix of taxa showed that the soil moisture, rainfall and temperature were the components that most affected the spatial and temporal distribution of the analyzed communities. These results also showed that …
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Food deserts, crime, and neighborhood context: an examination of the impact of food insecurity on violent crime in Little Rock
… at the bivariate level and negative binomial regression tests multivariate relationships. The results suggest a null relationship between food insecurity and distribution of violent offenders across Little Rock block groups. However, several findings are consistent with prior research and …
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A graphical approach for goodness-of-fit of Poisson model
… 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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Educational Talent Search: Assessing Student Outcomes for First-Generation, Low-Income Students in Rural Georgia
… analysis results from chi square and logistic regression tests reveal that regardless of the academic year, admissions and financial aid information emerged as the greatest single predictor of this study of both high school graduation and postsecondary enrollment.
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The effect of organisational culture on the relationship between data-driven decision-making and firm performance
… to evaluate the conceptual model. Moderated regression tests were conducted to understand if culture moderated the relationship between data-driven decision-making and firm performance. These findings emphasized that from the population studied, innovative culture, learning culture, and data …
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Examination of Abiotic Drivers and Their Influence on Spartina alterniflora Biomass over a Twenty-eight Year Period Using Landsat 5 TM Satellite Imagery of the Central Georgia Coast
… 1.1 million m2. Using univariate and multiple regression tests, we compared Landsat derived biomass estimates for three S. alterniflora size classes against a suite of abiotic drivers. River discharge, total precipitation, minimum temperature, and mean sea level had positive relationships with …
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Essays on public pension systems, with special reference to China
… built its Funded system. By applying logistic regression tests, we examine the likely social and economic variables which have been affecting the choices.
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Automatic continuous testing to speed software development
… on a developer's workstation to continuously run regression tests in the background, providing rapid feedback about test failures as source code is edited. It is intended to reduce the time and energy required to keep code well-tested, and to prevent regression errors from persisting uncaught for …
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The Federal Workforce Development Program: An Analysis of Probationers and Characteristics Associated with and Predictive of Successful Reentry
… not enrolled in WFD. Chi-square and logistic regression tests were conducted to examine variables that may be associated with or predictive of successful reentry. The variables explored in this study included age, race, gender, type of offense, substance abuse, mental health, employment, …
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Factors Contributing to Inadequate Exclusive Breast Feeding Practices in Children Aged 0-6 Months in Tanzania: A Case of Muhimbili National Hospital
… were generated; Pearson Chi square and regression tests were employed to analyze the associations among the variables. Majority of the respondents, mean age was 29.8 (±SD 6.1) years. Over half (57.7%) of mothers did not practice exclusive breastfeeding. Pearson Chi-square suggested …
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Excessive commitment to exercise and the relationship between dietary restraint and perfectionism : a case of moderation or mediation?
… and multidimensional perfectionism. Multiple regression analyses designed to test moderating and mediating models (Baron & Kenny, 1986) showed that higher perfectionism and more excessive commitment to exercise predicted more dietary restraint among both men and women ($p<.01$). No evidence …
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Objective Measures and Insight Assessments of Muscle Dysmorphia
… for muscle dysmorphia through correlation and regression tests. Participants (N = 85) completed a series of questionnaires to assess the independent variables and were then administered two questionnaires designed for the study to assess insight to any criteria participants might be …
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The relationship between export performance and global economic performance
… to avoid the shortfalls of simple longitudinal regression tests. The sample included data from 1948 to 2010, across 11 industries in 20 countries.The research found a strong relationship between world GDP and export performance, although the results of the Granger test show that this is not a …
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A Statistical Evaluation of Class III Indicators in a Caucasian Population
… differences were determined with Independent t-tests. Interrelationships between Class III indicators were analyzed with simple correlation coefficients. A discriminant analysis was performed to determine which association of variables was most significant for the Class III and control …
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Adolescent development and parental alcohol use patterns
… four of whom were in the COA group. Student's t tests, analysis of variance and multiple regression tests were performed an the data between and within groups. Results from the between groups analyses indicated that differentiation From family was more developed for the NCOA group. Overall …
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Exploring Immigrant Farming Programs and Social Capital: A Mixed Method Approach to Program Evaluation
… agricultural educators, and community partners. Regression tests were conducted to determine the social capital factors associated with well-being outcomes occurring through the programs. The models show that interaction outside of the program, and access to information are positively associated …
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Analyzing predictors of knowledge, beliefs, and public engagement: has political entertainment become a factor?
… intentions). Statistical analyses included regression tests for each of the three research aims and provided significant results. Regarding Research Aim I, education was found to be a significant predictor of knowledge, such that higher education predicted greater knowledge; news …
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