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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"statistician"”.
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Orthogonal models for cross-classified observations
… that the methods described here allow the statistician to make good use of any expert knowledge which the client (typically a non-statistician) might possess on the subject to which the data relate.
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Static and dynamic modelling of the South African real sector
… sector. It has been written primarily for the statistician, and thus presentation of economic theory has been in a straightforward and, if possible, mathematical form. Chapter One provides an introduction to the application of econometric methods to economic model building. Chapters Two, Three …
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Transition Between Education and Profession: Experiences of Statisticians
… disciplines, but particularly decisive for statisticians since the demand for statistical skills is growing across many different fields and sectors. The employment of statisticians is expected to increase drastically, however, employers currently express difficulties in hiring. Indeed, a …
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The development of an expert systems approach to the statistical analysis of experimental data
… techniques in the field of statistics. An expert statistician in industry has a twofold role; undertaking the design and analysis of data from complex experiments and providing supervision and help for research workers who analyse data from simpler designs. There is, therefore, a potential role …
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The Limits of Recovering Planted Subgraphs
… planted subgraph model is defined as follows. A statistician observes the union of the “signal,” which is a random “planted” copy H* of H, together with random noise in the form of an instance of an Erdős–Rényi graph ´ G(n, p). Their goal is to then recover the planted H* from the observed graph. …
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The in vitro effect of a tooth bleaching agent on coffee and wine stained teeth
… on an Excel spreadsheet. Advice from a qualified statistician will be sought to analyze the data. Results will be discussed in comparison with the existing literature on this subject.
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LIMIT THEOREMS FOR FUNCTIONS OF MARGINAL QUANTILES AND ITS APPLICATION.
A broken sample problem has been studied by statistician,which is random sample observed for a low-component random variable X and Y,however,the link (or correspondences information ) between the X-component and the Y-components are broken ( or even missing ). A method for re-pairing the broken …
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Risk adjusted mortality rates : Do they differ if bases on administrative data (hospital standardised mortality ratio) versus a physiological predictive model (APACHE IV ®)?
… in place to ensure confidentiality and the statistician analysing the data is employed by the healthcare group and bound to a confidentiality agreement. Ethics approval has also been obtained by the University of Cape Town ethic committee before the approval of the research proposal.
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Comparing Traditional Statistical Models with Neural Network Models: The Case of the Relation of Human Performance Factors to the Outcomes of Military Combat
… to learn about observed experience. Both the statistician and neural network researcher develop and analyze data sets, draw relevant conclusions, and validate the conclusions. They also share in the challenge of creating accurate predictions of future events with noisy data.</p> <p>Both …
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A systematic analysis of the differences in process of care and outcomes between patients admitted and not admitted to hospital after a stroke
… (multivariate regression etc). Dr Nick Steen, statistician for the Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle assisted and guided the performance and interpretation of the basic and logistical regression analyses. My supervisor has reviewed this script and advised …
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Statistical problems in transport and alignment
… techniques and theoretical guarantees does the statistician have at her disposal? This thesis develops new theory for statistical problems involving data with geometric structure of this kind. First, we study the Wasserstein distance, a metric on the space of probability measures on an arbitrary …
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Attitudes of teachers towards sexuality and HIV and AIDS education
… and two weeks for others. With the help of a statistician the analysis was made. The cases showed mixed feelings and inconsistencies on certain issues, but were generally supportive of the idea of teaching sexuality and related aspects in schools. That is, teachers held positive attitudes. …
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From Galton to Globalization: The Transatlantic Journey of Eugenics
… One is known as an inventor, one is known as a statistician, one is known as a biologist, and the last is known as an economist. All four were essential to the history of eugenics. Perhaps the most important finding of by this research, however, is how eugenics does not necessarily have to be …
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Improving Survey Methodology Through Matrix Sampling Design, Integrating Statistical Review Into Data Collection, and Synthetic Estimation Evaluation
… methodology requires the inclusion of the statistician in the data editing process during data collection. We implemented the structured procedure during the collection of household survey data in the city of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. We found indications that the data resulting …
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Strategies to facilitate the provision of quality healthcare services in public healthcare facilities in Limpopo Province South Africa
… 25 version with the assistance of a Professional Statistician. The researcher used the Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analysis to develop strategies for enhancing quality healthcare service provision in the Department of health. The interaction between Strengths, Weaknesses, …
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The impact of compulsory computer studies at junior secondary on ict literacy in secondary schools in Livingstone district
… the Examination Standards Officer (ESO) and Statistician at DEBS, 15 Head teachers, 26 teachers were selected while 40 pupils in groups of 10 were randomly selected. Data was collected through Interviews, questionnaires, focus group discussions and observations. Thematic analysis and quick …
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The impact of compulsory computer studies at junior secondary on ict literacy in secondary schools in Livingstone district
… the Examination Standards Officer (ESO) and Statistician at DEBS, 15 Head teachers, 26 teachers were selected while 40 pupils in groups of 10 were randomly selected. Data was collected through Interviews, questionnaires, focus group discussions and observations. Thematic analysis and quick …
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Assessing leadership's conflict handling style on an employee's turnover intention and employability in an organisation
… 24 were used together with the assistance of a statistician from North-West University. Descriptive Statistics, inferential statistics, SEM, CFA, ANOVA and T-Tests were used (de Vos et al., 2011). In Chapter 2 (Article 1) the objective was to determine the relationship between the constructs of …
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The prevalence of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders in selected Western classical music students at the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town
… designed questionnaire. Data were sent to a statistician at the University of Cape Town Statistics Consulting Unit and the statistical package SPSS (Version 22) was used to analyse the data. Seventy-one (71) of the 72 questionnaires were returned. The average respondent was a 20-year-old, …
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Evaluation of the clinical assessment tools used to assess four-year diploma nursing students at a selected nursing college in Tshwane
… data as recommended with the assistance of the statistician. All ethical issues and quality control measures were maintained throughout the study. Results: Amongst others, the results indicated that less than 50% of the assessment tools had the rating scale provided. The results also showed that …
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