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Estimation Of Uninsurance Rate: Comparison Of Four Estimation Methods, Jackie Zhang, Renee Hotchkiss, Thomas Wan
Estimation Of Uninsurance Rate: Comparison Of Four Estimation Methods, Jackie Zhang, Renee Hotchkiss, Thomas Wan
Thomas T.H. Wan
Objective: Although high percentage of the uninsured is an important public policy issue, the discrepancies in both state and national estimates of the numbers of uninsured are reported. This study compares four advanced estimation methods for uninsurance, by using Florida Health Insurance Survey data as an example. Design: The four predictive models include decision tree, neural network, general logistic regression, and two-stage logistic regression. Risk factors to uninsurance are identified. Population: The study sample comes from the Florida Health Insurance Study data collected for the Florida Agency of Health Care Administration in 1999, representing the first large-scale study designed exclusively …
Gaining Perspective With Refworks, David Mac Court
Gaining Perspective With Refworks, David Mac Court
David Mac Court
Conference abstract: RefWorks receives rave reviews on the UMass Amherst campus. Reference librarians Madeleine Charney and Dave Mac Court outline the glories and the pitfalls of this online product and how it manages citations and generates bibliographies. Learn about “teaching moments” that occur during a session. The program also describes the various stages of librarians’ involvement and the evolution of RefWorks instruction, and is sponsored by ALS and ACRL/NEC.
2006 - The Eleventh Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars
2006 - The Eleventh Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars
Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books
The full program book from the Eleventh Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 7, 2006. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.