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Comparison Of Data Mining And Statistical Techniques For Classification Model, Rochana Lahiri Jan 2006

Comparison Of Data Mining And Statistical Techniques For Classification Model, Rochana Lahiri

LSU Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to observe the performance of three statistical and data mining classification models viz., logistic regression, decision tree and neural network models for different sample sizes and sampling methods on three sets of data. It is a 3 by 2 by 3 by 8 study where each statistical or data mining method has been employed to build a model for each of 8 different sample sizes and two different sampling methods. The effect of sample size on the overall performance of each model against two sets of test data are observed and compared. It is …

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The Perceived Benefits Of Healthcare Information Technology Adoption: Construct And Survey Development, So-Ra Jung Jan 2006

The Perceived Benefits Of Healthcare Information Technology Adoption: Construct And Survey Development, So-Ra Jung

LSU Master's Theses

This paper is a part of a large study, which examines healthcare professionals’ attitudes regarding the adoption, use and perceived benefits of healthcare information technology (HIT). To date, literature on HIT has shown many important benefits related to quality and efficiency as well as limitations related to generalization and to a lack of empirical data on benefits. The aim of this paper is to develop a survey instrument focused the perceived benefits of HIT adoption. We exhaustively reviewed the construct of perceived benefits in various research areas to identify established approaches to predicting individual’s intentions to adopt technology. The items …

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Body Image And Beliefs About Appearance: Constraints On The Leisure Of College-Age And Middle-Agewomen, Toni Liechty, Patti A. Freeman, Ramon B. Zabriskie Jan 2006

Body Image And Beliefs About Appearance: Constraints On The Leisure Of College-Age And Middle-Agewomen, Toni Liechty, Patti A. Freeman, Ramon B. Zabriskie

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among body image, beliefs about appearance, and leisure constraints for college-age women and their mothers. The Body-Image Assessment Scale, the Beliefs About Appearance Scale, and a hierarchical leisure constraints scale were used to assess body image concerns, and leisure constraints. A convenience sample of 116 female students at a private American university and 76 of their mothers was utilized. Multiple regression and t-tests were used to analyze the data. Findings suggested that body image and beliefs about appearance pose leisure constraints for college-age and middle-age women. Findings also suggested that …

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Constructing Commercial Indices: A Semiparametric Adaptive Estimator Approach, Douglas J. Hodgson, Barrett A. Slade, Keith Vorkink Jan 2006

Constructing Commercial Indices: A Semiparametric Adaptive Estimator Approach, Douglas J. Hodgson, Barrett A. Slade, Keith Vorkink

Faculty Publications

Constant-quality commercial indices generated by ordinary least squares may suffer an efficiency loss due to leptokurtosis caused by outliers in transactions data. When the subsequent nonnormality occurs, substantial improvement in index precision is obtained by estimating the hedonic model using a semiparametric adaptive estimator technique. When this method was applied to 1,846 office transactions that occurred in the Phoenix metropolitan area from January 1997 through June 2004, a substantial standard error reduction of approximately 9% was realized relative to ordinary least squares estimates. The difference in average returns between the semiparametric method and ordinary least squares was about 0.25% in …

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Initial Public Offerings: Cfo Perceptions, James C. Brau, Patricia A. Ryan, Irv Degraw Jan 2006

Initial Public Offerings: Cfo Perceptions, James C. Brau, Patricia A. Ryan, Irv Degraw

Faculty Publications

We examine four issues pertaining to initial public offerings (IPOs) using a survey of 438 chief financial officers (CFOs). First, why do firms go public? Second, is CFO sentiment stationary across bear and bull markets? Third, what concerns CFOs about going public? Fourth, do CFO perceptions correlate with returns? Results support funding for growth and liquidity as the primary reasons for IPOs. CFO sentiment is generally stationary in pre- and post-bubble years. Managers are concerned with the direct costs of going public, such as underwriting fees, as well as indirect costs.We find a negative relation between a focus on immediate …

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The Effects Of Intercorporate Networks On Corporate Social And Political Behaviour, Matthew Bond, Siana Glouharova, Nicholas Harrigan Jan 2006

The Effects Of Intercorporate Networks On Corporate Social And Political Behaviour, Matthew Bond, Siana Glouharova, Nicholas Harrigan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Large economic corporations play a central role in the economies of modern societies. Much of what we consume is produced and marketed by corporations, and many of us are employed by them. Our economic fates appear to be inextricably linked to their actions. Not for the first time, however, corporations are facing pressures to expand the scope of their concerns even further. Two cases neatly illustrate the nature of these pressures. First, movements promoting corporate social responsibility exert pressures on corporations to take account of the negative and positive consequences of their actions to third parties; they are requesting that …

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Analyzing Financial Ratios; Aicpa Practice Aid Series 06-3, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Business Valuation And Forensic & Litigation Services Section Jan 2006

Analyzing Financial Ratios; Aicpa Practice Aid Series 06-3, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Business Valuation And Forensic & Litigation Services Section

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

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Aicpa Board/Council Briefing Synopsis, Updated As January 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 2006

Aicpa Board/Council Briefing Synopsis, Updated As January 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

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Fall Meeting Of Council, 2006, Wynn Las Vegas Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, Minutes Of Meeting, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 2006

Fall Meeting Of Council, 2006, Wynn Las Vegas Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, Minutes Of Meeting, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, January 10-12, 2006, La Jolla, Ca; Asb Highlights January 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2006

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, January 10-12, 2006, La Jolla, Ca; Asb Highlights January 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, April 25-27, 2006, Atlanta, Ga; Asb Highlights April 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2006

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, April 25-27, 2006, Atlanta, Ga; Asb Highlights April 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, August 22-23, 2006, Denver, Co; Asb Highlights August 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2006

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, August 22-23, 2006, Denver, Co; Asb Highlights August 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, June 20-22, 2006, Atlanta, Ga; Asb Highlights June 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2006

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, June 20-22, 2006, Atlanta, Ga; Asb Highlights June 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume Iii : Evaluation Tools, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2006

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume Iii : Evaluation Tools, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume Ii : Guidance, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2006

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume Ii : Guidance, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume I : Executive Summary, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2006

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting - Guidance For Smaller Public Companies, Volume I : Executive Summary, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

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Proposed Revisions To Aicpa/Nasba Uniform Accountancy Act, Section 23; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2006, December 11, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa), National Association Of State Boards Of Accountancy Jan 2006

Proposed Revisions To Aicpa/Nasba Uniform Accountancy Act, Section 23; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2006, December 11, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa), National Association Of State Boards Of Accountancy

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A Theoretical Model And Empirical Results Linking Website Interactivity And Usability Satisfaction, Paul Benjamin Lowry, Trent Spaulding, Taylor Wells, Greg Moody, Kevin Moffit, Sebastian Madariaga Jan 2006

A Theoretical Model And Empirical Results Linking Website Interactivity And Usability Satisfaction, Paul Benjamin Lowry, Trent Spaulding, Taylor Wells, Greg Moody, Kevin Moffit, Sebastian Madariaga

Faculty Publications

Usability is a key component of websites that are commercially successful. Interactivity has been inconclusively linked to website usability. This study strengthens the theoretical understanding of how interactivity affects usability by measuring user satisfaction—a subconstruct of usability—across bookstore and e-card websites. We build on theoretical models from Liu and Shrum [17] and Khalifa and Liu [15]. Users were asked to perform tasks of varying levels of interactivity at bookstore and e-card websites. Measures were obtained for the user’s expectations of, desires for, and satisfaction with the websites. Results indicate that interactivity is successfully able to increase website satisfaction. Finally, implications …

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Why Do Reits Repurchase Stock? Extricating The Effect Of Managerial Signaling In Open Market Share Repurchase Announcements, James C. Brau, Andrew Holmes Jan 2006

Why Do Reits Repurchase Stock? Extricating The Effect Of Managerial Signaling In Open Market Share Repurchase Announcements, James C. Brau, Andrew Holmes

Faculty Publications

This paper explores the effect of stock repurchase announcements on equity returns for publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs). In addition to providing analysis of the corporate decision to repurchase shares, the study of share repurchases in the context of REITs provides a novel opportunity to disentangle the impact of competing theories for the abnormal returns observed around repurchase announcements. Prior literature advances six hypotheses to explain the stock price reaction associated with repurchases. Given that the theories all predict the same stock price reaction, existing studies are unable to disentangle the competing hypotheses. The intent of this research …

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Information Systems In Western Australian Universities, Craig Standing, Janice Burn, Chad Lin Jan 2006

Information Systems In Western Australian Universities, Craig Standing, Janice Burn, Chad Lin

Research outputs pre 2011

Systems (IS) teaching and research within Western Australia (WA). A brief overview of the WA environment is followed by an exploration of teaching and research in the four main Universities. This is examined against the framework for the study and, in particular, the impact of social processes (Ariav et al, 1987; Klein et al, 1991) and local contingencies (Culnan et al, 1993; Checkland and Howell, 1998), which are found to be of relevance to historic developments.

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Producing Safety: Evaluating Structuration Theory As A Framework For Exploring The Values In Action Within The Civil Construction Industry In Wa, Susanne Bahn, Llandis Barratt-Pugh Jan 2006

Producing Safety: Evaluating Structuration Theory As A Framework For Exploring The Values In Action Within The Civil Construction Industry In Wa, Susanne Bahn, Llandis Barratt-Pugh

Research outputs pre 2011

In this paper we argue that occupational safety and health (OS&H) in the workplace is a production of values in action. We propose that such relations may best be explored through the structuration lens generated by Giddens (1984). We both use structuration theory to conceptualise the relations that produce safety and evaluate the utility of the theory as a research framework. We provide a detailed discussion of the context of, and rationale for a proposed study. The paper then analyses the components of structuration theory and frames the production of safety within these conceptual relations. The paper argues that the …

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Values And M-Services Adoption, Craig Standing, Patricia Mcmanus, Susan Standing, Heikki Karjaluoto Jan 2006

Values And M-Services Adoption, Craig Standing, Patricia Mcmanus, Susan Standing, Heikki Karjaluoto

Research outputs pre 2011

The use of mobile services has increased rapidly in recent. Although research has been conducted on which services people use and the benefits they attach to those services, the values associated with the adoption and use of m-services at the individual level is still unclear. This formation systems field various technology adoption models have been proposed and validated in relation to technology adoption within an organisational setting but personal adoption and use of technology is less researched. To help uncover the values behind adoption of m-services we use means-end chains and laddering techniques. The analysis of the interviews shows that …

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Free To Be Obese In A 'Super Nanny State'?, Nadine Henley Jan 2006

Free To Be Obese In A 'Super Nanny State'?, Nadine Henley

Research outputs pre 2011

Should individuals be free to make lifestyle decisions (such as what, when and how much to eat and how much physical activity to take), without undue interference from the state, even when their decisions may lead to negative consequences (obesity, heart disease, diabetes)?

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Low-Cost Rfid Identification Variation, Koong Lin, Tzu-Chang Yeh, Yao-Yuan Liu, Chad Lin Jan 2006

Low-Cost Rfid Identification Variation, Koong Lin, Tzu-Chang Yeh, Yao-Yuan Liu, Chad Lin

Research outputs pre 2011

Interests continue to grow in recent years for the adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in many different areas including transportation and supply chain management. Those RFID-included objects can be targeted more efficiently by real-time tracking and instant management. However, because of the contact-less type of RFID remote retrieval, the transmission of data in the air is very vulnerable to eavesdropping or appropriation. A primary security concern surrounding RFID technology is the illicit tracking of consumer location and analyzing of their shopping habits or behavior. This paper proposes a more secure and lightweight RFID variation protection protocol which enhances the …

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Developing A Positive Experience Of Introductory Information Systems For Women At Two Australasian Universities, Rosemary Stockdale, Susan Stoney Jan 2006

Developing A Positive Experience Of Introductory Information Systems For Women At Two Australasian Universities, Rosemary Stockdale, Susan Stoney

Research outputs pre 2011

This paper examines how academics can contribute to encouraging greater uptake of IS majors by women. Using a qualitative reflective approach we identify the perceptions and experiences of female undergraduates taking introductory IS courses in two universities, one in Australia and one in New Zealand, and discuss ways in which to improve their learning experience. We examine ways to improve the delivery of introductory IS courses in order to make information systems more relevant and less dreary to women undergraduates. The paper concludes with some recommendations for marketing courses and areas of further research.

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