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Jmasm 53: Miccerird, Michael Lance Jul 2020

Jmasm 53: Miccerird, Michael Lance

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Fortran 77 and 90 modules (REALPOPS.lib) exist for invoking the 8 distributions estimated by Micceri (1989). These respective modules were created by Sawilowsky et al. (1990) and Sawilowsky and Fahoome (2003). The MicceriRD (Micceri’s Real Distributions) Python package was created because Python is increasingly used for data analysis and, in some cases, Monte Carlo simulations.

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Bayesian Analysis Of Extended Cox Model With Time-Varying Covariates Using Bootstrap Prior, Oyebayo R. Olaniran, Mohd Asrul A. Abdullah Jul 2020

Bayesian Analysis Of Extended Cox Model With Time-Varying Covariates Using Bootstrap Prior, Oyebayo R. Olaniran, Mohd Asrul A. Abdullah

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

A new Bayesian estimation procedure for extended cox model with time varying covariate was presented. The prior was determined using bootstrapping technique within the framework of parametric empirical Bayes. The efficiency of the proposed method was observed using Monte Carlo simulation of extended Cox model with time varying covariates under varying scenarios. Validity of the proposed method was also ascertained using real life data set of Stanford heart transplant. Comparison of the proposed method with its competitor established appreciable supremacy of the method.

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Regression: Determining Which Of P Independent Variables Has The Largest Or Smallest Correlation With The Dependent Variable, Plus Results On Ordering The Correlations Winsorized, Rand Wilcox Jul 2020

Regression: Determining Which Of P Independent Variables Has The Largest Or Smallest Correlation With The Dependent Variable, Plus Results On Ordering The Correlations Winsorized, Rand Wilcox

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

In a regression context, consider p independent variables and a single dependent variable. The paper addresses two goals. The first is to determine the extent it is reasonable to make a decision about whether the largest estimate of the Winsorized correlations corresponds to the independent variable that has the largest population Winsorized correlation. The second is to determine the extent it is reasonable to decide that the order of the estimates of the Winsorized correlations correctly reflects the true ordering. Both goals are addressed by testing relevant hypotheses. Results in Wilcox (in press a) suggest using a multiple comparisons procedure …

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Jmasm 52: Extremely Efficient Permutation And Bootstrap Hypothesis Tests Using R, Christina Chatzipantsiou, Marios Dimitriadis, Manos Papadakis, Michail Tsagris Jul 2020

Jmasm 52: Extremely Efficient Permutation And Bootstrap Hypothesis Tests Using R, Christina Chatzipantsiou, Marios Dimitriadis, Manos Papadakis, Michail Tsagris

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Re-sampling based statistical tests are known to be computationally heavy, but reliable when small sample sizes are available. Despite their nice theoretical properties not much effort has been put to make them efficient. Computationally efficient method for calculating permutation-based p-values for the Pearson correlation coefficient and two independent samples t-test are proposed. The method is general and can be applied to other similar two sample mean or two mean vectors cases.

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Using Multi-Sensory And Multi-Dimensional Immersive Virtual Reality In Participatory Planning, Mahbubur Meenar, Jennifer L. Kitson Jul 2020

Using Multi-Sensory And Multi-Dimensional Immersive Virtual Reality In Participatory Planning, Mahbubur Meenar, Jennifer L. Kitson

School of Earth & Environment Departmental Research

In the last two decades, urban planners have embraced digital technologies to complement traditional public participation processes; research on the impact of smarter digital instruments, such as immersive virtual reality (IVR), however, is scant. We recruited 40 focus group participants to explore various formats of spatial planning scenario simulations in Glassboro, NJ, USA. Our study finds that the level of participation, memory recalls of scenarios, and emotional responses to design proposals are higher with multi-sensory and multi-dimensional IVR simulations than with standard presentations such as 2D videos of 3D model simulations, coupled with verbal presentations. We also discuss the limitations …

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Empirical Comparison Of Tests For One-Factor Anova Under Heterogeneity And Non-Normality: A Monte Carlo Study, Diep Nguyen, Eunsook Kim, Yan Wang, Thanh Vinh Pham, Yi-Hsin Chen, Jeffrey D. Kromrey Jul 2020

Empirical Comparison Of Tests For One-Factor Anova Under Heterogeneity And Non-Normality: A Monte Carlo Study, Diep Nguyen, Eunsook Kim, Yan Wang, Thanh Vinh Pham, Yi-Hsin Chen, Jeffrey D. Kromrey

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Although the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) F test is one of the most popular statistical tools to compare group means, it is sensitive to violations of the homogeneity of variance (HOV) assumption. This simulation study examines the performance of thirteen tests in one-factor ANOVA models in terms of their Type I error rate and statistical power under numerous (82,080) conditions. The results show that when HOV was satisfied, the ANOVA F or the Brown-Forsythe test outperformed the other methods in terms of both Type I error control and statistical power even under non-normality. When HOV was violated, the Structured Means …

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All Together Now: Effects Of Simultaneous Presentation And Stimulus Complexity On Categorization Performance And Strategy Preferences, Reshma Gouravajhala Jul 2020

All Together Now: Effects Of Simultaneous Presentation And Stimulus Complexity On Categorization Performance And Strategy Preferences, Reshma Gouravajhala

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

The present study investigated the effects of simultaneous (relative to sequential) presentation on participants’ learning of both simple (Experiment 1) and complex (Experiment 2) categories. Previous research has studied the impact of presentation mode on categorization of novel transfer objects, but the present study is the first to date that also examined its influence on learners’ strategy preferences. Participants were trained (using a blocked observational training procedure) on two categories of abstract shapes that were defined by a bi-dimensional disjunctive rule. Some participants were shown objects sequentially, while others were presented with an organized simultaneous display depicting all to-be-learned stimuli …

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Lindenwood Digest, July 17, 2020, Lindenwood University Jul 2020

Lindenwood Digest, July 17, 2020, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

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An Army Transformed: Usindopacom Hypercompetition And Us Army Theater Design, Nathan P. Freier Mr., John Schaus, William G. Braun Iii Jul 2020

An Army Transformed: Usindopacom Hypercompetition And Us Army Theater Design, Nathan P. Freier Mr., John Schaus, William G. Braun Iii

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

The United States faces a hypercompetitive geopolitical landscape in the Indo-Pacific region, arguably the most consequential theater for US national interests over the coming decades. Although the United States has created exquisite military capabilities to counter insurgencies and fight terrorists, rivals like China have developed a whole-of-government toolkit focused on expanding their span of control and freedom of action, separating the United States from its allies, and deterring US leaders from greater engagement in East Asia.
China is actively transforming its military forces, with an eye toward defeating the United States in the event of armed hostilities. The People’s Republic …

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A Systematic Review Of Natural Language Processing For Knowledge Management In Healthcare, Ganga Prasad Basyal, Bhaskar P. Rimal Dr., David Zeng Jul 2020

A Systematic Review Of Natural Language Processing For Knowledge Management In Healthcare, Ganga Prasad Basyal, Bhaskar P. Rimal Dr., David Zeng

Research & Publications

Driven by the visions of Data Science, recent years have seen a paradigm shift in Natural Language Processing (NLP). NLP has set the milestone in text processing and proved to be the preferred choice for researchers in the healthcare domain. The objective of this paper is to identify the potential of NLP, especially, how NLP is used to support the knowledge management process in the healthcare domain, making data a critical and trusted component in improving health outcomes. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art NLP research with a particular focus on how knowledge is created, captured, shared, …

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Reducing Gun Violence In New York City, Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado Jul 2020

Reducing Gun Violence In New York City, Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado

Publications and Research

Most large American cities experienced falling client crime rates in recent decades, with New York City only being second to San Diego is the scale of its decline. This databit looks at the array of initiatives the city implemented to address gun violence as a possible contribution to the decline.

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Super Bowl Ads And The Donald Trump Culture War, Jessica Barron Jul 2020

Super Bowl Ads And The Donald Trump Culture War, Jessica Barron

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

There have been studies that have looked at how television commercials represent or portray minorities such as gender or race. Very few have tried to look at how commercials compare to the culture, specifically in regards to a presidential term and the culture they promote. This present study examines Super Bowl commercials during the culture war led by the Donald Trump administration and looks to discover if these advertisements are becoming more diverse in comparison to the previous presidency. Using content analysis, the researcher analyzed and compared 50 commercials from three different time periods 2009-2010, 2013-2014, and 2017-2018. The categories …

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Robotics: From Classes To Competition, Marla Boswell Jul 2020

Robotics: From Classes To Competition, Marla Boswell

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Partnering With Vendors On End User Outreach, Jalyn Kelley Jul 2020

Partnering With Vendors On End User Outreach, Jalyn Kelley

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Minds, Morality And Midgies, Brian Key, Deborah Brown Jul 2020

Minds, Morality And Midgies, Brian Key, Deborah Brown

Animal Sentience

Mikhalevich & Powell argue that the exclusion of the vast majority of arthropods from moral standing is unwarranted, particularly given the purported evidence for cognition and sentience in these organisms. The implied association between consciousness and moral standing is questionable and their assumption that rich forms of cognition and flexible behavior are dependent on phenomenal consciousness needs to be reconsidered in light of current neuroscientific evidence. We conclude by proposing a neural algorithmic approach for deciphering whether organisms are capable of subjective experience.

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Encouraging Academic Profile Hygiene Through Sciencv Trainings, Hannah Chapman Tripp Jul 2020

Encouraging Academic Profile Hygiene Through Sciencv Trainings, Hannah Chapman Tripp

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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The Room Where It Happens: Academic Librarians At Non-Library Conferences, Roxanne Bogucka, Hannah Chapman Tripp Jul 2020

The Room Where It Happens: Academic Librarians At Non-Library Conferences, Roxanne Bogucka, Hannah Chapman Tripp

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Libraries And Engineering Processes, Jay Mcallister Jul 2020

Libraries And Engineering Processes, Jay Mcallister

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Fixer Upper: Redesigning & Rebuilding Stem Research Guides, Kenneth Carriveau, Christina Chan-Park, Vedana Vaidhyanathan Jul 2020

Fixer Upper: Redesigning & Rebuilding Stem Research Guides, Kenneth Carriveau, Christina Chan-Park, Vedana Vaidhyanathan

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Gathering Low-Hanging Fruit: Getting Faculty Buy-In For Adding Papers To An Institutional Repository, Jessica Mcclean Jul 2020

Gathering Low-Hanging Fruit: Getting Faculty Buy-In For Adding Papers To An Institutional Repository, Jessica Mcclean

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Using Acknowledgments To Demonstrate Impact In Stem: An Underutilized Altmetric?, David E. Hubbard Jul 2020

Using Acknowledgments To Demonstrate Impact In Stem: An Underutilized Altmetric?, David E. Hubbard

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Joining The Team: Embedded Librarians On Interdisciplinary Science Teams, James Sobczak Jul 2020

Joining The Team: Embedded Librarians On Interdisciplinary Science Teams, James Sobczak

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Supporting Anatomy Model Services Through Grants And Collaboration: What We Learned, Jessica Simpson, Cynthia Henry Jul 2020

Supporting Anatomy Model Services Through Grants And Collaboration: What We Learned, Jessica Simpson, Cynthia Henry

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Transitioning To Scifinder-N: What To Expect, Erin O'Toole Jul 2020

Transitioning To Scifinder-N: What To Expect, Erin O'Toole

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Drone Club & Tinker Time: Preparing Student Employees To Assist Library Users With Drones, Robotics, And Electronics, Martin Wallace, Nicolas Mcclintic Jul 2020

Drone Club & Tinker Time: Preparing Student Employees To Assist Library Users With Drones, Robotics, And Electronics, Martin Wallace, Nicolas Mcclintic

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Dknet’S Resource And Authentication Reports For Researchers, Erin O'Toole Jul 2020

Dknet’S Resource And Authentication Reports For Researchers, Erin O'Toole

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Win/Win/Win:Academia And Public Libraries Working Together To Help Students, Faculty, And Librarians Promote Stem Learning And Research, Jessica Jones Jul 2020

Win/Win/Win:Academia And Public Libraries Working Together To Help Students, Faculty, And Librarians Promote Stem Learning And Research, Jessica Jones

2020 STEM Librarians South Conference

No abstract provided.

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Lessons Learned: A Conversation With Paul A. Volcker, Andrew Metrick, Rosalind Z. Wiggins, Kaleb B. Nygaard Jul 2020

Lessons Learned: A Conversation With Paul A. Volcker, Andrew Metrick, Rosalind Z. Wiggins, Kaleb B. Nygaard

Journal of Financial Crises

On March 26, 2019, Andrew Metrick, the Janet Yellen Professor of Finance at the Yale School of Management and Founder and Director of the Yale Program on Financial Stabilitysat down with Paul A. Volcker to discuss his perspectives on the Federal Reserve, central banking autonomy, “too big to fail,” and how his perspectives on these topics have changed over the decades.It turned out to be one of the last interviews given by the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve System who passed away on December 8, 2019, at the age of 92.

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The Federal Reserve’S Financial Crisis Response E: The Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, Rosalind Z. Wiggins, Andrew Metrick Jul 2020

The Federal Reserve’S Financial Crisis Response E: The Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, Rosalind Z. Wiggins, Andrew Metrick

Journal of Financial Crises

Securitization is a process that allows banks and other lenders to package loans and sell them as bonds called asset-backed securities (ABS), removing them from their balance sheets and immediately generating cash for new loans. ABS are an important component of the financing cycle for many types of loans to households and small businesses, including mortgages. In the fall of 2008, financial markets began experiencing disturbances as the effects of the U.S. subprime market meltdown spread. The ABS market froze decreasing the volume of new loans to households and small businesses. The Federal Reserve became very concerned about the potential …

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The Federal Reserve’S Financial Crisis Response D: Commercial Paper Market Facilities, Rosalind Z. Wiggins, Andrew Metrick Jul 2020

The Federal Reserve’S Financial Crisis Response D: Commercial Paper Market Facilities, Rosalind Z. Wiggins, Andrew Metrick

Journal of Financial Crises

During the summer of 2007, the U.S. residential mortgage market began to decline sharply negatively impacting the asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, which often relied on mortgages as underlying support. Money Market Mutual Funds (MMMFs), significant investors in commercial paper (CP), quickly retreated from the market, causing a substantial decline in outstanding ABCP. In September 2008, pressures on the markets severely escalated again, when the Reserve Primary Fund MMMF “broke the buck” and prompted run-like redemption requests by many MMMF investors. These disruptions resulted in higher rates and shorter maturities, practically freezing the market for term CP. Concerned about the …

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