Keyword: statistics: inference

Found 793 papers in total
Correlation Analysis in Contaminated Data by Singular Spectrum Analysis
2016,
Correlation analysis is one of the standard and most informative descriptive...
A Story-based Simulation for Teaching Sampling Distributions
2015,
Statistical inference relies heavily on the concept of sampling distributions....
On Variational Bayes Estimation and Variational Information Criteria for Linear Regression Models
2014,
Variational Bayes (VB) estimation is a fast alternative to Markov Chain Monte Carlo...
Design-Based Inference in a Mixture Model for Ordinal Variables for a Two Stage Stratified Design
2014,
In this paper we present methods for inference on data selected by a complex sampling...
Smooth Semi-nonparametric Analysis for Mixture Cure Models and Its Application to Breast Cancer
2014,
Mixture cure models are widely used when a proportion of patients are cured. The...
Population structure and regeneration status of Vitellaria Paradoxa (C. F. Gaertner) under different land management regimes in Atacora department, Benin
2015,
Vitellaria paradoxa (shea) parklands are one of the major features of the Sudanian...
Teaching note ‐ was the champions league draw rigged?
2015,
This teaching note gives a real‐life example of Bayesian thinking. It discusses...
An alternative teaching method of conditional probabilities and Bayes' rule: an application of the truth table
2015,
This paper presents a comparison of three approaches to the teaching of probability to...
Using a discussion about scientific controversy to teach central concepts in experimental design
2015,
Students may need explicit training in informal statistical reasoning in order to...
Hold my calls: an activity for introducing the statistical process
2015,
Working with practicing teachers, this article demonstrates, through the facilitation...
Slow thinking and deep learning: Tversky and Kahneman's taxi cabs
2015,
This article is based on classroom application of a problem story constructed by Amos...
Evaluating the efficiency and productivity change within government subsidy recipients of a national technology innovation research and development program
2015,
This study analyzes the efficiency and productivity change within government subsidy...
Copula Gaussian graphical models with penalized ascent Monte Carlo EM algorithm
2015,
Typical data that arise from surveys, experiments, and observational studies include...
Political Values, Culture, and Corporate Litigation
2015,
Using one of the largest samples of litigation data available to date, we examine...
A Constructive Approach to Estimating Pure Characteristics Demand Models with Pricing
2015,
Discrete‐choice demand models are important and fundamental tools for...
Sequential Selection with Unknown Correlation Structures
2015,
We create the first computationally tractable Bayesian statistical model for learning...
The evolving role of large and medium farms on Brazilian agriculture
2016,
We use Brazilian agricultural censuses data since 1970 to describe land structure...
A Condition-Based Deterioration Model for the Stochastic Dependency of Corrosion Rate and Crack Propagation in Corroded Concrete Structures
2017,
Physics‐based models are intensively studied in mechanical and civil...
Comparative study of different waste biomass for energy application
2016,
Biomass is available in many varieties, consisting of crops as well as its residues...
Cardboard/sawdust briquettes as biomass fuel: Physical‐mechanical and thermal characteristics
2016,
This paper elaborates experimental analysis of cardboard/sawdust briquettes as a...
Health systems: changes in hospital efficiency and profitability
2016,
This study investigates potential changes in hospital performance after health system...
Mortality Patterns of Hydro-Geomorphologic Disasters
2016,
Social impacts caused by floods and landslides in Portugal in the period of...
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