Not my own work but it is fun to read. _________________________________________ How is Statistics Different from Mathematics? And Why Is the Distinction Important? By Isidoro P. David Acronyms: CHED-Commission on Higher Education; NHERA-National Higher Education Research Agenda; HEI-Higher Education Institution; PSA- Philippine Statistical Association; SRTC-Statistical Research and Training Center; UPD-SS- University of the Philippines School of Statistics; UPLB-IS- University of
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WP/13/72 Non-Performing Loans in CESEE: Determinants and Impact on Macroeconomic Performance Nir Klein © 2013 International Monetary Fund WP/13/72 IMF Working Paper European Department Non-Performing Loans in CESEE: Determinants and Macroeconomic Performance Prepared by Nir Klein1 Authorized for distribution by Thanos Arvanitis March 2013 This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s)
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1 Does obesity lead to poor school performance? Estimates from propensity score matching Hongyun Han Department of Sociology‚ University of Wisconsin-Madison March 26‚ 2012 ABSTRACT High body weight is negatively associated with test scores among elementary and middle school students. Are these negative outcomes due to preexisting differences‚ or are they a casual effect of childhood obesity? To better understand the causal mechanisms underlying this pattern‚ I use a propensity score matching
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Article Physical attraction‚ attachment styles‚ and dating development JSPR Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 30(3) 301–319 ª The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0265407512456673 spr.sagepub.com Franklin O. Poulsen Thomas B. Holman Dean M. Busby Jason S. Carroll Brigham Young University‚ USA Abstract We test theoretical arguments developed by Hazan and Diamond (2000) suggesting that attachment theory presents a more parsimonious
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Archived Information I. INTRODUCTION MATHTECH‚ INC. Income inequality has been increasing for the past 20 years. A substantial part of the increase in income differences can be explained by changes in the return to education. In dollar terms‚ 1973 college graduates earned 45 percent more than high school graduates; by 1994 they earned 65 percent more‚ based on real average hourly wages for college and high school graduates (Baumol and Blinder‚ 1997). The increasing income disparities between
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NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Contraception. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 October 01. NIH-PA Author Manuscript Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2013 October ; 88(4): 503–508. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2013.03.004. Weight Change at 12 Months in Users of Three Progestin-Only Contraceptive Methods Zevidah Vickery‚ MD‚ MSCI*‚ Tessa Madden‚ MD‚ MPH†‚§‚ Qiuhong Zhao‚ MS†‚ Gina Secura‚ MPH‚ PhD†‚ Jenifer E. Allsworth‚ PhD†‚ and Jeffrey F. Peipert‚ MD‚ PhD† *Riverbend
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2004. Islam & Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism. Laeven‚ L.‚ Valencia‚ F.‚ 2010. Resolution of Banking Crises: The Good‚ the Bad‚ and the Ugly Nichols‚ A.‚ Schaffer‚ M.E.‚ 2007. Clustered standard errors in Stata. United Kingdom Stata Users’ Group Meetings 2007‚ Stata Users Group. Olson‚ D.‚ Zoubi‚ T.‚ 2008. Using accounting ratios to distinguish between Islamic and conventional banks in the GCC region Ongena‚ S.‚ Sendeniz-Yuncu‚ I.‚ 2011. Which firms engage small‚ foreign or state banks
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Introduction Healthy eating patterns in adolescence promote optimal growth and intellectual development. They also can prevent short-term health problems‚ such as obesity‚ dental caries‚ and iron deficiency anemia. Moreover‚ it can prevent long-term health outcomes‚ such as coronary heart diseases and certain types of cancers. Eating disorders among adolescents is a serious problem which can cause severe changes in eating habits and then lead to major life threatening health issues. It includes
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H200704 H200704 The relationship between knowledge management‚ innovation and firm performance: evidence from Dutch SMEs Lorraine Uhlaner André van Stel Joris Meijaard Mickey Folkeringa Zoetermeer‚ January‚ 2007 1 This report is published under the SCALES-initiative (SCientific AnaLysis of Entrepreneurship and SMEs)‚ as part of the ’SMEs and Entrepreneurship programme’ financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs. Most recent EIM reports and much more on SMEs and Entrepreneurship
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International Journal of Obesity (2011) 35‚ 1325–1330 & 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved 0307-0565/11 www.nature.com/ijo PEDIATRIC ORIGINAL ARTICLE Fast food‚ other food choices and body mass index in teenagers in the United Kingdom (ALSPAC): a structural equation modelling approach LK Fraser1‚ KL Edwards2‚ JE Cade3 and GP Clarke1 1 School of Geography‚ University of Leeds‚ Leeds‚ UK; 2Division of Biostatistics‚ University of Leeds‚ Leeds‚ UK and 3Nutritional Epidemiology
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