scholarly journals Conjoint Use of Regression Analysis and Functional Measurement to Test Models of Combination of Factors Predicting Negative Attitude to Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ash Bugay ◽  
Rakel Delevi ◽  
Etienne Mullet
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Type Model ◽  
Functional Measurement ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Test Models ◽  
Political Conservatism ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Large Survey

The present study was aimed at showing that by conjointly using two techniques that are rarely used in combination – regression analysis and functional measurement, it may be possible to rigorously tests models of combination of factors using data obtained in traditional multi-item/multi-scale surveys. The data used for this demonstration were taken from a large survey (N = 3,235) of Turkish students’ attitude to women (ATW). As it included 12 types of predictors (e.g., age, geographic location, score on collectivism scales), stepwise regression analysis was firstly used to select a subset of predictors. Three of them explained the major part of variance: biological gender (sex), level of political conservatism in the area (the place factor), and personal score on the vertical individualism scale (the culture factor). Secondly, continuous conservatism and collectivism scores were categorized into three levels and three factorial plots were created -- one for each level of support for conservatism -- with ATW on the y-axis, vertical collectivism on the x-axis, and biological sex on curves. Divergence of curves observed in all panels supported a multiplicative-type model of combination of the gender and culture factors. As a result, the model of combination of factors suggested was: Negative Attitude to Women = (Gender x Culture) + Place.

Factors affecting desired family size in Bangladesh

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kabir ◽  
Ruhul Amin ◽  
Ashraf Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Jamir Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Work Status ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
Contraceptive Prevalence ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Desired Family Size

SummaryFactors affecting desired family size in rural Bangladesh are examined using data from contraceptive prevalence surveys conducted between 1983 and 1991. The analysis suggests that mothers having two sons and one daughter are more inclined to perceive their family as complete than those having three sons and no daughter. Logistic regression analysis indicates that important determinants of desire for more children are age of woman, current contraceptive use status, work status, and family planning worker's visit. The policy implications of these findings are discussed.

Gamma-ray spectrometer calibration for field analysis of thorium, uranium and potassium

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1093-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Killeen ◽  
C. M. Carmichael
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Laboratory Analysis ◽  
In Situ Analysis ◽  
Field Analysis ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Nonlinear Relation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Spectrometer Calibration

The calibration of a portable three-channel gamma-ray spectrometer for in situ analysis of thorium, uranium, and potassium is discussed. A method of regression analysis is suggested as the best means of including all of the data available from the calibration stations. Calibration indicates a nonlinear relation between count rates obtained in the field and concentrations in parts per million obtained from laboratory analysis. The range of radioelement content must be taken into consideration and appropriate sets of calibration constants applied. As an example of the method, calibration constants are calculated for a portable gamma-ray spectrometer using data for the Blind River uranium region of Ontario.

The Global Digital Divide

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederico Cruz-Jesus ◽  
Tiago Oliveira ◽  
Fernando Bacao
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
English Language ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Digital Development ◽  
Global Digital Divide ◽  
Using Data ◽  
India And China

This article presents an analysis of the global digital divide, based on data collected from 45 countries, including the ones belonging to the European Union, OECD, Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC). The analysis shows that one factor can explain a large part of the variation in the seven ICT variables used to measure the digital development of countries. This measure is then used with additional variables, which are hypothesised as drivers of the divide for a regression analysis using data from 2015, 2013, and 2011, which reveals economic and educational imbalances between countries, along with some aspects of geography, as drivers of the digital divide. Contrary to the authors' expectations, the English language is not a driver.

scholarly journals Observations of the Relationship between 700-mb Temperatures and Severe Weather Reports across the Contiguous United States

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 799-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Bunkers ◽  
John R. Wetenkamp ◽  
Jeffrey J. Schild ◽  
Anthony Fischer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Moist Convection ◽  
Severe Storm ◽  
Convective Inhibition ◽  
Deep Moist Convection ◽  
Time Of Year ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The relationship between 700-mb temperatures and convective severe storm reports is examined using data from 1993 to 2006 for the contiguous United States. Severe storm reports are used as a rough “proxy” for the occurrence of deep moist convection, and spatial and temporal distributions of 700-mb temperatures associated with these reports are analyzed. Secondarily, the distributions are assessed by individual severe storm report type, and convective inhibition also is evaluated. The motivation for this study is derived from the occasionally used 10°–12°C at 700 mb rule of thumb for estimating the extent and strength of the capping inversion. Whereas there is a semblance of merit for using this rule at times, its utility is shown to be strongly dependent on 1) geographic location, particularly with respect to surface elevation and the frequency of elevated mixed layers, and 2) the time of year. Calculation of convective inhibition, careful examination of the sounding, and assessment of lifting mechanisms likely are more valuable than 700-mb temperatures when forecasting the potential for deep moist convection and severe storms.

scholarly journals How personality traits of neuroticism and extroversion predict the effects of the COVID-19 on the mental health of Canadians

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0251097
Author(s):  
Anahita Shokrkon ◽  
Elena Nicoladis
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Using Data

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) epidemic was first detected in China in December 2019 and spread to other countries fast. Some studies have found that COVID-19 pandemic has had adverse mental health consequences. Individual differences such as personality could contribute to people’s behaviors during a pandemic. In the current study, we examine how personality traits of neuroticism and extroversion (using the Five-Factor Model as our framework) are related to the mental health of Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from an online survey with 1096 responses, this study performed multiple regression analysis to explore how personality traits of neuroticism and extroversion predict the effects of COVID-19 on the mental health of Canadians. The results showed that personality traits of neuroticism and extroversion are associated with the current mental health of Canadians during COVID-19 pandemic, with extroversion positively related to mental health and neuroticism negatively related to it. Results contribute to the management of individual responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and could help public health services provide personality-appropriate mental health services during this pandemic.

scholarly journals Still Influential: The Protestant Emphasis on Schooling

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 641-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horst Feldmann
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Historical Legacy ◽  
Enrollment Rates ◽  
Using Data

Abstract From its beginning 500 years ago, Protestantism has been advocating and actively pursuing the expansion of schooling, including the schooling of girls. In many countries, it has thus helped to create a cultural heritage that puts a high value on education and schooling. This paper provides evidence that Protestantism’s historical legacy has an enduring effect. Using data on 147 countries, it finds that countries with larger Protestant population shares in 1900 had higher secondary school enrollment rates over 1975-2010, including among girls. The magnitude of the effect is small though. Using Protestant population shares over 1975-2010, the paper also shows that Protestantism’s influence on schooling has diminished and that contemporary Protestantism, in contrast to historical Protestantism, does not affect schooling. The regression analysis accounts for numerous other determinants of schooling.

Does the Location of Directors Matter? Information Acquisition and Board Decisions

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zinat S. Alam ◽  
Mark A. Chen ◽  
Conrad S. Ciccotello ◽  
Harley E. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officer ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Geographic Distance ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Board Structure ◽  
Stock Performance ◽  
Corporate Headquarters ◽  
Using Data

AbstractUsing data on over 4,000 individual residential addresses, we find that geographic distance between directors and corporate headquarters is related to information acquisition and board decisions. The fraction of a board’s unaffiliated directors who live near headquarters is higher when information-gathering needs are greater. When the fraction of unaffiliated directors living near headquarters is lower, nonroutine chief executive officer (CEO) turnover is more sensitive to stock performance. Also, the level, intensity, and sensitivity of CEO equity-based pay increase with board distance. Overall, our results suggest that geographic location is an important dimension of board structure that influences directors’ costs of gathering information.

scholarly journals Mode of Conception of Twin Pregnancies: Willingness to Reply to Survey Items and Comparison of Survey Data to Hospital Records

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. M. Toos van Beijsterveldt ◽  
Chantal Hoekstra ◽  
Roel Schats ◽  
Grant W. Montgomery ◽  
Gonneke Willemsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Hospital Records ◽  
Assisted Reproduction Techniques ◽  
Twin Registry ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Large Survey ◽  
Twin Pregnancies

AbstractBased on results from a survey study in a sample of Australian parents of twins, Raj and Morley (2007) reported that questions concerning the mode of conception of twins may be offensive to parents. We looked at the willingness to reply to questions about mode of conception of twin pregnancies in a large survey study that was completed by 20,150 mothers of twins from the Netherlands Twin Registry. Data collection took place in 2005/2006. The amount of missing data was examined and by using data from earlier survey studies, responders and nonresponders were compared with respect to their answers to questions on assisted reproduction techniques. In addition, we assessed the reliability of the question on mode of conception by comparing the survey data with hospital records in a subsample of 80 mothers of twins. We found no indication that mothers of twins were not prepared to reply to questions on mode of conception. Only a small number of mothers did not fill in the question on mode of conception (0.8%). Also, the use of artificial fertility techniques did not differ between mothers who returned and mothers who did not return the 2005/2006 survey. The comparison of the survey data with the hospital records showed that mothers can accurately report on the mode of conception of their twins.

Revisiting the Relationship Between Marketing Education and Marketing Career Success

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald R. Bacon
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Marketing Education ◽  
Classic Article ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

In a replication of a classic article by Hunt, Chonko, and Wood, regression analysis was conducted using data from a sample of 864 marketing professionals. In contrast to Hunt, Chonko, and Wood, an undergraduate degree in marketing was positively related to income in marketing jobs, but surprisingly, respondents with some nonmarketing majors earned about the same as marketing majors in marketing jobs. Satisfaction with a marketing career was not significantly related to academic major. The income regression model explained 30% of the variance in marketing income, which is an improvement over the earlier study, but also indicates that most of the variance in marketing success is not explained by education. Implications are discussed.

Determinants of Breastfeeding Duration in Peninsular Malaysia

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halimah Awang ◽  
Abdul Latif Haji Salleh
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Maternal Age ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Breastfeeding Duration ◽  
Work Status ◽  
First Child ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Determinants Of Breastfeeding

The health benefits of breastfeeding to infants and mothers have been well recognised. This study applies linear regression analysis to assess the determinants of breastfeeding duration of first born using data from the Second Malaysian Family Life Survey. The proportion of women who breastfed their first child is 82 percent, of which 97 percent reported their breastfeeding duration. The distribution of breastfeeding duration has a mean of 5.7 months and a median of two months. Important determinants of breastfeeding duration include maternal age, ethnicity, period of first birth, husband's occupation and work status of the woman. Asia Pac JPublic Health 2000;12(2): 102-106

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