Ship Purchasing: Characteristics, Empirical Evidence, and Market Attractiveness for Shipbuilders

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (03) ◽  
pp. 142-152
Author(s):  
Marcos M. O. Pinto ◽  
Emerson C. Colin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Purchasing Decision ◽  
Preference Index ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Purchasing Process

This paper presents an analysis of the ship purchasing process and suggests to shipbuilders a methodology to identify the attractiveness of different markets in terms of location. Two analyses are carried out to identify if there is any correlation between exporting country and buyer size (e.g., are Korean exports focused on large clients?) and if the location of the production influences the purchasing decision of the ship buyer. We created a purchasing preference index (PPI) that can be computed for each type of ship and each builder-buyer country pair, and the PPI distribution over several countries is used to evaluate the entry potential for each country which, made up from market size, defines a simple market attractiveness measure. Further analysis is performed aiming to investigate company-level characteristics, such as the size of the players and loyalty in the relationship builder-buyer.

Spotting a liar by looking for microexpressions: Challenges and Opportunities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xunbing Shen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Deception Detection ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
High Stake ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Cues To Deception ◽  
The Relationship

Microexpressions do exist, and they are regarded as valid cues to deception by many researchers, furthermore, there is a lot of empirical evidence which substantiates this claim. However, some researchers don’t think the microexpression can be a way to catch a liar. The author elucidates the theories predicting that looking for microexpressions can be a way to catch a liar, and notes that some data can support for the utilization of microexpressions as a good way to detect deception. In addition, the author thinks that the mixed results in the area of investigating microexpressions and deception detection may be moderated by the stake. More empirical studies which employ high-stake lies to explore the relationship between microexpressions and deception detection are needed.

Perspectives

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin Schnider
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
False Memories ◽  
Experimental Basis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Scientific Standards

This chapter summarizes current interpretations of all forms of confabulations discussed in the book and reviews the relationship between the four forms of memory-related confabulations. Experimental investigation has confirmed the dissociation between various types of false memories and considerably advanced the understanding of the mechanisms of some forms of confabulation, in particular behaviourally spontaneous confabulation and false statements in anosognosia. Overall, experimental evidence is scarce; many models have no controlled experimental basis or extend their proposed range of application well beyond the empirical evidence. The chapter concludes with a call for heightened respect of basic scientific standards in the research on confabulation.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Risk and Return - An Empirical Evidence from Real Estate Stocks Listed in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1211-1226
Author(s):  
Phan Tran Minh Hung ◽  
Tran Thi Trang Dai ◽  
Phan Nguyen Bao Quynh ◽  
Le Duc Toan ◽  
Vo Hoang Diem Trinh
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Risk And Return ◽  
The Relationship

Turnout and the Vote: The Joke's on the Democrats

1980 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 406-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
James DeNardo
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Majority Party ◽  
Conventional View ◽  
Theoretical Reasoning ◽  
The Relationship

A heavy turnout is commonly believed to favor the Democrats. This study presents theoretical reasoning and empirical evidence that challenge the conventional view. Reasonable assumptions about the behavior of core and peripheral voters lead to the conclusion that the majority party is most likely to suffer when turnout increases, common sense notwithstanding. It also appears that the recent decay of partisan loyalties among voters has eroded the relationship between turnout and the vote.

The Relationship between Item Context Characteristics and Student Performance: The Case of the 2006 and 2009 PISA Science Items

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo ◽  
Min Li
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Pisa 2006 ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Context Characteristics ◽  
Key Questions

Background A long-standing premise in test design is that contextualizing test items makes them concrete, less demanding, and more conducive to determining whether students can apply or transfer their knowledge. Purpose We assert that despite decades of study and experience, much remains to be learned about how to construct effective and fair test items with contexts. Too little is known about how item contexts can be appropriately constructed and used, and even less about the relationship between context characteristics and student performance. The exploratory study presented in this paper seeks to contribute to knowledge about test design and construction by focusing on this gap. Research Design We address two key questions: (a) What are the characteristics of contexts used in the PISA science items? and (b) What are the relationships between different context characteristics and student performance? We propose a profiling approach to capture information about six context dimensions: type of context, context role, complexity, resources, level of abstraction, and connectivity. To test the approach empirically we sampled a total of 52 science items from PISA 2006 and 2009. We describe the context characteristics of the items at two levels (named layers): general (testlet context) and specific (item context). Conclusion We provide empirical evidence about the relationships of these characteristics with student performance as measured by the international percentage of correct responses. We found that the dimension of context resources (e.g., pictures, drawings, photographs) for general contexts and level of abstractness for specific contexts are associated with student performance.

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