Statistical Assumptions of Substantive Analyses Across the General Linear Model: A Mini-Review
The validity of inferences drawn from statistical test results depends on how well data meet associated assumptions. Yet, research (e.g., Hoekstra, Kiers, & Johnson, 2012) indicates that such assumptions are rarely reported in literature and that ...
Kim Nimon
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Foundations and Assumptions of Spiritual Journeying of Baḥya Ben Joseph ibn Paḳūda in Al-Hidāyah ilá farāʼīḍ al-qulūb [PDF]
Undoubtedly, the conviction of a mystic's Spiritual Journeying is the result of a strong foundation of his epistemological Principles and assumptions. The findings of this study, which is based on library studies and with a descriptive-analytical method,
Seyed ali Mostajaboldavati +1 more
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Reliability in Distribution Modeling—A Synthesis and Step-by-Step Guidelines for Improved Practice
Information about the distribution of a study object (e.g., species or habitat) is essential in face of increasing pressure from land or sea use, and climate change. Distribution models are instrumental for acquiring such information, but also encumbered
Anders Bryn +6 more
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A Continuous Process for Validation, Verification, and Accreditation of Simulation Models
A simulation model, and more generically, a model, is founded on its assumptions. Assurance of the model’s correctness and correct use is needed to achieve accreditation.
Pau Fonseca i Casas
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Assumptions of Self-Worth with a Different Attitudes to Personal Security Threats
The present research featured the relationship between assumptions about self-worth as a characteristic of identity and the attitude to threats as part of general attitude to personal security. The study was based on R.
M. S. Ivanov
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Interpreting fMRI data relies on the assumption that hemodynamic responses reflect neuronal activity. Some recently reported results seem to suggest that this assumption might be less robust than what has been thought so far. Data by Schummers et al. (2008) suggest that hemodynamic responses depend on functional properties of astrocytes as mediators of
Vanzetta, Ivo, Slovin, Hamutal
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Necessary Metatheory for the Critique of Sociological Theories [PDF]
Sociological theories are diverse and this science needs rethinking and critique. If so, far sociological critiques have not had a clear framework. Therefore, a specific method and framework are needed to critique sociological theories.
Hamid Masoudi, Ali Yousofi
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An Inquiry into Iranian Religious Eulogists’ Mental Models; a Qualitative Analysis with Strategic Approach [PDF]
The objective of this survey is extracting and analyzing the mental models of Iranian religious eulogists with a strategic approach. Mental models shape people’s perceptions– eulogists in this research- of the function of a system. Mental model has three
Mostafa jafari
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“Scientific or democratic?” Bridging the implementation gap of citizen science through the study of social-symbolic objects [PDF]
Jonathan Broekhuizen +2 more
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Discretion and assumption choices for closed supplementary pension plans [PDF]
This study investigates whether defined benefit (DB) plans and variable contribution (VC) plans of Brazilian closed supplementary pension funds (CSPF) present indications of discretion in the assumptions used in actuarial evaluations.
Rudolph Fabiano Alves Pedroza Teixeira +2 more
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