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Approximate Bayesian Model Selection with the Deviance Statistic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Bayesian model selection poses two main challenges: the specification of parameter priors for all models, and the computation of the resulting Bayes factors between models.
Bové, Daniel Sabanés   +2 more
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Norm and Deviance-Seeking Personal Orientation Scale (NDPOS) Adapted to the Organisational Context

open access: yesPsychologica Belgica, 2019
Deviance theory introduces a behavioural view on constructive and destructive deviance to explain how an individual’s intent can harm or improve organisational well-being. However, to our knowledge, no scale exists that evaluates the personal orientation
Guillaume Roland Michel Déprez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Boosting insights in insurance tariff plans with tree-based machine learning methods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Pricing actuaries typically operate within the framework of generalized linear models (GLMs). With the upswing of data analytics, our study puts focus on machine learning methods to develop full tariff plans built from both the frequency and severity of ...
Antonio, Katrien   +3 more
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‘We’re All Sinners Here’: A Microhistorical Exploration of the Deviance-Identification Nexus

open access: yesM@n@gement
Extant research shows that deviance as a departure from established norms is influential to innovation and change. However, challenging the embedded assumptions and practices renders deviance subject to heavy stigmatization, compelling the identification
Yasaman Sadeghi
doaj   +1 more source

Travailler pour survivre : exploration du travail des jeunes de la rue

open access: yesCriminologie, 2010
RésuméLe présent article explore les diverses formes que prennent l’emploi et les « petits boulots » dans la vie des jeunes de la rue. L’étude a été faite à Halifax, au Canada, et porte sur un matériel tiré d’entretiens menés auprès de 34 jeunes.
Jeff Karabanow, Jean Hughes, Sean Kidd
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors of deviant behaviour in the family context [PDF]

open access: yesНациональный психологический журнал, 2015
The paper analyzes the problems of deviant and delinquent behaviour from the standpoint of relations theory. The process of socialization is considered as a process of development and purposeful formation of the personality relations system. Deformations
Artur A. Rean
doaj   +1 more source

Do cyber-birds flock together? Comparing deviance among social network members of cyber-dependent offenders and traditional offenders

open access: yes, 2019
The distinct setting in which cyber-dependent crime takes place may reduce the similarity in the deviance of social network members. We test this assumption by analysing the deviance of the most important social contacts of cyber-dependent offenders and ...
Ruiter, S.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Modeling the Iinfluence of group norms and self-regulatory efficacy on workplace deviant behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This study investigated the influence of group norms and self-regulatory efficacy on workplace deviant behaviour.A web-based survey was used to collect data from 217 teaching staff from various higher education institutions in Nigeria.The data collected ...
Chauhan, Ajay   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Online deviance in post-Soviet space: Victimisation, perceptions and social attitudes amongst young people, an Armenian case study

open access: yesDigital Geography and Society
This paper presents a survey-based case study of the experiences and perceptions of, and attitudes towards, various forms of online deviance amongst a largely female, educated sample of young people drawn predominantly from the Armenian capital city of ...
Tim Hall, Ulrike Ziemer
doaj   +1 more source

Negotiating Difference on Public Transport: How Practices and Experiences of Deviance Shape Public Space

open access: yesUrban Planning, 2023
Given the diversity of passengers, public transport has hitherto been described as a public space of encounters, conviviality, or conflict. However, other dimensions of publicness, such as codes of conduct, deviance, visibility, or resistance, have ...
Louise Sträuli
doaj   +1 more source

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