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Comments on the Bernoulli Distribution and Hilbe’s Implicit Extra-Dispersion

Stats
For decades, conventional wisdom maintained that binary 0–1 Bernoulli random variables cannot contain extra-binomial variation. Taking an unorthodox stance, Hilbe actively disagreed, especially for correlated observation instances, arguing that the ...
Daniel A. Griffith
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Identification and Characterization of Families That Are Positively Deviant for Childhood Obesity in a Latino Population: A Case-Control Study

Journal of Obesity, 2018
Background. Childhood obesity is a complex public health challenge that requires innovative, sustainable solutions. Positive deviance, inspired by the science of complexity, is an approach that examines what allows certain individuals to succeed despite ...
Byron A. Foster, Christian A. Aquino, Sharol Mejia, Barbara J. Turner, Arvind Singhal   +4 more
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New Flexible Regression Models Generated by Gamma Random Variables with Censored Data [PDF]

, 2016
We propose and study a new log-gamma Weibull regression model. We obtain explicit expressions for the raw and incomplete moments, quantile and generating functions and mean deviations of the log-gamma Weibull distribution.
Cordeiro, Gauss M., Hamedani, Gholamhossein G., Hashimoto, Elizabeth M., Ortega, Edwin M. M.   +3 more
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Variance components, heritability estimates, and breeding values for performance test traits in Old Kladruber horses

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2016
The Old Kladruber horse is an important Czech genetic resource. In the current study, two categories of traits were evaluated - the first, a numerical score for Type and Gender Expression and the second, 11 traits describing performance divided into four
A. Novotná, A. Svitáková, J. Schmidová, J. Přibyl, H. Vostrá-Vydrová   +4 more
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THE STRESS RESISTANCE OF STUDENTS. THE PARADIGM OF SUBJECT PERSONALITY SELF- ORGANIZATION

Образование и наука, 2016
The aim of the investigation is to consider a problem of stress resistance of students in the context of subject self-organization of the personality. Methods.
Sergey I. Dyakov
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A novel Bayesian geospatial method for estimating tuberculosis incidence reveals many missed TB cases in Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Reported tuberculosis (TB) incidence globally continues to be heavily influenced by expert opinion of case detection rates and ecological estimates of disease duration.
Debebe Shaweno, James M. Trauer, Justin T. Denholm, Emma S. McBryde   +3 more
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Road Accident Case Modeling in Ghana: A Perspective of Negative Binomial–Based Generalized Linear Models

Journal of Probability and Statistics
The gravity of casualties due to road traffic accidents poses a threat to national development, and this requires pragmatic and actionable road traffic policy and regulation restructuring. This restructuring in policy and regulations can be best achieved
Stephen Adomako, Irene Kafui Vorsah Amponsah, David Kwamena Mensah, James Damsere-Derry   +3 more
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The Relationship between Social Irresponsibility and Deviant Behavior in the Workplace: The Mediating Role of Moral Anger [PDF]

International Journal of Ethics and Society
Introduction: Social responsibility as an ethical framework commits a person, whether an individual or an organization, to participate in social affairs, the implementation of which will benefit society at large.
Najme Jalalian, Aref Dowlat
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Measuring the performance of LPA, LCGA, LGCM, and GMM in identifying the homogenous subgroups (latent classes) within the wider heterogeneous population of patients on DTG

Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
BackgroundIdentifying heterogeneity in longitudinal data is critical for understanding diverse trajectories in clinical and epidemiological research. Traditional analytical methods often fail to distinguish latent subpopulations.
Harrid Nkhoma, Atupele Ngina Mulaga, Save Kumwenda, Mphatso Kamndaya   +3 more
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Approaches in analyzing predictors of trial failure: a scoping review and meta-epidemiological study

BMC Medical Research Methodology
Background Although there are numerous studies exploring predictors of clinical trial failure, no comprehensive review of their methodological specificities and findings exists.
Aleksa Jovanovic, Stojan Gavric, Fabio Dennstädt, Nikola Cihoric   +3 more
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