Challenges and opportunities for statistics and statistical education: looking back, looking forward
, 2015 The 175th anniversary of the ASA provides an opportunity to look back into the past and peer into the future. What led our forebears to found the association? What commonalities do we still see?
Horton, Nicholas Jon
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Reflection positivity and invertible topological phases
, 2019 We implement an extended version of reflection positivity (Wick-rotated unitarity) for invertible topological quantum field theories and compute the abelian group of deformation classes using stable homotopy theory.
Freed, Daniel S., Hopkins, Michael J.
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During the last five years higher education research in Germany seems to be in a significant upturn. This is a side effect partly of the obvious boom of empirical educational research in general and partly of the reform movement that has affected the ...
Andrä Wolter
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Evaluation of SLAR and simulated thematic mapper MSS data for forest cover mapping using computer-aided analysis techniques [PDF]
Kershaw County, South Carolina was selected as the study site for analyzing simulated thematic mapper MSS data and dual-polarized X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. The impact of the improved spatial and spectral characteristics of the LANDSAT D
Dean, M. E. +3 more
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Public perceptions of unreliability in examination results in England: a new perspective [PDF]
, 2010 Presented at the 36th International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) Annual Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 22-27 August 2010. This report is about a quantitative study on public perceptions of unreliability in examination results, using an
Boyle, Andrew +2 more
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An Advanced Mathematics Program for Middle School Teachers [PDF]
, 2004 The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and other organizations recommend twenty-one credits of mathematics coursework for prospective middle school teachers, beginning with a foundation ...
Carothers, D.
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Teaching Theoretical Physics: the cases of Enrico Fermi and Ettore Majorana
, 2006 We report on theoretical courses by Fermi and Majorana, giving evidence of the first appearance and further development of Quantum Mechanics teaching in Italy.
Alberto De Gregorio +19 more
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Friendships, Rivalries, and Trysts: Characterizing Relations between Ideas in Texts
, 2017 Understanding how ideas relate to each other is a fundamental question in many domains, ranging from intellectual history to public communication.
Card, Dallas +2 more
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On the origin of cognitive dissonance : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2016 Since Festinger (1957) published his monograph describing Cognitive Dissonance (CD), a wealth of research has led to a widely accepted understanding of its nature and effect on human behaviour.
Clemerson, Peter
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Towards Developing a Travel Time Forecasting Model for Location-Based Services: a Review [PDF]
Travel time forecasting models have been studied intensively as a subject of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), particularly in the topics of advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), advanced traveler information systems (ATIS), and commercial ...
Jinsoo You, Tschangho John Kim
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