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Statistical Inference for the Beta Coefficient

open access: yesRisks, 2019
The beta coefficient plays a crucial role in finance as a risk measure of a portfolio in comparison to the benchmark portfolio. In the paper, we investigate statistical properties of the sample estimator for the beta coefficient.
Taras Bodnar   +3 more
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Short-form development of the specific module of the QLICD-CRF(V2.0) for assessing the quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
Background A short instrument would enhance the viability of a study. Therefore, we aimed to shorten the specific module (SPD-10) of the Quality of Life Instrument for Chronic Diseases - Chronic Renal Failure (QLICD-CRF) for assessing the quality of life
Zhengqin Xiao   +5 more
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NENETTE – Film theory, animals, and boredom

open access: yesNECSUS, 2013
There must be times when she can no longer stand this state, her condition. It’s the realm of ‘doing nothing’. She spends her life doing nothing.
Barbara Creed
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Sea-change: Transforming the ‘crisis’ in film theory

open access: yesNECSUS, 2012
For some years now the academic study of film, particularly in the English-speaking world, has been marked by a sense of crisis; a period of rumination, self-examination, and speculation over the nature of its object, its cultural relevance, and its ...
Robert Sinnerbrink
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Design Theory and Experimental Research of Ultrasonic Fatigue Test

open access: yesMachines, 2022
Ultrasonic fatigue testing is a key technology that is more efficient and energy saving compared to conventional fatigue testing. In order to investigate the behavior of metallic materials at ultra-high frequencies and to verify the validity of ...
Ning Feng   +5 more
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Testing the causal theory of reference [PDF]

open access: yesCognition, 2017
Theories of reference are a crucial research topic in analytic philosophy. Since the publication of Kripke's Naming and Necessity, most philosophers have endorsed the causal/historical theory of reference. The goal of this paper is twofold: (i) to discuss a method for testing experimentally the causal theory of reference for proper names by ...
DOMANESCHI, FILIPPO   +2 more
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Strip loading test theory and equipment development

open access: yesJournal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2019
One of the important issues for geotechnical engineers is the characterization of soil properties such as cohesion and internal friction angle by means of soil testing.
Jiliang Li
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Automated Essay Scoring Effect on Test Equating Errors in Mixed-format Test

open access: yesInternational Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2021
Scoring constructed-response items can be highly difficult, time-consuming, and costly in practice. Improvements in computer technology have enabled automated scoring of constructed-response items. However, the application of automated scoring without an
Nuri Doğan, İbrahim Uysal
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Test Theory Reconceived [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Educational Measurement, 1994
Educational test theory consists of statistical and methodological tools to support inference about examinees’ knowledge, skills, and accomplishments. Its evolution has been shaped by the nature of users’ inferences, which have been framed almost exclusively in terms of trait and behavioral psychology, and focused on students’ tendency to act in ...
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A Comperative Adaptation of the Crick Learning for Resilient Agency (CLARA) with Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory

open access: yesInternational Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2022
The aim of this study is to adapt the Crick Learning for Resilient Agency (CLARA) to Turkish culture, and to examine the psychometric features of the Inventory according to both Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT). In this respect,
Ruth Crıck   +3 more
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