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HARDY-WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM ASSUMPTIONS IN CASE-CONTROL TESTS OF GENETIC ASSOCIATION [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The case-control study design is commonly used in genetic association study with a binary trait using unrelated individuals from a population. To test association with a binary trait in a case-control or cohort study, the standard analysis is a chi ...
Lee, Myoungkeun
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

UNA COMPARACIÓN ENTRE LA INFERENCIA BASADA EN LAS ESTADÍSTICAS DE WALD Y RAZÓN DE VEROSIMILITUD EN LOS MODELOS LOGIT Y PROBIT VÍA MONTE CARLO UNA COMPARACIÓN ENTRE LA INFERENCIA BASADA EN LAS ESTADÍSTICAS DE WALD Y RAZÓN DE VEROSIMILITUD EN LOS MODELOS LOGIT Y PROBIT VÍA MONTE CARLO

open access: yesRevista Colombiana de Estadística, 2005
In this paper we present a study which evaluates and compares the performance of hypothesis testing and confidence intervals based on Wald’s statistic with those based on the likelihood ratio statistic for probit and logit models.
Lemonte Artur José   +1 more
doaj  

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expectations Hypotheses Tests [PDF]

open access: yes
We investigate the Expectations Hypotheses of the term structure of interest rates and of the foreign exchange market using vector autoregressive methods for the U.S. dollar, Deutsche mark, and British pound interest rates and exchange rates. In addition
Geert Bekaert, Robert J. Hodrick
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypothesis Test to Compare Two Paired Binomial Proportions: Assessment of 24 Methods

open access: yesMathematics
The comparison of two paired binomial proportions is a topic of interest in statistics, with important applications in medicine. There are different methods in the statistical literature to solve this problem, and the McNemar test is the best known of ...
José Antonio Roldán-Nofuentes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unit-Root, Cointegration and Granger Causality Test Results for Export and Growth in OECD Countries [PDF]

open access: yes
This article is a supplement to Kónya (2004) which investigates the possibility of the export-led growth and growth-driven export hypotheses by testing for Granger causality between the logarithms of real exports and real GDP in twenty-five OECD ...
Konya, Laszlo
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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Associations in intentions to use anabolic-androgenic steroids among non-consuming boys and men with probable eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia

open access: yesJournal of Eating Disorders
Background Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are used to achieve a muscular and lean body to align with current ideals for boys and men. Identifying associations with intentions to use AAS, a precursor to actual use, is critical for prevention efforts ...
Kyle T. Ganson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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