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Goodwin, B.K.; Mishra, A.K. - 2000

Much farm financial risk research has involved the application of "credit-scoring" models. We approach the issue of measuring financial risk by using the actual interest rates charged on agricultural loans reported in the USDA's ARMS survey as market-based measures of the financial risk...

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Testing For An Unusual Distribution Of Rare Variants

Rivas, Manuel A.; Voight, Benjamin F.; Devlin, Bernie; … - 2011

Technological advances make it possible to use high-throughput sequencing as a primary discovery tool of medical genetics, specifically for assaying rare variation. Still this approach faces the analytic challenge that the influence of very rare variants can only be evaluated effectively as a...

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Estimating Risk and Rate Levels, Ratios and Differencesin Case-Control Studies

King, Gary; Zeng, Langche - 2002

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1.010 Uncertainty in Engineering, Fall 2004

Veneziano, Daniele - 2004

This undergraduate class serves as an introduction to probability and statistics, with emphasis on engineering …

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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006

Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...

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7.89 Topics in Computational and Systems Biology, Fall 2007

Burge, Christopher - 2007

This is a seminar based on research literature. Papers covered are selected to illustrate important problems and approaches in the field of computational and systems biology, and provide students a framework from which to evaluate new developments. The MIT Initiative in Computational and Systems...

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14.30 Introduction to Statistical Method in Economics, Fall 2004

Bennett, Herman - 2004

This course is a self-contained introduction to statistics with economic applications. Elements of probability theory … applications of statistical tools to economic data. It also provides a solid foundation in probability and statistics for … preparation for 14.32. No prior preparation in probability and statistics is required, but familiarity with basic algebra and …

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Essays in exotic derivative pricing and time series analysis

Ma, Suchun - 2005

The first essay presents a closed-form pricing formula for a European call warrant issued by a leveraged firm and demonstrates there are significant pricing errors if the formula derived under the all-equity firm assumption in Schulz & Trautmann (Journal of Banking and Finance, 1994) and the...

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An Approach for Incorporating the Topic “Ethics in Research” into an Introductory Statistics Course

Verhoeven, Penny; Baker, Hope - 2008

into every section of our required sophomore-level course in business statistics. The purpose of this teaching brief is to …

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Sources for Statistical Data on Flexible Work Arrangements

Boots, Shelley Waters; Danziger, Anna - 2008

From the Department of Labor, the best survey for flexibility data comes from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey of 60,000 households that provides data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.The benefit of the CPS is that...

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