bispectrum is that its estimator comprises terms which are asymptotically independent at distinct bifrequencies under the null …

within Texas AgriLife Extension's Mentoring Program. Research wasconducted on mentoring relationships from mentor and mentee …

According to research by Tennessen, PonTell, Romine and Motheral (1997), the Extension System has been educating the … nation for over 96 years, and the idea of using technology as a medium for education has been in the minds of Extension … educators for over 40 years. The National E-Extension (eXtension) Initiative is being adopted at a rapid pace, and the history …

the penalized likelihood estimator. To exploit a natural ordering of the variables to estimate the covariance matrix, we …This thesis develops methodology and asymptotic analysis for sparse estimators of the covariance matrix and the inverse … covariance (concentration) matrix in high-dimensional settings. We propose estimators that are invariant to the ordering of the …

This study proposes the return-earnings covariance as a proxy for the usefulness of earnings inferred from the absolute … return-earnings covariance is a close proxy for the absolute magnitude of price change which is free from noise in both … return and earnings. Thus, the return-earnings covariance can be used in long-window studies as well as short-window studies …

frequently and in more detail. A combination of geostatisical models and analysis of covariance methods may be used to analyze … when analysis of covariance methods are used, and (iii) the effects of including a covariate whose support differs from …