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Wang, Yang - 2009

their smoking choices. I find that US elderly tend to over-emphasize the importance of their genetic makeup but … underestimate the influence of their health-related choices, such as smoking, on their longevity. This finding can partially explain … effects of their genes and health-related choices on their longevity, then the average smoking rate for the age group analyzed …

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Hazardous Agrochemicals, Smoking, and Farmers’ Differences in Wage-Risk Tradeoffs

Nastis, Stefanos A.; Michailidis, Anastasios - 2010

This paper utilizes the theory of compensating differentials for job risks from the laboreconomics literature to evaluate farmers’ differences in wage-risk tradeoffs. In thecontext of job risks, the theory predicts that farmers who place a lower value on healthstatus are willing to work for...

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Changes in Food, Alcohol and Cigarettes Consumption during Transition: Evidence from Russia

Herzfeld, Thomas; Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Oskam, Arie J.; … - 2009

This paper examines the changes in nutritional behavior of Russian adults over the ten-year transition period, between 1994 and 2004. We present evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on...

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Consumer decision making in telecommunications

Harrison, Paul - 2011

mobile phone service. It also includes a quantitative experiment with 517 participants to examine, under close to real …

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Markenführung in der Ernährungswirtschaft ; Brand Management in the Food Sector

Staack, Torsten - 2013

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An evaluation of item difficulty and person ability estimation using the multilevel measurement model with short tests and small sample sizes

Beretvas, Susan Natasha (contributor) - 2011

Recently, researchers have reformulated Item Response Theory (IRT) models into multilevel models to evaluate clustered data appropriately. Using a multilevel model to obtain item difficulty and person ability parameter estimates that correspond directly with IRT models’ parameters is often...

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Effects of sample size, ability distribution, and the length of Markov Chain Monte Carlo burn-in chains on the estimation of item and testlet parameters

Dodd, Barbara Glenzing (contributor) - 2011

Item Response Theory (IRT) models are the basis of modern educational measurement. In order to increase testing efficiency, modern tests make ample use of groups of questions associated with a single stimulus (testlets). This violates the IRT assumption of local independence. However, a set of...

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The Strength of Multidimensional Item Response Theory in Exploring Construct Space that is Multidimensional and Correlated

Spencer, Steven Gerry 1965- - 2004

This dissertation compares the parameter estimates obtained from two item response theory (IRT) models: the 1-PL IRT model and the MC1-PL IRT model. Several scenarios were explored in which both unidimensional and multidimensional item-level and personal-level data were used to generate the item...

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Augmented testing and effects on item and proficiency estimates in different calibration designs

Wall, Nathan Lane - 2011

Broadening the term augmented testing to include a combination of multiple measures to assess examinee performance on a single construct, the issues of IRT item parameter and proficiency estimates were investigated. The intent of this dissertation is to determine if different IRT calibration...

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An Assessment of The Nonparametric Approach for Evaluating The Fit of Item Response Models

Liang, Tie - 2010

As item response theory (IRT) has developed and is widely applied, investigating the fit of a parametric model becomes an important part of the measurement process when implementing IRT. The usefulness and successes of IRT applications rely heavily on the extent to which the model reflects the...

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