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This paper examines the key elements of the expert interview as a method of data generation. First, its characteristics … are settled in order to classify this specific type of interview within the range of interview - techniques in general … flow of an expert interview including the different phases from prearrangement to data evaluation and especially the …
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This paper examines the key elements of the quantitative content analysis developed by the scientist Philip Mayring as a method of data evaluation. First, the circular research process is presented to explain the application of this method for scientific interviews in student theses. The content...
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This paper considers nonparametric identification and estimation of the regression function when a covariate is mismeasured. The measurement error need not be classical. Employing the small measurement error approximation, we establish nonparametric identification under weak and...
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This paper proposes a powerful alternative to the t-test of the null hypothesis that a coefficient in linear regression is equal to zero when a regressor is mismeasured. We assume there are two contaminated measurements of the regressor of interest. We allow the two measurement errors to be...
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Social surveys are often used to estimate unemployment duration distributions. Survey non-response may then cause a bias. We study this by using a data set that combines survey information of individual workers with administrative records of the same workers. The latter provide information on...
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Das Thema Nachhaltigkeit und deren Bewertung, insbesondere der ökologischen Komponente des Nachhaltigkeitsbegriffs, gewinnt auch in der Holz- und Möbelindustrie immer mehr an Bedeutung. Zugleich ist die Möbelindustrie ein nicht unerheblicher Verbraucher von Holz und Holzwerkstoffen. Für die...
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Durch Energieeinsparungen in der Nutzungsphase eines Gebäudes gewinnen Produktions-, Konstruktions- und Entsorgungsphase eines Gebäudes immer mehr an Bedeutung. Für eine ganzheitliche Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung hat das Europäische Komitee für Normung (CEN) daher einen horizontalen Normensatz...
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Der Bericht fasst die Aktivitäten des Projektteams während der dreijährigen Laufzeit von 2007 bis 2009 des Projekts WeLL ('Berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil Lebenslangen Lernens') zusammen. Insbesondere werden die im Rahmen des Projekts erhobenen Daten und deren Nutzungsmöglichkeiten...
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and characteristics of the interview process within the household matter. By contrast, interviewer characteristics …
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Theory predicts a positive relationship between market concentration and profitability in most scenarios. In empirical work, however, this relation is frequently not found or only a weak connection is observed. We compare the performance of concentration and market share variables, which are...
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