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European competitiveness report
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Unternehmen … - 2006
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Member states competitiveness performance and policies
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Unternehmen … - 2012
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Forecasting Field Defect Rates Using a Combined Time-based and Metrics-based Approach: a Case Study of OpenBSD
Luo Li, Paul; Herbsleb, James; Shaw, Mary - 2005
Open source software systems are critical infrastructure for many applications; however, little has been precisely measured about their quality. Forecasting the field defect-occurrence rate over the entire lifespan of a release before deployment for open source software systems may enable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440981
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Designing Incentives for Inexpert Human Raters
Chen, Daniel L.; Horton, John J.; Shaw, Aaron D. - 2011
generally had weak effects on quality. Workers in India performed significantly worse than US workers, regardless of treatment …
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Ability Estimation Under Different Item Parameterization and Scoring Models
Si, Ching-Fung B. - 2002
A Monte Carlo simulation study investigated the effect of scoring format, item parameterization, threshold configuration, and prior ability distribution on the accuracy of ability estimation given various IRT models. Item response data on 30 items from 1,000 examinees was simulated using known...
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Examining the Cross-National Applicability of Multi-Item, Multidimensional Measures using Generalizability Theory
Durvasula, Srinivas; Netemeyer, Richard G.; Andrews, J. … - 2006
cross-nationally. Typically, researchers have relied upon the tenets of classical measurement theory (CT) using confirmatory …-national applicability? Our research seeks to address these issues and the cross-national measurement applicability of multi … demonstrate the usefulness of GT to cross-national multi-dimensional measurement. …
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Measuring Unemployment Insurance Generosity
Pallage, Stephane; Scruggs, Lyle; Zimmermann, Christian - 2008
In this paper, we develop a methodology to summarize the various policy parameters of an unemployment insurance scheme into a single generosity parameter. Unemployment insurance policies are multdimensional objects. They are typically defined by waiting periods, eligibility duration, benefit...
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Reliability generalization: lapsus linguae
Smith, Julie Marilyn - 2011
This study examines the proposed Reliability Generalization (RG) method for studying reliability. RG employs the application of meta-analytic techniques similar to those used in validity generalization studies to examine reliability coefficients. This study explains why RG does not provide a...
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Asian economic and financial crises: causes, ramifications and lessons
Das, Dilip K - 1999
Financial globalisation during the 1990s impinged upon world savings and investment flows, macroeconomic developments, challenges confronting policy makers, international investors and financial market regulators. Experiences of the last two decades reveal that international financial markets...
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Overview of global and European institutional sustainable finances initiatives
González Martínez, Clara Isabel
Artículo de revista ; To contribute to the fight against climate change and achieve a carbon-neutral economy, a large volume of funds must be mobilised to finance the necessary investment. The international financial system will play a key role in this process to channel the financing, but...
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