Keine Angst vor Statistik! Das ist die Devise dieses Lehr- und Arbeitsbuchs. Peter Schmidt führt Sie schrittweise an die deskriptive und induktive Statistik heran und ermuntert Sie durch zahlreiche Übungsaufgaben stets zum Mitdenken und Mitrechnen. Das Buch begleitet drei Studierende, die ein...

Farmers' decisions about conversion to organic farming are analyzed with a structural equation model. The Theory of Planned Behavior (ToPB), one of the prominent theories in the social psychology, is used as the theoretical basis of this study. Though ToPB is a well-defined theory, it is static...

This study examined gender differences in university students’ intentions to buy fair trade (FT) products through the lens of the moral norm extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Data were obtained from 782 students at the University of Luxemburg. Results of structural equation analysis...

Consider a stochastic frontier model with one-sided inefficiency u, and suppose that the scale of u depends on some variables (firm characteristics) z. A one-step model specifies both the stochastic frontier and the way in which u depends on z, and can be estimated in a single step, for example...