Nowadays, statistical methods are applied in a vast extent of different disciplines by a lot of people that, very often, have a rather little knowledge of statistics. This fact can lead to misuse of statistical methods. The statistical community has recognized this fact and now statistical...

This note is a sketch of what could be the basis for a theory of applied statistics. Such a theory is needed to help statistics become more relevant, with significant impact and innovative developments. To achieve this goal, statisticians need to get involved in new activities within the...

This Article addresses the question of whether cultural property laws, which require archaeological artifacts to remain in countries of origin, have been a boon for nations with extensive archaeological records, as most archaeologists and lawmakers presume, or have hampered archaeological...

The restructuring the global economy is the main factor of which depend the future of sustainable development, major changes being needed in the human behavior, in the system of values and life style. In order to raise people's sensitivity regarding the importance of constructing ties between...

This paper surveys some of the major technical issues in the design and construction of real estate research indices, both appraisal-based and transactions-based. The paper considers property sampling issues, differences between transaction prices, market values, and appraised values, the...

This field study examines how Critical Success Factors can be used as a consensus-building tool during the requirements analysis stage of a software development project. First, an exhaustive list of CFS was collected from the design and from a group of users. Based on their answers, a...

Reliability coefficients indicate the proportion of total variance due to differences not attributable to error among measures separated along a quantitative continuum by a testing, survey, or assessment instrument. Person score or measure reliability is influenced by both the internal...

During this chaotic time before the full impact of the emerging flu is clear...glaring inadequacies of our flu preparedness program have come to the fore. Notably amongst these are the failures in school readiness. The lack of a systematized matrix or decision-making tree for local officials,...

Land, labor, indigenous knowledge and institutional resources of producers in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia are investigated. Frequency distribution and comparative statistical analysis of the two regions with respect to these and other parameters suggest that in a situation where all...

Theoretical study identifying one modality with conditions necesary for the financial stabilization of an inherently unstable system; and 5040 other unstable dynamic modes. It draws on knowledge made available by the academic field of Control Engineering.