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Increased precision in sampling using regression modeling, with an application to electric load research.
(1988)
A model is given for situations in survey sampling in which the characteristic of interest is an expected value of the dependent variable in a regression. For each sample unit, a regression can be used to estimate the ...
New Perspectives on Regression Adjustment in Causal Inference, with Applications to Educational Program Evaluation.
(2013)
Causal inference from observational data—that is, data that did not come from an experiment—is
notoriously difficult: because the probability distribution of the treatment variable Z is unknown,measured or unmeasured variables ...
Moving Targets: Managing Interinstitutional Relationships in Green Building Design and Construction.
(2013)
The act of building typically results in significant consumption of land and natural resources through both construction and building use, as well as the production of both indoor air pollution and landfill waste. Yet green ...
Computer-aided group judgment: A study of group decision support systems effectiveness.
(1989)
Recent advances in computer and networking technologies have presented new opportunities for using computers as aids for effective group judgment and decision making. But the most effective form of support that a group ...
On the ordinary ridge regression estimator based on a fixed biasing constant.
(1989)
Since the seminal work of Hoerl and Kennard (1970a), ridge regression has proven to be a useful technique to tackle the multicollinearity problems in the linear regression model, and much research on this topic has been ...
Facilitating multiple-issue negotiations: Case and experimental studies.
(1989)
Decision theorists have recently suggested that third parties use decision analysis to facilitate multiple-issue negotiations. They note that analysis and decomposition can highlight differences in the negotiators' judgments ...
Integrated Assessment of Using Photovoltaic Technology in the United States Electricity Sector.
(2009)
Increased renewable deployment is necessary to reduce environmental impacts, and improve the sustainability of the U.S. electricity sector. This dissertation explores implications of increased photovoltaic (PV) utilization ...
Television and Internet Commercials Avoidance.
(2009)
This dissertation deals with the problem of video advertising avoidance by TV and Internet viewers. It focuses on the counterintuitive but systematic detrimental impact that brands (logos, trademarks pack shots) as well ...
Essays on Population Learning Dynamics and Boundedly Rational Behavior
(2009)
This dissertation contains four essays about evolutionary learning dynamics and the quantal response model of bounded rationality in game theory.
The first essay examines the use of single-agent and representative-agent ...