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Tooling adjustment strategy for acceptable product quality in assembly processes
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2010-11)
This paper develops an approach to minimize the number of process tooling adjustments and deliver an acceptable fraction of non-conforming products based on given product quality specification limits in assembly processes. ...
Social security health insurance for the informal sector in Nicaragua: a randomized evaluation
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2010-09)
This article presents the results from an experimental evaluation of a voluntary health insurance program for informal sector workers in Nicaragua. Costs of the premiums as well as enrollment location were randomly allocated. ...
Estimating the effect of a gasoline tax on carbon emissions
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2011-11)
Recently the proposal has been made to raise gasoline taxes in the United States to curb carbon emissions. The existing literature on the sensitivity of gasoline consumption to changes in price may not be appropriate for ...
Concurrent enrollment in lecture and laboratory enhances student performance and retention
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012-05)
Laboratories have been a cornerstone in teaching and learning across multiple scientific disciplines for more than 100 years. At the collegiate level, science laboratories and their corresponding lectures are often offered ...
Large‐scale science education intervention research we can use
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012-03)
This article develops an argument that the type of intervention research most useful for improving science teaching and learning and leading to scalable interventions includes both research to develop and gather evidence ...
The Price Sensitivity Of Medicare Beneficiaries: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.The AEI Press, 2013-01)
We use 4 years of data from the retiree health benefits program of the University of Michigan to estimate the effect of price on the health plan choices of Medicare beneficiaries. During the period of our analysis, changes ...
Assessment and science education: Our essential new priority?
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012-08)
Valuation Of Continuously Monitored Double Barrier Options And Related Securities
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2012-07)
ASRSM: A Sequential Experimental Design for Response Surface Optimization
(American Society of Mechanical EngineersWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2013-03)
Guiding explanation construction by children at the entry points of learning progressions
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012-02)
Policy documents in science education suggest that even at the earliest years of formal schooling, students are capable of constructing scientific explanations about focal content. Nonetheless, few research studies provide ...