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Problems in the estimation and interpretation of the reliability of survey data
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1989-09)
In this paper I discuss several of the difficulties involved in estimating the reliability of survey measurement. Reliability is defined on the basis of classical true-score theory , as the correlational consistency of ...
The relationship between the macro- and microclimate
(Elsevier, 1965-04)
A search of the literature has yielded a very small number of papers dealing with quantitative relationships between the macro- and microclimate. Such relationships would be of great value in view of the difficulty in ...
Disparate goods and Rawls' difference principle: A social choice theoretic treatment
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1979-09)
Rawls' Difference Principle asserts that a basic economic structure is just if it makes the worst off people as well off as is feasible. How well off someone is is to be measured by an ‘index’ of ‘primary social goods’. ...
An ecologically-based approach to the design of intercrop agroecosystems: An intercropping system of soybeans and tomatoes in Southern Michigan
(Elsevier, 1984-10)
A model is developed in which the elementary structure of plant competision is translated into the classical yield-density equation. Using the same reasoning, an interspecific form of the model is formulated to predict ...
When benefits are difficult to measure
(Elsevier, 1987)
Benefit cost analysis is seldom applied to programs which aim directly at improving human well-being; the problems in quantifying such benefits, particularly in dollar form, are simply too great. This paper explains ...
Simulation of the potential for life history components to regulate walleye population size
(Elsevier, 1989-02)
A bioenergetic life history simulation model was applied to identify components of the walleye (Stezostedion vitrium) life history that had a potential for population regulation. The model combined a predator-prey model, ...
Teaching with difference: A response to Angela Calabrese Barton: Teaching science with homeless children: Pedagogy, representation, and identity
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998-04)
No abstract.
A contingent cost analysis of alternative manufacturing information systems
(Elsevier, 1987-09)
The evaluation of alternative management information systems can aid systems analysts determine appropriate information support for managers, aid managers to become informed participants in the system design process, and ...
Species as historical individuals
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-10)
The species category is defined as the smallest historical individual within which there is a parental pattern of ancestry and descent. The use of historical individual in this definition is consistent with the prevailing ...