Essays about: "Multilevel models"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 essays containing the words Multilevel models.

1. 21. Perceived neighbourhood insecurity and psychosomatic health complaints among adolescents in Stockholm : Exploring district-level and gendered inequalities

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för forskning om ojämlikhet i hälsa (CHESS)

   Author : Klara Abrahamsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Perceived neighbourhood insecurity; psychosomatic health complaints; adolescents; social disorganization theory; collective efficacy theory; gender theories;

   Abstract : The neighbourhood is an essential arena for adolescents’ health development and research suggests that perceived neighbourhood insecurity (PNI) is associated with socio-economic status and self-rated health. The present study explored the distribution of adolescents’ PNI and its association with psychosomatic health complaints across districts. READ MORE

3. 22. A critical examination of deep learningapproaches to automated speech recognition

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

   Author : NIZAR GANDY ASSAF LAYOUSS; [2014]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Recently, deep learning techniques have been successfully applied to automatic speech recognition (ASR) tasks. Most current speech recognition systems use Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) to deal with the temporal variability of speech and Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) are exploited to model the emission probability of the HMM. READ MORE

4. 23. Causal Inference Using Propensity Score Matching in Clustered Data

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

   Author : Oscar Oelrich; [2014]
   Keywords : potential outcomes; multilevel modeling; random effects; hierarchical data;

   Abstract : Propensity score matching is commonly used to estimate causal effects of treatments. However, when using data with a hierarchical structure, we need to take the multilevel nature of the data into account. READ MORE

5. 24. Contextual economic conditions and the event of entry into parenthood:first childbearing in Sweden 2000-2007

   University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Christopher Grönberg; [2013]
   Keywords : Fertility; Entry into parenthood; First Childbearing; Contextual effects; Economic conditions; Vulnerability; Multilevel models;

   Abstract : In a contemporary Europe symptomized by concurrent trends of economic and demographic transformation it is increasingly important to trace how individuals are navigate their everyday contexts when making major life course decisions.  Placed within an emerging tradition of sub-national demographic research, this study focuses on how municipal economic conditions affect entry into parenthood throughout Sweden. READ MORE

6. 25. Rate of change in psychotherapy: A matter of patients : A study contrasting the dose-effect model and the good-enough level model using the CORE-OM in primary care and psychiatric care

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Psykologi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

   Author : Albin Josefsson; Tore Berggren; [2013]
   Keywords : Dose-response models; dose-effect model; good-enough level model; CORE-OM; multilevel modeling; growth curves; outcome monitoring systems;

   Abstract : Studies on relations between number of sessions and effect of psychotherapy have usually assumed a constant rate of change across different lengths of therapy, explained by a model called the dose-effect model. This assumption has been challenged by the good-enough level (GEL) model, which makes the prediction that the rate of change will vary as a function of total number of sessions. READ MORE