Essays about: "Skewed."

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  1. 16. The Law of Small Numbers in Skewed Hiring Distributions: Consequences for Perceived Ethnicity Discrimination

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)

    Author : Oscar Bauer; Castiau Lucie; [2023]
    Keywords : Law of small numbers; perceived ethnic discrimination; prototypical discrimination; observing discrimination; subjective probability.;

    Abstract : The law of small numbers bias is a representativeness heuristic that often leads individuals to draw extensive conclusions from small samples while underestimating the generalizability in larger ones. This study investigated whether individuals overestimate perceived discrimination in small employment samples and underestimate it in large ones. READ MORE

  3. 17. Condition monitoring of a linear rail and carriage system through vibration analysis

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Johan Hultenheim; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Condition-based maintenance is a highly relevant topic as its implementation can save both components and man-hours. Downtime is often expensive in industrial environments because machines are expensive investments; often, the machines are also part of a larger production line where it is of great importance that no bottlenecks occur. READ MORE

  4. 18. Associations of COVID-19 diagnosis with levels of selected clinical markers among elderly individuals: a hospital-based, cross-sectional study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap

    Author : Samiha Noor; [2023]
    Keywords : COVID-19 among older individuals; Sweden; cardiac troponin T; C-reactive protein D-dimer; NT-proBNP; clinical markers;

    Abstract : Background Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) affected elderly individuals disproportionately in terms of hospitalization and adverse outcome. Objective This cross-sectional study examined the associations of COVID-19 diagnosis (COVID-negative versus COVID-positive) with levels of four clinical markers – cardiac troponin T (cTnT), high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), D-dimer and b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) – along with potential differences in associations by sex in a hospital-based sample of elderly individuals. READ MORE

  5. 19. Copula approach to fitting bivariate time series

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Jun Wang; [2023]
    Keywords : VaR; Copula; ARMA-GARCH; Extreme Value Theory; GPD; Hill estimator; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : We apply the GARCH-copula method to estimate Value at Risk (VaR) for European and Stockholm stock indices. First, marginal distributions are estimated by the ARMA-GARCH model with normal, Student-t, and skewed t distributions. READ MORE

  6. 20. Founders And Financials- Machine Learning Algorithms in Venture Capital

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Viktor Lådö Naess; Emrik Stål; [2023]
    Keywords : Sweden; Venture Capital; Founder Characteristics; Entrepreneurial Finance; Machine Learning;

    Abstract : The increased usage of machine learning (ML) algorithms in venture capital investment screening poses the question of how different characteristics influence predictions. The purpose of this study is to investigate how founder and financial characteristics influence ML predictions of the raising of more than one round for Swedish startups. READ MORE