Essays about: "dichotomous variables"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words dichotomous variables.

  1. 1. Influencing consumer behavioural intentions: Reducing household water consumption

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Daria Granina; [2022]
    Keywords : Emotional and Rational Communication; Advertising Appeals; Intention to Behave Sustainably; Message Tailoring; Persuasive Sustainability Communication; Strategic Communication; Elaboration Likelihood Model; ELM; Theory of Planned Behaviour; TPB; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Although the topic of sustainability communication has been extensively studied since the 1970s, there remain gaps and contradictions, e.g. the effectiveness of communication strategies for influencing individual pro-environmental behaviour change. READ MORE

  3. 2. Readability: Man and Machine : Using readability metrics to predict results from unsupervised sentiment analysis

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Martin Larsson; Samuel Ljungberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Natural language processing; Unsupervised learning; Sentiment analysis; Word embeddings; Readability; Språkteknologi; Oövervakad inlärning; Sentimentanalys; Ordinbäddningar; Läsbarhet;

    Abstract : Readability metrics assess the ease with which human beings read and understand written texts. With the advent of machine learning techniques that allow computers to also analyse text, this provides an interesting opportunity to investigate whether readability metrics can be used to inform on the ease with which machines understand texts. READ MORE

  4. 3. ANALYSIS OF BINARY DEPENDENT VARIABLES USING LINEAR PROBABILITY MODEL AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION: A REPLICATION STUDY

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Lutendo Vele; [2019]
    Keywords : binary choice models; logistic regression; linear probability model; forbidden regression; binary dependent variables; dichotomous variables; residuals as dependent variables;

    Abstract : Linear Probability Model (LPM) is commonly used because it is easy to compute and interpret than with logits and probits even though the estimated probabilities may fall outside the $\big[$0,1$\big]$ interval and the linearity concept does not make much sense when dealing with probabilities. This paper extends upon the results of \citeA{Dara} reviewing the use of LPM to examine if alcohol prohibition reduces domestic violence. READ MORE

  5. 4. The effect of behavioural changes over time on Cox proportional hazards estimates

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Jonatan Hedberg; [2018]
    Keywords : Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : This thesis considers bias when studying behaviours in a Cox proportional hazards model. In Cox proportional hazards regressions and cohort studies in general, measurements are often made during a limited period of time. READ MORE

  6. 5. Local perceptions of changes in ecosystem services and climate : case study in Ecuadorean Sierra

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Anna Sundqvist; [2018]
    Keywords : traditional ecological knowledge; ecosystem services and goods; climate change;

    Abstract : Anthropogenic-induced land-use and land-cover change is a threat to biodiversity and ecosystem services, and contribute to global climate warming. Forests are essential in the climate system and store a large part of the global carbon. READ MORE