Essays about: "external validity"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 85 essays containing the words external validity.
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16. Impact Evaluation in Post-conflict Environments : A Critical Appraisal of Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT)
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Impact evaluations in development interventions has been growing in recent years. The increasing demand for evidence-based outcomes has led to a debate of what methodology is best to evaluate the impact of development interventions. Accordingly, Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) has been labeled as a gold standard for impact evaluations. READ MORE
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17. Grouping Similar Bug Reports from Crash Dumps with Unsupervised Learning
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Quality software usually means high reliability, which in turn has two main components; the software should provide correctness, which means it should perform the specified task, and robustness in the sense that it should be able to manage unexpected situations. In other words, reliable systems are systems without bugs. READ MORE
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18. The Zero-leverage Puzzle : Evidence from Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study investigates why some firms have no debt in their capital structure despite the potential benefits of leverage. A logistic regression analysis is used to examine the impact of firm-specific characteristics on a firm’s propensity to have zero leverage. READ MORE
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19. Training Machine Learning-based QSAR models with Conformal Prediction on Experimental Data from DNA-Encoded Chemical Libraries
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskapAbstract : DNA-encoded chemical libraries (DEL) allows an exhaustive chemical space sampling with a large-scale data consisting of compounds produced through combinatorial synthesis. This novel technology was utilized in the early drug discovery stages for robust hit identification and lead optimization. READ MORE
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20. The Powers of Poetry: Creative writing from the Niger Delta as a tool for environmental justice
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Inspired by centuries of activists who used creative writing as a tool to encourage reflections and inspire change, this thesis looks at the possibility of poetry to be used as an environmental justice tool. In particular the ability of poetry from Nigeria to engage Dutch people with problems around Shell’s exploitation of the Niger Delta and its people, is investigated. READ MORE