Essays about: "probability hypothesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 101 essays containing the words probability hypothesis.

1. 1. The Exploitation by the Blue Helmets : A Qualitative Cross-Case Comparison of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic and the United Nations Mission in Burundi

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Elsa Svärd; [2024]
   Keywords : United Nations; Peacekeeping; Sexual Violence; Transactional sex; Internal displacement; Unemployment;

   Abstract : UN peacekeeping operations have received a significant amount of backlash during the past decades when allegations of sexual misconduct conducted by its personnel against civilians have unravelled. The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How does unemployment amongst internally displaced women, within the host state, affect the probability of United Nations peacekeepers perpetrating Transactional Sex against them? The suggested hypothesis yields that a high level of unemployed internally displaced women has a positive effect on peacekeeper-perpetrated transactional sex occurrence. READ MORE

3. 2. ESG Performance and Probability of Default

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Julius Bengtsson; Magnus Fredriksson; [2024]
   Keywords : ESG; CSR; Stakeholder Theory; Probability of Default;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate how firms' ESG performance affects their probability of default for Nordic listed firms. Based on stakeholder theory as well as findings from previous literature, we hypothesise that this relationship is negative as our main hypothesis. READ MORE

4. 3. Understanding the Relationship between Individuals’ Emotional Response and Environmental Protection Intentions : A Quantitative Research in the Context of Public Service Advertisements

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)

   Author : Ziyi Zhang; Yaxin Xue; [2023]
   Keywords : Emotions; Positive emotional response; Negative emotional response; Intention; Public service advertisement PSA ; Message framing; Environment Protection;

   Abstract : Background: The protection of the environment requires everyone in this world to act together. If more individuals have the intention to protect the environment, then more individuals and a higher probability of taking action to protect the environment. READ MORE

5. 4. Method to statistically secure field test results for rock drilling tools

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för materialvetenskap

   Author : Frida Olander; [2023]
   Keywords : Statistics; Probability; Hypothesis test; Linear regression;

   Abstract : The aim of this project is to find a statistical method that describes survival and outcome of a prototype drilling tool from several references and determine how many references are needed for a statistically secure result. The project also answers which variables that affects the outcome. READ MORE

6. 5. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Linnea Karlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Unconditional cash transfers; needs-based cash grants; welfare targeting; human capital development accumulation; skill formation technology; regression kink design;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I examine whether unconditional cash transfers to poor femaleheaded households have an effect on children’s educational attainment. Using a historical Swedish child allowance policy that targeted unconditional cash transfers to widow mothers with an income below a poverty threshold, I lay out a credible identification strategy, to test the hypothesis with a regression kink design. READ MORE