Because the univariate effect of the representativeness of the sample was lost in multivariate analysis, we conclude that this effect was based on a confounding variable (the use of control groups rather than test norms in community -
based studies with representative samples).
Generally, we strive to combine field -
based studies with analytical and experimental approaches in the laboratory.
The chimps are basically imposing a «natural tax» on farmers growing crops near the nutrient - rich soils of the forest,» said Shane McGuinness, lead author on the research and PhD student in Geography at Trinity, who conducted the interview -
based study with the help of the Great Apes Trust and local conservation workers.
Not exact matches
For instance, a
study from America's Best 401k, a Scottsdale, Arizona -
based firm that works
with retirement plans, reviewed fee disclosures for 11 insurers and payroll companies that specialize in plans
with less than $ 10 million in assets.
«There are 70,000 books in the British Library
with leadership in the title,» the blog reports Furnham remarking, «but most leaders don't succeed, they fail,
with a
base rate of bad leadership collated from various
studies of 50 per cent.»
British -
based GlaxoSmithKline, for example, conducts more than 100
studies a year in Canada,
with the participation of some 10,500 patients in more than 1,000 medical centres.
They were pleased enough
with the results that they ponied up another $ 10 million ($ 14 million) for LAPCAT II, a four - year
study that launched in October 2008
with a mandate to refine two of the LAPCAT concepts
based on engines that would burn liquid hydrogen, and to produce detailed development road maps for producing them.
A Stanford University
study on rural water systems showed that workers
with a stronger sense of psychological ownership have higher job satisfaction and organization -
based self esteem.
Strebulaev offers that advice
based on the results of a
study he recently coauthored
with one of his former Stanford doctoral students, William Gornall (now at the University of British Columbia), as well as Paul Gompers of Harvard and Steven N. Kaplan of the University of Chicago.
Based on the GBTA
study of 75 countries, here's a look at the top 15 by total business - travel spending in 2012,
with percentage growth from the previous year:
Perth -
based explorer Gold Road Resources will proceed
with a pre-feasibility
study on its Gruyere project east of Laverton, after conducting a scoping
study which found it to be a robust, long life and large - tonnage gold project.
Perth -
based Panoramic Resources has released an updated scoping
study on its renamed Gum Creek gold project in the Murchison region, which details plans for a smaller operation
with a lower capex.
West Perth -
based Regal Resources has entered into a $ 6.3 million share placement agreement
with a UK -
based investor to fund a bankable feasibility
study for its 30 per cent owned Kalongwe copper project in Africa.
Swiss drug giant Novartis is partnering
with California -
based Science 37 in an effort to expand clinical
study participation (while lowering the costs of such
studies) through «virtual» trials.
But to every rule there is an exception, and glad I was to be called out (and called up) by the founder and CEO of one mobile - health company whose entire premise is
based on scientific research
with repeatable results — the exact
study, in fact, I had used as my example of what works better than a health app.
A recent
study by Blue Jeans Network, a cloud -
based video conferencing company, found that 91 percent of business professionals have never seen the people they regularly work
with, whether they are employees, coworkers or customers.
According to a Conference Board of Canada
study, a BHP acquisition of Potash Corp. could cost provincial coffers $ 2 billion over a decade if the Melbourne -
based company proceeds
with a new $ 12 - billion mine proposal, which would create more than 2,000 jobs but generate capital write - offs.
The New Heartland Group, a Nashville -
based marketing firm, is behind the
study, which was conducted
with Prince Market Research.
Wheezing and asthma related ER visits increase 10 - 15 % on days
with high pollen counts, a
study based in the country's south east found.
The Brooklyn, N.Y. -
based crowdfunding platform collaborated
with the esteemed Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania to complete the
study.
In a recent
study, researchers in Sweden came up
with a mathematical formula to help find the right eating plan for each person
based on his or her microbiome.
Nina McLemore, chair of NFWBO and president of Regent Capital Partners, a private - equity firm
based in New York City, talked
with Inc. about the implications of the
study.
According to a new
study for the Labor Department conducted by Sanat Monica, California -
based nonprofit research firm the RAND Corporation, nearly half of U.S. employers
with a minimum of 50 workers offered workplace wellness programs in 2012, while 90 percent of companies
with greater than 50,000 workers offered the programs over the same period.
The first two points are limited in the impact they demonstrate: The Temple
study showed no decrease in DUI deaths on weekends, when the cost of UberX rides tends to rise
with demand -
based pricing, while the data from Seattle is only from that one city.
Based on a series of 6 - month
studies on aerobic workouts and memory in people
with MCI, the new guidelines recommend that people diagnosed
with the condition do some form of cardio exercise at least twice a week.
It perfectly melds
with Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 - Hour Rule, which is
based on a
study by Anders Ericsson, a Swedish psychologist, scholar and professor.
Perth -
based explorer Galaxy Resources has successfully raised $ 1 million through a book build to sophisticated investors,
with funds to be applied to a definitive feasibility
study for its Mt Cattlin lithium - tantalum project at Ravensthorpe.
A report released by the Global Public Policy Institute and the Mercator Institute for China
Studies, both of which are
based in Germany, said Europe's economic ties
with China are more important than those it has
with Russia, and the stakes associated
with calling out Beijing are much higher.
Jonathan Hilliman, a fellow
with the Washington -
based think tank Centre for Strategic and International
Studies, said that while Brussels was concerned about China's investments in central and eastern Europe, Beijing was unlikely to find it easy to get a solid foothold.
Globally, the
study found 1,272 A rounds in 2016,
with 600 of those going to U.S. -
based companies.
The program, which Chipotle (cmg) unveiled on Monday, is a partnership
with Colorado -
based Guild Education and will allow employees at the burrito chain to pursue undergraduate or graduate degrees, taking college courses, earn a GED, or
study English as a second language.
Based on Facebook's internal research and outside
studies, he said that people are generally happier and have a better «well - being» when they use social media to connect «
with people we care about.»
I wrote an improvement of Alicia's email
based on these concepts: — specificity of: target b2b and expected results — be educational
with numbers and reference to a case
study — do nt talk bad about outbound marketing, but tell him how to do it better — write even shorter to the point — social proof: drop big companies of other industries — scarcity: this email is sent to 10 competitors but we only work
with the first per city
This report is
based on extensive work
with organizations in a wide variety of industries and our
study of more than 195,600 employees, using data collected through the Gallup Panel, Gallup Daily tracking and Gallup's employee engagement database.
This is the
basis of behavioral finance, a relatively new field of
study that combines psychological theory
with conventional economics.
According to Swanson's
study on the effectiveness of risk -
based gun removal laws in Connecticut, for every 10 to 20 risk warrant actions taken,
with an average of seven firearms being removed in each act, one life is saved through averted suicide.
And I'd love to share
with you four brand new experiments we came up
with based on data from our
study.
Even though the research
studied 30,000 cases, «there are still a lot of things that need to be looked at,» he said, «but
based on our research and what our testing has shown, we are able to predict the future success of a new campaign that the machine - learning algorithm has never seen before
with up to 80 per cent accuracy.»
The government is already
studying issues related to equipping its new F - 35 stealth fighter jets
with air - to - surface missiles, and Japan is prioritizing new investments in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance that would be necessary for supporting enemy
base strikes.
Prior to launching his investment career in 1999, Mr. Tilson spent five years working
with Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter
studying the competitiveness of inner cities and inner - city -
based companies nationwide.
Prozo.com, an online marketplace for buying and selling
study material, has raised its pre-Series A round of funding from a London -
based venture capital firm and two affluent individuals, a person familiar
with the development told TechCircle.
The J.D. Power 2017 North America Airline Satisfaction
Study measures passenger satisfaction among both business and leisure travelers, and is
based on responses from 34,695 passengers who traveled through at least one domestic airport
with both departure and arrival experiences during the past three months.
But StatsCan's dismissal of the Diewert - Yu
study based on issues of compatibility
with U.S. statistics seems perplexing if Canada's official way of computing multifactor productivity is significantly different from what is standard practice south of the border.
In this 62 - page e-book, you'll find ABM how - tos, case
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The U.K. Treasury's sponsored analysis of confidential tax records on tax - advantaged share schemes at over 16,000 U.K. firms reported that broad -
based employee stock ownership was linked to improved value added and productivity
with correlations consistent
with those in many
studies of smaller numbers of firms.
The Best Employers in Canada
study measures the level of employee engagement at participating organizations and is
based on results from a national survey conducted by Aon Hewitt, in association
with the Queen's Centre for Business Venturing at the Queen's University School of Business.
«
Based on the recent developments in the virtual currency industry, we are
studying various possibilities, including investments and partnerships
with other companies, in order to further strengthen our system and management, but we have not made any decisions at present,» he wrote.
We know from various
studies done in the social sciences in the past forty years, as well as from fifteen plus years of my being involved
with personas, the trio of users / buyers / customers makes decisions
based on much more than just content or information.
«
Based on rigorous analysis
with extensive robustness checks, we conclude that the suspicious trading activity caused the unprecedented spike in the USD - BTC exchange rate in late 2013, when the rate jumped from around $ 150 to more than $ 1,000 in two months,» the
study states.
Aetna, the global healthcare leader, announced plans in 2016 to reduce its work - from - home policy, citing
studies showing that home -
based workers «collaborate less
with colleagues.»