Search for dissertations about: "SOCIAL SCIENCES Statistics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 320 swedish dissertations containing the words SOCIAL SCIENCES Statistics.
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1. Exploring patterns of empirical networks
Abstract : We are constantly struggling to understand how nature works, trying to identify recurrent events and looking for analogies and relations between objects or individuals. Knowing patterns of behavior is powerful and fundamental for survival of any species. READ MORE
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2. Commercialization of nature through tourism
Abstract : This dissertation contributes to developing knowledge on the commercialization of natural resources through tourism. This is achieved by means of understanding the main avenues through which natural resources are commercialized, and analyzing the operational setting of tourism firms. READ MORE
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3. Emotion matters : Emotion management in Swedish Peace Support Operations
Abstract : The thesis makes an overall contribution to the qualitative research on soldiers’ experiences from service primarily in low-intensity mission areas, this operational environment being placed within a framework of emotion sociology. The central argument put forward states that even on this type of mission the emotional demands are considerable, and that the need for emotional management in Peace Support Operations (PSO) should therefore generally follow other demarcations than the formal military divisions of high and low intensity conflicts respectively. READ MORE
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4. Test Design for Mean Ability Growth and Optimal Item Calibration for Achievement Tests
Abstract : In this thesis, we examine two topics in the area of educational measurement. The first topic studies how to best design two achievement tests with common items such that a population mean-ability growth is measured as precisely as possible. The second examines how to calibrate newly developed test items optimally. READ MORE
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5. Essays on Mergers and Acquisitions and Event Studies
Abstract : This dissertation consists of three studies on the anticipation of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and its impact on takeover event studies. Article I investigates whether the market can anticipate both takeovers and their payment forms prior to their announcement dates. READ MORE