Search for dissertations about: "SOCIAL SCIENCES Statistics"

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  2. 21. Attrition in Studies of Cognitive Aging

    Author : Maria Josefsson; Xavier de Luna; Lars Nyberg; Anders Lundquist; Mattias Villani; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Attrition; missing data; age-related cognitive change; non- ignorable dropout; monotone missing pattern; mixture models; pattern- mixture models; imputation; Statistics; statistik;

    Abstract : Longitudinal studies of cognition are preferred to cross-sectional stud- ies, since they offer a direct assessment of age-related cognitive change (within-person change). Statistical methods for analyzing age-related change are widely available. READ MORE

  4. 22. Reaching for the Stars : Studies in the History of Swedish Stellar and Nebular Astronomy, 1860–1940

    Author : Gustav Holmberg; Research Policy Institute (RPI); []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; stellar astronomy; history of astronomy; astrophysics; history of modern Swedish science; scientific practice; Astronomy; Astronomi;

    Abstract : This study considers astrophysics, stellar and nebular astronomy in Sweden. Emphasis is on the role of scientific technologies and practice, and the emergence of a modern observational astronomy, supplanting classical astronomy as the most vital field of Swedish astronomy. READ MORE

  5. 23. Setting priorities in health care : Studies on equity and efficiency

    Author : Lars Bernfort; Lars-Åke Levin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health priorities; Health care costs; Health services; Health care sector; Efficiency; Quality of life; Hälsovård; Sjukvård; Prioriteringar inom sjukvården; Sjukvård; Prioriteringar; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The inevitable gap between needs and resources in health care, together with the problems associated with a market solution, necessitates priority setting. The aims of this thesis are associated with the process of priority setting in health care, and are divided into three issues:1. READ MORE

  6. 24. Smoking and cancer among Swedish women

    Author : Anders Nordlund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : Cancer has been the second most frequent cause of death in Sweden and in other developed countries for most of the 20th century, and today accounts for about 25 per cent of all mortality. While the trend in overall cancer mortality has been increasing among men, the picture is less clear regarding women. READ MORE

  7. 25. Unpacking Online Retailing : The Organization of Warehouse Work and Inequality

    Author : Klara Rydström; Lena Abrahamsson; Kristina Johansson; Fredrik Sjögren; Kristina Boréus; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Work organization; gender; race ethnicity; warehousing; e-commerce; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

    Abstract : This dissertation studies the organization of warehouse work and inequality in Swedish online retailing. Online retailing relocates the work of providing service to individual customers, usually performed by frontline workers in retail stores, to warehouses backstage. READ MORE