Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics

Foster, Jeremy M.; Barkus, Emma; Yavorsky, Christian

doi:10.4135/9780857020154

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“…Overall males seem to be more vulnerable to KSI involvement than females but for both genders those over 70+ years have higher rates of KSI involvement than those aged 60 to 69 years. Conducting loglinear analysis as described by Foster et al (2006) shows that there is a significant downward trend in KSI rates over time and that there is a significant difference between genders (on average female rates were less than 0.45 than males, P = 0.02). In regard to age those in age groups 60-69 and 70+ were significantly less likely to be involved in KSI than those aged 25-59 (on average by 0.44 and 0.09 for the respective age groups 60 to 69 and 70+, P values = 0.03 and 0.04 respectively).…”

Section: Attitudes To Transportmentioning

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Population ageing, gender and the transportation system

Raeside

Chen

et al. 2012

Research in Transportation Economics

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Across the globe population structures are aging and how older men and women interact with the transport system is increasingly important in maintaining a good quality of life and inclusion in society. The paper reviews three issues: the nature of older people's interaction with the transport system by gender; older people's attitude to travel; and the involvement of older people as road traffic casualties. Patterns of travel in the UK show that older people are heavily dependent on car use, but in the form of more frequent but shorter journeys than younger people. This is especially so for women over 70 years old who, as passengers, are very reliant on males to drive them. Attitudes suggest that there are few obstacles to public transport use, and most agree that bus travel is good, but convenience means many prefer cars. Involvement of older men and women in serious road traffic accidents show that they have lower killed and seriously injured (KSI) rates than 17-24 year old drivers. However, those aged over 70 years exhibit a trend to increasing KSI rates. Analysis of casualty rates of drivers by type of junction, manoeuvre and environmental conditions found that some gender-age groups are overrepresented in certain accident types, including over twice higher serious accidents rates for men, but over representation of older women when driving in poor conditions and turning right and negotiating roundabouts, crossroads and T, Y and staggered junctions. Improvement in engineering design and driver training are suggested together with the need for a greater understanding of the transportation system needs of old and vey old people.

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Section: Attitudes To Transportmentioning

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Population ageing, gender and the transportation system

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Chen

et al. 2012

Research in Transportation Economics

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“…SEMs comprise of two key elements, namely, a measurement model, and a structural model (Kao, Stewart & Lee 2009). The measurement model focuses on how well the latent (hidden) variables are represented by the observed variables (Foster, Barkus & Yavorsky 2006). On the other hand, the structural model uses multiple regression and path analysis to reveal relationships between latent variables (Blunch 2013).…”

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Information technology project managers’ competencies: An analysis of performance and personal competencies

Marnewick¹,

Erasmus²,

Joseph³

2016

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“…Path analysis is a quantitative graphical technique that extends the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression model to examine the direct and indirect effects of sets of predictor variables (Foster, Barkus, & Yavorsky, 2006). Path analysis allows for the consideration of multiple dependent variables, and the correlations between independent variables are more easily explored (Foster et al, 2006).…”

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“…School input variables (independent variables) included pupil-teacher ratio (PTR), educational expenditures per capita (EDEX), and student retention rate (RET). Analysis assumed that causal effects were unidirectional with no reciprocal or circular effects (Foster et al, 2006), that residuals were uncorrelated, and that variable relationships were linear. Data analysis used LISREL 8.80 (Jöreskog & Sörbom, 1993).…”

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The impacts of retention, expenditures, and class size on primary school completion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national analysis

Ruff¹

2016

IJEPL

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Education in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly viewed as a means of emancipation and a transformative project for social mobility. Developing nations have pursued policies such as universal or free primary education to increase access to education and improve student outcomes. In this study, direct and indirect precursors to primary school completion in Sub-Saharan Africa are analyzed using national cross-sectional data collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Results show that imbalanced pupil-teacher ratios and high student retention rates are negatively associated with primary school completion. Additionally, the positive relationship between expenditure increase and completion rates is mediated by a negative contribution to pupil-teacher ratios. Results are compared with existing production function research on educational inputs and student success.

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Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics

Cited by 110 publications

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Population ageing, gender and the transportation system

Population ageing, gender and the transportation system

Information technology project managers’ competencies: An analysis of performance and personal competencies

The impacts of retention, expenditures, and class size on primary school completion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national analysis

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