Factor analysis for ranked data with application to a job selection attitude survey

Summary.  Factor analysis is a powerful tool to identify the common characteristics among a set of variables that are measured on a continuous scale. In the context of factor analysis for non-continuous-type data, most applications are restricted to item response data only. We extend the factor model to accommodate ranked data. The Monte Carlo expectation–maximization algorithm is used for parameter estimation at which the E-step is implemented via the Gibbs sampler. An analysis based on both complete and incomplete ranked data (e.g. rank the top q out of k items) is considered. Estimation of the factor scores is also discussed. The method proposed is applied to analyse a set of incomplete ranked data that were obtained from a survey that was carried out in GuangZhou, a major city in mainland China, to investigate the factors affecting people's attitude towards choosing jobs.     

新疆兵团现代物流业发展探析

现代物流作为一种先进的组织方式和管理技术,其发展程度已成为衡量一个国家或地区现代化程度的重要标志。该文从新疆兵团物流业发展现状、面临的机遇和优势等方面对兵团工业化进程中的现代物流业进行了分析,并提出兵团发展现代物流业的对策。     

中国传统文化中的"尚三"理念对巴金《家·春·秋》创作的影响

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Towards Enhancement of the Economy of a Thermal Power Generating System through Prediction of Plant Efficiency

The plant ‘Heat Rate’ (HR) is a measure of overall efficiency of a thermal power generating system. It depends on a large number of factors, some of which are non-measurable, while data relating to others are seldom available and recorded. However, coal quality (expressed in terms of ‘effective heat value’ (EHV) as kcal/kg) transpires to be one of the important factors that influences HR values and data on EHV are available in any thermal power generating system. In the present work, we propose a prediction interval of the HR values on the basis of only EHV, keeping in mind that coal quality is one of the important (but not the only) factors that have a pronounced effect on the combustion process and hence on HR. The underlying theory borrows the idea of providing simultaneous confidence interval (SCI) to the coefficients of a p-th p(≥1) order autoregressive model (AR(p)). The theory has been substantiated with the help of real life data from a power utility (after suitable base and scale transformation of the data to maintain the confidentiality of the classified document). Scope for formulating strategies to enhance the economy of a thermal power generating system has also been explored.     

投入产出分析对河北省农业经济的影响

针对河北省当前农业经济发展存在的主要问题，利用投入产出分析法从农业资金投入、产业结构调整、支持保障体系三方面对河北省农业经济的影响进行了分析。对加速河北农业经济持续稳步发展、增加农民收入具有重要的现实意义。     

基于主成分分析的我国西部地区间产业结构转换能力评价

产业结构的演进和转换是经济发展的本质特征,也是促进经济持续稳定协调发展的关键。西部地区产业结构转换能力的地区差异十分明显,本文阐述了影响地区产业结构转换的一般因素,并通过主成分分析方法对影响西部地区产业结构转换的主要因素进行了分析,并对西部各地区产业结构转换能力、转换速度以及转换方向进行了分析评价。     

英语中继语句法顺序探讨

中继语这一理论虽已广为语言学界所接受,并有学者对其动态规律进行了调查与研究,但到目前为止,目的十分明确的研究还只是刚起步。为了给汉语背景下第二语言习得理论和目前正在蓬勃展开的外语教学大纲、教材教法的革新提供依据,本文收集了大一、大二、硕士研究生三个自然班的英语作文,依据EA理论与IT理论对其进行了探索性的描述性研究,旨在从结构上揭示出大学生习得英语的顺序。     

高校学报影响因子评析

2001年中国科技论文统计源期刊中,高校学报的影响因子为0.140,低于统计源期刊影响因子平均值0.264,也大大低于国际期刊.高校学报影响因子的影响因素有出版时滞因素、检索系统因素、学科因素、语种因素、政策导向因素和科技水平因素等.影响因子是评价学报质量的重要指标,但不是唯一的衡量指标.提高学报影响因子的措施有组约优质稿件,注意政策导向,减少出版时滞,降低语种影响和调整学报结构.     

论科技期刊的品牌资本

科技期刊的品牌资本是其生存和发展的关键因素,品牌资本体现了社会效益与经济效益的同一性。品牌资本的价值回归是一个缓慢但却是相当稳定的过程。通过抽样调查和方差分析,定量说明了上述论点的正确性。     

基于因果关系的教育研究方法思考

探索、检验因果关系是教育科学研究的重要目标之一,相关分析、回归分析、路径分析等常用统计方法存在许多不足。结构方程模型是针对这些不足提出来的,从统计思路上,它具有优点,但还不够完善,应引起我国教育学界的注意。